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Sorry to hear about the defective toys shipped from Amiami. My first copy came from there without any issues, hope my second copy (arrived from HLJ yesterday) is flawless as well.

These are really nice stands! Awesome work, I hope they're affordable

Yes it collapses for storage like the older 19's.Regarding instructions, they combined a lot of steps into 1 photo (usually side view) with sections of the Valk outlined to show how parts move together, along with Japanese text descriptions. More DX chogokin style than Yamato style. I suspect a lot of confusing trial and error if this is your first 19 style Valk. Go read the older Yamato instructions, they will clear things up.

just finished one round of transformation from fighter->gerwalk->battroid. some pics but a disclaimer first. my phone's camera sensor heats up and craps out if you leave the camera app on for too long, pictures in low light get a purple tinge. click thumbs for big box size comparison what's inside gwalk nose section during gwalk-battroid. those canards can be pulled out completely to rotate downards. the instructions are less detailed than yamato's old ones. good thing i've had some vf-19 experience (i have a 19s). head section. the tiny doors either side of the neck are new for the yf-19 threading the cockpit through the chest, sorry about the flash. potential scraping of the cockpit during transformation, looked like there was still some clearance between it and the backplate though.the cockpit actually moves farther away from the backplate once you rotate the chest section down to lock into the nosecone (the uni-boob) all done nice things: looks great in all 3 modes IMHO tight codpiece compared to my 19s matte finish gunpod is bad-ass (more matte than the 19s IIRC, i didn't bring it out to compare) the wing gimmick is cool, hope it doesn't loosen over time lots of missiles! i paid SGD10 less for my 19s (bought locally in SG) and it didn't have as much accessories as this (yeah, I know M7 didn't show them using lots of missiles, but still). the figures are nicely detailed & sculpted. not so nice: the metal hip swingbars were quite hard to rotate forward to battroid position since the plastic springy tabs locking them in fighter position were smaller compared to the 19s the wing roots could break, the plastic feels thinner and flexes a bit when you rotate the wings into the correct position for battroid. the instructions are very unclear how exactly to rotate the wings in battroid mode, there's just a final picture but no clear diagram for the rotation points. ankles are still the old vf-19 design, have to be careful not to loosen them excessively the feet were quite hard to pull out to open up for gwalk/battroid all in all this is an amazing valk to have if you are/were a M+ fan.

Well, mine finally arrived after ~13 hours in the delivery van. Hope I have some free time tonight to check it out (Diablo3 RoS is taking up my free time nowadays). Hope the problem above is just a fluke as well.

1st one of mine (AmiAmi) is on the truck probably will arrive this PM. HLJ one probably still on the plane from JP. SG guys, PM me if you're interested in 1.

Have 2 on pre-order (hlj, amiami) but will likely have to sell one locally when they arrive. Haven't received payment requests yet for either one.

There was damage on that one, cracked canopy and paint scratches on the tailfin.

There are 2 of these on Mandarake right now, 9000 yen each. http://ekizo.mandarake.co.jp/shop/en/item_s-1407850.html http://ekizo.mandarake.co.jp/shop/en/item_s-1441685.html

32000 yen I got 1 for 16500 yen on YJA last January, still have to have it shipped though.

/raises hand You're not alone, I played with those too in the early 80's. I think those were mid-70's sets (pre-minifig). The boxes were rigid styrofoam with formed plastic trays for the pieces and a cardboard flap to cover the trays. The wheels were thesered 2x2 cylinder with a thin metal shaft you could slot into a 4x2 black brick with tiny holes in the 4 sides. So easy to make gatling guns with those

Awesome blue battroids!

For the Bandai renewal stuff I usually key in "超合金 VF-25/YF-29/etc" as the sellers don't usually specify scale for those.

what keywords are you using for searching in buyee? try to use different combinations of the below + your desired scale (1/60 1/55 1/48 etc): やまと - Yamato マクロス - Macross 超合金 - chogokin (superalloy) 完全変形 - kanzen henkei (perfect transformation) ケーニッヒモンスター - koenig monster アーマードパーツ - armored parts アーマーパーツ - armor parts スーパーパーツ - super parts スーパーストライクパック - super strike pack バルキリー - valkyrie デストロイド - destroid

Wow, didn't notice the 25G prices went up after a self-imposed buying freeze since Xmas last year. Good thing I have 2 G's then

those pics are a great comparison of the v1 & v2 vt-1s. thanks for posting them!

Hey, thanks. I should probably drop by a hobby shop with the 1S to match colors.

I suppose I'll just wait on Mandarake then in April...

http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/goods/goods_detail.html?KEY=NEOGDS-105000 CDJapan pre-order link but it's 17000 yen.

Reminds me of the low-vis 1S. Much more bad-ass than the earlier 29s.

Oops, my bad. There's a 1D for 15k yen now on YJA: http://buyee.jp/item/yahoo/auction/b155678907 Also a Virgin Road as well: http://buyee.jp/item/yahoo/auction/g129859484

Buyee link to the 1d, 2 hours left. Sorry for the late reply. http://buyee.jp/item/yahoo/auction/e147280975

There's a 1D on yahoo Japan Auctions now. Auction ends in 10 hours. Currently at 7850 Yen.

Not sure if already posted: http://arcadia.ac/yf19/diary/04/page_11.php Removable intake covers! It looks like the older prototype though, based on the thick lip of the intake.

Just make sure the shoulders aren't cracked.