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Thanks for the great review Jenius.

+ 1 great review as always

ah that is indeed a sad story thanks for sharing bro

I just sent payment to HLJ for the non-fast pack Roy 1S in anticipation of getting the TV fast packs separately.

Besides, I know that the Roy 1S will be mostly displayed without the fast packs, so I didn't see the point in buying the fast pack bundle.

-Kyp

Will we be getting a separate TV FPs pack? must...resist...getting...another...Roy....

Oh and Kyp gave a great idea he's going to get this and wait for the TV FPs to come out must...resist...getting...another...Roy...

oh great the Rifleman's coming

it's not really that far-fetched I was actually considering buying one instead of a second 1/60 with FP (wasn't able to buy the second-hand 1/48 Roy with FP for the same price as a bnew 1/60 ) because I wanted it displayed in fighter mode only. My compulsiveness got the better of me, though, so I now have in display a fighter mode with FPs

Besides, I think the price point would entice new collectors who just want to try out owning their first valk without coughing up a lot of cash. Or those who really want to own a valk but do not have enough to fit in their budget. This way, they can own the valk and save up for th FPs at a later time

If they come out with the TV VF-1A's, I'll get the non-FP versions

haha very cool pose bro

Now this is an example of a good poll post thanks for posting this

true that. would it be ok to have those non-responding "broken" votes removed so as to make the tally more realistic? I agree with the others that if these votes were true, then we should've heard some bitching from these voters by now. It seems those fake voters have never seen a poll before, I pity their existence.

Guys, aside from the scale, is the 1/60 VF1 really better than the 1/48 VF1? I want to get a 1/48 for its size... but looking into the future, I think the 1/60 is a wiser choice down the road cuz of the other valkyrie models' scale. Anyway, please let me know.

It really depends. Many still swear by the 1/48's but having never owned one, I really wouldn't know. From what I've read, though, the new 1/60 is more proportionally balanced in all modes. If you're a fan of fighter modes, though, the 1/48 is still tops with a lot of fighter-mode details than the 1/60's. But it's not to say that the 1/60 isn't good in fighter mode. That's not the case at all. It's reversed in battroid mode as the 1/60 incorporates numerous improvements.

If you'll be collecting Macross, I'd advise that you go for the 1/60 as honestly being in scale plays a big role. Even Bandai's upcoming Macross Frontier figures will be in that scale. If you want to have at least one 1/48 in your collection (which I'm sure you'd definitely want along the way), go for the non-canon valks (like the Low Vis versions, 1J Stealth, or the 1S 25th Anniv paired with the Stealth FP if possible). That way, the misproportioned scale won't go against your main collection as these are special edition ones

Also for those who voted for "Mine is not broken or perfect but I have complaints."

Though it's safe to consider the votes valid, we would really love to hear your opinion. It's the best way to help manufacturers improve their products.

Thing is, the usual suspect for first release are all the same in deco, just different heads and trim(skull squadron for DYRL). To me, that gets boring quick. Sure there are significant appearances by them in DYRL, Roy's being most important, Hikaru's Strike memorable towards the end, Max's Skull 1 being more significant than his 1A in the beginning of DYRL, and Hikaru's 1A for disobeying Misa and saving Minmay. Yet if one were to compare these character's valkyries in DYRL to their TV counterparts, their TV versions look more unique, and they did more in them than in DYRL(except for Roy).

In some respect DYRL has the more realistic aspect going for it, in that all of them are part of the same squadron and each valkyrie has minimal difference per character, usually just trim changes.

I'd agree with your theory if the Super O, and Elint were released first, but almost always the first release is a DYRL skull squadron VF-1, whether Roy's skull 1, or Hikaru's Skull 11.

true that. i also realized something. Macross 7 closely follows DYRL more than the SDF TV. For one, exodol in 7 is in DYRL form than the TV series looks. Also, one of the Macross 7 encore episodes states that Exodol never underwent micromization, which is true in DYRL but is in stark contrast to the TV as he underwent micronization there.

Also in case you don't know already, yamato released the Hikaru VF-1J as a limited 1 run combo pack that included TV shaped + coloured Super/FP's.

And they are doing the same with the V.2 1/60's!

