Bandai 1/60 DX Chogokin Macross 7 Fire Valkyrie

[chingu77]

My intent was to warn and get feedback.. but I could see how it sounded negatively to the store as I was in disappointment at the time😑

[David Hingtgen]

23 hours ago, reeoyuy said:

I bought stuff from Amiami and other Japan-based store using EMS all the time, by the time it arrived in my country the local post office already took over everything including custom and delivery. It's not something to blame the store for

ECMS is quite different from EMS.  

[reeoyuy]

If they handed the package to local carrier then I assume the practice is the same. Actually I used DHL once and they're different in a way that they handled everything even local delivery. Maybe that's better option, assuming your local DHL service is not as bad as other local delivery service that is.

[Chronocidal]

50 minutes ago, reeoyuy said:

If they handed the package to local carrier then I assume the practice is the same. Actually I used DHL once and they're different in a way that they handled everything even local delivery. Maybe that's better option, assuming your local DHL service is not as bad as other local delivery service that is.

Yeah, DHL's service depends on whether they decide your region is worth supporting as an actual service area.  That's why they've been a disaster so many times for me.  I live somewhere "too remote" for them to support fully, so they only send things my way via a third-party carrier hand-off that generally results in a complete loss of tracking and communication regarding my packages.

[Scream Man]

well, had some Chrsitmas money and it was on Mandarake for 20000, so I snatched it up. Should have it by weeks end  Looks like generally people dig it, and i love the DX 19Adv and YF-19 anyway so Im feeling pretty good about this one  

[Graham]

On 12/28/2025 at 9:14 PM, Scream Man said:

well, had some Chrsitmas money and it was on Mandarake for 20000, so I snatched it up. Should have it by weeks end  Looks like generally people dig it, and i love the DX 19Adv and YF-19 anyway so Im feeling pretty good about this one  

It's a great toy. I personally feel it really captures the look of the Fire Valk.

[Scream Man]

7 hours ago, Graham said:

It's a great toy. I personally feel it really captures the look of the Fire Valk.

Yeah it seems like it! 
Im now at the "Checking the tracking twice a day" stage of waiting for toys. 

[Duymon]

Got my copy from a local shop. Sure It was 300 bucks overall but nobody would have guessed it'd be on deep discount so soon in Japan XD.

I like this one more than the Arcadia. I guess it makes sense since it was designed by the same dude but just interated on again

[Froy]

Still waiting to hear if Bandai is releasing a sound booster soon to take plunge.

If they planed for it there should be visible attachments points for it on the bakc of the Battroid mode.

Can any one that has it confirm? Videos don't help that much.

[Scream Man]

It arrived and it's awesome. A smidge fiddly, and the default hand cant hold the gunpod very well, but overall shes a great valk. I love he color, I love the general look. Yeah. Cool piece of kit.

[aurance]

13 hours ago, Scream Man said:

It arrived and it's awesome. A smidge fiddly, and the default hand cant hold the gunpod very well, but overall shes a great valk. I love he color, I love the general look. Yeah. Cool piece of kit.

That makes me hopeful for the -19F/S!

[Scream Man]

All panel lined!

[M'Kyuun]

On 12/16/2025 at 11:31 PM, chingu77 said:

Becarful purchasing form AmiAmi.... this is their "Parcel Locker" delivery attempt by a local carrier called "Uniexpress" .... 

Interesting. I just had an upgrade kit from TFSafari get delivered this past Saturday by Uniexpress. Normally these things come via USPS and get put safely in my mailbox. The Uni guy put the package in front of my garage instead of putting it on my porch. I wasn't aware of the delivery, as I didn't look at my email, so it sat in the pouring rain and then my dog destroyed the outer cardboard box and part of the inner product box before I discovered it on Monday. Fortunately the innards were still intact and serviceable, a lucky break for sure, as my dog is a serious chewer and would have absolutely destroyed the contents had it remained outside for much longer. The kicker is that the Uni dude took a picture of the package placement from inside his car and he caught my dog scrambling down the porch steps in the photo he sent me. Lesson learned- I need to really stay on top of tracking in the event these guys deliver another package. BTW, this was my first delivery from them AFAIK. Not the best first impression.

As to the VF-19 Fire Valkyrie, the painted and lined shots look great! Kudos to the talented folks who enhance the beauty of these lovely beasties and generously share pics.

Like other folks here, I'm not a big fan of the red and yellow/gold or the face, either, but I still love the design, the silhouette. I went for the HMR version of it, however, as it was the more affordable and space-saving option, since I'm out of room for 1/60 scaled valks. Moreover, it's pretty much perfect transformation, and that, too, appeals to me, as well as its being a smaller capture of the larger DX. I own a Yamato Blazer valk, and I love that thing's design, but I like the straighter nose of the HMR/DX. I'm happy to have both in my collection.

The other aspect of the HMR toys is that they seem more playable, if that makes sense. I'd rather fidget about with them than the 1/60 toys, even if a little more care needs to be exercised around needle thin antennae and such. That said, and in spite of my lack of space, I'm still holding out useless hope for Arcadia to release their VF-5000G. I'd far, far prefer it in this color scheme, but I fear beggars can't be choosers, and we'll be lucky to get it at all at this point since it was revealed back in 2022 with little news since.  I'd happily take and HMR, though. 😄

 

Edited Tuesday at 10:49 PM by M'Kyuun

[M'Kyuun]

1 hour ago, Scream Man said:

All panel lined!

Beautiful lineup! Some of Kawamori's most striking designs, especially the YF-19. Love it!

[Lolicon]

Did anyone ever come up with a fix for the droopy canard? If not, I guess I will resort to the same "fix" that I used for the YF-21 antenna issue: keep buying and exchanging it on Amazon until I get a copy that isn't messed up.