PLAMAX 1/72 VF-1 Valkyrie

[KOG Water Dragon]

Interesting. From the info cards, it sorta looks like the VF-1A Max and VF-1A Kakizaki battroids will be separate releases, unlike the fighter kits.

The battroids are more or less all TV versions so far - I wonder if they plan to do any in movie colors, since there are movie color fighters. Or if they are skipping those since the battroids really look more like TV version.

[Big s]

2 hours ago, KOG Water Dragon said:

Interesting. From the info cards, it sorta looks like the VF-1A Max and VF-1A Kakizaki battroids will be separate releases, unlike the fighter kits.

The battroids are more or less all TV versions so far - I wonder if they plan to do any in movie colors, since there are movie color fighters. Or if they are skipping those since the battroids really look more like TV version.

I guarantee that the movie stuff is coming. They’ve already done movie fighters and ones with movie strike and movie super packs coming, plus they teased square hands and movie style1A head. It may be a few months down the line, if not a full year though because they got a lot coming up soon. But they’re coming for sure.

[KOG Water Dragon]

18 minutes ago, Big s said:

I guarantee that the movie stuff is coming. They’ve already done movie fighters and ones with movie strike and movie super packs coming, plus they teased square hands and movie style1A head. It may be a few months down the line, if not a full year though because they got a lot coming up soon. But they’re coming for sure.

Right, forgot about the movie head being shown. As long as they come with movie hands, I'll be happy.

I guess we may still see Max and Miria VF-1J battroids and fighters too.

[Big s]

1 minute ago, KOG Water Dragon said:

I guess we may still see Max and Miria VF-1J battroids and fighters too.

I’m pretty sure they’re gonna get around to those as well, but they might be giving a bit of breathing room for hasegawa since they had a couple of this recently. 

[KOG Water Dragon]

4 minutes ago, Big s said:

I’m pretty sure they’re gonna get around to those as well, but they might be giving a bit of breathing room for hasegawa since they had a couple of this recently. 

True.... but the Max battroid was movie type and the max/miria fighters were from quite a while back.

[Big s]

Just now, KOG Water Dragon said:

True.... but the Max battroid was movie type and the max/miria fighters were from quite a while back.

They just had a Miria tv type. It had the slightly updated parts

[KOG Water Dragon]

1 minute ago, Big s said:

They just had a Miria tv type. It had the slightly updated parts

I know. I was just listing the ones that wouldn't directly compete if PLAMAX did a new max/miria TV kit. The Miria super is the exception.

[Convectuoso]

20 hours ago, GMK said:

 

I wish the HMR VF-1As would have had this colors

[GMK]

20 hours ago, Convectuoso said:

I wish the HMR VF-1As would have had this colors

Max’s blue is perfect. 

[sh9000]

Box art.

[GMK]

Boxart for the VF-1D Battroid is out. 
 

ETA: beaten to the punch 

Edited October 19, 2024 by GMK

[GMK]

Some images of the finished kit:

[Bolt]

On 10/16/2024 at 12:19 PM, sh9000 said:

Box art.

Looks like a photo that's been played with. 

 

On 10/19/2024 at 6:40 AM, GMK said:

Some images of the finished kit:

Looks great!

[GMK]

Was in Japan last week & saw an assembled PLAMAX VF-1J Battroid for the first time. Really like the lines, look, & feel. 

[Big s]

29 minutes ago, GMK said:

Was in Japan last week & saw an assembled PLAMAX VF-1J Battroid for the first time. Really like the lines, look, & feel. 

They’re definitely worth a purchase 

[Bolt]

53 minutes ago, GMK said:

Was in Japan last week & saw an assembled PLAMAX VF-1J Battroid for the first time. Really like the lines, look, & feel. 

It would look really cool with that yellow lion Voltron head on it !

[Big s]

Preorder just went up tonight for Max’s 1A

Looks like a tease for Kakizaki, but might just have number decals to repaint it

[Bolt]

Saw that. It's worth getting these for the Max figure alone. 

[Big s]

2 hours ago, Bolt said:

Saw that. It's worth getting these for the Max figure alone. 

Yup, the only thing missing here is a certain jacket and cap

[Chas]

Pre-order in! Love the figures with these!

[Big s]

2 hours ago, Chas said:

Pre-order in! Love the figures with these!

Same here, can’t wait to get Kakizaki and a Mirya to get the whole team. And then there’s still the movie versions as well 

[Big s]

So unfortunately Kakizaki is a web exclusive through the goodsmile online shop according to taghobby.

