David Hingtgen Posted December 19, 2009 Share Posted December 19, 2009 Luckily, I have extra time to save up, as I'm waiting for Grace's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anotheran Posted December 19, 2009 Share Posted December 19, 2009 Me too. Now I just need to figure out how to stash $200. from the wife. ebay some xmas presents! LOL!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UN Spacy Posted December 24, 2009 Share Posted December 24, 2009 New hobby mag images of the DX VF-27. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
logos Posted December 24, 2009 Share Posted December 24, 2009 Sweet poseable thrusters and 2 pilot figures with nice detail it appears. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Posted December 24, 2009 Share Posted December 24, 2009 And the Brera and Ranka figures in the DX VF-27 cockpit look a good deal more detailed and better painted than the blobs we get for pilots in the DX VF-25 toy. Graham Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hutch Posted December 24, 2009 Share Posted December 24, 2009 Officially excited for this now. Looks light years beyond the VF-25. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Hingtgen Posted December 24, 2009 Share Posted December 24, 2009 Now if they'll only sculpt a flightsuit Grace for the green one... (sadly, that'd be the first piece of Grace merchandise ever AFAIK) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
regult Posted December 24, 2009 Share Posted December 24, 2009 the example shown in the last pictures does not sport all the printed details of the one shown last page. It also be interesting to know if the battroid's crotch can angle out a bit more or its going to stay flat (as shown consistently in every shot so far). from the pictures, the fighter and gerwalk modes leave nothing to complain about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacrossJunkie Posted December 24, 2009 Share Posted December 24, 2009 And the Brera and Ranka figures in the DX VF-27 cockpit look a good deal more detailed and better painted than the blobs we get for pilots in the DX VF-25 toy. Graham I think the pilots look larger as well in relation to the cockpit. The VF-25 pilots were about the same size as the gummi pilots that came with the 1/72 M+ valks (and have just about as much detail). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Negotiator Posted December 24, 2009 Share Posted December 24, 2009 Maybe it doesn't have the waist joint in exchange for the longer landing gear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
logos Posted December 24, 2009 Share Posted December 24, 2009 I think the pilots look larger as well in relation to the cockpit. The VF-25 pilots were about the same size as the gummi pilots that came with the 1/72 M+ valks (and have just about as much detail). I just hope they put some more cockpit detail in this time. The 2 figure pics give me some hope. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lolicon Posted December 24, 2009 Share Posted December 24, 2009 Whoa those pics make the crotch look huge and the legs look much higher up than before. Don't like that, but still leaps and bounds better than the VF-25. But the pilot figures look very nice; even better than the 1/72 model pilots. Gonna pick one up for the fighter and gerwalk modes at the very least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dobber Posted December 24, 2009 Share Posted December 24, 2009 A vf-27 will definately be my first DX, but like David, I'll wait for either the cannon fodder or grace version. Not keen on Brera's color scheme. Total awesomeness for the design though, putty they couldn't do this for the main valk in the show. Now hopefully the markings won't rub off. Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bariaburu Faita Posted December 24, 2009 Share Posted December 24, 2009 (edited) Now if they'll only sculpt a flightsuit Grace for the green one... (sadly, that'd be the first piece of Grace merchandise ever AFAIK) there are a couple hentai doujinshi with Grace in it. the 1/250 VF-27 beta is supposedly a mass production type, but if you look closely at the head, its a commander type like Grace used. Edited December 24, 2009 by Bariaburu Faita Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
regult Posted December 24, 2009 Share Posted December 24, 2009 (edited) Yeah, I also had the impression the crotch looks bigger and the legs look a bit higher up than earlier pictures...and so far we've not seen the battroid mode do different poses besides standing tall and pretty...but I still think this is going to be my first Frontier DX. By the way, has anybody translated this before? I would like to know what does it say about "special characteristics", "February" and "March"... BTW. anyone wonders if it will have a stand? It should not be an SMS stand! Edited December 24, 2009 by regult Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UN Spacy Posted December 24, 2009 Share Posted December 24, 2009 Perhaps the Macross Galaxy fleet logo? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vifam7 Posted December 24, 2009 Share Posted December 24, 2009 (edited) By the way, has anybody translated this before? I would like to know what does it say about "special characteristics", "February" and "March"... BTW. anyone wonders if it will have a stand? It should not be an SMS stand! Early buyers in February will get a bonus poster. Then if one buys a DX Chogokin again from March onwards, you get another poster which combined with the February poster becomes one special giant poster. Edited December 24, 2009 by Vifam7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Hingtgen Posted December 24, 2009 Share Posted December 24, 2009 there are a couple hentai doujinshi with Grace in it. I meant more like a figure/stature/toy or something. the 1/250 VF-27 beta is supposedly a mass production type, but if you look closely at the head, its a commander type like Grace used. What where? I haven't heard of this at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bariaburu Faita Posted December 25, 2009 Share Posted December 25, 2009 I meant more like a figure/stature/toy or something. What where? I haven't heard of this at all. take a look in this thread here: http://www.macrossworld.com/mwf/index.php?...st&p=796258 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
