What will Hasegawa do next?

[LocusPocus]

Dear Hasegawa,

next year for Christmas I want an SV-51 battroid. DD or Nora don’t care, VF-0’s just standing around waiting for the party. Promise to be good

[KOG Water Dragon]

I asked to get notified when a Death Stranding kit was back in stock. I've been getting an email to let me know the item has come back in stock every day for like a month now.

[Papa Rat]

2 hours ago, KOG Water Dragon said:

I asked to get notified when a Death Stranding kit was back in stock. I've been getting an email to let me know the item has come back in stock every day for like a month now.

Hahaha. They need some IT help

[Big s]

4 hours ago, KOG Water Dragon said:

I asked to get notified when a Death Stranding kit was back in stock. I've been getting an email to let me know the item has come back in stock every day for like a month now.

At least they’ve been letting you know , and knowing is half the battle 

Edited January 12 by Big s

[kajnrig]

Hasegawa made a Death Stranding kit? I heard of the trike, but I thought that was Koto or Moderoid...?

[Big s]

2 hours ago, kajnrig said:

Hasegawa made a Death Stranding kit? I heard of the trike, but I thought that was Koto or Moderoid...?

I’m pretty sure it’s the Kotobukiya kit. I think it was more of a continuation of the HLJ complaint subsection of this thread

[KOG Water Dragon]

4 hours ago, Big s said:

I’m pretty sure it’s the Kotobukiya kit. I think it was more of a continuation of the HLJ complaint subsection of this thread

This.

[kajnrig]

On 1/12/2026 at 3:51 PM, Big s said:

I’m pretty sure it’s the Kotobukiya kit. I think it was more of a continuation of the HLJ complaint subsection of this thread

On 1/12/2026 at 8:23 PM, KOG Water Dragon said:

This.

Ah yes. In hindsight the context clues are obvious. "Hasegawa Death Stranding kit," oof.

[Big s]

1 hour ago, kajnrig said:

Ah yes. In hindsight the context clues are obvious. "Hasegawa Death Stranding kit," oof.

Yeah, at this point the thread should be renamed from What Will Hasegawa do Next to What Did HLJ do Now

[KOG Water Dragon]

On 1/11/2026 at 7:49 AM, LocusPocus said:

…just rechecked my moderoid mospeada preorders, as suspected they have again mysteriously disappeared…done w HLJ

That's weird. Mine are still in place.

[LocusPocus]

…yes, it tis’ have been ordering kits for years and no issues whatsoever until late summer 2025. No biggie there are other vendors it’s just inexplicable is all.

[GMK]

[Big s]

1 hour ago, GMK said:

Can’t wait to get it in hand.

[Bolt]

2 hours ago, GMK said:

Very nice! I'd like to see the box size comparison to the Queadluun-Rau . Actually, my wallet is wondering..

[Big s]

23 minutes ago, Bolt said:

Very nice! I'd like to see the box size comparison to the Queadluun-Rau . Actually, my wallet is wondering..

I’m pretty sure it will be fairly large. The kit might not be as bulky, but maybe more parts due to weapons and extra hands.

[GMK]

Not sure if this is a new or a re-release?  VF-1 weapons set in 1:48 scale.

 

Edited Sunday at 11:00 PM by GMK

[Big s]

5 minutes ago, GMK said:

Not sure if this is a new or a re-release?  VF-1 weapons set in 1:48 scale.

 

Yeah, I think it’s a rerelease, but I may be getting confused with the 1/72

[kajnrig]

Rerelease. This came out long after the 1/72 weapon set did; a quick way to tell the difference, since they are so similar, is that the micro-missiles for the missile box come as individual missiles on the 1/48 (pictured) and a single piece on the 1/72.

 

IIRC the 1/48 also excludes the pilots since they are included with the base 1/48 fighter kit.

[Chronocidal]

Still the most reliable source of DX VF-1 weapons.  

[SteveTheFish]

I was at Wonder Festival and saw the N-Ger in-person. I still haven't gone through the photos yet, but last night I uploaded a video. 

 

[Chas]

1 hour ago, SteveTheFish said:

I was at Wonder Festival and saw the N-Ger in-person. I still haven't gone through the photos yet, but last night I uploaded a video. 

 

Awesome video Greg!

Thanks so much for taking the time to do this, (so I can enjoy seeing all these great kits that I'll likely never be able to own/build🤣)

Seriously though I do love being able to live vicariously through your camera!

[SteveTheFish]

2 hours ago, Chas said:

Awesome video Greg!

