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WTB Yamato 1/60 VF-1A Mass Production rainbow canopy


Corrinald
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In the rare chance someone has one of these and would be willing to part with it, I am looking to buy a Yamato 1/60 VF-1A Mass Production TV version Valkyrie with a rainbow canopy. 

Just bought one sight unseen hoping it was one....but it turned out to be the more common clear canopy. It's nearly flawless, but not what I was looking for. I would be willing to trade this one plus cash for a rainbow version or just buy it outright.

Thanks in advance!

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46 minutes ago, Corrinald said:

In the rare chance someone has one of these and would be willing to part with it, I am looking to buy a Yamato 1/60 VF-1A Mass Production TV version Valkyrie with a rainbow canopy. 

Just bought one sight unseen hoping it was one....but it turned out to be the more common clear canopy. It's nearly flawless, but not what I was looking for. I would be willing to trade this one plus cash for a rainbow version or just buy it outright.

Thanks in advance!

I wonder if you can find just the rainbow canopy and switch them out?

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7 hours ago, Shizuka the Cat said:

I wonder if you can find just the rainbow canopy and switch them out?

 

7 hours ago, Corrinald said:

That is something I wondered about. Not sure how easy it would be to remove one without damaging anything.

unfortunately it's not possible, yamato glued the canopy shut tight . many members from Macross world all the way from over 10 years ago tried... it'll break the canopy before opening. there's a lot of threads in the past discussing the rainbow tint and questions to swap em when  they flaked or wanted to swap a clear for a tint and vice versa.

    

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On 3/23/2019 at 7:12 PM, davidwhangchoi said:

 

unfortunately it's not possible, yamato glued the canopy shut tight . many members from Macross world all the way from over 10 years ago tried... it'll break the canopy before opening. there's a lot of threads in the past discussing the rainbow tint and questions to swap em when  they flaked or wanted to swap a clear for a tint and vice versa.

    

Ahhh okay good to know. I definitely won't try that!

When did the TV Mass Production release? 2009? I am trying to figure out when the rerelease came out. Was it the summer of 2010 or later?

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19 minutes ago, Corrinald said:

Ahhh okay good to know. I definitely won't try that!

When did the TV Mass Production release? 2009? I am trying to figure out when the rerelease came out. Was it the summer of 2010 or later?

Per Anymoon.com, your one-stop resource for Macross toy information, it looks like it released in 2009.

Yamato-Arcadia-VF-1-Releases-4K-2.jpg

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Okay thank you all. I have found a few versions for sale but most of them say they were released in July of 2010. I didn't know if it was a mistake and they meant 2009, or if they were in fact rereleases from that following year. Sounds like they are the more plentiful clear canopy versions.

I stalled on a rainbow canopy version on eBay (verified with a picture by the seller) while I put together some funds instead of further incinerating my credit card. In the meantime, he sold it. Still kicking myself

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20 minutes ago, davidwhangchoi said:

my name should be credited with a few corrections on that site. 

@Corrinald it was at that time about summer 2010, and was released at the same time with VF-1S with roy TV pilot and vf-1s super tv parts w/ hikaru pilot combo box. 

On the site or on that picture? You're hardly alone on that picture, it's a collage of community contribution (as are several pictures in that post). Good teamwork MW! Special shout out to @GRAND CANNON who saved me a lot of time by having much of the information on these very boards under the release schedule.

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5 minutes ago, Corrinald said:

Okay thank you all. I have found a few versions for sale but most of them say they were released in July of 2010. I didn't know if it was a mistake and they meant 2009, or if they were in fact rereleases from that following year. Sounds like they are the more plentiful clear canopy versions.

I stalled on a rainbow canopy version on eBay (verified with a picture by the seller) while I put together some funds instead of further incinerating my credit card. In the meantime, he sold it. Still kicking myself

it's most likely majority will be clear canopy on the market. the rainbow ones are pretty rare. the reprint was much more in abundance and went on clearance for a long while on hlj after being a shelf warmer.  i asked around for you a few days ago but the one member on here that had one sold it a while ago.   if i see one i'll pm you. 

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16 minutes ago, davidwhangchoi said:

it's most likely majority will be clear canopy on the market. the rainbow ones are pretty rare. the reprint was much more in abundance and went on clearance for a long while on hlj after being a shelf warmer.  i asked around for you a few days ago but the one member on here that had one sold it a while ago.   if i see one i'll pm you. 

Thank you, I really appreciate that

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