Hiriyu

Really excellent work @tekering. Thank you for sharing your progress with us, and I hope that you continue to do so!

For the intake swivel you've built, are you planning on using a split washer or perhaps a nylock nut, or did you glue the nut down? Repeated posing might conceivably loosen the nut over time if it's not fixed in place somehow.

I just strolled in about three minutes ago and scooped one up from Amiami, no trouble at all.

Can't believe no one has mentioned the Master-File-scheme M&M VF-4 HiMetals.

"00"  Close enough that most of us won't care.

I love Mari Iijima's rendition of 'Born to be Wild' from that ep.

Looks like they've fixed the vernier nacelles so that they're fixed to the intakes instead of the thighs

I'd be willing to bet that the wings would be able to sweep forward in Gerwalk if the shoulders were angled down a just little, just as they needed to be on Yammie 1/48s and 1/60s (and Taka/Bandai 1/55s, and HMRs, and every other Valkyrie ever made).  The chest air intakes are a little bit larger than most other toys, but proportionally I don't see a lot of bad compromise going on here... the fact that we already have members saying that it's biased toward both battroid and fighter mode will attest to that, lol.

I'm looking forward to seeing more of this.

What is the controversy that everyone is talking about?

My HMR Hikaru Super 1A has the exact same issues with paint loss. I'm not bothered enough by it to repaint the affected areas, but it was something that I noticed within about a week of ownership, so you're not alone on that.

^ We had Takatoku and Bandai Macross 1/55s (and OG Gakken Mospeada, and Takatoku Orguss toys) in some of the better toy stores here in SoCal back in the '80s too.

My very first valk was a knockoff Taka 1/100 VF-1J, one of the ones with the Sasuraiger gun.

11 minutes ago, no3Ljm said:

I watched it again the second time and I didn't see any locking mechanism for the backpack when it gets folded. Would it just hang loosely or the hinge will be stiffer but gets loose over time?

 

If the hinge geometry is anything like the Yammie 1/48 or HMR, it shouldn't have any issue with staying uhh... fully erect. The hinges on those go just a little over-center.

And yes to the conversation above, the Yamato 1/48 did have the recessing back hatch as well. And yes, the tailfin pivots had some similar "looseness" during transformation -- the pivot needed that freedom of movement to allow the tailfin to move laterally so that it could fold as flat as possible. What the DX 1/48 really brings forward as advances to the general form imho is the Hi-Metal-like sliding arm joints, the extra leg cant-joint at the upper intakes, and the releasable Yammie-style swingbar w/waist joint. Alltogether I really like what I'm seeing am glad that I've got two on order.

I am a bit surprised that so many here apparently haven't had hands-on experience with the 1/48 Yammies. I must be getting old.

What I really like about the Sentinel Legioss is the fact that it's being designed by T-Rex. I really dig the novel nosecone/cockpit transformation scheme (props to @F18LEGIOSS for his very insightful schematics based on the shown prototype images). I'm a little less enthused about some of the more angular features in Armo-Fighter mode, and some of the very obviously WIP parts like the hollow shoulders, large shoulder swingbar relief gaps, and some of the basic proportions shown in the prototypes... Capt America is also 100% correct about the jamming of the leg units - check out the fuselage fairing which is prototyped as part of the flight stand fer chrissakes - but if there is any modern toy design firm able to do justice to the Legioss, then T-Rex has got to be up there near the very tippy top of that list.

I'll be keeping a keen eye on this one.

The way that the arms and head recess are really quite nice. One of the other things that gets me about the 1/48 prototype images is how evocative it is for me of the old 1/55 Hi-Metal prototypes, pictured in some of the old artbooks. I think that maybe it's the detailing of the airbrake, and maybe the shape of the jet intakes that really do it for me, but I get a really strong Chunky Monkey vibe from the 1/48 protos even though it's got all the modern design touches.

4 hours ago, orbitalharvest said:

loved those!  i always found they never quite got the nose cone shape right tho.  always turned down, instead of the distinctive profile shape of the valks we know and love

The 1/170 kits had the really wonky nose shape. These 1/100 kits were actually pretty nicely proportioned, excepting the gerwalk and battroid-only kits. The battroids were really chunky, and the gerwalks had the arms from the battroids which were much too large for the fighter airframes. The variable two and three-mode models were all pretty nice

13 hours ago, vlenhoff said:

i wish i had a shot of creating art for these boxes.

Those were all really cool kits with really cool artwork. I sold mine in bulk a few years ago.

The 011 looks absolutely fantastic on the HMR 101.

All the same, I'd love to see a release like the customized version shown by @recon@Slave IV

Just now, vlenhoff said:

My first ami ami. I got no money for this, but hey, i had to get it. i hope EMS is not too expensive, lol. i could not think quickly enough, so i selected ems.

I did the same, Vlen. EMS is expensive, but all things considered I'll bet you'll be fine for resale ultimately.

Got 2 at Amiami

doom wheel confirmed

I came here to drink beer and press f5, and I'm all out of beer...

Server Crash, in T-minus 5

T-Minus 10

4 minutes ago, Agent-GHQ said:

So i'm going through stock photos in AmiAmi and the youtube product review with Kawamori and I don't see any missiles!!!!! WTH is this correct guys? 

I'm thinking.... what if the next run comes with a painted visor or a combo pack with the GBP armor. Gosh.,,,, do I really need another run of 1/48 line again? 

Gosh. Jeez, when you frame it that way, you should probably just wait then by Gosh!

Well, whatever happens, this is a fun exercise

The last DX-style valk I bought new was a Yamato SV-51 Ivanov more than a decade ago. These insta-preorder hijinks are new to me, but I've got some good IPA on hand and plan to try to have fun with this, regardless of whether I snag one. Thanks for the tip @Tober

I've never purchased from Amiami before. Are the preorder quantities granted "add-to-cart" or "check-out" first? Meaning, will I be racing to enter my card credentials against those of you that already have them saved?

9 minutes ago, jenius said:

Man I saw 'first valk in a long time' and 'vf1A hikaru HMR' and assumed your welcome back was doing to include screwed up leg armors, glad it was a happy ending.

As am I. I only read through the last 10 pages of this thread *after* having ordered it, of course. Very happy to have had no issues and particularly in light of my sourcing.

A very happy 'welcome back', all things considered

Now for Gerwalk!