DX VF-27 Revival

[borgified]

So that means that I can shred my copy of the revival 27y. 😁

Edit: Maybe the Revival 171EX Alto and the corresponding add on too. 

Edited August 15 by borgified

[Apok451]

11 hours ago, borgified said:

So that means that I can shred my copy of the revival 27y. 😁

Edit: Maybe the Revival 171EX Alto and the corresponding add on too. 

I dunno man, I got one of the 171 EX revivals and it is super solid.  I was pretty impressed with it.   But if you want, I could um ethically dispose of that 27 for you.  

[borgified]

I actually have the renewal 27y and the renewal Alto 171EX with the corresponding  add on set @Apok451, so I don’t have to waste my money in getting the Revival versions of each. 🙂

I’m wondering if we’ll ever get a Revival Maruyuma 171EX as I’ve seen the prices on that starting to get to mid to high 30kish yen on those. The yellowing is another issue on those if you do manage to find one at decent price. 

[rsvictor1976]

29 minutes ago, Apok451 said:

I dunno man, I got one of the 171 EX revivals and it is super solid.  I was pretty impressed with it.   But if you want, I could um ethically dispose of that 27 for you.  

I didn't have any issues with the VF-171EX Revival either. Everything worked and had the right friction right out of the box. The only issues I've ever had with the Revival Valkyries has been with Alto's VF-25F having a one loose shoulder (which I was able to fix), the VF-25F Tornado's loose cannon/back panel, and the recent VF-27γSP joints that I mentioned.    

[Apok451]

16 hours ago, rsvictor1976 said:

I didn't have any issues with the VF-171EX Revival either. Everything worked and had the right friction right out of the box. The only issues I've ever had with the Revival Valkyries has been with Alto's VF-25F having a one loose shoulder (which I was able to fix), the VF-25F Tornado's loose cannon/back panel, and the recent VF-27γSP joints that I mentioned.    

And I want a 27 cause it just looks so weird, but you guys are scaring me off from it.  Im just not hearing stuff aboout it that gives me the warm and fuzzies.

[Bolt]

In Paris. Found the Gundam , manga street. One shop had the Macross 1/100 hg's, but they were sold out of the YF-19, the one i would've bought. Checking out at the shop next door, with some One Piece merch, i right away saw this..

[Raikkonen]

1 hour ago, Bolt said:

In Paris. Found the Gundam , manga street. One shop had the Macross 1/100 hg's, but they were sold out of the YF-19, the one i would've bought. Checking out at the shop next door, with some One Piece merch, i right away saw this..

Does this shop have an online store? Curious to see what else they have.

[sh9000]

Hey @Bolt nice find.  Have fun in Paris.

[Bolt]

9 hours ago, Raikkonen said:

Does this shop have an online store? Curious to see what else they have.

I believe they only have a Facebook page. Try Manga Hobby store Paris.

 

9 hours ago, sh9000 said:

Hey @Bolt nice find.  Have fun in Paris.

Cheers 

[borgified]

One review that I found in Korean 

Maybe more reviews to follow (or maybe some collectors' don't want to bother if its the same as the renewal version)? 

Edit: I want to see if this revival version is better than the renewal (in an comparison vid) and to see if there are changes in the instruction manual or it's just the recopy of the renewal version. 

Edited September 11 by borgified

[treatment]

from https://twitter.com/simsim5479/status/1971443367147098404

 

https://tamashiiweb.com/tamashii/images/importance/DX_vf27_0924.jpg

web-translated:

 

 

[jenius]

So just an apology? No word of replacement parts?

[PointBlankSniper]

43 minutes ago, jenius said:

So just an apology? No word of replacement parts?

Maybe it's assumed you can pop them out and swap the two sides around by yourself. Don't have mine yet, so don't know how shoulder assembly works.

Unless they doubled up on the same sided parts like the YF-21's shoulders again, so that no amount of ease of disassembly matters...

EDIT: Seems like Heppoko made another tweet about fixing it in 10 minutes. So here's to hoping the issue is limited to them actually just mixing up rationed out L/R pieces for final assembly, and not a situation where they could have used two of the same for either side

Edited September 26 by PointBlankSniper

[jenius]

Oh yeah, I thought some had two right shoulders but if it's just a part swap, super easy fix.

