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I can live without the fold booster and fps cos the YF-19 looks good enough. Speaking of which, anybody doing a recast of the 1/72 YF-19 Pilot? Tot of painting it and using it as a replacement for the 1/60 cos the pilot size and chopped legs looks weird.

Amen to that!!..Give me a VF-17S/D anytime

Surely it has to be a new valk not something that has being released or reviewed before. Hmm how soon would we be get to hear official news or see the actual prototypes of whats gonna to be release next? Any upcoming hobby shows in jp? Hopefully it would be a SV-51. Defintely agree with eugimon, that yamato has changed their marketing tactics to sustain the interest level by alternating btw different lines, M+ and M0, hope to see more variants from the VFX2 and maybe M2 or M7. As much as i would love to see yamato revisit and redo the 1/60 VF-1 with perfect transformation and release them in limited numbers of variants for e.g. VF-1S Roy/Hikaru, VF-1J Hikaru/Max/Millia and maybe VE-1 and VT-1 SO, it would be a very slim possibility.

YF-21 wings does have the ability to fold up/down, but in the anime i seldom see it "flapping" So im guessing the SV-51 is most likely to be the next 1/60 to be done, which maybe followed by M+ YF-21 or VF-11B..and for the grand finale, VF-0D!

If yamato would to do one, im really wondering would there be a booster equipped version later on. Basically im only gunning for Nora and Ivanov SV-51s

I love dunks!! A pity we dun get much of a variety here.

From the issues pertaining to the breakages of plastic in the bicep and shoulder seen in the VF0A, graham issit possible for you to feedback yamato to cast the bicep/shoulder as one solid ABS piece instead of two plastic pieces joined together or use pom plastic for the shoulder/bicep areas. Its terrifying to see plastic break so easily especially for a high end toy product. Hopefully we can see these imporvements incorporated in the upcoming VF-0A with Ghost.

Pardon me for saying this, i really feel the digital camo ghost is kind of redundant, as good as it looks..it doesnt blend in with the VF-0S/A and adding to that its asking to be shot down in a hurry with its contrasting color scheme. A lighter shade of grey in place of the bluish grey would blend in nicely with the subtle grey tones.

Erm cos a perfect transformation, highly detailed 1/60 VF-1 would nicely blend in with the current line of 1/60 from the M+ and M0 line, its doesnt have to be every single variant..just the leading characters versions like VF-1S Hikaru/Roy, Vf-1J Hikaru/Max/Millia and probably VE-1 and SO. But here's to hoping cos its very unlikely that yamato would redo the Vf-1 in 1/60 scale cos they would probably realise we are quite sick of them already. If that happens, i would just have to make do with the current 1/60 VF-1S Strike and VF-1S Super.

would love the following done 1) 1/60 VF-17 D/S 2) 1/60 VF-4G 3) 1/60 VF-22S/J 4) 1/60 SV-51 5) 1/60 VF-0D 6) 1/2500 SDF-1 (TV/DYRL) 7) 1/60 VF-11B 1/60 YF-21 lastly, limited variants of 1/60 VF-1S/J with perfect transformation so that it would blend in with the 1/60 line Cheers

Yups i agree that the YF19 is a truly a remarkable work of art and engineering. There wasnt really any serious QC issues except for the misalignment of the gunpod and rear left landing gear unable to rotate fully out. Other than that everything is nice and tight. Hopefully, Yamato would release them in the super nova scheme as well with the sponsor markings tempoed on, would defintely grab a couple of these as well

Tks for the demo vids graham! the arms looks a bit difficult to lock them in place when transforming from battroid to fighter but i guess one would get the hang of it once you have fiddled around with it a couple of times. Boy you really handled it roughly, which proves its durability and strength of its joints and plastic Just a question, is the transformation of 1/60 YF19 the same as that of the 1/72 version as i never owned the 1/72 version? It makes me wonder if the cockpit is tucked in the backpack slot which is near the thrusters, would the cockpit be able to withstand the intense heat radiated by that of the thrusters? Feel weird that the pilot is navigating the battroid facing upwards, although i imagined it would be rotated forward, guess it would impossible to achieve that in the 1/60 version due to space contraints, nevertheless im happy to own a masterpiece with ingenuity and engineering incorporated into it Cheers