regult Posted December 25, 2009 Share Posted December 25, 2009 Early buyers in February will get a bonus poster. Then if one buys a DX Chogokin again from March onwards, you get another poster which combined with the February poster becomes one special giant poster. Thanks Vifam7! Appreciate the translation! Wonder if buyers from retail shops in HK will get the poster...wait, they want us to buy 2 consecutive Brera's to make one giant poster?!!?!?! gimme a Macross Galaxy patch themed stand please! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anime52k8 Posted December 25, 2009 Share Posted December 25, 2009 Thanks Vifam7! Appreciate the translation! Wonder if buyers from retail shops in HK will get the poster...wait, they want us to buy 2 consecutive Brera's to make one giant poster?!!?!?! gimme a Macross Galaxy patch themed stand please! I think it means one poster comes with the Brera VF-27 in February, then a different poster will come with all the DX's starting in March. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
regult Posted December 25, 2009 Share Posted December 25, 2009 roger that, sounds more logical. I would still like to see if it will come with a stand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UN Spacy Posted December 26, 2009 Share Posted December 26, 2009 Look at the beautiful leg stance of the VF-27 in Gerwalk Mode. Now THAT's how it should have been done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hutch Posted December 26, 2009 Share Posted December 26, 2009 I may/probably am imagining things, but the VF-25 that comes with the tornado pack looks 'different' than the one I have. The crotch angles out more (like the lineart) than it will naturally (unless they're using the rolled up paper trick) and the GERWALK mode looks more...stable. Again, probably just my imagination. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
regult Posted December 27, 2009 Share Posted December 27, 2009 (edited) still wondering if these latest magazine scans show the final product, because the previous promotional shots of the toy revealed considerably more printed details. Oh, and we finally see the battroid do poses other than standing up. Edited December 27, 2009 by regult Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grymg Posted December 27, 2009 Share Posted December 27, 2009 Don't know if this is posted yet but bbts has the Alto for $122 shipped. http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/product...amp;mode=retail Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lolicon Posted December 27, 2009 Share Posted December 27, 2009 Don't know if this is posted yet but bbts has the Alto for $122 shipped. http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/product...amp;mode=retail I like how they used a pic of the 1/72 model with the hip bars swung upwards to make it look like the jacked up leg placement of the DX. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Posted December 27, 2009 Share Posted December 27, 2009 Look at the beautiful leg stance of the VF-27 in Gerwalk Mode. Now THAT's how it should have been done. It's annoying to me, that the hobby mag scan shows the Tornado pack ofn the new bluish-white VF-25F (which I dislike). I hope the production toy comes with a standard white VF-25F. And yes, I have that magazine and it's definitely shown with the bluish white VF-25F. Graham Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biggooftoybox Posted December 30, 2009 Share Posted December 30, 2009 I kept seeing the movie version of the VF-25F when i was in HKG a few weeks ago. I was sorely tempted to pick up a new Macross toy but i already had the original VF-25F but without the super pack parts. Still another VF-25F in the stable was too much and my wife would kill me. I can't wait for the VF-27 though. It is an awesome plane in its own right. looks good. i hope they fix the problem with the loose elbow joints. I had the VF-25G posed with the sniper rifle in hand but it can't hold a decent shooter's pose for long and now it looks like it is aiming down for good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
regult Posted January 4, 2010 Share Posted January 4, 2010 but Graham, doesn't the Tornado Pack appears only in the movie version VF-25F? technically blueish valk+Tornado pack is anime-accurate! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Posted January 5, 2010 Share Posted January 5, 2010 but Graham, doesn't the Tornado Pack appears only in the movie version VF-25F? technically blueish valk+Tornado pack is anime-accurate! Haven't seen the Frontier movie yet, but all the CG pics and screen shots in the 3 movie guide books, plus recent hobby magazines show the movie version VF-25F with Tornado Pack as white, not bluish-white. Even Bandai's own 1/250 scale VF-25F Tornado Pack toy has a white Valk. I think the bluish tint on Bandai's 1/60 'so-called' VF-25F Super movie version toy, is just something dreamed up by Bandai execs to milk the molds and sell more toys, not an actual color scheme that appears in the movie. Graham Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
regult Posted January 5, 2010 Share Posted January 5, 2010 point taken! maybe the animation in the film shows the white -F under a darker light, and Bandai decided it was a good chance to milk the ugly mold...what about the lighter super packs? do they even exist in the film? Any ideas when the green VF-27 may come out? I am starting to dig the Grace custom more than the Brera one... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nemesis_trooper Posted January 5, 2010 Share Posted January 5, 2010 Like the design of the Lucifer vf-27...but not so hot on the color schemes (pink and pale green)? Think I will wait for eventual repaints: Black, grey, blue, white, anything but the canon colors for me.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biggooftoybox Posted January 6, 2010 Share Posted January 6, 2010 Yes let me correct my post a bit from before. The VF-25F i saw was the "movie" version but basically it was the VF-25F+super pack(in bluish tint). Yes Bandai was milking the molds. Although if i understand it correctly from the dude at the store, the VF-25F was the 2nd version with the extra holes. But since i didn't buy it, i cannot confirm. VF-27 is in february, if i recall correctly the fodder version is 2 months after or something. Seriously though, give me a VF-171! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GGemini Posted January 6, 2010 Share Posted January 6, 2010 It's annoying to me, that the hobby mag scan shows the Tornado pack ofn the new bluish-white VF-25F (which I dislike). I hope the production toy comes with a standard white VF-25F. And yes, I have that magazine and it's definitely shown with the bluish white VF-25F. Graham My gf helped me translate the text in that page. According to her, the translation states that the Tornado pack VF-25 will be based on the release from November (read: bluish) with some color variations... I guess this is referring to the red color. The Tornado's red stripes appear to be the same color as the first release and not the darker tone that the bluish VF-25 has. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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