Vi-RS

I really should have un-followed this thread, and wait maybe I should not visit MW at all.

22 minutes ago, Sanity is Optional said:

I like how the VF-1J head tucks away on the Bandai one in fighter mode.

Ditto, Bandai really nailed it.

3 minutes ago, ScrambledValkyrie said:

I'm noticing several people are putting the Fext armor on the VF-1S Messer. Is this because the white color goes well with the parts, or because that valk is more attractive with its paint scheme covered? 

I'll go for the later. The Messer is K.

59 minutes ago, TheLoneWolf said:

I always thought that the colors used on the Yamato v2 were a little off.

Unless my monitor is miscalibrated, the colors that Bandai's HMR uses is a better match with the colors chosen by the Macross Mecha Manual, which is pretty reliable.

 

That is still a color filled up by someone else.  The Yamato V2 appears to be on the red side in that picture, but it's a vivid orange yellow. Hasegawa suggests H24 for the orange.

34 minutes ago, Lolicon said:

Neither toy matches that illustration perfectly, but I prefer the rich orange of the Yamato over the washed out Bandai orange. 

I think the Yamato is the best representation, especially the large bubble canopy that extends to the chest plate.

19 minutes ago, tekering said:

You know I do.  

Even the beige is different!  

Yamato just killed it.

10 hours ago, vlenhoff said:

No modification other than replacing the shoulders, right?

This is the reason i have yet to open any of my V2 1/60. 

It's in the very early production until VT-1 IIRC. I still remember the day Graham was trying to help out the forumers here by distributing those hinges. I think everything after that are fixed, atleast what I have are problem free. Touch wood.

16 hours ago, tekering said:

Actually, mine exhibits only a faint difference in color when photographed:

...but the difference looks more significant to my eye than it does in pictures.  

 

Can't wait to get my package. I still prefer the orange tone in Yamato V2. Anyone has one to place side by side?

Found another picture under direct natural light, not trying to create chaos but you can tell the discoloration which is greater than The Yamato.

Found these pictures on fb. Bandai should have followed what Yamato did by molding the plastic in orange with beige color painted. Wrong move.

45 minutes ago, vlenhoff said:

i wish someone would create/print 3D 1/48 scale hands that fit in the forearm compartment. So the chicken hands issue is fixed.

That's the reason I hate 1/48 and love 1/60 V2, no modification is needed and the most complete line to date unless HMR beats it with more VF-1 variants.

We all wanted to know how much further that Bandai will go for this Chogokin line.

8 hours ago, sh9000 said:

My Armors should be coming in today.

The booster looks cool but they said that they don’t plan on making it look like the line art.  They’re making their own interpretation of it.  They also are looking into making the launch vehicle.

I want a booster from SDFM.

HG is a big licence to pay.

I’m pretty sure we are not looking at the atmosphere booster that we know for years.

5 hours ago, no3Ljm said:

Looks like there will be.

 

Yeah, I know the gimmick is there, but what I meant is Bandai has not shown any detail for it yet, I believe.

1 hour ago, chyll2 said:

the leaked pictures shows too big of a panel line for the air brakes, so while it is not featured in the photos, I know that that is a moving airbrake.

Wish we could see the detail underneath the air brake like the Yamato's 1/48 here.

I'm sure there's an air brake on this thing judging from the pictures shown so far, but I don't think there is any picture showing the gimmick ever been posted yet.

Hopefully the feet are die-cast, which makes a lot sense in Battroid mode.

39 minutes ago, dapro said:

Is there any die-cast on this at all? It is called chogokin right?

It's in the swing bar and hip joints I assume.

20 hours ago, seti88 said:

i think its more of a nub cut/casting line of the piece, rather than a stress mark. But yea it doesn't look diecast on the shoulder joints.

I'm not sure which mark did you guy see, but I do see two right on the shoulder. I do agree that the one in the red circle could be a sprue mark, but the one in yellow circle raises my yamaphobia.

1 hour ago, vlenhoff said:

It is always easier for a big company to this sort of thing. A small company like Yamato and Arcadia won't have the resources to do this at a good cost, IMHO.

Don't get me wrong, I love and own every 1/60 Yamato valkyrie after 2003 when they released the V2, and I stop once Yamato is done after the release of VF-4. Personally I think they are beating a dead horse by putting premium price tag on premium finish. Yeah, you can't compete with other big companies as a smaller firm, but what they could do is their innovative ideas and engineering on toys that shaped Yamato's philosophy in the first place. Ironically, I understand that it didn't last long for Yamato, which is the reason that Arcadia is doing what they are doing now.

Coming back to the Chogokin, I believe this is what Arcadia would have done as well, minus the tempo printing, if they were to do V2 on 1/48.  The Chogokin is a scaled up V2 Yammies with lots of improvements on interlocking mechanisms and joints that enable poseabilities and maximum perfect transformation.

Bandai didn’t ask for a premium price for premium finish. What a big slap in the face for Mr K.

1 minute ago, Xigfrid said:

What I hate is the additional steps required for the transformation, the waist rotation is great for posing no argument about that! Bandai could have wisely over-engineered this bar to include a drive shaft or similar assembly, to simplify the transformation and keep the waist rotation gimmic.

This little thing, held between the fingers, might bring the price to another level which put a big grin on Mr. K's face.

8 minutes ago, Lord_Of_Tetris said:

Aw man, the legs detach and re-attach? *kicks dirt*

I was hoping for perfect transformation.

The original idea is pretty much the same, attach and detach.

2 hours ago, jvmacross said:

yeah...but kinda tired of the showpiece teasers that never seem to pan out.....I don't just want to see it, I want a chance to own it....

Losing hope on this one too...

Besides the size, the only thing that I really like about the piece is the gerwalk joint. This would have been the only fully transformable toy, if ever made, that has concealed gerwalk joint.

https://hlj.com/product/BANS55138/Act

I like how they look at each other.  Hopefully it's a grayish off white.

They need to complete where they left.