Horatio Positronic

I finally found and won the second to last of these guys. A VF-25F Tornado from MFC2 is on its way. The ebay seller (briareos) said they were getting rid of a huge chunk of their collection and had some pretty good stuff listed. I'd hate to see anybody abandoning their Macross collection (except when it benefits me), but I'd especially hate to see an MW member do it.

That's a good list. With all the ones you mentioned and the couple of other ones in my post Bandai has enough for a Macross Fighter Collection 4 AND 5.

I haven't even been as careful as that and I have no paint scratching. My nosecone and chestplate have met many times.

Yay! More mini-valks! Boo! I'm going to have to figure out more display space. I hope they cover all the missing ones. VF-17, VF-11, VF-171, SV-51, VT-1, VE-1, The Protodevlin ones, as well as extra parts versions they've missed like fold YF-19 and YF-21, SAP VF-2, maybe some sound boosters, and ones from other sources like the VF-9, VF-5000 and VA-3M. That said, if it is like the first 3 sets it'll be mostly variants of the VF-25.

Ain't that the truth. As of today I own 102 unique Macross toys (not counting duplicates, hence unique), and the only one I don't keep on display is the Banpresto VF-1A/J/S. I bought it at a time when my collection only consisted of the Bandai 1/55 VF-1A cannon fodder and the Hasegawa 1/72 VF-1D which I assembled poorly, so I was trying to get my hands on anything with that red and white kite. The thing is too flimsy to stand well in Battroid and I lost one of the little landing gear pieces, so it doesn't work so well in Fighter either.

The only valk that's given me any buyer's remorse is the VF-25S Full Armor. When I got it I was really excited about it. It has piles of die cast and the skull emblem looks great. That enthusiasm started wearing off as soon as I tried to put the armor on. Nothing seemed to fit quite right. Some parts were loose and some parts were tight. So I took the armor off and put it back in the box. Then I realized that even though it is pretty sturdy, it just doesn't click together as precisely as a Yamato VF-1. Now it's just sorta hanging our in Fighter mode on a stand with no armor on and I barely ever pick it up. Even abandoned to sit on its stand the wing joints in the back are starting to show some cracking. Now it sits on my desk in the shadow of my VF-27 (literally, I used a shorter Flightpose stand).

I think that is the one. Thanks!

An extremely awesome Macross World member (I'm not sure if they want to be named) made me an offer I couldn't refuse on the MFC3 version of the VF-25F Tornado. It arrived today, and seems more much more cool than in the pictures. The thing is HUGE! So now I have a complete set of MFC3 and am only missing one each from MFC1 and MFC2. MFC1 VF-25F Sheryl MFC2 VF-25F Tornado Alto Does anybody have, or can anybody take, a picture of the VF-25F Sheryl from MFC1? I had pretty good luck getting my YF-19 with a "want it now" post on Ebay, and I'm thinking of doing the same with the last two I'm missing, but they work best with a picture.

55 acquired, 3 to go. MFC1 VF-25F Sheryl MFC2 VF-25F Tornado Alto MFC3 VF-25F Tornado Super Alto I wish I could bring myself to pay what the Ebay sellers want for the Tornado Super ones.

Thanks! I posted a thread a while back, but this version has been tweaked more recently than the stuff in the thread.

I just got my 50th unique valkyrie from this set last night with 3 more on the way (and then I'll only be missing the 4 in my last post). Does anybody have a complete set of all 3 series? How're you displaying them?

I got my second Toynami 1/100 over the weekend. Now I have a VF-1J Max and VF-1A Hikaru. On the new one I was transforming it into fighter mode to put onto the stand when I noticed that it can come apart somewhat strangely. If you lock the arms and legs together the way they should, the shoulder and knee joints line up and it's fairly easy to simply pop off the whole leg & arm block. Fortunately it's fairly easy to pop it right back on, but I thought that was a little strange.

Been scouring Ebay some more and once the ones I have ordered arrive I should be only 4 Valks away from a complete set of 1, 2 & 3. MFC1 VF-25F Sheryl (chase) MFC2 YF-19 Isamu VF-25F Tornado Alto MFC3 VF-25F Tornado Super Alto I really, really, really want to find the YF-19, but so far I haven't seen it pop up anywhere outside of the complete set auctions, and those are out of my price range for just a couple of valks I don't already have. It's kinda cool having a forest of little Valkyries on my desk though.

No objection to you using my list, that's what I put it up for. It's just a shame I don't have anything you need and you don't have anything I need.

For Macross Fighter Collection 4 Bandai's top priority should be to include the VF-1 with Atmospheric Escape Booster. Right?

