sh9000 Posted July 7 Posted July 7 https://www.amazon.com/TAMASHII-NATIONS-Excalibur-Planetary-Hi-Metal/dp/B0FCZS3BF2 Listed on Amazon. If the price greatly drops then I'll order one from there.
kajnrig Posted July 7 Posted July 7 I don't remember seeing this in the anime/movie/OVAs. Can someone refresh my memory? I can only guess it was Basara's ride in Dynamite 7 and I simply forgot.
Big s Posted July 7 Posted July 7 9 minutes ago, kajnrig said: I don't remember seeing this in the anime/movie/OVAs. Can someone refresh my memory? I can only guess it was Basara's ride in Dynamite 7 and I simply forgot. It’s the one he borrowed to stop those odd space whalers
sh9000 Posted July 7 Posted July 7 I'll definitely see if I can get another one to leave in Fighter mode.
sh9000 Posted July 12 Posted July 12 https://www.deepdiscount.com/tamashii-nations-macross-hi-metal-r-vf-19p-excalibur-zola-planetary-patrol-action-figure/4573102676283 $169.01 with free shipping.
sh9000 Posted July 16 Posted July 16 I don't think Amazon will ever have a huge discount on this. I currently have a voucher at Nin-Nin-Game so I might get a spare from them with the price dropped down. It's listed cheaper at Hobby-Genki but for some reason I don't have any rewards there.
Mommar Posted July 18 Posted July 18 On 7/16/2025 at 9:27 AM, sh9000 said: I don't think Amazon will ever have a huge discount on this. I currently have a voucher at Nin-Nin-Game so I might get a spare from them with the price dropped down. It's listed cheaper at Hobby-Genki but for some reason I don't have any rewards there. Why not? They had a huge one on the 19Kai.
Chronocidal Posted July 18 Posted July 18 I'd guess just because it's a webshop item. Doesn't mean there won't be resellers, but I wouldn't expect people to be willing to gamble on this one as much.
treatment Posted Thursday at 11:49 PM Posted Thursday at 11:49 PM (edited) https://twitter.com/simsim5479/status/1971202638684590487 web-translated: https://twitter.com/simsim5479/status/1971208960675021074 web-translated: https://twitter.com/simsim5479/status/1971203752637104371 web-translated: Edited Thursday at 11:59 PM by treatment
Chronocidal Posted Friday at 02:25 AM Posted Friday at 02:25 AM Boy I hope I can twist those fins off without destroying the shoulders, since at least one of mine is getting the Skull-1 treatment. Can always cut them, of course, but would be nice if they just detach.
PointBlankSniper Posted Friday at 05:11 AM Posted Friday at 05:11 AM I don't get the level of hate for the fins. I don't like that they are such thin speakers and are off color from the body, but the fins themselves look like they could be decent vertical stabilizers. If destructive modding and painting is on the table, I think filing down and filling the speakers with putty to make them proper stabilizer fins would look better and more unique from the kai.
Chronocidal Posted Friday at 08:42 AM Posted Friday at 08:42 AM (edited) Oh, I have a lot more intensive mods for this than just the fins planned. They're just generally in the way, and look out of place at the location they're mounted. If I can pull it off, I'll probably make it some new wings, and see if I can finally get my Master File VF-19F. At the very least I'm going to be stripping and repainting the red. Fortunately, Bandai (for some inexplicable reason) couldn't figure out how to make the fins turn, so they just slapped a spare set of shoulders in the package that I can happily chop the fins off of, and still keep the stock ones as a spare set. Like.. the fact they chose to do that is baffling on multiple levels, but I at least appreciate the convenience. Edited Friday at 08:45 AM by Chronocidal
PointBlankSniper Posted Friday at 01:38 PM Posted Friday at 01:38 PM The 19P and kai have different shoulders from the19F and S though, so shouldn't it make more sense to just scratch build the shoulders entirely? Is there a reason to have this planned before it becomes obvious that bandai definitely won't do the 19F or S? Because the way things are going, it looks like highly plausible that they will come around to making those.