Is this an attempt to make sure the 1J sells? Does this support the theory our Japanese bro's really are only interested in DYRL? stuff?

gak! limited release? So I better have mine reserved as early as now

Yeah, I did notice that, the DYRL gets more exposure than the SDF TV. It could be that much of the VF paint scemes, variants, and accessories in DYRL are much more interesting than those in the TV series f.e. ElintSeeker > Funny Chinese, Strike Parts > Super Parts, Super Ostrich > VT-1D, etc.

wow thanks for posting this the customs were wicked! I especially loved the 1A Max in Zentraedi uniform. BTW, the Pony-Toy Go Round story you mentioned piqued my curiosity. What's it about?

Look closely at the forearm armor. There's also a color difference.

oh ok got it thanks

yup, it'll be out in October! Can't wait!!

Guys, I hate to soud stupid but what's the difference between the TV FPs and the DYRL FPs? thanks

great hero pose ruskiiFaussie

You can see the 1D in the background of this pic CF18 posted in the Minmay figure thread.

Anyone get some good, closer pics of the Yamato booth?

wow! the minmay fig looks great! ;D

yup, I hope someone was able to snag a pic of those posts

As a first valk, I'd prefer the new 1/60 VF-1 since it's the most famous valk. The only reason why I bought the YF-21 first is because the 1/60 ver 2 wasn't out yet and then a local hobby shop had a sale and I couldn't resist the pride it had for the YF-21 (I wanted the YF-19 but they quickly ran out of stock). But no regrets, though, as the YF-21 is absolutely excellent and is chock-full of extras compared to the YF-19. I actually felt that I got more than what I paid for.

But between YF-21 and VF-1 version 2, I pick the latter I love the new 1/60 so much I bought two already

Say yamato came out with the newer 1/60's right after the old 1/60's. Then Came out with 1/48's. Would you still hold onto the new 1/60 or dump it for the 1/48?

That aside, it's always great to see the new yamatos.

not really. there are those who'd like their collections to be in scale and the 1/48's are still great if you love VF-1's

"The other thing is why are there no comparison pics to a VF-1 1/48. Seems like you intentionally didnt. To make it seem like something unique and help yamato sales?"

For one, as said earlier, other reviews have already made the comparisons. IF he intentionally didn't make comparison pics, it could be taken as the 1/60 being reviewed on its own merit. I see no foul-play there. From your tone, you seem to imply that the new 1/60 is so below the 1/48's that Yamato needs help to boost the 1/60's sales. Clearly that's not the case. For one, while the new 1/60 lost some details (particularly in fighter mode like the wing flaps etc), other details were added and the design incorporates improvements (like double jointed elbows). So if you have the impression of the 1/60 being just a shrunk 1/48 (based on your "seem like something unique" comment), then you're dead wrong. Now, unless Yamato paid ALL independent reviewers over the world, I'd say jenius's review reflects the conclusions you'll find in other reviews: that whether compared to the 1/48 or not, the new 1/60 is among the best Yamato's churned out. Besides, it sold out too fast that it can't be attributed to a single review.

Sure thing. Quick and dirty photos incoming. No Gerwalk pics, since I didn't feel like permanently modifying either the holders or the base to join with each other (and the flippy floppy gerwalk chest doesn't leave me with many options of places to stick the stand). All photos are with the stock action base connectors.

Because I stuck the base practically to the top of the battroid mode, it hangs a little low, but again if one was willing to do either some cutting or glueing and use the proper YF-19 stand attachments, you could attach it higher. Still. As you can see, no problems or worries with weight or anything, and the action bases are a lot less intrusive than the massive Yamato launch stands or YF-21/SV-51 stands.

Wow! it does look great! Thanks Quin I went to a local hobby shop yesterday but they ran out of the clear version I'll definitely pick this up and use the savings for other yamato valks

cool! i'd like to see that in a gbp armor

@ 1 VF-1 2NV:

could you make a mock-up on the gbp? would that be possible via photoshop?

yes, could anyone provide a pic of the Minmay guard design?

nice pics pare...

one other complaint... seems the paint application on the metal parts are still the same w/ the 1/48s... if you're not really careful, the paint will chip off gradually after a few transformations...

ei pare, thanks

metal parts here are much fewer than the old 1-60's at least that'll help minimize that I think only the t-bar's the metal part here

@ treatment

oh is that a madcat II? still, it looks great