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Ding Ding! cash registers ringing and Echos from the hollowness of the wallet

Its milking time!..heard a cow 'MooOOoOoO" in the background and yamato's cash registers ringing" Ding Ding" Frankly saying im most probably going to give this a miss cos 4 variants in the month of september is really too much, cant be buying everything that yamato churns out..will just concentrate on the VF-1A Max, Angelbirds or VF-0A. Wun be surprised if yamato releases a 1/48 VF-1S Max a few months down the road. Cheers

Looks awesome..love the streamline of the YF-19 in fighter mode. The CAD pics doesnt really do it justice. For the musculine looks of the exhaust/hips..looks quite close to that of the anime..instead of the skinny thigh/legs syndrome seen in the cad pics. Arms/shoulders look quite proportion as well. Notice that yamato is using clear red plastic for the optics lens embedded in the nose area same as the VF-0S, wonder the visor in the head is of clear plastic green as well. Graham, is this the exact color that is going to be used on the mass produced version, love the light beige/white on the prototype as compared to the 1/72 which has a dark beige color. If all goes well, this could the macross release of the year.

Yamato is really fast and furious with all these releases with only a few months break in between. Hopefully, they would really do a Elintseeker or SO in the future if possible a Minmay guard strike to finish off the DYRL line. Man would have to decide which is on my list of must gets...so many things like VF-1A Max, VF-0A, VF-1A Angelbirds..so little time and money. Cheers

Would be getting the stealth Fps as well as the VF-1A Max, even though wish that yamato would release a 1/48 VF-1S Max instead. Cheers

a 1/48 Minmay Guard would be swell not forgetting..bring in the 2 seaters Elintseeker and SO

Thats a big fat cat which came out of the bag!! Some reassurance and morale boosting words from the man himself, the word "new" is enough for me at this moment, i have a feeling the cad drawings were of the initial ver rather than the latest ver. Surely graham knows something we dont, all we can do now it wait for the prototype pics of the actual 1/60 YF-19 to be out. Cheers

Tkls for the detailed description graham. What i would love to see, optics/mechanics behind the visor of the head piece. And of cos tempo printed markings on it as that of the VF0S, no need for stickers. Hopefully yamato does take the hint and lengthen the wings abit Am i asking too much?

The leg area looks fine to me, but the belly below the cockpit area looks abit fat. Anyway of lengthening the wing span? Btw will there be other schemes or repaints for this bird given YF-19A is one of the possibilities. Any add on like Fps, missiles or Fold booster? What would i really like to see after the YF19 are the YF21, VF11..and hell yeah a VF-17 !

Graham, have you had first hand experience with the prototype yet? Hopefully yamato has corrected some of the problems, fragile parts found in the previous 1/72 by reinforcing them with diecast or more durable parts. Whats the likehood of repaints for this 1/60 YF-19? Cheers

Fierce! nice job takatoys! Just a question takatoys, did you replace the skull emblems on the tails fins with that of the blueroses? If yes, could we have some pics of it. Tks Cheers

Really need one of those custom sticker sets by takatoy especially the stealth set. takatoys do let us know when they are rdy for purchase Cheers

Hi, Would it be possible to just have the 1/48 VF-1S/A/J stickers as i dun own any 1/60 VF-0S? Adding to that would there be any 1/48 Fps sticker be made available as well? Would be interested in the following: 1) 5 x 1/48 VF-1S/A/J 2) 4 x 1/48 Fast Packs 3) 2 x Stealth stickers 4) 3 x 1/48 GPB Do give me a pm if you see this message as i had been trying to contact ya via pm and email. Tks Cheers

OT for awhile: Anyone care to tell me how to contact takatoys as i tried pming, wish to order some stickers from him. Nice job, hayao, the white decals blends in nicely with the LV2 Cheers

Fierce!! Love the custom scheme Cheers

Im all for a Elintseeker and SO, not forgetting VF-1D as well. Maybe for the 30th Anniversary, yamato can surprise us with a 1/48 VF-1S Minmay Guard Paris or Moon act. Cheers

My modest collection to date: DYRL 1) 1/48 VF-1S Roy Focker: 002 2) 1/48 VF-1S Hikaru: 001 TV 1) 1/48 VF-1J Hikaru: 001 Variations 1) 1/48 VF-1J Stealth (Fps ver): 001 2) 1/48 VF-1J Stealth: 001 Accessories 1) 1/48 Fast Packs: 005 2) 1/48 GPB armour : 002

Nopes that's the actual color of the VF0S, a beige skin tone rather than a greyish white seen on that of the VF-1. Cheers

Okie guys, its just a small err on my part..dun need to chew me up and spit me out. Didnt knew the VF0 didnt have retractable hands. ...perhaps i should rewatch the anime again. Being spoilt by the VF-1 line ..so forgive me Btw graham, you gots yours? any problems so far? Cheers

skull emblems are printed on the tail fins..but the toopid thing is that they arent printed in the centre but overlapping the grey and black details on the tail fins..this time round they arent crooked. Wonder why yamato didnt bother to correct this problem even with the 5th reissue of the VF-1S Roy Missiles are grey for normal and fps versions of the stealth. Pilot is the same as low vis...wish yamato would have repainted a DYRL or TV pilot instead. who wants to do a swap with mine? Cheers

Most of the batches came from jp while some are from HK. Seems that there isnt QC problems so far..no wrong shoulders, loose joints. Havent fiddle with the Fps magnets and polycaps yet..Hope those are ok as well Touch wood! The pilot figurine is one of the best painted figures i have seen so far, looks much more better that that of the 1/48. Cheers

Just got mine. The black and grey parts to my surprise aint too contrasting such that it conflicts with each other, blends in with each other really well. The fps colors are really droolsome and beautiful to behold. The packaging consist of two boxes, one is a regular 1/48 VF-1A/S/J type of box and the other is a 1/48 Fps box..both of them are packaged in a super big box. Whats nice is both the boxes are white..sort of reminds of of exclusive ltd tfs that were packaged in. Overall a beautiful piece. Considering doing up a 1S head with blueroses sticker/decals.

Sorry to hear that hayao. My two pieces doesnt have any of the problems mentioned, no 2 right shoulders, joints fairly tight, fps magnets works okie, no broken parts. Guess im lucky. What i like abt are the translucent red clear pieces that represent optic lenses. Downside is hands arent retractable as that of the VF-1. But silohuette and its sleekness makes it a beautiful piece to display in all 3 modes. Hope that yamato does do the ghost unit for it, and maybe a VF-0A or D variant Cheers

No problems graham, take all you want, just give credit to the website that had the pics.

Nps, im sure everyone is as eager as me to see whats the boxart fot the VF0S. Im sure it would be out very soon. Cheers