spanner Posted September 1, 2013 Share Posted September 1, 2013 image.jpgimage.jpgimage.jpgimage.jpgimage.jpgimage.jpgimage.jpgimage.jpgimage.jpgimage.jpgimage.jpgimage.jpg http://ameblo.jp/digitamin/entry-11530842888.html my word this thing looks positively awful! Its proportions don't look right at all and some of its articulation just aren't right either!? Honestly why are they even bothering?? Definitely going to give this one a miss.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joscasle Posted September 2, 2013 Share Posted September 2, 2013 If this is just a model kit, then why is Bandai BOLDLY advertised it as VERIABLE VALKYRIE and can be transform into all three modes. This is where you are wrong my friend. he is not wrong. All the MW modelers told you in these same threat that these bandai release will be bad, but a lot of people brought it and now are complaining. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
valhary Posted September 9, 2013 Share Posted September 9, 2013 Im sorry if someone already posted this pic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HWR MKII Posted September 9, 2013 Share Posted September 9, 2013 wow this kit grew udders really fast and bandai is really milking it. Why couldnt the markings for the Roy version have been included in the initial release? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoptimus Posted September 9, 2013 Share Posted September 9, 2013 wow this kit grew udders really fast and bandai is really milking it. Why couldnt the markings for the Roy version have been included in the initial release? Well yes and there are some pre colored Gunplay like parts in this kit. Too bad this kit is passable at best... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Posted September 9, 2013 Share Posted September 9, 2013 Beautiful box art, shame about the kit. Graham Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reïvaj Posted September 12, 2013 Share Posted September 12, 2013 The box art doesn´t show the kit's leg joints. I wonder why... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zinjo Posted September 14, 2013 Share Posted September 14, 2013 Bandai's transformable VF-1 was always it's achilles heal of kits. Too many compromises to make it work and the kit is still not worth the Yen... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jefuemon Posted September 23, 2013 Share Posted September 23, 2013 Roy is available now, and it's the TV version. but I'm sure as hell not buying one though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sketchley Posted September 23, 2013 Share Posted September 23, 2013 Dammit! I wanted to pick up the FAST Packs as soon as they were released (I was thinking it was the last weekend of the month), AND I was in the area but opted to not go to the model shop because I was just there last week to get paint. >.<;;; Anyhow, release page with all the gory details of all the variants and their gimmicks: http://bandai-hobby.net/site/character_macross.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jefuemon Posted September 23, 2013 Share Posted September 23, 2013 Dammit! I wanted to pick up the FAST Packs as soon as they were released (I was thinking it was the last weekend of the month), AND I was in the area but opted to not go to the model shop because I was just there last week to get paint. >.<;;; Anyhow, release page with all the gory details of all the variants and their gimmicks: http://bandai-hobby.net/site/character_macross.html I saw several of the super packs available yesterday when I went out shopping, but none of the actual kit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sketchley Posted September 23, 2013 Share Posted September 23, 2013 It'll be interesting how many (if any) my usual shop brought in - as it doesn't look like very many of the VF-1 and Strike Pack sets moved after I picked up mine. (Before anyone jumps all over these new kits: the store also has handfuls of the VF-25S Armour Pack, Macross Armour Factory, 1/144 VF-25/VF-29 and so on in stock from way back when. In short, it's Macross itself, not these new kits per se, that are not selling like hotcakes.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nexxstrait Posted September 23, 2013 Share Posted September 23, 2013 Roy is available now, and it's the TV version. but I'm sure as hell not buying one though. let's hope they have somehow corrected some of the Hikaru's 1S flaws. Wishful thinking? Doesn't look half bad in these pics Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scyla Posted September 24, 2013 Share Posted September 24, 2013 That is the problem with promotional images. They always look good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie addict Posted September 24, 2013 Share Posted September 24, 2013 hmm...most be based on one of the TV episodes done by anime-friends. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ce25254 Posted September 25, 2013 Share Posted September 25, 2013 The photos look better than the illustration. Is it Valkyrie by Adobé? --> http://vimeo.com/34813864 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Valkyrie Posted September 25, 2013 Share Posted September 25, 2013 DX DX DX DX DX DX DX DX DX DX DX DX DX DX DX DX DX DX DX DX DX DX DX DX DX DX DX DX DX DX DX DX DX ... Come on Bandai ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
