Unix Square Robotech VF-1J

[jvmacross]

[MKT]

9 hours ago, jvmacross said:

LOL! Perfect pic.

The fighter front end is such a turn off. They managed to take a nice sleek radome & make it look like a jet of the 40's / 50's that has nose intakes.   

[PNW_Sweetie]

Yeah, that looks pretty terrible. The nose, undersized canopy, and humpback. At least he didn’t skip leg day 

[rsvictor1976]

I'm not a big fan of the Valkyrie, but the Tomahawk armor for it looks pretty good. 

[jvmacross]

1 hour ago, rsvictor1976 said:

I'm not a big fan of the Valkyrie, but the Tomahawk armor for it looks pretty good. 

They ripped off Macross the First...

[bambooluv]

Spotted by, Toyswalker-Dick.Po FB page, in the Sentinel Co both at ACGHK.

Edited July 24 by bambooluv
Added second picture of VF's

[bambooluv]

Sentinel, Unix Square? From what I've been able to surmise, they offer a set of the VF's in non-transformable modes, and one that can.

[jvmacross]

[Big s]

Don’t we already have a thread for these uglies

[Raikkonen]

In 2025, someone had to try to make it as least accurate and unattractive as possible. 

Edited July 25 by Raikkonen

[Radioguy]

If they were cheaper...might be fun. Oh well.

[Knight26]

The arms and fuselage are ok, but those legs.  The only explanation for that, that I can contemplate, is that it is some sort of test bed/interim design between the VF-1 and VF-4.

[pengbuzz]

25 minutes ago, Knight26 said:

The arms and fuselage are ok, but those legs.  The only explanation for that, that I can contemplate, is that it is some sort of test bed/interim design between the VF-1 and VF-4.

Or too much alcohol/ mind-altering substances for the designers. 🫥

[Black Valkyrie]

 

If the QC turns out to be good, I am planning to them, 1S and 1A CF. 

 https://www.bigbadtoystore.com/Product/VariationDetails/328754 

 

[Raikkonen]

Wrong thread. 

 

Edited July 25 by Raikkonen

[Gundam@EFSF]

Most transformable VF models aim for tight fighter-mode silhouettes.
Perfect panel lines. Zero gaps.
But the tradeoff? You can barely move the damn thing in Battroid mode.

This new manufacturer flipped the script.
I remember seeing the prototype two years ago at a local convention —
people were… lukewarm.

But now? The real thing hits different.
✅ Transformation is solid
✅ Battroid mode is actually poseable
✅ Feels like a machine, not a fragile shelf queen

You’re not just transforming it.
You’re playing it.

Finally — a VF-1 that's not just for photos.
It stands. It poses. It fights.
And you don’t have to worry about breaking it every time you twist a joint.

[m0n5t3r]

Saw this pic from a preorder... WTH is up with those landing gears? 

[Big s]

There’s already a section for it. It’s over on the Robotech side of things. 
boy this thing sure is ugly

[Raikkonen]

1 hour ago, m0n5t3r said:

Saw this pic from a preorder... WTH is up with those landing gears? this whole thing?

I fixed it for you. 

[jvmacross]

1 hour ago, m0n5t3r said:

Saw this pic from a preorder... WTH is up with those landing gears? 

[Froy]

20 years later and they still pulled out a fighter mode that looks worse than Toynami MPCs.

 

[Black Valkyrie]

 

@Gundam@EFSF  Thanks for the review, I really liked when saw it for the first time, I consider it the Chunky monkey of the 21st Century.  I am planning to get the 1S and 1A CF. 

 

[Big s]

1 minute ago, Black Valkyrie said:

 

@Gundam@EFSF  Thanks for the review, I really liked when saw it for the first time, I consider it the Chunky monkey of the 21st Century.  I am planning to get the 1S and 1A CF. 

 

More like the chunky cellulite monkey version 

[jvmacross]

43 minutes ago, Big s said:

More like the chunky cellulite monkey version 

I know chunky monkeys....that isn't a chunky monkey in any century....

[Hiriyu]

4 hours ago, jvmacross said:

I know chunky monkeys....that isn't a chunky monkey in any century....

Closer to a DX Henkei, but that's disrespectful to Takatoku Henkeis.

[jvmacross]

58 minutes ago, Hiriyu said:

Closer to a DX Henkei, but that's disrespectful to Takatoku Henkeis.

Yeah...being a POS intentionally is just a bad, head-scratching move....

[sh9000]

That's the Bandai DX VF-1 line.

[tekering]

On 8/4/2025 at 8:24 AM, sh9000 said:

That's the Bandai DX VF-1 line.

Describes ThreeZero's Robo-Dou VF-1s, too! 👍

[m0n5t3r]

46 minutes ago, tekering said:

Describes ThreeZero's Robo-Dou VF-1s, too! 👍

Seconded.

[rsvictor1976]

On 8/3/2025 at 5:59 AM, Gundam@EFSF said:

 

i kind of like how it looks in Gerwalk mode.

[Big s]

7 hours ago, rsvictor1976 said:

i kind of like how it looks in Gerwalk mode.

From the top it gets ugly the way the intakes stick out at the sides.

[pengbuzz]

1 hour ago, Big s said:

From the top it gets ugly the way the intakes stick out at the sides.

Agreed; I also don't like how the arms mount to the body there either. And the legs are just plain fugly...

Edited August 5 by pengbuzz

[Big s]

2 hours ago, pengbuzz said:

Agreed; I also don't like how the arms mount to the body there either. And the legs are just plain fugly...

I got so distracted by how the legs look like they’re falling off that I didn’t notice how the arms also look like they’re falling off

[Magnus]

I bought one of these because I was very curious and just got it in a few days ago: 

Pros:

-very solid, high-quality feel to the materials (mostly). 

-great poseability in Battroid mode

-some interesting design choices that make the figure feel dynamic

 

Cons: 

-Barely anything tabs together in Gerwalk or fighter mode, and what does uses very shallow, tiny tabs that will likely break after time

-Impossible to get it aligned in fighter mode, even after finagling and massaging it for nearly an hour

-Fake chest inserts for Battroid, and also a fake upper/shoulder insert.  I hate parts-forming, so this was annoying.  Head just floats, doesn't peg to anything without the insert

-Floating waist, die cast hips don't connect to the nose cone

-Broke off one of the antennae when trying to adjust the legs in fighter mode, the head doesn't really feel like it sits anywhere properly in any mode

-Standard fist that can fold into the arm doesn't have a hole for the rifle, so parts-swapping is necessary when not in fighter-mode

 

Honestly if this thing was $100 less, i'd be ok with it, but as it stands it isn't quite as solid and "toyetic" as I was hoping for.

[Chronocidal]

Glad it feels solid at least, it certainly doesn't look like it should be.

It kind of looks like someone looked at the original VF-1, saw the VF-2SS, and went, "Hey, what if we take that older one and update it so it looks more like the same kind of sloppy collection of robot parts cosplaying as an aircraft as the newer one?"
"Brilliant!"