Shawn

Perhaps ping @WiseGuyVic and see if he might know about the lock out?

With the 50th, we can at least now peek inside and see how the backpack is assembled/bonded

Its the Stonewell-Bellcom Matrix

How did you get the little nub stuck in the tail fin to roll over so you could glue something to it? Mine is really wedged in there the wrong way.

I'm thinking its just a typo in the desc, as I don't see it on the other sites. Was looking for ANYTHING extra in the release besides the normal 2 promos

I don't believe it's meant to be any sort of representation of the valks from the show...it's a tip of the hat to directly to the takatoku first release vf1j and 40 years of vf1's At least that is what I think of the new color scheme.

I personally think that pic is of the orig release and not the taka gray they show in the product pics. It just seems too white to be the camera causing the effect.

I think they got the gray right to mimic the Takatoku original release, but I sure as heck hope they consider selling this in BATTTROID mode, and with window cutouts We've seen they can sell this thing in battroid mode, and they can do windows, so lets make this happen Bandai!

An incredible Plamax build-I couldn't stop watching

on this link, what exactly are these #4 and #5? Copy paste error from another title? https://www.yoyakunow.com/ja/blu-ray/22084--4k4k-ultra-hd-blu-ray-blu-ray-disc-.html

Oh thats not mine, I was just searching for one online to see the box I've got mine coming in another week

Iron Type!

some gerwalk pics

So next I'm waiting for someone to put the Clear Mechanics Edition Fast packs on it

I did not expect the cavity fillers to be transparent for some reason, but that makes sense.

found one!

I assume they tried to make it the same Gray as the original Takatoku VF-1J release

Its being delivered now, so soon we'll have SOMEONE open the freaking box so we can look inside Resellers are just posting the cardboard box right now. they just MOCK me!

yeah-another pic doesn't look like the coloring is that different, could be the camera on this one but this one def shows the gray(same as the earlier post pics) https://www.taghobby.com/archives/803410 So this will take us to November 2024...THEN we might get something new

Color from the promo pics looks grayer (new left, orig right)

Right now its impossible to know the actual quality. The demo video has the true side by sides in a small 3 inch windows, so not really helpful except to see the colors are more vibrant. We assume other elements in the video are the 4k scan, but some look just as blurry as the old 2k scan, and of course the upload goes through youtube's video process algorithm to conserve video space. The static pictures that were used in the links above are 720p pics saved from the website, and again we don't really know the amount of processing that might have been done. We all have best guesses (de-grained/noise reduction/AI enhancement) but until we get more marketing material who knows. Luckily its only a few months away so the wait isn't going to be that long. Even if you waited until some reviews come out I'm sure it will be available for purchase at all the normal places we get stuff from. With the 16x9 format, I really hope for the english subs they put them UNDER the picture in the dead-space and not overlaid on the video. I'd love for them to include the old Space Fortress Macross dub, just for fun, but that won't happen. And no video extras sound like they are included, aside from the 2 promos TV commercials or the TV Special program would be super cool to include. Heck I even paid Matt Alt to translate the thing 15 years ago...its ready to go, I'll sign my release 😛 https://www.macrossworld.com/mwf/applications/core/interface/file/attachment.php?id=147371

I would say mushy is probably normal. I only have one VT-1 (broken tailfin) and it definitely feels off in quality. My arms are ok, not great, but I can't even clip in the back support spine to the back of the nosecone, pops right out. In my opinion it is one of the coolest looking valks, but one with the worst fitment I've experienced so far for the normal vf-1 parts I'm anxiously waiting to see how the 50th anniversary ends up...with all the differing materials/finishes, what new sorts of fun will we experience with slots and pegs and clips.

Well what do you expect from a toy made in 1985, jeez, its almost 40 years old 😛 (sorry-we are getting hit with some really lame shipped products lately)

Have you ever considered selling these? I want this on my shelf next to my DX line up