Tks for the review graham! Very detailed and informative ..especially when you took the trouble to explore the tightness and content of the joints. Everything looks sturdy and beautiful except the misalignment of the gunpod thingy. Guess i could wait for the reissue version with the minor fixes done as im on a tight budget this month. Graham, issit possible to provide a step by step transformation illustration of the elbows when transformed from fighter to battroid and battroid to fighter cos couldnt quite figure out how they twist and turn except for the bicep sliding up/down thingy (provision of locking mechanism). Tks PS: Hows the negotiations going with yamato in rgds to releasing a super nova YF19? Any positive feedback?Tks

Lucky b#$tid!!. Quick sebastian, give us a short of review of the workmanship, paint job and lastly the joints, wether are they rigid or loose in battroid, valkyrie and gerwalk? Tks Hope to receive mine sometime this week or next.

Hi Graham, Would you be picking up a mass release piece? Hope you could do a comparision between that of the mass released ver and that of the prototype version you have in your hands, so as to verify any discrepancies..especially the joints area, workmanship, paintjob or any areas. Tks Cheers

I really agree that the boxart for the YF19 deserves better artwork..something seen on that of the hasegawa ver..oh well nevertheless its still a sought after item which involves breakthrough design and engineering to produce such a beautiful masterpiece. Btw graham, just a question..how are the joints especially the knees/legs/elbows/shoulders, canards and other transforming parts holding up? I guess everyone would feel some sort of worried abt floppiness in the joints or weak parts. PS: hope you are still prodding yamato to do the super nova schemes for the YF-19..best if the sponsored markings are tempo on. Tks

My guess would be that it would be in the region of M+ and M0 variants, probably VFX2 series namely: 1) VF-0D 2) SV-51 3) YF-19 Super Nova 4) YF-21 5) VF-11 B/C 5) VF-5000B 6) VF-17 S/D Hopefully yamato redo the 1/60 VF-1 (DYRL or TV) with perfect transformation for some of the popular variants like VF-1S Roy/Hikaru, VF-1J Max/Millia, VT-1 SO and VE-1 Elintseeker

This i agree with graham, it does look proportion and nicely balanced in the fighter in terms of looks even with the Fps...still unable to accept the dildo looking thing though.

Ideally the VF0A shin variant should have being a greyish blue scheme with the most of the dark parts replaced by either white or a lighter grey..with reference to the hasegawa paint scheme. Really hope yamato does make the extra effort in making these subtle changes so as to differentiate the VF0A CF from the Shin ver. Cheers

Thats good!...please do try your best to convince yamato to do them. Having this two added to the M+ YF19 would the icing on the cake. As for the rights, i believe its either the modellers who came out with the initial scheme or hasegawa.

Frankly saying, i couldnt care less for the Fold booster..maybe only interested in the Fps cos the YF19 already looks good enough on its own. Really hoping for a super nova paint scheme as one of the repaints for the YF19 instead of the YF19A paint scheme. Cheers

Graham, any news on wether the grey ghost together with the arnaments and missile pods would be released together with VF0A Shin variant as a giftset or as a separate add on set? PS: Really thinking of selling away my CF VF0A now..dun wish to have two planes of the same color scheme with only differences in the stripes and pilot

Im actually wondering abt Shin VF0A colors..cos i remembered from the anime that it is suppose to grey white with white stripes, but not that of the CF colors. Maybe someone can verify on this matter? tks hasegawa 1/72 VF0A with Ghost

Another pic upclose of the ghost with VF0A Notice the pilot is different, could it be shin? Cheers

Some pics of the YF19 with Fps and Fold booster at a hobby festival credits to gitsac of sgcollect and moeyo