DX Chogokin VF-25 Revival Ver (WWM Releases)

[MikeRoz]

JUN30 seems to still work, though I wouldn't expect it to last long given that we're 2 days into July.

 

[JIS]

UK folks, the VF-25F Revival is in discount. I've just bought one a few days ago for £131.

But be aware:

They are not protecting the box. This is my first thing I bought from Amazon that has arrived without a proper packaging (I've indicated to add one). And of course the box was broken. Given the price I had to accept the deal.

In any case, everything was fine inside. I'm still sad they didn't bring the YF-29 Max Genius improvements. Specially the tampo. They have only added the no steps. But there are so many missing tampo compared with the latest YF-29 (which is beautiful).

[mickyg]

Been a very long time since I've posted but glad to see a few familiar faces showing up.  And I'm not just talking about the VF-25F and VF-25G! 😉

Timely thread, given I just tweaked my renewal 25F the other day.  Wanted a more purple tint on the canopy and the nose cone and front landing gear doors were driving me nuts.  All of them came out OK but yeah, mine feels a bit like it could use a refresh.  I don't collect any more though so I'll have to live vicariously through all the pics you're posting.

That 25S announcement is VERY exciting though...

Not revival but I wanted to share some purple. 
 

Edited August 6, 2024 by mickyg
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[Radioguy]

So, I grabbed a 25-G Rev. Ver. on a whim yesterday.

How should I feel about it?

[ValkAddict]

Will Bandai complete the Vf-25 revival series and release Luca? Has anyone heard any news?

[Chronocidal]

1 hour ago, ValkAddict said:

Will Bandai complete the Vf-25 revival series and release Luca? Has anyone heard any news?

Realistically speaking, I would not hold my breath.

They haven't cared enough to complete any series group (that's valks and their packs) since the original Frontier releases.  I think it's frankly kind of amazing we got Chuck's VF-31 at all.  They just aren't willing to commit the resources to characters that don't have "enough" of a fan following at this point.

Edited August 26 by Chronocidal

[ValkAddict]

Thanks @Chronocidal

[PointBlankSniper]

8 hours ago, Chronocidal said:

They just aren't willing to commit the resources to characters that don't have "enough" of a fan following at this point.

That's just half the reason. The other half is Bandai just wants to mess with people by refusing complete collections. DX Valkyries are just one small thing in Bandai's list of highly sought after items they may or may not have prototyped and refuse to release. For example, the last two MG Age Gundams that they have displayed before have almost become a meme that the gunpla community goes to when it comes to unreleased items. There are tons of gunpla runners that are blatantly divided in ways that are prepared for alternate equipment variants that never get released, despite high demand. They'd rather randomly cook up a new and minimally different variant that nobody asked for, sometimes with completely new molds and runners for existing parts because it's more funny that way.

Just look at the YF-21's fold booster struts in preparation for no fold booster release for an example of Bandai's type of sick joke lol

Edited August 26 by PointBlankSniper

[Chronocidal]

Yeah, I mean, I at least like to think they aren't intentionally malicious with their teases.

I can't even begin to pretend I understand the logic that governs their releases, and I can't say I know enough about gundams one way or another to guess why they behave the way they do, but their behavior with models at least seems a little more flexible?  I'm surprised we got Gamlin's VF-22 at all, but maybe they were gauging reaction before they committed to the M&Ms.

With the DX releases though, I'm firmly convinced they have their investments min-maxed to an obscene level, since they seem to have next to no interest to revisiting anything they don't think will sell well.

With Luca, I cannot really blame them one bit for ignoring him (kind of like the Frontier movies did).  I don't think anyone was clamoring for more from his character in any of the Frontier media.

I would also not be even slightly surprised if Bandai collected export numbers for every release, and if the distribution between foreign and domestic purchases reached a certain point, they might make the assumption that everyone in the foreign market who wanted him probably already got him. 

Like imagine if they tracked the stock from the original release, and found that more foreign purchases were made than domestic.  While that might point toward more of a foreign demand, it also means they'd probably be struggling to make back anything locally, and would be losing a lot to export expenses.

Edited August 26 by Chronocidal

[rsvictor1976]

Is there anything left for Bandai to do a Revival release besides Luca? The generic cannon fodder VF-25? The only other toys I can think of are the Quarter and the Konig.

[magicsp00n]

1 hour ago, rsvictor1976 said:

Is there anything left for Bandai to do a Revival release besides Luca? The generic cannon fodder VF-25? The only other toys I can think of are the Quarter and the Konig.

I suppose the YF-25 Prophecy, though I'd be surprised.

[scand]

14 hours ago, ValkAddict said:

Will Bandai complete the Vf-25 revival series and release Luca? Has anyone heard any news?

I'm waiting on this!

[Impeesa]

2 hours ago, rsvictor1976 said:

Is there anything left for Bandai to do a Revival release besides Luca? The generic cannon fodder VF-25? The only other toys I can think of are the Quarter and the Konig.

For the 25 specifically? The way they've been doing Revival bundles, and with the different finish, some people are probably still hoping for new bundles for Ozma's Super, Alto's Armored, and Michael's Tornado. Unfortunately for me, I'm in the camp that's just starting my Frontier collection with the Revivals so all I really want is a full Luca bundle, so they'll probably randomly do another one of those first. 

[PointBlankSniper]

2 hours ago, rsvictor1976 said:

Is there anything left for Bandai to do a Revival release besides Luca? The generic cannon fodder VF-25? The only other toys I can think of are the Quarter and the Konig.

