Save Posted May 10, 2009 Share Posted May 10, 2009 Found this kit at Liberty in Akihabara this past week? Looks like it was sold in Japan but it shows that it was made in HK. Documentation is written in bad Japanese no Big West licensing sticker but BW copyright is written by hand. It is in a anime magic like poser, kind of weird. Head sculpt is nice. Anybody here ever seen it before completed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TSP Posted May 10, 2009 Share Posted May 10, 2009 Looks like the pose from the commercial break eye-catch. Nice find Save. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
505thAirborne Posted May 10, 2009 Share Posted May 10, 2009 Cool kit. if you ever paint it, share some pics!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted May 10, 2009 Share Posted May 10, 2009 Wow, nice find! I've never seen that kit before Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PetarB Posted May 10, 2009 Share Posted May 10, 2009 I love the simplicity of those instructions! Looks like someone drew and wrote them up in about 10 minutes! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
505thAirborne Posted May 11, 2009 Share Posted May 11, 2009 I love the simplicity of those instructions! Looks like someone drew and wrote them up in about 10 minutes! agreed!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Save Posted May 11, 2009 Author Share Posted May 11, 2009 Cool kit. if you ever paint it, share some pics!!! Well I don't have time to build and paint it, if anybody is interested in it here on MW pm me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MechTech Posted May 11, 2009 Share Posted May 11, 2009 Great sculpt and falls under the true meaning of "garage kit." - MT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vf-11ihp Posted May 12, 2009 Share Posted May 12, 2009 Whoever tried to pawn it off as a original kit. This is hobby base repttu kit vf-2SS. This kit was taken and parts were recasted to sell in the HK market. Don't buy it . Just go find a original. Sadly the original needs lots of modifications to complete. The original comes with no instructions and all parts may not fit correctly. The correct way is to find some small joints from revoltech or kotobukiya and that kit should look amazing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valk009 Posted May 13, 2009 Share Posted May 13, 2009 Hi save, if you can send me the full HK address I might be able to get more info on it! However as someone already mentioned, it could be a recast with an quickly sketched up instructions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Save Posted May 13, 2009 Author Share Posted May 13, 2009 Whoever tried to pawn it off as a original kit. This is hobby base repttu kit vf-2SS. This kit was taken and parts were recasted to sell in the HK market. Don't buy it . Just go find a original. Sadly the original needs lots of modifications to complete. The original comes with no instructions and all parts may not fit correctly. The correct way is to find some small joints from revoltech or kotobukiya and that kit should look amazing. I actually have the Hobby Base Repttu kit vf-2SS and it is not cast from that one that is for sure. The head is a different sculpt as well and all the other parts are not the same size or shape. The Repttu kit is a bit smaller than this kit, this kit is actually non-scale even though it says 1/100 since it is in a anime pose. Hi save, if you can send me the full HK address I might be able to get more info on it! However as someone already mentioned, it could be a recast with an quickly sketched up instructions. I'll get you the HK address. I'm guessing this kit was made back in the early 90's and back then most fan licensed or unlicensed kits had pretty badly illustrated instructions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Posted May 13, 2009 Share Posted May 13, 2009 Will check through my old mags, seem to recall a B-club kit. Graham Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vf-11ihp Posted May 14, 2009 Share Posted May 14, 2009 Its a modified version where he cut up some parts and stucks some parts together. Thats why it doesn't look dead on. The head is not suppose to be connected to the joint on the head but this one is connected becasue he must of puttied it and recasted it. The leg parts are exactly the same. He glued the fins which are white metal and then recasted the kit as a 1/100 kit. I actually have the Hobby Base Repttu kit vf-2SS and it is not cast from that one that is for sure. The head is a different sculpt as well and all the other parts are not the same size or shape. The Repttu kit is a bit smaller than this kit, this kit is actually non-scale even though it says 1/100 since it is in a anime pose. I'll get you the HK address. I'm guessing this kit was made back in the early 90's and back then most fan licensed or unlicensed kits had pretty badly illustrated instructions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badboy00z Posted May 17, 2009 Share Posted May 17, 2009 The head design looks FSS-ish. Looks like the Engage SR1. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TSP Posted May 17, 2009 Share Posted May 17, 2009 (edited) In fact the Engage Octaves are Valkyrie-II in disguise. Edited May 17, 2009 by TSP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Save Posted June 5, 2009 Author Share Posted June 5, 2009 Hi save, if you can send me the full HK address I might be able to get more info on it! However as someone already mentioned, it could be a recast with an quickly sketched up instructions. Here is a pic of the address. Its a modified version where he cut up some parts and stucks some parts together. Thats why it doesn't look dead on. The head is not suppose to be connected to the joint on the head but this one is connected becasue he must of puttied it and recasted it. The leg parts are exactly the same. He glued the fins which are white metal and then recasted the kit as a 1/100 kit. Finally got around to taking pic of both kits. Nope it is not a modified version of the Hobby Base Repttu kit. None of the parts are even close to the same size. The G-port kit head is almost twice as large as the HK kit so not only is it not puttied it is also not recasted since it is twice as small. The leg parts are not even close to being exactly the same either the HK kit legs are larger and fat. The Hobby Base Repttu kit's fins are also not made of white metal only the feet are made of metal the rest of the kit is resin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
007-vf1 Posted June 5, 2009 Share Posted June 5, 2009 someone needs to make one of this Mac II battroid models in 1/72 scale... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zinjo Posted June 15, 2009 Share Posted June 15, 2009 someone needs to make one of this Mac II battroid models in 1/72 scale... I suspect the reason for staying with the 1/100 scale is to compliment the Bandai 1/100 kit. It really is too bad no garage kit makers ever did anything more than just one 1/72 VF-2SS-SAP kit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wwwmwww Posted June 16, 2009 Share Posted June 16, 2009 I'll get you the HK address. I'm guessing this kit was made back in the early 90's and back then most fan licensed or unlicensed kits had pretty badly illustrated instructions. You know I think I just might have this exact same kit. Back in the late 90's or very early 00's I got a VF-2ss kit off Yahoo Japan that looks alot like this one. The picture used in the auction showed some very stylized box art but the seller ended up coming back to me and said he had lost the box so all I got was the kit and instructions and I haven't seen the exact same kit again till maybe just now in this thread. Any chance you got a box with this kit? I'd recognize the box art instantly. Give me a couple days and I'll see if I can find my kit and photograph it for you. I unfortunatly didn't save the picture of the box or if I did its lond gone as I've looked for it before. Think of a VF-2ss drawn with a Caligraphy pen using the minimal number of strokes. It was actually a pretty cool drawing and was the sort of thing I could see being used as a tattoo... not that I'm big on tattoos but that is what it made me think of. I'd love to track down that image again. Carl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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