Ivan Posted April 4, 2005 Share Posted April 4, 2005 Valkyries on steriods... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Posted April 4, 2005 Author Share Posted April 4, 2005 Chris, Mind if I use that as a new main page pic? Graham Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hurricane29 Posted April 4, 2005 Share Posted April 4, 2005 Main page, what do you mean? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Posted April 4, 2005 Author Share Posted April 4, 2005 Main page, what do you mean? You do know that question carries an automatic 1 month ban Graham Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaajin Posted April 4, 2005 Share Posted April 4, 2005 (edited) Found a slightly different pic. do you have the link to the website where you get that pic from? Im sure everyone would reeally want to know the price tag for this sucker Edited April 4, 2005 by aaajin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaajin Posted April 4, 2005 Share Posted April 4, 2005 (edited) opss...double post Edited April 4, 2005 by aaajin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Posted April 4, 2005 Author Share Posted April 4, 2005 looks like its going to come out soon......... Nah, that's just a resin sculpt, not an ABS Test Shot, which means that the tooling is not done yet (perhaps not even started). In fact even the resin sculpt is not finished as one of the intake covers is not ready (it's missing from the pic) I'd say based on what I know of Yamato from the past: - 1-2 months to cut the tooling. Another 1-2 months of making test shots and modifying the tooling to get any bugs worked out. 1 month for the production run. A couple of weeks for shipping from China to Japan. We are probably looking at a minimum of 3.5 months up to 6.5 months before the toy is released. Of course we don't know if the sculpt shown in the photo has Kawamori's/BW's final approval yet. If not and some changes are required, that could add another month or two (at least) to the production time . Graham Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hurricane29 Posted April 4, 2005 Share Posted April 4, 2005 At least we have pics of it now. That shows they have the ball rolling. And I do actually use the main page. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kensei Posted April 4, 2005 Share Posted April 4, 2005 looks like its going to come out soon......... Nah, that's just a resin sculpt, not an ABS Test Shot, which means that the tooling is not done yet (perhaps not even started). In fact even the resin sculpt is not finished as one of the intake covers is not ready (it's missing from the pic) I'd say based on what I know of Yamato from the past: - 1-2 months to cut the tooling. Another 1-2 months of making test shots and modifying the tooling to get any bugs worked out. 1 month for the production run. A couple of weeks for shipping from China to Japan. We are probably looking at a minimum of 3.5 months up to 6.5 months before the toy is released. Of course we don't know if the sculpt shown in the photo has Kawamori's/BW's final approval yet. If not and some changes are required, that could add another month or two (at least) to the production time . Graham Woohooo! More time to save! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lynx7725 Posted April 4, 2005 Share Posted April 4, 2005 We are probably looking at a minimum of 3.5 months up to 6.5 months before the toy is released.Graham Woohooo! More time to save! Just out of curiosity, how many are you going to get, Kensei? Or are you and Godzilla trying to corner the market on this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfx Posted April 4, 2005 Share Posted April 4, 2005 So now i wonder if the bigwigs in Yamato managed to kill off all the moles in the company so as to give out as little information as possible about its macross products. Here's wishful thinking guys....Yamato might still have the YF-19FP in the pipe..... Can i assume that all previous theories of Yamato not renewing their Macross license might be voided due to this development? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valk009 Posted April 4, 2005 Share Posted April 4, 2005 (edited) I will put my bet on X'mas 2005 for the GBP-1S to be released! I mean, Yamato still has to release the Megazone23 bike and others before then, so be patient my fellow members Andy Edited April 4, 2005 by Valk009 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bariaburu Faita Posted April 4, 2005 Share Posted April 4, 2005 So now i wonder if the bigwigs in Yamato managed to kill off all the moles in the company so as to give out as little information as possible about its macross products. Here's wishful thinking guys....Yamato might still have the YF-19FP in the pipe..... Can i assume that all previous theories of Yamato not renewing their Macross license might be voided due to this development? they probably didnt kill the moles, its possible they were fired. I asked about the YF-19FP last WF, not likely was the answer. It could just be that they didnt renew their M0 or M+ licence, and kept their DYRL or SDFM licences Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Posted April 4, 2005 Author Share Posted April 4, 2005 It could just be that they didnt renew their M0 or M+ licence, and kept their DYRL or SDFM licences I agree that is the most likely explanation. Graham Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfx Posted April 4, 2005 Share Posted April 4, 2005 It could just be that they didnt renew their M0 or M+ licence, and kept their DYRL or SDFM licences I agree that is the most likely explanation. Graham So you mean they actually had a M0 license and didn't do anything with it? Does license expirations last only 2-3 years? