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I have a feeling the entire heatshield will fit inside the nose somehow. There isn't enough room on the other side of the canopy and the ejectionpod takes up most of the space below.

Here's a close-up which may support that notion. Note the exposed little red piece underneath the gap between the nose and cockpit canopy.

Theory:

Looks like one pushes the cockpit downwards/inside the fuselage, in order for the heatshield to move from under the nose. One then slides the heatshield over the cockpit, thus locking it into place.

Perhaps once the cockpit is pushed inside the fuselage, a small pin is revealed underneath it, which allows better locking between the midsection and the nose in battroid mode (just simply push the pin back in for fighter mode).

Ok, I'm putting too much thought into this. XD

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No no - this is fun speculation :) I still say it rotates; because it just looks impossible to fit the heat shield into the nose and then slide it out in any meaningful way. I mean - in battroid mode, the heatshield is not attached to anything anywhere - except for to the place where the cock pit is supposed to be.

This leads me to believe that the cockpit gets pressed down and then rotated around - the little orange is the heatshield on the other side of the cockpit.

it's fun to guess how these things transform :)

Pete

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The more I look at this the more excited I get for it!! I can't wait to see more pictures. especially a good profile shot which both the YF-21 and the V2 VF-1S had. I agree with you VFTF1 that this Valk does have a pretty staight forward transformation. Hopefully we'll get good QC on this release.

Chris

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The question as to what is next after this... Well there still isn't a VF-0D. Big IF, if Yamato has the license still for VFX2, then they arguably can make the VF-11 Protect Armor, the VF-17, the VA-3, and the hijacked Battle 13. Battle 13 I don't think is very likely. Who knows what else they can do, considering that they made the fixed modes 1/200 VF-9 as part of their trading figure sets.

Want to see more pictures. :D

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The question as to what is next after this... Well there still isn't a VF-0D. Big IF, if Yamato has the license still for VFX2, then they arguably can make the VF-11 Protect Armor, the VF-17, the VA-3, and the hijacked Battle 13. Battle 13 I don't think is very likely. Who knows what else they can do, considering that they made the fixed modes 1/200 VF-9 as part of their trading figure sets.

Want to see more pictures. :D

I lean more towards the VF-0D coming next then VF-0 Reaction Armour and then VF-11 Protective Armour. It's a good thing that Yamato hasn't show us much of what they are doing on the VF-11 only because it allows them to use their creative process and show a finished prototype instead of a step-by-step process that get's bashed all the way through to a prototype.

If Yamato decides on making more variable designs they should really kill off the 1/60 V2 and pursue other never before made mecha from Macross. Lord knows there are plenty great designs to choose from.

Plus, there is a plethora of Destroids and Enemy Mecha to build.

I for one would love to see a MK1 from Macross Zero in 1/100. That sucker is all business.

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With bandai at the other side of the competition of macross toys one can hope Yamato will release this new VF-11b with a stand and at a much more acceptable price say around $140 or less. Their new VF-1 cost around $150 shipped and that was loaded with stuff. Wishful thinking Yamato.

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The 0D is still one major one to come. Everything else will be repaints and add ons. Not that theres anything wrong with that!

As for the heatshield: Im gonna go with the push down cockpit idea that was mentioned. What worries me is getting it back out after u push it in....

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Oh come now, they're not out of Valks yet, we still have the VF-4 afterall. ^_^

After that though, I think I'll just go back to hoping for a 1/48 YF-19 and YF-21, or at least a YF-19 that doesn't look like it swallowed a horse. <_<

That heat shield mechanism does look rather innovative though, I can't way to see how it works. The cockpit probably doesn't rotate like a Joke Machine, since it comes out entirely, and you can see from the shot that it's an angular shape... but I wonder if the bottom of the cockpit pod isn't actually the heat shield, and you just pull the cockpit out and flip it over. I don't think that's the case, and I hope the shield slides in from the nose, but either way this is looking good. :)

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The question as to what is next after this... Well there still isn't a VF-0D. Big IF, if Yamato has the license still for VFX2, then they arguably can make the VF-11 Protect Armor, the VF-17, the VA-3, and the hijacked Battle 13. Battle 13 I don't think is very likely. Who knows what else they can do, considering that they made the fixed modes 1/200 VF-9 as part of their trading figure sets.

Want to see more pictures. :D

Reactive

VF-11 Prot. Armour

VF-11 Boosters

X-9!!!!

VF-0D

Any of those and i'll be extrememly happy. :D

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Whats that?

I was actually refering to this http://www.hlj.com/product/YMT00062

Oh the Fold + FP combo? Super? :p The heavy Arms platform is the menacing weapon Isamu used to make mince meat of an old Monster II.