[PsYcHoDyNaMiX]

Too bad the image provided by Bandai doesn't show the top portion of the incorrect shoulder. The erroneous proportion of the shoulder shown looks like the pre-renewal (1st edition) shoulder which does not have a cutout on the top outer edges (for the super/fast packs).

I just really hope it's not a case of pre-renewal molded shoulders in circulation...  🙄

Thank you @jenius for pics, 🙏.

Edited September 27 by PsYcHoDyNaMiX

[jenius]

Oh man, you're tempting me to push this up in my review cycle.

[PsYcHoDyNaMiX]

16 minutes ago, jenius said:

Oh man, you're tempting me to push this up in my review cycle.

😅Take your time! No rush at all! 

[treatment]

from https://twitter.com/cross_W42S/status/1971586122582282558

web-translated:

 

(use web-translator for page below)

https://valkyrie-hanger.sakura.ne.jp/blog/detail/277 

sample:

 

good luck!

 

 

[Marcion]

I just opened and transform mine VF27r received few days ago to see the shoulder but didn't find any wrong or did missed something?

[MikeRoz]

2 hours ago, Marcion said:

I just opened and transform mine VF27r received few days ago to see the shoulder but didn't find any wrong or did missed something?

 

17 hours ago, treatment said:

 

 

From the picture above, it sure looks like your copy is affected. The issue is that the shoulders are swapped. The back of the shoulder is what has the longer angled edge on the outside next to the 101. On the front, this same edge is shorter.

The fronts of the shoulders in your pictures look like they have a long edge. If you look at the backs, they should have a short edge. If you swap the shoulders, the short edge will be in front.

EDIT:

Just checked my copy from a US store and it's 'affected' as well. But if this hadn't been posted, I never would have noticed. Doesn't appear to affect how snugly the arm tucks in in fighter mode. Maybe the shoulders are canted at a little more of an angle when they're tucked in? Again, not something I would have noticed.

Edited September 27 by MikeRoz

[PointBlankSniper]

On 9/26/2025 at 4:54 PM, PsYcHoDyNaMiX said:

I just really hope it's not a case of pre-renewal molded shoulders in circulation...  🙄

I think that fear is a stretch too far. People have already put the super parts on their's just fine. They found the issue from comparing it to the back side and noticing that it has the correct front face on the wrong side. Busting out the wrong molds that should have been stored with their accompanying production run, while also already producing the correct parts is very whack.

So far everyone has matched pairs, too. So it seems much less scary an issue than it initially looked.

All it comes down to is whether there is a high chance of damage for the reassembly operation.

[PsYcHoDyNaMiX]

13 minutes ago, PointBlankSniper said:

I think that fear is a stretch too far. People have already put the super parts on their's just fine. They found the issue from comparing it to the back side and noticing that it has the correct front face on the wrong side. Busting out the wrong molds that should have been stored with their accompanying production run, while also already producing the correct parts is very whack.

So far everyone has matched pairs, too. So it seems much less scary an issue than it initially looked.

All it comes down to is whether there is a high chance of damage for the reassembly operation.

ahh okay my mistake for reading too far in then, lol. Okay if its just screws and swaps that should be fine.👍

[Marcion]

16 hours ago, MikeRoz said:

 

From the picture above, it sure looks like your copy is affected. The issue is that the shoulders are swapped. The back of the shoulder is what has the longer angled edge on the outside next to the 101. On the front, this same edge is shorter.

The fronts of the shoulders in your pictures look like they have a long edge. If you look at the backs, they should have a short edge. If you swap the shoulders, the short edge will be in front.

EDIT:

Just checked my copy from a US store and it's 'affected' as well. But if this hadn't been posted, I never would have noticed. Doesn't appear to affect how snugly the arm tucks in in fighter mode. Maybe the shoulders are canted at a little more of an angle when they're tucked in? Again, not something I would have noticed.

really? but why I look at it, is it in correct way as Bandai showing the correct assembly condition picture. Oh the picture I post the shoulders is not in 90 degree pose because in gerwalk mode.