[Bolt]

The ole web exclusive. Weird. 

[Big s]

19 minutes ago, Bolt said:

The ole web exclusive. Weird. 

Yeah, I’m a bit disappointed by that news. I hope that doesn’t happen often, especially with the movie versions 

[Graham]

I'm not really a model builder, but the sculpt and articulation of the Max & Kakizaki TV VF-1A actually look really good. I might have to pick one up, just to mess around with, especially as they look like they won't need much if any paint, just some panel lining to look good.

[Big s]

2 hours ago, Graham said:

I'm not really a model builder, but the sculpt and articulation of the Max & Kakizaki TV VF-1A actually look really good. I might have to pick one up, just to mess around with, especially as they look like they won't need much if any paint, just some panel lining to look good.

Honestly, most of the builds I’ve seen of the 1J were done without getting rid of the seams. They put them in hard to spot ways and you kinda have to really look at pictures to notice what has or hasn’t been done. I highly recommend these kits for those that do put in the work and for those that just slap em together 

[VF-1A Grunt]

8 hours ago, Big s said:

So unfortunately Kakizaki is a web exclusive through the goodsmile online shop according to taghobby.

It looks like it’s regionally restricted too. It says “Japan Only” in the product info. When I’m not logged in, I can see the Kakizaki Battroid product listing, but as soon as I log in (with my U.S.-based account), it doesn’t show up in the product search (nor does the Max Battroid). I can’t add either of them to place a preorder.

PLAMAX PX13 1/72 VF-1A Battroid Valkyrie Hayao Kakizaki Unit

I may have to create another account and have it sent to family in Tokyo.

Edited December 20, 2024 by VF-1A Grunt

[Chas]

This is rather disappointing news. Being unfamiliar with Goodsmile regional web exclusive releases, is it worth hoping for a possible wider general release at a later date?

[Papa Rat]

On 12/18/2024 at 10:52 PM, Big s said:

Preorder just went up tonight for Max’s 1A

Looks like a tease for Kakizaki, but might just have number decals to repaint it

Preorder in. Thanks for the heads up! 👍

[Big s]

7 hours ago, VF-1A Grunt said:

It looks like it’s regionally restricted too. It says “Japan Only” in the product info. When I’m not logged in, I can see the Kakizaki Battroid product listing, but as soon as I log in (with my U.S.-based account), it doesn’t show up in the product search (nor does the Max Battroid). I can’t add either of them to place a preorder.

PLAMAX PX13 1/72 VF-1A Battroid Valkyrie Hayao Kakizaki Unit

I may have to create another account and have it sent to family in Tokyo.

The Max is pretty easy to find at the usual hobby places, but not sure what to do about Kakizaki. It would kinda suck not to be able to complete the team. I know bbts sometimes puts their web items up for sale, but at a slightly higher price, but I’m not sure with this region block going on

 

6 hours ago, Chas said:

This is rather disappointing news. Being unfamiliar with Goodsmile regional web exclusive releases, is it worth hoping for a possible wider general release at a later date?

I kinda doubt it. I don’t think any of their web releases have become general releases. I’m hoping I’m wrong though.

[KOG Water Dragon]

On 12/19/2024 at 7:46 PM, Big s said:

So unfortunately Kakizaki is a web exclusive through the goodsmile online shop according to taghobby.

So it's a similar annoying situation as the max/miria 1/72 VF-1 variables from Bandai.

[Gabe Q]

On 12/19/2024 at 7:46 PM, Big s said:

So unfortunately Kakizaki is a web exclusive through the goodsmile online shop according to taghobby.

What is the best way to secure my copy?

[Big s]

6 hours ago, KOG Water Dragon said:

So it's a similar annoying situation as the max/miria 1/72 VF-1 variables from Bandai.

Yeah, unavailable at their U.S. version and doesn’t seem to ship outside Japan

 

2 hours ago, Gabe Q said:

What is the best way to secure my copy?

i wish I knew. I haven’t really had an issue with their website before and even the majority of the Bandai stuff seems pretty easy to get these days. Maybe some of the sites the toy buyers are using might have them at a markup 

[Shawn]

So with that pose for Kakizaki, does that mean a Britai figure is coming soon??

[Bolt]

17 minutes ago, Shawn said:

So with that pose for Kakizaki, does that mean a Britai figure is coming soon??

lol. Good catch