Bandai 1/60 DX Chogokin Macross 7 Fire Valkyrie

[nightmareB4macross]

Is it just me or does it seem like this step was either missed, or if the gunpod inadvertently unlocked itself from the boomerang position it’s supposed to be in when in fighter mode.

[Chronocidal]

Probably more that they just completely missed this part.

Whether that will look any better is still up for grabs though, since it's just dropping the pod even lower.  Plus, Bandai didn't make the lower fin under the barrel retract like Yamato's version did.

But hey, not even Bandai could remember to unfold that gunpod for some of the poses in the instructions.  

[treatment]

not sure if AI/LLM bot-scrapers are heavily scraping MWF right now, but forum's been weirdly slow in response-times.

As such,  import-pricing is currently down to 27.5k-yen for now at amz-jp as of this posting:

https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B0F62BC2MB

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Not as low as the the previous 26k-yen import-pricing or the <22k-yen jp-domestic pricing, but at least it went down from the regular 30k-yen from earlier this afternoon's pricing.

fwiw, this particular jp-tweet says it's a "reseller killer" (scalper-killer) due to the current discounting. At least for jp-residents:

https://twitter.com/ikayaki9156/status/1982586405751767274

web-translated:

 

If amzn-jp lowered it to below 20k-yen for import-pricing, then it'll be very tempting for me to reconsider biting on it... 

 

 

[Graham]

I'm picking up mine tonight.

 

[Apok451]

I Iike it, but at the current price Ill hold off for now.  I got the HMR at such a crazy low price, a whopping $65 on Amazon.  But eventually Id like one to add cause I like how it stands out from the rest.

[treatment]

hacchaka's pictorial review now available:

 

https://hacchaka.net/archives/52126590.html

 

downscaled samples:

Edited 10 hours ago by treatment

[MKT]

Hmm for all the extra engineering Bandai did, it's kinda strange they missed on having the gunpod pointing straight in Fighter, and this perhaps may be the most crooked gunpod in DX history. Most of the other DXs released over the years have their gun pods aligned very well.

In hindsight, I looked back at the PO pics and they never showed it mounted in Fighter lol.  

[PointBlankSniper]

Gotta wonder why nobody seems to be using the mega grip swivel on the gunpod. I would think the slider and bendy mechanisms shouldn't even need to exist if the grip swings so far. It really doesnt look like the under barrel fin gets in the way of anything. I wanted to say it might be a matter of the swivel being loose, but he slider already puts the weight on the back which should give the muzzle the tendency to go up. Really a headscratcher ATM...

[Chronocidal]

Yeah, it looks like everyone is somehow just completely missing all of the ways to get it aligned better.  I'm not sure what to think there.

[Froy]

I'd really like to Bandai find a new way to connect the fighter mode to the stand.

That adapter, like the VF-1s, obscure the gunpod a lot.

Maybe something like the Arcadia VF-0.

[treatment]

6 hours ago, PointBlankSniper said:

Gotta wonder why nobody seems to be using the mega grip swivel on the gunpod. I would think the slider and bendy mechanisms shouldn't even need to exist if the grip swings so far. It really doesnt look like the under barrel fin gets in the way of anything. I wanted to say it might be a matter of the swivel being loose, but he slider already puts the weight on the back which should give the muzzle the tendency to go up. Really a headscratcher ATM...

 

5 hours ago, Chronocidal said:

Yeah, it looks like everyone is somehow just completely missing all of the ways to get it aligned better.  I'm not sure what to think there.

 

If so, seems even TN booth display staff have also been doing it wrong as usual...

 

 

snapshot:

Edited 2 hours ago by treatment

[locidm]

still waiting for a comparison shot with the Yamato/Arcadia unless I missed it already.

[nightmareB4macross]

I wish Bandai had used this body of the VF-19Kai for the YF-19. It could have looked so much better.

[treatment]

56 minutes ago, locidm said:

still waiting for a comparison shot with the Yamato/Arcadia unless I missed it already.

 

full-scale versions at  https://twitter.com/simsim5479/status/1982443757107908824

web-translated:

 

full-scale versions at : https://x.com/Julian_hob/status/1982873685766877535

web-translated:

 

Think he meant Yamato since  Arcadia;s got gold trim instead of bright yellow:

downscaled:

 

Edited 1 hour ago by treatment

[locidm]

Thank you! Doesn't look like a big improvement to me.