GGemini Posted July 26 Posted July 26 Apparently Bandai is planning to release a HG VF-25F (photos found online)
Big s Posted July 26 Posted July 26 7 hours ago, GGemini said: Apparently Bandai is planning to release a HG VF-25F (photos found online) I figured these would be on the way . Just kinda figured they’d finish delta first, but then again it’s Bandai and they might never finish something
Convectuoso Posted July 26 Posted July 26 Yes! At last a partsforming VF-25 in 1/100 that's not a mess like the VF100 line.
Big s Posted July 26 Posted July 26 Not a huge fan of the 25, but might get an armored S if they put one out
Raikkonen Posted July 26 Posted July 26 (edited) 1 hour ago, Big s said: Not a huge fan of the 25, but might get an armored S if they put one out The batroid mode's oddness with the wings and compact waist? Edited July 26 by Raikkonen
Big s Posted July 26 Posted July 26 2 hours ago, Raikkonen said: The batroid mode's oddness with the wings and compact waist? The lower body always kinda bugged me. Kinda like an oversized uncut………
Raikkonen Posted July 27 Posted July 27 9 hours ago, Big s said: The lower body always kinda bugged me. Kinda like an oversized uncut……… I agree. In battroid doesn't quite come together, and looks very insect like. But plane mode is really all I care about.
Chronocidal Posted August 3 Posted August 3 On 7/27/2025 at 12:54 AM, Raikkonen said: I agree. In battroid doesn't quite come together, and looks very insect like. But plane mode is really all I care about. If all you really want is the plane, these kits have existed for a long time, and you can buy a handful of them for the cost of a single transforming kit. I don't know how often they get reissued, but I'm surprised they aren't just discontinued at this point. I'm frankly just disappointed they didn't make more marking sets, let alone more valks in this line. https://www.hlj.com/1-100-scale-vf-25f-messiah-valkyrie-alto-custom-ban969488
Big s Posted August 3 Posted August 3 1 hour ago, Chronocidal said: If all you really want is the plane, these kits have existed for a long time, and you can buy a handful of them for the cost of a single transforming kit. I don't know how often they get reissued, but I'm surprised they aren't just discontinued at this point. I'm frankly just disappointed they didn't make more marking sets, let alone more valks in this line. https://www.hlj.com/1-100-scale-vf-25f-messiah-valkyrie-alto-custom-ban969488 I guess you could possibly use the new after market decals that they probably will make for the ones they do in hg. I’m sure it might take a little more fitting and some testing to see how compatible they end up
Raikkonen Posted August 3 Posted August 3 10 hours ago, Chronocidal said: If all you really want is the plane, these kits have existed for a long time, and you can buy a handful of them for the cost of a single transforming kit. I don't know how often they get reissued, but I'm surprised they aren't just discontinued at this point. I'm frankly just disappointed they didn't make more marking sets, let alone more valks in this line. https://www.hlj.com/1-100-scale-vf-25f-messiah-valkyrie-alto-custom-ban969488 Can't remember this, but only interested in HG due to the newer engineering and multiple coloured parts.
Chronocidal Posted August 3 Posted August 3 (edited) 5 hours ago, Raikkonen said: Can't remember this, but only interested in HG due to the newer engineering and multiple coloured parts. Fair enough, yeah. Those VF-25 fighter kits did have the main parts color-molded, but considering how much of Alto's VF-25 is white anyway, it really wasn't a challenge. It think the only colored parts it had were the tails, fins, feet, head panel, cockpit insert, and gunpod. I bought a bunch though, since at the time they were about $6. I never intended to use the (absolute garbage) Bandai decals, since I was more interested in painting them up based on other schemes in the Master File, and a blank white plane was the ideal starting point. Edited August 3 by Chronocidal
Raikkonen Posted August 4 Posted August 4 On 7/26/2025 at 3:42 PM, Raikkonen said: That 25s ever so closer... 😁 👆 - It's only the Ozma 25S all I care about. 😁 23 hours ago, Chronocidal said: Fair enough, yeah. Those VF-25 fighter kits did have the main parts color-molded, but considering how much of Alto's VF-25 is white anyway, it really wasn't a challenge. It think the only colored parts it had were the tails, fins, feet, head panel, cockpit insert, and gunpod. I bought a bunch though, since at the time they were about $6. I never intended to use the (absolute garbage) Bandai decals, since I was more interested in painting them up based on other schemes in the Master File, and a blank white plane was the ideal starting point. Yeah, Bandai and those Lego type decals was the motivator to paint all my gundams in military schemes, which turned out to be a better thing.
Big s Posted August 27 Posted August 27 It’s up for preorder at hlj, not sure when or if you’ll get one though
Chronocidal Posted August 27 Posted August 27 (edited) Yeah, don't expect to get it anywhere near release date. I'm STILL waiting for them to deliver on my original YF-21 kit preorder. Still, $35 isn't too bad, and Bandai's decals have never been worth the paper they're printed on anyway. I'll probably just make a custom scheme for it. Edited August 27 by Chronocidal
KOG Water Dragon Posted August 27 Posted August 27 13 hours ago, Big s said: It’s up for preorder at hlj, not sure when or if you’ll get one though Even without the tariff issues, my optimism is low. I'm kinda surprised they are showing the VF-25 when they haven't done all the VF-31s yet. I wonder if they're going to release all the VF-31s rapidly before the first VF-25 release, or if they'll be coming out with overlapping release schedules, or if we just won't get all the VF-31s after all?
Big s Posted August 27 Posted August 27 1 hour ago, KOG Water Dragon said: Even without the tariff issues, my optimism is low. I'm kinda surprised they are showing the VF-25 when they haven't done all the VF-31s yet. I wonder if they're going to release all the VF-31s rapidly before the first VF-25 release, or if they'll be coming out with overlapping release schedules, or if we just won't get all the VF-31s after all? They’ll probably just overlap. Or they will do the rest as web exclusives. Just hoping they do the cannon fodder one, since that’s really the only one I want
KOG Water Dragon Posted August 27 Posted August 27 34 minutes ago, Big s said: They’ll probably just overlap. Or they will do the rest as web exclusives. Just hoping they do the cannon fodder one, since that’s really the only one I want I can't seem them doing the VF-31F as an exclusive. Maybe a lil Drakken equipped version. They skipped the VF-31E in 1/72 but I think that's just because of the dish complications. Hoping the VF-31E will also be standard release since its a parts former. VF-31A, I could see as an exclusive. Especially since it wasn't teased alongside the others.
PointBlankSniper Posted August 27 Posted August 27 Am I tripping or that head sculpt looks more detailed than the DX?
Raikkonen Posted August 29 Posted August 29 Looks absolutely gorgeous. Now where's the 25s? On 8/28/2025 at 1:20 AM, PointBlankSniper said: Am I tripping or that head sculpt looks more detailed than the DX? It does.
sh9000 Posted August 31 Posted August 31 https://www.entertainmentearth.com/product/macross-frontier-vf25f-messiah-valkyrie-alto-custom-high-grade-1100-scale-model-kit/blf2844654
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