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i'd love to but i'm afraid of taking them out of their boxes, all i have is pics of boxes. will try to open one and put up pics

Free them all from their boxes!!! (unless you plan to resell them...)

Get a decent display cab and UNLEASH!!!

It'll look better with its super packs on

Duh, they're talking about Toynami being a US distributor only. v2 VF-1 is perfect as it is, no need to design anything.

I'm sure a lot of people wouldn't mind paying less for a rebranded v.2 VF-1, or even VF-19s etc. yeah, Toynami Cyclones and Hasbro's MPs come to mind. You can always buy the more expensive Japanese import if you like... Choices are good...

Pessimist vs. optimist

Awesome news... Thanks Save.

I'm glad i didn't go crazy panic buying... Just $250 for 2 x 30th SSP and a 30th 1S.

Now i can look forward to maybe buying a few more valks in the near future with some peace of mind not having to deal with scalped prices and crazy preorders. But i doubt we'll see reissues of the more obscure VF-1s since Yamato before only reissued the main characters' valks (there's hope for M&M 1Js for those who missed out!). I hope i'm wrong and i can get an Arcadia VF-1D VR, ha!

TV 1S looks good with FPs.

yeah.. I think so. But I'm not sure how to tell which ones those are! haha

I haven't transformed mine so.

2009 VF-0S reissue (w/ extra bubble wrap for the tail fins) and the VF-0A that comes in a new box are pretty solid.

I'd have to agree with chronocidal... i have no problems in terms of the design of the VF-0 toys, just needs more durable plastic/s. IMO, the design of the VF-0 is more similar to the v.2 VF-1s than the 1/48s. The only thing it may need to accommodate reactive armor are foldable leg fins. So yeah, I vote YF-19 renewal first.

I am so glad I don't care for the 27 right now. No pre-order stress for me this time.

Ditto. Sold my v.1 last year... Kinda got bored with the 27's design... even with the improvements, the new pics don't do anything for me. Wish I hadn't seen the movies and all that moe... really made me lose interest in MF.

This is still going on?!? Craaazzzzy!

Seeing these absurd prices/auctions actually makes me want to hold on to my Yamatos even more.

Yeah, got one of these last month myself to replace my old one... but i was thinking about the guys who's preorder for this from HKC got canceled.

can't believe nobody's scooped this up yet. Pretty good price considering all the absurd ebay auctions for Yamato valks lately.

Not too worried about the decals... I believe they're just that, decals/stickers for customizing.

Too many stripes though. I get the homage to Focker, Hikaru and Max (Fokarius valk???), but... Thank god there's no green stripe though... Kaki gets no love yet again

this one that never see the light

Nice. I really like valks done in grey, like the VF-X. Plus the low vis kite looks really good on it..

wish Yamato's VF-1 kits were made grey instead of white. I would've bought some if they did.

Is that your custom valhary?

Yeah, 1/60 YF-19 v.2, 1/60 VF-1 Stealth and real low-vis, 1/60 FB2012 VF-4 in that order.

Oh, and 1/3000 SDF-1 TV...

Where's the preorder button...

Shoulders iffy...

Late '08/early '09 hikaru 1S bundled set. Came after Roy 1S set and Hikaru 1S and 1j sets, iirc.

I still have that box (only)... Sold the contents separately and upgraded with the 30th anniv. release.

Saw a YF-19 from a private collector on Amazon for 205.99 shipped. Took one look at the pics he sent me and snapped it up instantly

Never thought my 1/60 YF-21 would have its archrival in the display case

first thing you should do is loosen the screw by the right metal hip bar... or this might happen to your YF-19 - http://www.macrossworld.com/mwf/index.php?showtopic=35649&p=1038990

It's cheap now... But six days from now???

I'd bid on it, but i'm pretty sure the price is going to go over my budget pretty quickly.

Hey all,

here's my score from last week, and came in the mail today. have a weathering special kaki from hlj stored in private warehouse:)

Congrats... Awesome haul. Love those old flip-top boxes... love the VT-1.

Not sure if this is the right thread for this, but has anybody ever thought about making the whole diecast lerx part of the v.2 VF-1 with Shapeways? I mean, the plastic lerx of the 1/48 works just fine and it's so frustrating when the paint chips on the diecast during transformation.

If someone can make this to match the color of the DRYL and TV VF-1s and have a smooth finish, i'd definitely buy 1each for all my v.2 valks. I would definitely consider this an "upgrade part".

Everything diecast is painted white - except for that swing bar ball joint part.

Painted already out of the box.... That was cool of Yamato.

How about if you'd want to repaint the diecast lerx part of a v2 vf-1... What kind of paint will be least prone to paint chipping?... and how to get it to match wil the off-white color of the DYRL valks? TIA.

Quite night at home.....got a few valks out of the case to mess with....the "come get some" armored bunch..... Figures by EXO

one of the best displayed collections here on MW.

armor is good!... and I recently nabbed a set for my Max 1S. Here are my Super Max vaks.

seats are good too... used the spare for my 1J w/ GBP-1S

on a side note, i noticed a slight discoloration on the shoulder part (the part that attaches to the shoulder hinge ball joint) of my VF-1A Max. It looks like it's made of POM not ABS. DYRL off-white seems immune to this discoloration...

i knew i should have gotten one when it was selling for less than $100 a few years ago. I saw boxes of this while I was in HK and Japan... tsk tsk tsk...

http://www.ebay.ph/itm/Yamato-Toy-Macross-Perfect-Trance-VF-1D-Virgin-Road-1-60-figure-free-shipping-/181123758028?pt=US_Action_Figures&hash=item2a2bd137cc

HKC sent an email saying that the VF-1A Hikaru 30Th w/ OP is being canceled, because they can't seem to get anything from Yamato's distributors. (maybe holding product because of the BR?)

Panicking now!

I needed one to fix my broken VF-1S SS set.

http://www.ebay.ph/itm/Yamato-Macross-Scale-1-60-VF-1S-Hikaru-Ichijo-30th-Macross-Anniversary-Limited-/400441901663?pt=US_Action_Figures&hash=item5d3c32825f#ht_1030wt_922

Better act fast. I think its their last one. They previously sold 2 for ~$135

Edit - there's also a TV Kaki for 80 bucks!

Holy crap, what a score! What do the local VE-1's and VF-4's cost?

I know! I didn't bother asking myself if i really needed another set or not, i just grabbed it.

I think the store didn't bother to up the price on this since its technically not a VF toy (????)

VE-1 is @ ~$260+ and VF-4G @ ~$500