williwoods

unless you do some serious mods....no the landing gear will not retract, its a either they are on or off scenario. If you want retracting gear get a yamato or chunky monkey.

thanks for the comments, please again note I am not going to buy a vf-21 or vf-19 for him those I would only consider for myself too much money for an 11 year old kid.

Will

Mmm, a little constructor...i think your child is learning to take care of things-collection,

you can try with Bandai 1/72 VF-25 Kits, if it works, the kid will have hours of "economic" fun

yeah you should see his sw lego collection, i really spoiled him........its funny he rarely plays with the sw legos just leaves em on the shelf and gets really mad if any of his friends want to play with em.....its pretty funny actually.

the model might be the ticket............

still need mospeada toy feedback from someone though....

and again regarding chunky monkeys....he already has one.....I think he wants something different and a little more modern looking.....but it is the obvious choice.

If your son's good with them get him a Yamato VF-1 1/60. Just avoid the VF-1S which seemed to have the most breakages (I have cracks on both my shoulders but I still love the thing). Get him the VF-1J or the VF-1D. They are probably the cheapest Macross toys you can get right now (besides the Bandai chunky). Check out this thread about ordering replacement parts from Yamato. Should give a good idea of what to do if you do get into trouble with a Yamato.

http://www.macrossworld.com/mwf/index.php?showtopic=27901

I wouldn't buy him the YF-21. Very expensive and it's not exactly easy to transform but seems to be durable. Well at least as durable as I want to get with a $200 toy/figure

Also look at getting your kid the new Yamato Destroids. The Defender and the Tomahawk are pretty tough in my books and I love them! Here's a link from overdrive. OD greens are the best.

Defender

http://www.over-drive-inc.com/store/produc...roducts_id=1184

Tomahawk

http://www.over-drive-inc.com/store/produc...products_id=990

the yf-21 would be for me I am aware of the difficulty of transformation........I was thinking maybe the vf-0 for him......maybe.........man I am getting psyched for saturday....

Will

What made you decide to step out of this for 2 or more years?

A variety of reasons..........mostly I was just taking a break from it. I think my wallet needed a break. Plus I got pretty into legos with my son and his interest in that is starting to wane.

any feedback on the alpha beta and ride armor toys? are any of them not suitable for him? I know of the cms megahouse and toynami versions.........any one of these really fragile?

okay good feedback guys. keep it coming.

He has my old jetfire already, he is really in love with the vf-25 so if he sees it, its gonna be hard to pass up, however, he also likes the alpha and beta's and the ride armors from mospeada. Are any of those a good choice? any mospeada toys that should be avoided at all cost like the 1/72 vf-11?

as far as letting an 11 year old transform a 100 dollar toy.......... he understands about taking care of his toys as much as one could hope. and part of it is to keep him outta my stash, the boy needs his own. these are not the vf's you have been looking for! I just really dig making him super stoked, taking him to frank and sons is gonna blow his mind. I guess the sappy part of it......please excuse me, is I am doing what I didn't get when I was a kid.

anyway,

the vf-21 is pretty damn hot huh......so is the vf-0, but I cant really spend that much on myself this go around. I hope the 19, 21 and 0 will still be around once I can get fluid $$, got a new good paying job just need to catch up after being laid off for 3 weeks.

Can't speak for the Bandai Macross Frontier toys as I do not own any of them. But I allow my 7 year old son to "play" (and I mean actually play) with my v2 macross 1/60 toys. They're not to really be toyed with in my opinion because they really are model toys, but they are sturdy and tight enough for him to "whoosh" around the house with them without me worrrying about breakage.

my plan is to let him actually transform it. The shoulder issue has me worrying about the v2 1/60 toys..........he is going to get a little rough with them and I want it to be his rather than something I buy for myself to let him play with.

ok so its been almost 2 years maybe longer.....and oh my lucky for my bank account I didnt know all the wonderfull things happening on the yamato and bandai etc... front, macross frontier......whats this?

anyway so I am about to make my first couple of purchases and its quite hard trying to catch up with everything that has happened while I was away.

number 1: my sons 11th birthday is on saturday, he really wants a macross toy, we will be at f&s this weekend. my question is of all the macross toys (valks) out now which is most suitable for an 11 year old? my first feeling is the bandai vf-25 dx is more than likely the most sturdy. Are the dx's at f&s?? Any yamato's like the zero or 19 or 22 that would be better or make a suggestion for an 11 year old macross fan.

number 2: I want to buy a v2 1/60 scale valk with strike parts while im at f&s which one is the newest one that is out? hikaru 1s? I want to buy the latest gen one that has the most recent qc adjustments. Not a big fan of the tv schemes or hikaru 1j so I am kinda sticking to DYRL ones for now.

I wish there was a timeline somewhere with details of what was released when etc......

should I wait on the v2 valks and go for a zero or 19 or 22 instead of the v2 1/60? I feel like I need some direction too many (never enough) toys out there right now. Help me out im drowning!!!

Will

I am in for one vf-11 when the time comes

I think the one he made was a differen't kit. It was a resin garage kit and not the bandai one

missle launchers are crooked is the only complaint I have.........but I fixed them with a file and some elmers.......

just curious how easy this game is for english speaking peoples..........so the game has english in game language........anyone care to elaborate?

tight! lets see fighter mode and gerwalk!!!! Will

I would do panel-lines first, then apply takatoys, then re-apply over stickers in lines. This helps the stickers to look more painted on rather than like stickers.

Cool!!!!!!!!!!!!!I was the one that started that nausicaa thread..............This is great news.

nothing seems to be obstructing its way...........................so......................seems quite possible

the clear hasegawa valks and aren't there some metallic ones as well? They are clear so no painting involved.

and then there was those pre assembled arii valks.

I would always be suspicious of a post titled:

"Purple Helmet"

shhhhhhhhhhh, quiet someone might notice me responding to this thread.

I wanna see Wm do a vf-22 next maybe use a custom paint scheme that is less colorfull? Like those model grafix ones.

the 1/60 valks have big shoulders just like what is underneath the armour, I think it is gonna be for 1/60 yamato valks.

that orguss looks like a cross between Vf-1 and Orgroid never noticed it. Look at the fast pack!!!!!!!??????? weird. Actually looks like a vf-1a with orgroid armour!!!

So that anime I have been trying to track down is called Nausicaa!!!!???????!!!!!! Cool, Can anyone recommend somwhere in the Los Angeles area where I could buy this on dvd? Also is there a english language version out there or is it only english subtitled? thank you very much!!!!!

I bet the vf-0 is from hasegawa!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

you pic is not showing up

i may be wrong (just got 2 sets today) but apparently these stickers are so thin you may not notice them at all.