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris Posted April 4, 2005 Share Posted April 4, 2005 Graham, sure, you can use the pic. prometheum5, the image was done in Photoshop. There is no special trick to it, just a Wacom tablet and a lot of layers. Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kensei Posted April 4, 2005 Share Posted April 4, 2005 Graham, sure, you can use the pic. prometheum5, the image was done in Photoshop. There is no special trick to it, just a Wacom tablet and a lot of layers. Chris Ahhh geez man, don't make it sound so simple, how do you think photoshop duds like me feel? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vanpang Posted April 4, 2005 Share Posted April 4, 2005 GBP in color. Chris EXCELLENT!!! Hey where is GU-11 gunpod ?! BTW I think the Valk head would have a bit of difficulty looking over those shoulder launchers ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CF18 Posted April 4, 2005 Share Posted April 4, 2005 2005 Summer! 8000yen + tax! The pic I posted came from HK toy news: http://www.visualmedia.com.hk/cgi-bin/news...ews&from=⊂=y This is the specific post that carry the price tag: http://www.visualmedia.com.hk/cgi-bin/news...em=168893&utag= Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GRAND CANNON Posted April 4, 2005 Share Posted April 4, 2005 Hey where is GU-11 gunpod ?! BTW I think the Valk head would have a bit of difficulty looking over those shoulder launchers ! If a target gets close enough so that the over-the-shoulder-visibility becomes a problem.....he's got some serious issues!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zentrandude Posted April 4, 2005 Share Posted April 4, 2005 not bad price. but with my luck us sellers mark the price up to 10 grand due to its popularity. better save up now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeo-mare Posted April 4, 2005 Share Posted April 4, 2005 this is a great price, i wonder if they will also sell it as a set with a Vf chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RainBot Posted April 4, 2005 Share Posted April 4, 2005 I HOPE THEY TOOL IT BETTER THIS TIME, STUPID YAMATO Q.C. ON THE 1/60 MADE ME BREAK IT TWICE WHILE TREANSFORMING IT> PIECE FLEW OFF AND HIT MY CAT. HOPE THIS ONE BETTER. SHOULD BE FOR THAT PRICE> I THOUGHT THEY DESIGNED THIS THING IN CAD?!?!?! MAKE ME SCREW CRAZYROOM! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dat Pinche Haro! Posted April 4, 2005 Share Posted April 4, 2005 RainBot, you tried to transform the 1/60 valk with all the armor pieces on? you do know you're not supposed to do that, right??!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zentrandude Posted April 4, 2005 Share Posted April 4, 2005 I HOPE THEY TOOL IT BETTER THIS TIME, STUPID YAMATO Q.C. ON THE 1/60 MADE ME BREAK IT TWICE WHILE TREANSFORMING IT>PIECE FLEW OFF AND HIT MY CAT. HOPE THIS ONE BETTER. SHOULD BE FOR THAT PRICE> I THOUGHT THEY DESIGNED THIS THING IN CAD?!?!?! MAKE ME SCREW CRAZYROOM! I would so buy it if parts shoot out and hits cats. Cat killing toys rule. hey Im a cat killer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeo-mare Posted April 4, 2005 Share Posted April 4, 2005 actually rainbot you cannot transform the GBP armor, it is not transformable on the valk which would probably explain why you broke it i hope you remember this if you decide to buy the 1/48. by the way unlike Zentrandude i am a cat lover if you have a cat you most likely like them as well, is your cat ok from the VF-1 barrage??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hikuro Posted April 4, 2005 Share Posted April 4, 2005 Hope they do fix the "tiny hands" and "tiny feet" there...cause that really makes me wanna stay away from the upgrade. If they fix the problem I wont mind getting them for my VF-1J, he needs some love. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evanta Posted April 4, 2005 Share Posted April 4, 2005 I hope they reissue the VF-1J together with the GBP if it does come out w/o a packaged valk. I don't happen to have a valk ready for that GBP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fort Max Posted April 4, 2005 Share Posted April 4, 2005 The look of the fully armoured valk is nothing short of phenomenal, this could well be the thing that makes me finally get around to buying a 1/48. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
do not disturb Posted April 4, 2005 Share Posted April 4, 2005 what hasn't been said already.... i'll take 2 please. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigkid24 Posted April 4, 2005 Share Posted April 4, 2005 I'm running out of valks to put this on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drifand Posted April 4, 2005 Share Posted April 4, 2005 I'm running out of valks to put this on. Put it on the Hikaru 1J, it's the most iconic fit. Give the TV-style Super Armor to a VF-1S. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueMax Posted April 4, 2005 Share Posted April 4, 2005 Ah..... looking good.... heh... better than expected in fact. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montarvillois Posted April 4, 2005 Share Posted April 4, 2005 I HOPE THEY TOOL IT BETTER THIS TIME, STUPID YAMATO Q.C. ON THE 1/60 MADE ME BREAK IT TWICE WHILE TREANSFORMING IT>PIECE FLEW OFF AND HIT MY CAT. HOPE THIS ONE BETTER. SHOULD BE FOR THAT PRICE> I THOUGHT THEY DESIGNED THIS THING IN CAD?!?!?! MAKE ME SCREW CRAZYROOM! Please stop shouting. thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
do not disturb Posted April 4, 2005 Share Posted April 4, 2005 I hope they reissue the VF-1J together with the GBP if it does come out w/o a packaged valk. I don't happen to have a valk ready for that GBP. just sell me your FP strike armor, then you'll have valk for the GBP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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