They did a pretty good job overall. The thing they really nailed is the proportions of the individual Valkyries. None of them have wings that are too stubby or feet that are too big or any problems like that.

Did some inventory and research tonight and figured out what I'm missing. MFC1 VF-25F Sheryl (chase) MFC2 YF-19 Isamu VF-25F Tornado Alto VF-25F Ranka (chase) MFC3 VF-25F Full Armor Alto VF-25F Tornado Super Alto VF-25F Super Fold Alto In case anybody needs a checklist here's the full list I've compiled. If I'm missing any please let me know. Macross Fighter Collection 1 VF-0B VF-0D VF-0A Shin VF-1J Hikaru TV VF-1J Max TV VF-1J Miria TV VF-1A Kakizaki TV VF-1A Max TV VF-1J Miria M7 VF-19 Kai Basara VF-19S Commander VF-19P Patrol VF-19F Mass Production VF-25G Michael VF-25F Alto VF-2SS Silvie VF-25F Sheryl Macross Fighter Collection 2 VF-0S Roy VF-1A Hikaru DYRL VF-1S Roy TV VF-1A Angel Birds VF-1S Max VF-1A Cannon Fodder VF-1A Kakizaki DYRL YF-19 Isamu YF-21 Guld YF-19 Demonstrator VF-22S Gamlin YF-25 Prophesy VF-25A Cannon Fodder RVF-25 Luka VF-25S Ozma VF-25F Tornado Alto VF-27 Gamma Brera VF-25 Beta Mass Production VF2SS Nexx VF-25F Ranka Macross Fighter Collection 3 VF-1S Strike Hikaru DYRL VF-1S Strike Roy DYRL VF-1A Super Max DYRL VF-1A Super Hikaru DYRL VF-1S Super Hikaru TV VF-1A Super Kakizaki DYRL VF-25F Full Armor Alto VF-27 Gamma Fold Booster Brera VF-25F Tornado Super Alto VF-25S Full Armor Ozma VF-25F Super Alto VF-25F Super Fold Alto VF-25G Super Michael RVF-25 Super Luka VF-25S Super Ozma VF-25F Deculture Ranka VF-25F Deculture Sheryl VF-25G Deculture Klan RVF-25 Deculture Nanase VF-25S Deculture Catherine VF-4 Flashback 2012 Edit: Fixed the list some.

Got my second box today. I'm starting to think the Deculture versions and VF-4 aren't the rarest ones. I now have all six special valks from set 3, yet I haven't seen VF-25F fold, full armor or tornado.

I know my 3D model got it's tilted-downward leg from the Hasegawa model instructions I used as reference. The 1/44 scale Chara Works Valkyries are probably the worst case of it in toy form. Here's an instructions example: Talos: Thanks!

Talos' line art is really awesome, so I used it as the base for a shaded version like I saw in the last thread. The shading is taken from a VF-1 3D model I built a little over a year ago. Mine's not quite so accurate to the lineart so I had to do a lot of adjustment in Photoshop. Here's how badly my model lines up: Since I made A and S heads for my model those are the ones I've done. I don't have J or D versions. The thumbnails look a little weird for me, but the actual PNG files they load are fine. I hope the shaded versions are useful for folks. In theory you should be able to put color and insignia right over this like the ones from the last thread.

I'm pretty happy with the Battroid mode on my VF-27. It feels more stable than my VF-25S. Little features like the neck being long enough without having to part swap, and the range of motion of the legs are great. I also think the way the wings fold up looks cooler. My only complaint is the little canards by the canopy. It seems like they can get in the way pretty easily.

Is it just me or is volume 3 selling out faster than the first two? HLJ and Hobby Search sold out fast and I haven't seen many boxes up on Ebay. Fortunately HLJ restocked so I was able to order a second box this morning.

I have these same cracks on my VF-25S full armor. I don't think the armor parts are responsible 'cause I kept mine on for all of a day before I decided they were too fiddly and took them off. It has been sitting on its stand in fighter mode for a few months until I moved it to a Flightpose stand, still in Fighter mode. The whole wing to leg attachment feels too tight and somewhat poorly aligned in my opinion, whether it has the armor on or not. I want Bandai to go back and do a Yamato style v2.0 with everything they learned from the VF-27.

I just got my case in the mail. In the order I opened them: VF-25F super VF-25S super VF-25G super VF-25S full armor VF-27 fold VF-4 VF-1S super focker VF-1A super kakizaki VF-1S strike focker VF-25F deculture VF-25G deculture RVF-25 deculture I can't believe I got 4 out of the 6 'special' units in one case. The 3 cases I got of the previous two volumes had 0 combined. Edit: Apparently there are 6 'special' units, not 5.