Sorry haven't time to find a pic link, it is somewhere on the forum though with a search...i think.

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It's so tempting to copy and paste someone's complaints on the DX VF-25 and paste them into my own words here about the VF-11, because honestly I think I have the exact same problems people have mentioned for that model with this one. The jetmode proportions are ... well... it's not pretty. The nosecone, especially. Small tailfins I could get over, but the front of the jet looks ... words ... just fail me. Grargh.

/e goes off to cleanse the still-ringing rants of model railroad foamers from his ears with alcohol

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I hope it's been extremely squashed then. As-is it looks way too chunky.

I shall control my TMJ for now.

I'm hoping the same thing, that the fighter mode is longer and not as stumpy looking. Like I've said in the DX thread, I mainly care for the fighter mode and the vf-11 has a very distinctive look to it and the picture we've seen really fails to capture that, imo. Battroid looks very good though... other than the head being a little small it looks amazingly close to the line art.

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The VF-11 is one of my favorite valkyrie designs, especially the fighter mode. The vertical stabilizers(tail fins) are big and distinct on the line art and in the anime, yes there is anime magic involved in the transformation, but again it's already been described how this can work. This does not seem like the huge jump in design that both the 1/60 YF-21 and YF-19 had over their previous 1/72 incarnations. The tailfins are proportionally bigger than they were on the 1/72(68 actually), but still look too small. I hope the image is just playing tricks on my eye, but sadly even if we see an unsquashed image I doubt it will make the tailfins look any taller, just a bit wider. The nose would look better unsquashed, but the tail fins, not so much. Imagine the VF-1 1/60 with tailfins with an accurate shape, but cut in half.

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That is a really bad squashed up pic. Looks like it's been photoshopped to make it all squashed looking. Real thing looks 10x better.

Graham

I missed his post! Had to go back and look for it. Posted for relieving the worries. Thanks G-Man!

Same as before with the stubby nosed SV-51 Ivanov so call scan ages ago? remember?

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here's how I think the heat shield will work:

ok, first you pull the cockpit out entirely. with the cockpit out you can then get at the two halves of the heat shield. the lower half is tucked in the nose and gets pulled up and towards the back of the fighter, and the top half will sit under the cockpit and be pulled strait up.

with the heat shield sections pulled all the way up, you slip the canopy back in and fold the heat shield sections back down over it.

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Oh the Fold + FP combo? Super? :p The heavy Arms platform is the menacing weapon Isamu used to make mince meat of an old Monster II.

Sorry haven't time to find a pic link, it is somewhere on the forum though with a search...i think.

They could release it with the 11 with the Atmospheric boosters, and make an adaptor for the YF-19. Originally it was tested on the VF-X-11 after all, and it malfunctioned and killed the pilot.

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The question as to what is next after this... Well there still isn't a VF-0D. Big IF, if Yamato has the license still for VFX2, then they arguably can make the VF-11 Protect Armor, the VF-17, the VA-3, and the hijacked Battle 13. Battle 13 I don't think is very likely. Who knows what else they can do, considering that they made the fixed modes 1/200 VF-9 as part of their trading figure sets.

Want to see more pictures. :D

I would like to have a atmospheric booster and launch arm released that will work with either the 1/48 or 1/60v.2. Those things just look so cool!

VF-0D would be nice

A re-release of the VF-0A that isn’t a floppy mess would be great too.

GBP armor for the VF-0S would be spectacular (I would need to get another VF-0S to display it though)

And will someone please make a big and accurate SDF-1? Something about 24” long would be outstanding.

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Personally; I think all of these complaints miss the apple for the tree...or...um...something like that....

I think each and every Vaklyrie should come with a diorama of some sort. It could even be cardboard. The original 1/72 VF-11B came with a cardboard desert diorama. That was really cool. A stand and a diorama would really go a long way in improving my Macross experience.

It would be nice, for instance, if a box of GBP armor for the new 1/60s came with two or three "hangar bay" dioramas, if the fighters came with "space" dioramas and so forth and so on.

I think that this is a better way of improving the offer than hagling over a milimeter here or there.... just my opinion..

Pete

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if they can rescale the nose and tailfins, I'll be happy as hell. Either case, if they don't, I'll still buy it...just hope to god it's not in the 200+ dollar mark like the 19 and 21 were : / I swear the prices are getting ridiculous for toys.

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Despite what you all say about its proportions, you're gonna buy it anyways! Haha! I can't wait till this thing comes out! w00t! :lol:

I may be disappointed but I still think it looks very good, I'll definitely be picking up at least one, more if the armor pack is announced.

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