recon

Hmm..as much as i love black variants..im quite hesitant in getting them even though they look cool, but they are 25th anniversary editions. oh well here goes my $$$

The Nora ver of SV-51 looks way wrong, pink base should be of darker tone and the stripes should be of dull yellow. Same goes for the VF-0S, wonders why in the world would they choose the base color to be beige instead of greyish white. Im contented to have just the VF-0A Shin and SV-51 Ivanov for the time being.

Nice!! A Nora version!! cant wait to see ya detailing this baby, all you are missing is a 1/25 VF-0A shin to react the dogfight

Real disappointed man, as much as i was eagerly anticipating the arrival of the Elite version, but it seems to be plagued with problems. I think i would have to grit my teeth and wait for the 45nm version with hopefully improved design for the heat sink, drive placement and graphics unit. Arggh..all the games releasing and i cant play any, for e.g. halo 3, forza 2, NFS prostreet, C&C 3 etc. MS way of dealing with the Xbox issues sort of reminds me of a similar toy company that does macross, the way it handles the problems/issues of its products...hope you get my drift.

Most likely VF-11B with Fast Packs and an additional Atmospheric Boosters, all bundled in a giftset. VF-11C is very unlikely due to licensing issues.

Just spoke to my retailer, from what i understand the 1/60 SV-51 was delayed due to some packaging issues thus leading to the whole consignment being recalled. Hopefully, thats the only problem we would be seeing from the SV-51.

Defintely need a review and video demo from the G man who handles his valks the rough way.

That means the wings would have to be slightly thicker with a cavity to accomodate the rear landing gears? Yeah man, i love the word "Sleek" cos thats wats impt in the design of the YF-19 and YF-21. Now the question is how did yamato modify the legs storage compartment such that the YF-21 have a slimmer profile?

I have a feeling the replacement parts from hlj are those from the original VF-0A/S not the pom ones.

Lovely work HWR MKII!!

These would do nicely for workdesk displays

All hail eugimon the prophet!! Could you at the same time do more probbing into graham's mind? Tks for the great news graham, as again will wait for the 2nd version before getting it. Think the Gman, did not only see the YF-21, he may have also saw the VF-11*..cough cough

damn, im glad i did preordered it but at the same scared of the potiential problems might come with the 1st version. It was really out of my trend to go for a 1st release (VF-0A Shin is begging for company), then to wait for the 2nd release after reviews. Oh well this sv-51 is going to stay in its fighter mode till all is clear and well.

Heard it would be in next week, a small batch before the actual release date. As for me, will be waiting for the 2nd batch that will come on the release date. Wish me luck as i have preordered it, most to most i shant transform it till graham's demo video. Crosses fingers that there wuld be no problems.

And to think i went ahead and preorder the 1/60 SV-51 without waiting for reviews. Really taking a huge leap of faith banking on the releases of the SV-51, which are so close to each other, faults on either releases would affect the sales of the other drastically. I find the YF-19 (2nd version) is really almost close to a 90% perfect toy with the remaining 10% due to design/stress issues or factory assembled problems. Its on par with the 1/48 and defintely better than that of the 1/60 VF-0S/A

But whos going to educate or guide them in the proper assembly method of the forearms and shoulders, its like nobody cares anyway.

The grey ghost would also be released as a separate pack, in so you wouldnt have to fork out the price of the giftset to do up a VF-0S/Ghost or VF-0A Shin/Ghost just like in the M0 anime. The stupid thing is that the attachement for the missile pods add on is done in colors of the VF-0A. Unless you do own the other ghost, which has a attachment piece molded in VF-0S colors, getting the QF-2200D-B ghost is pretty much for the VF-0A only マクロスゼロ 1/60 QF-2200D-B ゴーストブースター 単品（予約） 商品コード GDS-8396 備考 ゴーストブースター単品商品です。 メーカー やまと 発売日 ０７年１０月未定 原作名 マクロスゼロ 解説 VF-0S・VF-0A（別売）に装備可能！ 標準小売価格 5,040円（税込） 販売価格 4,278円（税込） 　15％オフ！ 購入制限 お一人様 3個まで。 （同一住所、あみあみ本店支店合わせての制限数です） On the contrary, i would want to get a VF0S/ghost giftset as i dun own a VF-0S as of yet, but yet im still quite skeptical about buying it due to the problem plaguing the Vf-0S/0A design

Truly mind boggling amazing stuff!

No problems swoosh, think it wouldn't be wise to use a decal setting solution on a sticker, it might help to conform it to irregular surfaces, but who knows what it might do to the sticker.

Really sexy work Erick, now i know where does the insignia (Phoenix or something) goes Still looking for matt black spray can caps to do neck cover as most of the ones here are in semi gloss. ..maybe i should just spray them matt black. Swoosh, maybe you can used white glue to secure the skull emblem onto the Fps, thats if you want it to be permanent.

tks kensei for the demo steps, it actually helps to allevate stress on the hinge joint by following the proper procedures. Just curious, did you ever loosen the screws on the hinge joint for the YF-19 2nd version as i did loosen mine when upon inspection saw some stress marks on the hinge joint?

It should be Sept 07. since they have the molds. That means there would be two Vf-0S being released 1) VF-0S Reissue 2) VF-0S with Ghost Booster giftset Just wondering did yamato change the base color of the Vf-0S to white cos from the pics it doesnt look beige anymore Graham, if you see this, please we need some confirmation on the releases. tks

On the contrary, something much expected would be released in sept 07 9月發售: 1:60 完全變形 Macross Zero VF-0S 連 Ghost Booster 19,800Yen credits to freedomkira of toysdaily.com PS: Frankly saying, i dun think this would do the sales any good especially with the recent incidents pertaining to VF-0A Shin and replacement parts

Yups we do have some isolated cases of socs breaking, bearing in mind the materials used for diecast parts are usually of cheap or mixed alloy materials and maybe even aluminium? who knows? But in comparision with the recent products )YF-19, VF0A, VF0S) of yamato, their breakages are few in numbers. Its true designs play a part in the stress factor in which the toy is put through especially at the joints, transformation parts, thats why its is extremely important to reinforce these very parts...poor design leads to numerous problems (sometimes it aint just the plastic problem)

Tks for the pics Swoosh, think the main fundamental flaw in the neck/fuselage design is that the screws are placed too close to the edge of the hinge which stressed/weakened the area around it. Another thing, are the mismatch grooves for the transformation part, which puts additional stress on the hinge part again. Other than that, i would rate the Yf-19 to be above that of the Vf-0A Shin, why? less problems, but certainly not no problems.