Kicker773 Posted February 15, 2013 Share Posted February 15, 2013 Awesome pics Swoosh.. i really need to get a better lens and learn to control good lighting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitestar Posted February 15, 2013 Share Posted February 15, 2013 Didn't think that the vf-19s could look any better, and then I see it with decals! Nice job Swoosh. I'll have to add this to the list of valks in need of decaling (vf-17s w fast pack first on that list!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skullmilitia Posted February 15, 2013 Share Posted February 15, 2013 Yeah I have to agree nice placement! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie addict Posted February 15, 2013 Share Posted February 15, 2013 Great pics Swoosh, makes me glad I ordered a 19S, guess I'll have to get me the 19F before you guys buy them all too. Bummer about the 19P Gerwalk. Guess I'll find out soon but is the blue plastic really that shiny on the VF-19's? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derex3592 Posted February 15, 2013 Share Posted February 15, 2013 It's shiny enough to be cool, but not shiny enough to be off-putting IMHO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mommar Posted February 15, 2013 Share Posted February 15, 2013 Just be careful to dust them as soon as possible. They can be difficult to clean if you leave it a little while. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mechaninac Posted February 15, 2013 Share Posted February 15, 2013 (edited) The VF-19s have 3 design/execution failures (in my eyes) that have kept me from pulling the trigger on a purchase: It's high gloss finish is off-putting to me, specially since all other VFs Yamato have ever produced have had a matte finish. It stands out too much against its M7 stablemates. Obviously, this is personal preference issue and not a flaw per se, and I have Macross Frontier VFs that are also glossy but they they appear, to me, to be less so -- closer to a semi-gloss than the 19's auto-show mirror treatment. The non-removable intake covers. There's no way in hell I'll ever be convinced that their engineers could not come up with a solution/compromise that would allow those covers to come off to show the compressor blades like on all other Yammies, no matter how shallow they would end up being. It just strikes me as a deadline thing that had them settle for "good enough". The ankle design being a step backwards from the YF-19's. Other than my issues with the design/engineering choices, all the VF-19s are attractive enough, but I still can't bring myself to buy one... Edited February 15, 2013 by mechaninac Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
locidm Posted February 15, 2013 Share Posted February 15, 2013 in my opinion the VF-19's are so awesome in every other department that the relatively minor issues you described don't even come close to resembling any sort of deal breaker. The first time i transformed it I was floored. Its design and engineering is one of the best I have seen, and I own most yamato and Bandai SOCs and frontier molds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vifam7 Posted February 15, 2013 Share Posted February 15, 2013 Late to the club!! Are those the provided stickers or a specially made waterslide decal set? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swoosh Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 i love how you decaled yours; i'll be doing the same to mine!! Didn't think that the vf-19s could look any better, and then I see it with decals! Nice job Swoosh. I'll have to add this to the list of valks in need of decaling (vf-17s w fast pack first on that list!) Yeah I have to agree nice placement! I mostly followed the stickers placement from the VF-19 Master File , minus the "No Step" and added a few that I liked. Great pics Swoosh, makes me glad I ordered a 19S, guess I'll have to get me the 19F before you guys buy them all too. Bummer about the 19P Gerwalk. Guess I'll find out soon but is the blue plastic really that shiny on the VF-19's? They are more shiny in person and darker blue. Are those the provided stickers or a specially made waterslide decal set? Just the provided sticker sheet . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twoducks Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 Damn you Swoosh, now I also want the one schme I did not want. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anime52k8 Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 The VF-19s have 3 design/execution failures (in my eyes) that have kept me from pulling the trigger on a purchase: It's high gloss finish is off-putting to me, specially since all other VFs Yamato have ever produced have had a matte finish. It stands out too much against its M7 stablemates. Obviously, this is personal preference issue and not a flaw per se, and I have Macross Frontier VFs that are also glossy but they they appear, to me, to be less so -- closer to a semi-gloss than the 19's auto-show mirror treatment. The non-removable intake covers. There's no way in hell I'll ever be convinced that their engineers could not come up with a solution/compromise that would allow those covers to come off to show the compressor blades like on all other Yammies, no matter how shallow they would end up being. It just strikes me as a deadline thing that had them settle for "good enough". The ankle design being a step backwards from the YF-19's. Other than my issues with the design/engineering choices, all the VF-19s are attractive enough, but I still can't bring myself to buy one... and In my eye's none of those are problems: 1. I like the gloss more than the matte finish, it looks classy. On the shelf it practically looks painted all over where as other toys look like bare plastic even across the room. If anything I wish all my other VF's from yamato were so shiny. 2. the tiny sculpted intake face that's 2 millimeters from the front of the intake always looked silly to me. Between that and preferring to have as few loose pieces floating around as possible means I leave the intake covers in all the time on every other valk I have anyways. 3. the ankles also have way more side-to-side tilt and the ability to rotate outward which makes them a step up in terms of battroid pose-ability to every previous ankle design Yamato has used. basically, I can see all those things being design decisions that people don't agree with but I don't think it's fair to call them design flaws/failures. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mechaninac Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 I did preface my list by stating that they were flaws in my eyes, and made clear that the finish was a personal preference; hence why I've had such a hard time commiting to buy one. I can certaily understand liking the covers on and reducing the amount of small parts to potentially lose; nevertheless, I would just like to have the option to remove them regardless how silly and unrealistically close to the front they are, but in the VF-19s that choice is denied. However, I will not excuse the ankles; increased side to side range is a plus, but not at the expense of front to back adjustability... they could have done better, and they could have revisited the design for the S variant and beyond. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plutoniumhunter Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 Epic pics Swoosh! Makes me long for a VF-19S! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Magnus Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 I love the S it's really cool! Can't wait for the F to come in. Can't go wrong with these valks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nexxstrait Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 Super Fire ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scream Man Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 Thats actually kinda cool....Does it stay on OK? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErikElvis Posted February 17, 2013 Share Posted February 17, 2013 (edited) Oh hell I thought for sure I only wanted one 19P to display in battroid but I really like fighter now that I have it in hand. Ugggg should have bought a 2nd from hlj when i had the chance. Edited February 17, 2013 by ErikElvis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Magnus Posted February 17, 2013 Share Posted February 17, 2013 I got the F from NY I was hoping the P would be there next month when I can afford it but that's gone too from NY. I have the S and the Kai so I have the ones I really wanted, but the P would have been cool to have too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nexxstrait Posted February 17, 2013 Share Posted February 17, 2013 Thats actually kinda cool....Does it stay on OK? It does. Just don't expect it to stay attacched if you shake the valkyrie around. Otherwise it stays on ok. The added weight does stress the feet articulation, though, so be warned: the Fire could fall backwards if you don't find the right pose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plutoniumhunter Posted February 17, 2013 Share Posted February 17, 2013 Anyone has pics of their VF-19Ps? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Magnus Posted February 17, 2013 Share Posted February 17, 2013 (edited) Anyone has pics of their VF-19Ps? Pages 33,35, and 36 of this thread has some awesome pictures. Edited February 17, 2013 by Valkyrie Magnus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plutoniumhunter Posted February 17, 2013 Share Posted February 17, 2013 Pages 33,35, and 36 of this thread has some awesome pictures. Thanks! I think I must have browsed those pages in my sleep and forgot about them, my bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twoducks Posted February 17, 2013 Share Posted February 17, 2013 Super Fire Foto febbraio 2013 015.JPG Foto febbraio 2013 016.JPG! Just fantastic! Wonder how it looks on a S/F... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nexxstrait Posted February 17, 2013 Share Posted February 17, 2013 Just fantastic! Wonder how it looks on a S/F... I'll try the booster on my S later. Stay tuned ; ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renato Posted February 18, 2013 Share Posted February 18, 2013 Just fantastic! Wonder how it looks on a S/F... I took some pics of the Soundbooster attached to a 19S in Battroid and Fighter a couple of years ago when Yamato had a preview showroom event, you can see them here: http://www.macrossworld.com/mwf/index.php?showtopic=35967&p=942635 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phalanix Posted February 18, 2013 Share Posted February 18, 2013 If anyone's interested, the 19S and 19Kai are on sale at HKCollectibles and Angolz, roughly 50% off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scyla Posted February 18, 2013 Share Posted February 18, 2013 I don't like the VF-19 the YF-19 looks much better and Arcadia will make V3 of that Valkyrie. I don't like the VF-19 the YF-19 looks much better and Arcadia will make V3 of that Valkyrie. ... I don't like the VF-19 the YF-19 looks much better and Arcadia will make V3 of that Valkyrie. *back and forth seesaw* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plutoniumhunter Posted February 18, 2013 Share Posted February 18, 2013 I don't like the VF-19 the YF-19 looks much better and Arcadia will make V3 of that Valkyrie. I don't like the VF-19 the YF-19 looks much better and Arcadia will make V3 of that Valkyrie. ... I don't like the VF-19 the YF-19 looks much better and Arcadia will make V3 of that Valkyrie. *back and forth seesaw* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skullmilitia Posted February 18, 2013 Share Posted February 18, 2013 Just got my 19P in, that was fast! ordered from HLJ on Thursday, got it today, holy balls FedEx is on speed! Haven't had a chance to look, but kinda don't need too, thatnks to all your guys great pictures. Now just waiting on HKC to ship my 19S, I ordered that before CNY,so hopefully it ships soon, now that it's over. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plutoniumhunter Posted February 18, 2013 Share Posted February 18, 2013 Just got my 19P in, that was fast! ordered from HLJ on Thursday, got it today, holy balls FedEx is on speed! Haven't had a chance to look, but kinda don't need too, thatnks to all your guys great pictures. Now just waiting on HKC to ship my 19S, I ordered that before CNY,so hopefully it ships soon, now that it's over. Congrats! I think HKC is kinda clearing a backlog; I ordered mine on the 15th, right after their CNY break, nothing yet too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benbot Posted February 18, 2013 Share Posted February 18, 2013 Just got my 19P in, that was fast! ordered from HLJ on Thursday, got it today, holy balls FedEx is on speed! Haven't had a chance to look, but kinda don't need too, thatnks to all your guys great pictures. Now just waiting on HKC to ship my 19S, I ordered that before CNY,so hopefully it ships soon, now that it's over. I would have mine today also, but the post office is closed for Presidents Day! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plutoniumhunter Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 Still trying to find a YF-19 at a good price.. where did you get yours? http://www.angolz.com/store/1-60-macross-plus-yf-19-8001.html Another one up for grabs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skullmilitia Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 Have to say, I've been playing with my P all day, looks like the older folks were wrong, it's alot of fun! but really, wish I hadn't waited so long to pull the trigger... ok I'm done.... No really, the VF-19P is fun as crap! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renato Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 Have to say, I've been playing with my P all day, looks like the older folks were wrong, it's alot of fun! Who said it wasn't fun?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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