treatment Posted Friday at 11:27 PM Posted Friday at 11:27 PM https://twitter.com/MTM_025_8_S04/status/1971357252264276332 web-translated:
Chronocidal Posted Saturday at 01:21 AM Posted Saturday at 01:21 AM (edited) 11 hours ago, PointBlankSniper said: The 19P and kai have different shoulders from the19F and S though, so shouldn't it make more sense to just scratch build the shoulders entirely? Is there a reason to have this planned before it becomes obvious that bandai definitely won't do the 19F or S? Because the way things are going, it looks like highly plausible that they will come around to making those. They do have different shoulders, but it's not really a significant enough difference for me to care, and it saves me from having to paint them to match if I make my own. I still might need to repaint the yellow part though. As for the others.. just because we think it makes sense for Bandai to make something doesn't mean they ever will. (Insert screaming about the Tomahawk here.) The Kai/P and F/S models have some significant changes. If Bandai doesn't think it's worth making, they won't do it. As much as I want to buy a ton, I'm keeping my expectations at the bare minimum. Funny enough though.. yeah, those stripes aren't supposed to line up at all. They didn't on the Yamato, or in the animation. The hip parts being an issue isn't new though. I had issues with my Fire Valk's hips, and one of the internal die-cast connectors for the hip actually broke. It still stays on, because it's held on by more than just that part, but making those hip segments out of metal may not have been the best idea. Edited Saturday at 01:28 AM by Chronocidal
treatment Posted Saturday at 03:03 AM Posted Saturday at 03:03 AM from Gorilla's HMR VF-19P (crooked line): from Motoki Hiroyuki's twitter-posting HMR VF-19P (correct/non-crooked)
Chronocidal Posted Saturday at 03:06 AM Posted Saturday at 03:06 AM 1 minute ago, treatment said: from Gorilla's HMR VF-19P (crooked line): That's not a tampo problem, that's a transformation problem. He didn't align the panels so the stripes actually match.
treatment Posted Saturday at 03:18 AM Posted Saturday at 03:18 AM 10 minutes ago, Chronocidal said: That's not a tampo problem, that's a transformation problem. He didn't align the panels so the stripes actually match. https://twitter.com/MTM_025_8_S04/status/1971750767272001794 web-translated:
Chronocidal Posted Saturday at 03:21 AM Posted Saturday at 03:21 AM Gotcha, yeah, that's definitely a problem spot. The hips really just do not fit well, unfortunately. Interestingly, it's the same hip as the one that broke on my Fire Valk. Going to have to just chalk it up to Bandai borking the production on these somehow.
rsvictor1976 Posted Saturday at 03:22 AM Posted Saturday at 03:22 AM 10 minutes ago, Chronocidal said: That's not a tampo problem, that's a transformation problem. He didn't align the panels so the stripes actually match. 18 minutes ago, treatment said: from Gorilla's HMR VF-19P (crooked line): I don't know... Gorrila's picture looks like the panels were transformed properly. The edge of the toy looks pretty straight and the stripe matches the front portion of the plane. On 9/25/2025 at 4:49 PM, treatment said: Looking at the box art, I think the stripe doesn't line up on purpose?
Chronocidal Posted Saturday at 03:45 AM Posted Saturday at 03:45 AM The tampo stripes are definitely mis-aligned on purpose, although it looks like the two halves that should line up aren't quite aligned anyhow? I think that's a separate issue though. Judging by the translation, and my experience with my bum hip, I think Bandai borked the casting on the right hip. It didn't work correctly, the joint is far too stiff compared with the left, and the parts do not like to line up. The lower part tinted pale blue is causing issues. Though.. it's hard to tell if he knows what he's talking about. I think the "scratch" he's pointing to is an intentional detail on both sides, so I'm not sure what he's actually trying to indicate. Also, to refresh my memory, I checked on my first HMR Fire Valk, and opened the second one I got. The second one seems to have none of the hip issues my first one did, so it's inconsistent at least.
sh9000 Posted Saturday at 04:10 AM Posted Saturday at 04:10 AM I'll keep my 2 in the private warehouse at Yoyakunow. Not sure when I'll ship them and I don't want to know how ridiculous the shipping cost might be.
jenius Posted 10 hours ago Posted 10 hours ago Lol, can confirm that I just received a 'duty invoice' from DHL. The breakdown is $24.91 on top of the 5200 Yen I paid to use DHL (since it was the only service available). Get this duty fee breakdown: $1.31 Regulatory Charges $6.60 Duties $17.00 Tax Processing Sooooo, if it weren't for the 'tax processing' charge things wouldn't be so terrible. Maybe Japan Post will get this figured out and be able to give us an affordable option again. Right now, it sounds like DHL is the big winner (though I'm sure their business is way down with everyone else's).
Chronocidal Posted 8 hours ago Posted 8 hours ago Yeah, I'm just holding off shipping anything until another option exists. Thanks for the info though, good to hear the details confirmed.
MKT Posted 8 hours ago Posted 8 hours ago On 9/27/2025 at 11:18 AM, treatment said: https://twitter.com/MTM_025_8_S04/status/1971750767272001794 web-translated: On 9/27/2025 at 11:21 AM, Chronocidal said: Gotcha, yeah, that's definitely a problem spot. The hips really just do not fit well, unfortunately. Interestingly, it's the same hip as the one that broke on my Fire Valk. Going to have to just chalk it up to Bandai borking the production on these somehow. Had the same issue as well on my Fire Valk, on that particular panel not lining up on one side in Fighter. It's just due to the mega stiff hip joint that makes aligning that panel quite impossible unless hips are disassembled & lubricated.
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