Thanks so much for taking the time to do this, (so I can enjoy seeing all these great kits that I'll likely never be able to own/build🤣)

Seriously though I do love being able to live vicariously through your camera!

You're welcome! Of course, this was just my bias, focusing on older anime and video game items. I saw some GKs where people were crowding around, taking photos. I couldn't recognize the characters, so I just passed by. Then after hours of walking around, I met up with friends and their friends. They showed me the stuff they bought and it was all sorts of cool stuff I'd passed over without noticing. There was an animation mistake in one episode of Macross where an animator really messed up with Kakizaki's VF-1A head, adding additional cannons on the sides of the head. my friend Adrian found a resin head of that mistake, which can be added to a Hasegawa (or maybe a Plamax) Valkyrie kit. 

Oh yes, and someone had 3D printed a pilot figure for the Hasegawa Glaug kit, but I was too late and it was sold out by the time I found it. Drat! Although for a 3D printed figure, I think the seller was asking for too much. I'd like to see someone design one for Cults3D or Thingyverse to go with the Hasegawa kit. 

I took pictures of the event too. I'll make a gallery and put it on my website. Hopefully later this week. There is ONE Windows program I miss in Linux, and it is Photoscape. I really wish there was a Linux version of this program. It can run photos through batches. It can auto enhance, auto contrast, resize, and rename photos in batch processes. Very easy to use. I still have yet to find a program like that for Linux.

Edited Tuesday at 06:03 AM by SteveTheFish

[Big s]

1 hour ago, SteveTheFish said:

There was an animation mistake in one episode of Macross where an animator really messed up with Kakizaki's VF-1A head

I remember that in a still shot . That’s pretty hilarious and a cool add on part

[tekering]

6 hours ago, SteveTheFish said:

Adrian found a resin head of that mistake, which can be added to a Hasegawa (or maybe a Plamax) Valkyrie kit. 

Some Robotech fans call it the VF-1P. 🤪

[sketchley]

On 2/10/2026 at 9:27 PM, tekering said:

Some Robotech fans call it the VF-1P. 🤪

Which is really confusing, as "Variable Fighter Master File" has their own VF-1P Freya Valkyrie*! 🤪

* most of the info is on Pgs 90 & 92–93 of Variable Fighter Master File VF-1 Valkyrie Wings Of Space)

 

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Pg 90

VF-1X/P
The VF-1 Modernization Improvement
On the very day of the February 2009 SDF-1's Space-Launch Ceremony, the VF-1 finally faced its own potential enemy: extraterrestrial life (the Zentrādi Forces). Opposing the Zentrādi—who attacked with overwhelming amounts of resources in the battles during the Macross's Earth-return voyage—the VF-1 surprisingly fought a good fight and proved its usefulness as a weapon. However, there were situations where the airframe couldn't systematically oppose the tactics of the Zentrādi Forces, and there were great losses. In March 2010, the Unified Space Forces analyzed the Zentrādi Forces' tactics from such things as various data and records that the Macross carried home, and the "Sleipnir Program" was put into the operation. The program updated the VF-1 so that it could oppose the Zentrādi tactics.

■ The difference between the VF-1P's and the VF-1's outward appearances can be easily distinguished from such things as 1) a change in the canopy shape (the crown is slightly higher and its comfortability has been improved), 2) a change in the dorsal shape (it bulges due to the installation of thermonuclear reaction batteries), 3) additional warning sensors in the tail end of the tail block, and 4) a change in the nozzle shape (the tiptoe is tapered to a point, attaining a stealthy trim). The exterior of the fuselage has also been changed so that the panel lines could be turned into ones with stealthy trim lines.

 

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Pg 092

■ VF-1P Freya Valkyrie
Development: Shinsei Industry
Model: VF-1P
Empty Weight: 13,800 kg (estimated)
Main Propulsion Engine: Shinnakasu/P&W/Royce FF-2021 thermonuclear turbine engine x2
Auxiliary Propulsion Engine: liquid rocket booster x3
Thrust: 13,200 kg (main engine), 8,520 kg (auxiliary engine)
Maximum Speed: Mach 2.83 (at 10,000 m), Mach 3.91 (at or above 30,000 m)
Crew: 1
Standard Armament: Mauler RÖV-20 11 mm Anti-air Laser Machine-gun x1, Howard GU-11D 55 mm 3-barrel Gatling Gun Pod
External Armament: AMM-1 Anti-air, Anti-ground Missile, RMS-1F Large Anti-ship Reaction warhead, others.