So I adjusted and take another picture 

Edited September 28 by Marcion

[PsYcHoDyNaMiX]

4 hours ago, Marcion said:

really? but why I look at it, is it in correct way as Bandai showing the correct assembly condition picture. Oh the picture I post the shoulders is not in 90 degree pose because in gerwalk mode.

So I adjusted and take another picture 

Gerwalk mode or not yours is mis-assembled/assembled incorrectly. You can leave it if you feel like it has no issues. As provided by the Bandai's instructions above, it should be taken apart and swapped.

Edited Sunday at 12:26 PM by PsYcHoDyNaMiX

[PointBlankSniper]

12 hours ago, Marcion said:

really? but why I look at it, is it in correct way as Bandai showing the correct assembly condition picture. Oh the picture I post the shoulders is not in 90 degree pose because in gerwalk mode.

 Your picture is exactly what Bandai is showing to be incorrect.

The top of "101" lined up with the edge should be on the back of the shoulder.

The edge should only be 2/3rd the height of "101" on the front.

[Marcion]

3 hours ago, PointBlankSniper said:

 Your picture is exactly what Bandai is showing to be incorrect.

The top of "101" lined up with the edge should be on the back of the shoulder.

The edge should only be 2/3rd the height of "101" on the front.

But I look at the back side also same as Infront.

Edited Sunday at 11:30 PM by Marcion

[PsYcHoDyNaMiX]

27 minutes ago, Marcion said:

But I look at the back side also same as Infront.

Unfortunately they are not the same. Drawn up for you using MSPaint... You need to disassemble the shoulders and switch the left and right.

Edited Sunday at 11:56 PM by PsYcHoDyNaMiX

[borgified]

@PsYcHoDyNaMiX post makes it easier to understand honestly, the pic from Bandai doesn't do squat for me as I still didn't understand it. 

Take your time on getting the review in the Revival 27 in deck @jenius, I wanted to see an overall complete comparison of all the 27y done together, Maybe its a lack of interest that I have not seen a review of the Revival 27 yet (Mark H's crap quick review in it doesn't do me favours at all).   

[PsYcHoDyNaMiX]

20 minutes ago, borgified said:

@PsYcHoDyNaMiX post makes it easier to understand honestly, the pic from Bandai doesn't do squat for me as I still didn't understand it. 

Take your time on getting the review in the Revival 27 in deck @jenius, I wanted to see an overall complete comparison of all the 27y done together, Maybe its a lack of interest that I have not seen a review of the Revival 27 yet (Mark H's crap quick review in it doesn't do me favours at all).   

Yea... I was only able to determine the sections/spacing were different from Bandai's picture at first (even with the translations) and was not sure of the exact issue otherwise, until @PointBlankSniper elaborated on the issue (that parts needed to be switched (L to R).

[MikeRoz]

I did the switch shortly after my other post. I didn't really look at the instructions aside from the picture that was posted in this thread that showed which screws to pull. Was easy enough to figure out from just that. Didn't really notice a difference.

The one thing I will say is that those hexagonal shoulder-top pieces do not want to go back into their spot when transitioning back to fighter mode. Feel like I'm going to break something. This has nothing to do with the piece that was swapped.

Edited Monday at 06:13 PM by MikeRoz

[Graham]

My VF-27 Revival will likely stay permanently in Fighter mode, so  no plans to check the shoulders on mine.😅

[Sokeijon]

6 hours ago, Graham said:

My VF-27 Revival will likely stay permanently in Fighter mode, so  no plans to check the shoulders on mine.😅

mine too. But sometimes it is just annoying like what have you seen cannot be unseen. Just like the SMS and SWS issue. 

[26662]

Mine shipped today.  Honestly, I don't even remember ordering it.  🤪  I didn't realize so many of you had it in hand already.  Appreciate the heads-up regarding the pauldrons.

[Graham]

On 9/29/2025 at 7:52 AM, PsYcHoDyNaMiX said:

Unfortunately they are not the same. Drawn up for you using MSPaint... You need to disassemble the shoulders and switch the left and right.

Finally, can understand the issue. Thank you.

Still not gonna check and swap mine though, even if they have the problem.