johnnyspud Posted December 7, 2006 Share Posted December 7, 2006 I guess the title speaks for itself! Does anyone have a clue why Hasegawa stopped with the 1/72 scale valkyries after only making kits for two of the modes? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sketchley Posted December 7, 2006 Share Posted December 7, 2006 Not enough of a demand? They figure that the serious builders out there would kit-bash either the fighter or the jet (or both!) and make a gerwalk mode for themselves? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaos Posted December 7, 2006 Share Posted December 7, 2006 That's basically what I figured. I've never done it myself, but I imagine it wouldn't be hard to do. In fact, I could write up a guide right now on how to do it, specifically. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P.W.Royce Posted December 7, 2006 Share Posted December 7, 2006 Why would they? Hasegawa would be happy to sell you 2 expensive model kits and let you do all the engineering yourself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mechleader Posted December 7, 2006 Share Posted December 7, 2006 I made my own. I couldn't wait. Came out fine but I'd rather have Hase come out with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chas Posted December 7, 2006 Share Posted December 7, 2006 (edited) Just posted my build-up Here Edited December 7, 2006 by Chas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnyspud Posted December 7, 2006 Author Share Posted December 7, 2006 Just posted my build-up Here Cool build! Thanks for the info, I might have to try that someday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
honneamise Posted December 7, 2006 Share Posted December 7, 2006 Hasegawa are mostly known for their plane kit, so I guess their initial idea was to apply their detailing magic to what they do best, the fighter mode. I could imagine that only popular demand "pressed" them into making their first ever robot model, the Battroid. But at the time they did these kits, they had already switched over to more fighters, the YFs fromM+. From what I have heard the Gerwalk mode is usually the least favorite among the fans (not my opinion, though!) so maybe they saw better chances in marketing new designs instead of creating a Gerwalk kit. IMO that was the wrong decision. With all the Fighter and Battroid parts already done, the cost of re-engineering some parts for a dedicated Gerwalk kit shouldn´t have been too high - and they could make as many versions as they did with the fighters to "milk the mold". Unfortunately, I have the feeling that they won´t go back to their VF-1 and surprise us with a Gerwalk mode some day. I even doubt they do it with the VF-0, even though that design has less built-in anime magic and they would not even need to "adjust" the proportions of some parts. Of course I hope they´ll prove me wrong Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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