Fighter Form
Length: 14.23 m
Width: 14.30 m (wings fully extended), 8.20 m (wings swept back)
Height: 3.62 m

■ Avionics Update
Such things as the radar, RWS, and ECM equipment are adjusted according to the frequency that are used by such things as search radars and sensors that the Zentrādi Forces use. The radar is equipped with the APG-997 Phased Array Radar—which is the APG-995 that the VF-4's are equipped with, improved for VF-1 use.

■ Active Stealth System Update
Similar to the avionics, the system has been adjusted to match the radar frequencies that are used by the Zentrādi Forces. In addition, because such things as the modulation system and search pattern of the Zentrādi Forces' radar is greatly different from the Earth ones, the software has also been completely improved.

■ ANIGRAS Update
ANIGRAS—the keystone of the VF-1 and viewed as the combat system—has been updated to the ANIGRAS/AD-3, which includes the tactical patterns of the Zentrādi Forces, so that even Zentrādi pilots can easily handle it.

The VF-1 after it was improved was called the X model (VF-1X), and their Bu. Number was also freshly renewed. In addition, even though the outlines of the panels are certainly identical to the original model fighters, such things as the panel lines adopt trim line patterns that take stealthiness into consideration. With the VF-1X, the dorsal spine was enlarged to store a Thermonuclear Reaction Battery, and it was possible to easily identify the VF-1X from existing models.

 

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Pg 093

In total, 400 VF-1X were newly made or produced from improvements to existing VF-1. In addition, after a part of the fuselage's airframe was exchanged for improved performance parts, each part of the fuselage had further refining to its aeromechanics. For an improvement in its stealth performance, the shape of the VF-1's airframe was also changed to a stealthier form whenever it was possible to do so. Valkyries with these changes are referred to as the VF-1P. The technology adopted by the P model is the technology obtained in the development experience of the VF-5000, applied to the VF-1. Consequently, the overall performance that the VF-1P is said to have acquired favourably compares to the current VF-5000.

In addition to the VF-1 modernization improved models, there is the N model. The N model was applied to block 9–10 models, which were the earliest produced in the block 9 and later models—what are referred to as the latter model VF-1. The VF-1N's engines were exchanged to the FF-2008, and had a revision to their avionics.

In addition, because an update request was also submitted by the forces that possess the production block 6 VE-1 Elint Seeker, there's information that improvements corresponding to the X model or P model were implemented to—among the 60 aircraft produced—the 12 that are in active service.

As present technical information about the X and P models is bundled together in great detail, the actual circumstances are that little information is being disclosed to the public concerning such things as the particulars of their abilities and the contents of the remodelling. Consequently, the details of such things as the radar modes and range are unknown.

In addition, at this time it is assumed that the naming of the VF-1 modernization improvement craft as the "Freya Valkyrie" was by the Shinsei Industry development camp. Even though its exact definition is unknown, it is generally used as the name for the P model.

 

Edited 8 hours ago by sketchley

[Big s]

I just call it a VF-what the heck 

[kajnrig]

In the Robotech Battlecry game, it's referred to as the prototype "YF-1R" and shares the top spot stats-wise with the VF-1S.

[Thom]

Thanks @SteveTheFish! Always nice to see these vids. Question, the Macross ships at 2:30, are those kits or garage made?

[Big s]

Seems the head is 1/100. There’s a post about it from a couple days ago in the wave section that I missed. 

[SteveTheFish]

8 hours ago, Thom said:

Thanks @SteveTheFish! Always nice to see these vids. Question, the Macross ships at 2:30, are those kits or garage made?

Those Macross F ships are GKs. This was the table immediately to the left of Hasegawa's table, so coincidentally it was just the next segment in the sequence. When I was compiling this for the video, I thought that maybe it might confuse people, thinking that these were Hasegawa kits. I just decided to roll with it. The other ships I could't recognize what they were from.

[Thom]

40 minutes ago, SteveTheFish said:

Those Macross F ships are GKs. This was the table immediately to the left of Hasegawa's table, so coincidentally it was just the next segment in the sequence. When I was compiling this for the video, I thought that maybe it might confuse people, thinking that these were Hasegawa kits. I just decided to roll with it. The other ships I could't recognize what they were from.

Thank you! Shame they aren't Hasegawa! (or another manufacturer...)

Edited yesterday at 01:25 AM by Thom

[tekering]

12 hours ago, SteveTheFish said:

The other ships I could't recognize what they were from.

Those were Destroyers from the Nintendo game "無限航路 -Infinite Space."