DX VF-27 Revival

[davidwhangchoi]

Randomly at the gundam store Times Square:

 

this is whats they have macross related:

[26662]

My Lucifer just arrived.  Are the shoulders assembled incorrectly on all of the revivals?  Can one tell just by looking at the underside?

[PsYcHoDyNaMiX]

31 minutes ago, 26662 said:

My Lucifer just arrived.  Are the shoulders assembled incorrectly on all of the revivals?  Can one tell just by looking at the underside?

Unfortunately it cannot be determined just by looking at the underside. It would need to be transformed into armless gerwalk mode (legs down) to reveal the sides of the shoulders at the very least.

[26662]

46 minutes ago, PsYcHoDyNaMiX said:

Unfortunately it cannot be determined just by looking at the underside. It would need to be transformed into armless gerwalk mode (legs down) to reveal the sides of the shoulders at the very least.

I was afraid of that.  I was hoping to suss out the valk's shoulder assembly status w/o transforming it just in case I decide to sell it MIB at some point.  I guess I'll just list the pauldrons' assembly as "unknown" if I ever decide to sell it.  It sure is a pretty valk, though.

[PointBlankSniper]

3 hours ago, 26662 said:

I was hoping to suss out the valk's shoulder assembly status w/o transforming

I don't have mine yet, but if I'm not mistaken, you just need to flip one wing up at the wing root hinge and drop that leg at the intake/thigh. You've already got it out of the box, so it shouldn't be much more work to take a peek. You just need to see the top of the "101" and the corner that it should/shouldn't align with.

This is assuming there really aren't any double same sided shoulders in circulation.

[treatment]

6 hours ago, 26662 said:

My Lucifer just arrived.  Are the shoulders assembled incorrectly on all of the revivals?  Can one tell just by looking at the underside?

 

I think all of the Revival-27 are affected with the misassembly issue. 

Bandai already admitted it's a factory fault. 

Anecdotally, I have not come across any Revival-27 jp-tweet that didn't have the misassembly issue.

If you reside in japan, Bandai will fix the issue if you send the item to them. However, the repair time will be at least three months. The offer is not applicable to both resellers and reseller buyers

Yay or something...

 

 

Edited October 8, 2025 by treatment

[ArchieNov]

Fortunately, swapping the shoulders is easy and takes less than 10 minutes. Just need to unscrew 2 screws per bicep which are easily accessible.

[PointBlankSniper]

Mine came in last week.

Colors are nicer than I expected, and matte is also nice than I expected. Kinda weird the gunpod is still in gloss though.

Had to do shoulder swap.

Ejecting crotch cover is apparently nothing new. The arm plug hole has absurd spring tension, so the gunpod adapter doesn't stay in, and the shield launches across the room if not pushed in at some perfect distance and left to settle so that static friction overcomes the spring tension lol.

Intakes barely hold in gerwalk when on the stand. They just want to drop with the legs, and the backpack strut wants to pry that crotch piece out. I know the gerwalk articulation is supposed to be lackluster, but I can't tell if the intakes are just the 2 clicks. And it looks like there is a thigh swivel, but they only turn like 3 degrees with no friction and no ability to resist gravity while on the stand, and then have a soggy backstop that pushes back, so it just feels like plastic that doesn't bend is just flexing back... I can't tell if it's as far as it goes, or I'm doing something wrong.

The sloppy abdomen split where the battroid brace goes was somehow sealed together so tight out of box, that I had to pry at with an uncomfortable amount of pressure with a flathead.  Never knew there was a fancy swing bar locking switch mechanism in there, but mine came pre locked. That blocked the swing bar from going in all the way, and I couldn't figure out why, because the lock wasn't supposed to be relevant until the next step... Took me a long time to figure out i was wasting my time trying to force it to latch on the fuselage. While on the stand, the battroid legs jiggle and rattle at the swing bar's axel hole inside the crotch, as well as a bit of slop at the latch, despite properly locked in. It's probably the intended fitment by design, but it sure as heck feels like an extremely aged and worn out metal on plastic joint and doesn't inspire confidence...

The stand adapter doesn't even seem to sleeve around it's intended crotch space all the way. It's kind of a loose and off angle mess.

Superparts are surprisingly easy fit for once, despite the regular sloppy nubs.

Gunpod splits slightly crooked and IDK why lol. It's great that I grabs on the crotch in fighter mode without needing that partsforming adapter that self ejects though.

Overall, looks wonderful, and panel fitment seems to be great. Waist and thigh structure doesn't inspire confidence when hanging from the stand, because of everything I nitpicked, but it holds after getting them together properly so far, so it's still a satisfying display piece to have. Heres to hoping those sloppy bits are not a longevity issue.