There's also Teal 171, RVF version of it, the movie version of that with twin fold boosters on top of the wings that never got any physical rendition, and their armored packs with the reaction and dimensional bombs.

Then theres Michael's tornado, and then we loop back to Durandal, which IMO was what technically kicked off the revival era with minor tweaks through the Max version, although that one wasn't called a revival since it's a new paint job.

If I was Bandai and trolling, I'd go for that Konig next lmao. I feel like Luca still has reasonable chances as long as they haven't announce the Durandal to wrap up the Frontier run, but it will be without ghosts, or only 1 ghost but no super pack to chase that shrinkflation trend lol.

And then to piss everyone off, they will do a micro run of 100 very floppy YF-24 Evolutions, sold through lottery, at very reasonable prices comparable to retail items of the same weight, and then scrap the molds. Gotta feed the scalper market after all lmao

[Mommar]

I would suspect they would do Michael's Tornado, Alto's Armored version and nothing else.  I'd love a Prophecy and CF in revival matte but I doubt that will happen.

[rsvictor1976]

3 hours ago, Mommar said:

I would suspect they would do Michael's Tornado, Alto's Armored version and nothing else.  I'd love a Prophecy and CF in revival matte but I doubt that will happen.

I completely forgot about Alto’s Armored version. I bet that will come out next since it’s another hero toy and an easy repaint for Bandai.

[Chronocidal]

Don't be surprised if that's a web exclusive though.  They love doing that for those "last episode power up" versions.

I still have the original release though, and I grabbed a pair of the super bundles, so I'll probably skip it unless it's just the armor.

Edited August 27 by Chronocidal

[treatment]

On 8/25/2025 at 8:50 PM, ValkAddict said:

Will Bandai complete the Vf-25 revival series and release Luca? Has anyone heard any news?

 

Depends on which Bandai hates less to complete...

• HMR Destroids (Tomahawk, Phalanx)
• HMR VF-1 DYRL
• DX VF-1 DYRL/TV
• DX VF-25 Revivals

😝

[Graham]

Also need:

• DX VF-31AX Arad and Chuck.
• VF-171 Frontier and Delta Cannon Fodder color versions.

 

[Chronocidal]

Honestly, after they flubbed the AX release so hard, I really don't care if they put out more of them or not.  I never liked the altered nose/canopy profile they went with, and in either case, I'd much rather see them go back to re-release the original Kairos.

Would still like to get the original VF-31 packs for Arad and Chuck, but I figure those are a lost cause as well at this point, because Bandai seems to have just abandoned those characters in the dirt. 

I'm glad I picked up a couple of cheap super parts sets (Messer's, I think) to repaint into their versions if I ever actually get together the space to display the full flight.

I do kind of prefer the AX super packs though, they look more balanced mounted centered on the wings.  Maybe if I get bored someday I'll just do a Siegfried+ and kitbash the best parts of both versions together... Siegfried nose section and gunpod, AX wings, arms, and legs.  The molds are so similar they'll probably just slot into place.

Edit: Scratch that, of course, me being the lowly fan I am, I forgot my place.

So silly of me to imagine Bandai might deign me deserving of tools such as screws in order to accomplish such a blasphemous slight upon their everlasting engineering wisdom.  

Seriously Bandai, get bent.  Your designs suck, and unburying my AX from the depths of my closet reminded me why I banished it to the bottom of my pile in the first place.  Miserable piece of sloppy, mis-toleranced garbage.  

Edited August 28 by Chronocidal

[Sildani]

I think the original Frontier VF-31s were the height of Bandai's engineering AND assembly abilities, and not coincidentally they came out shortly before COVID. During and after COVID most everything has been flawed in one way or another. I guess factories closed and people left and institutional knowledge went with them. 

Doesn't matter to me, I'm pretty much done with collecting Macross, I've been priced out of the hobby for one, and for another what you pay for what you receive is totally imbalanced. Bandai just don't care.

[derex3592]

3 hours ago, Sildani said:

I think the original Frontier VF-31s were the height of Bandai's engineering AND assembly abilities, and not coincidentally they came out shortly before COVID. During and after COVID most everything has been flawed in one way or another. I guess factories closed and people left and institutional knowledge went with them. 

Doesn't matter to me, I'm pretty much done with collecting Macross, I've been priced out of the hobby for one, and for another what you pay for what you receive is totally imbalanced. Bandai just don't care.

Perfectly stated!  My feelings precisely! 

[Mommar]

On 8/28/2025 at 7:37 AM, Sildani said:

I think the original Frontier VF-31s were the height of Bandai's engineering AND assembly abilities, and not coincidentally they came out shortly before COVID. During and after COVID most everything has been flawed in one way or another. I guess factories closed and people left and institutional knowledge went with them. 

Doesn't matter to me, I'm pretty much done with collecting Macross, I've been priced out of the hobby for one, and for another what you pay for what you receive is totally imbalanced. Bandai just don't care.

I don't share the what you pay for/what you get issue but I'm also done with Macross collecting for the most part.  Barring Arcadia putting out the 5000 or Bandai finally getting on that SDFM Macross they teased.

[emajnthis]

Had to dust off my mwf account to post the full armor vf-25S is on sale with 30% off coupon. The coupon is oddly specific (says Mid-Atlantic?) so maybe only applies to the east coast so ymmv. 

https://amzn.to/4nt0vRv

Hope everyone is doing well

Edited September 9 by emajnthis
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[Radioguy]

On 9/8/2025 at 9:58 PM, emajnthis said:

The coupon is oddly specific (says Mid-Atlantic?) so maybe only applies to the east coast so ymmv.

That's correct.