close313 Posted October 2, 2013 Share Posted October 2, 2013 Seems like they did make a few improvements. I wished i got this one instead. Or not gotten Hikaru ver at all. http://dalong.net/review/etc/mv03/mv03_i.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sketchley Posted October 2, 2013 Share Posted October 2, 2013 From modelling mags I was aware that they had changed the hand armour (rounded edges) and the Super packs have the TV version decals... but in the link are those things to lock the leg transfer plates to the back??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chronocidal Posted October 2, 2013 Share Posted October 2, 2013 Legs still look fugly as all hell from the combination of their misplaced locator pins and the junky knee joint. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skypoet Posted October 4, 2013 Share Posted October 4, 2013 This kit looks quite wonderful from the following review... however, the author of the video is quite clear on the fact that the hip joint s**ks in battroid mode. I still believe that I'll make my own hip joint with whatever raw materials I have (RC airplane wood - balsa, bass, etc... - styrene, and leftovers from other kits.) Note: I still haven't received my kit from hlj, so I still do not have my "own personal opinion". Part 1: Part 2: Part 3: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chas Posted October 7, 2013 Share Posted October 7, 2013 Seeing as I don't play with my models the particularly finicky transformation is not a great concern for me. It would simply be a matter of transforming it once in a while in order to display it in the different modes. These videos actually make the kit look not half bad and have me thinking about picking 1or 2 up just to have a mod in my collection that can show the transformation. Plus part of me still wants to fiddle with it to see what mods can be done - particularly to the knees in gerwalk mode. Not positive that I'm gonna get one just a lot closer after seeing those videos than I was before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wasabi-san Posted October 8, 2013 Share Posted October 8, 2013 (edited) . Edited January 31, 2014 by Wasabi-san Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JET7 Posted October 30, 2013 Share Posted October 30, 2013 couldnt resist.. got the ROY variant, its not as bad as i think.. im locking mine in Valk mode. looks good imho in valk mode. permanently glueing the joints in this mode. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
valky-001 Posted October 30, 2013 Share Posted October 30, 2013 Finally HLJ just shipped my over sea, can't wait to have it in my hands, On the VF-1S Roy I like better the Movie Roy skull leader for it's little bit of more yellow on it, but like better Roy with the classic TV black, gray, blue? pilot suit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JET7 Posted November 2, 2013 Share Posted November 2, 2013 locked in valk mode.. not as bad as i think before.. with a few tweakings.. i find the nose of these bandai much better than hasegawas.. hasegawas are too pointy. love it for display. since it glued shut to valk mode.. its fun to swoosh it around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoptimus Posted November 5, 2013 Share Posted November 5, 2013 Yeah does not look too bad in fighter mode! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GiantMechaJunkie Posted November 27, 2013 Share Posted November 27, 2013 I know I'm a little late to this thread but I picked one up on ebay for just under $40 about a month ago - couldn't resist for that price! Kind of on the fence about it though... I love the new tooling/engineering/transformation/ - yeah, yeah, a model isn't supposed to have moving parts but dammit, that makes these kits fun! - /decal options/full color instruction manual, box art and overall detail of it. But, buuuuuuuuuuuuut, I agree that a lot of the proportions are off in more than just a few places. The head is HUGE, the hands are kind of skeletal, the chest plate seems a bit elongated, the nose seems a bit too narrow and the arms are a bit on the scrawny side. The old Imai kits seem to have better proportion for gerwalk and battroid modes overall - and who didn't like the metal landing gear on the fat fighter mode? Just throwing in my two cents... I plan on doing a side by side build/comparison and throwing lots of pics up on here after the holidays so we'll see how it goes! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major Focker Posted December 3, 2013 Share Posted December 3, 2013 going by the box images on the Hikaru, it seems to come with a 1/72 Minmay. can someone please confirm? also, what extra figure/freebie does the Roy come with? thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
valhary Posted December 3, 2013 Share Posted December 3, 2013 I have the Hikaru and yes includes a minmay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major Focker Posted December 4, 2013 Share Posted December 4, 2013 thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cool8or Posted December 4, 2013 Share Posted December 4, 2013 Picture please!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Hoptimus Posted December 4, 2013 Share Posted December 4, 2013 Fighter mode is still pretty nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cool8or Posted December 4, 2013 Share Posted December 4, 2013 I mean, picture of Minmay's figure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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