Anasazi37

Bandai just announced that there will be a reissue of the Hayate in 2023 and...drum roll...they're making a Ghost set for it: https://hobby.dengeki.com/event/1626483/

Sounds like all five of the Delta entries will be released at the same time: https://hobby.dengeki.com/event/1626483/

This is so ridiculous and fun that I just have to try to get one. I was hoping they'd post a time, otherwise it was going to be a long day of hitting the F5 button....

Edit: Just noticed that it's listed as "before sales start" on TWE, not sold out. I need more coffee. I'm still going to pass on this one, though. I think the Bandai-invented winged logo has no place on the valk, as it breaks up the clean red/blue lines of the scheme. You can't turn everything into Macross Delta, Bandai. SDFM and DRYL valks don't need logos stamped all over them. I'm a fan of Hasegawa's minimalist take on it, where the only markings are the stripes and "Angel Birds" on the legs.

If Bandai was making this valk, they'd create a TWE add-on set just for the speakers and charge $150.

Has this news been confirmed? I know that it's been a few years since the release of the last 1/20 VF-1 kit (Fighter), but was hoping Max would create the Strike Battroid version to finish off the line. He's been doing those Frontier and Delta 1/20 nose kits lately, which I'm not a fan of, but at least it tells us that he's still making new stuff.

I've been wondering the same thing since it was previewed earlier this year. I'm guessing it will show up on Arcadia's site within the next week since the sign says late July.

LOL. True. I forgot to include the "make everything so very, very wrong" option on the set.

In a word: resin. My printer (Elegoo Saturn 4K) has a max resolution of 0.05mm, which would be more than sufficient for this model. There are some 8K printers on the market now that knock the resolution down to 0.025mm. Some of the parts are large enough that they'd have to be broken into two pieces, though (at least for my printer). It would require a lot of resin unless you hollowed out the parts, which is not easy to do. More traditional filament (PLA) printers have max resolutions around 0.12mm, which is still pretty good for a model like this.

In addition to the Bandai sheet that @Shawn just mentioned, which only comes with the Kakizaki release, I produced this small correction sheet: It was also used by MW members like @RedComet to create custom DYRL Focker and Max variants.

Anycubic Basic Clear, printed using an Elegoo Saturn. I'm also experimenting with Siraya Blu Clear v2, but it's a lot thicker and since the Anycubic prints are coming out nicely, I haven't spent a lot of time trying to get it dialed in. Biggest headache for me were these small "champagne bubbles" that showed up in the prints. I had to switch my tank film from FEP to NFEP and slow down the lifting speed by quite a bit to get rid of them. I was thinking of using a Bandai Action Base of some kind. Worst case I can drill a small hole in the printed main body part, but I have digital calipers so it wouldn't be hard to measure the diameter of the peg on whatever stand I pick and just subtract a cylinder of the same diameter from the 3D object and then print that.

Would love to print the updated parts--please do send them! You make a good point about differences in resin and type of printer. The newer mono 4K/8K models are a different animal than the older models.

And for what it's worth, I can attest to the high quality of @Jasonc's work. I volunteered to do some test prints of his original files and provide feedback to improve the final version. Design, fit, and finish of the parts, even at that early stage, were exceptional. I basically just had to figure out how I wanted to orient and support them for printing, which is both an art and a science. @Jasonc, if there isn't already a plan to do so, offering STL files with the supports in place as an option, based on what you've determined works well with your printer, could save folks a bunch of time and guesswork. That way all they have to do is slice and print. Now for a little eye candy. Using the standard progressive wet sanding approach for canopies, and after a dip in Future at the end, this is what the front canopy section part looks like for me: I can post pics of the other parts, if anyone is interested, but they're basically standard grey versions of what's already been shared in this thread.

"I know that I took down most of the pictures of our family to make room for this new display, but valks have been a part of my life far longer than any of you and they deserve some space, too. Now everyone can see how they've grown and changed over the years, just like our kids."

It's not easy to pull of that design using PLA filament printing, so hats off to the creator. (It would look even better if it were printed in resin instead, but it would be a bit heavier, would require painting, and not everyone is set up to handle resin printing)

They didn't bother to double check that the tailfin numbers on the early DX VF-1 releases were correct, and then tried to pass off the mistake as "intentionally maintaining symmetry," so I don't have my hopes up....

If there was any remaining doubt that Bandai was responsible for the high price of the VF-0S outside of Japan, this picture should take care of that. I'm still trying to square the high price against what we know about prices for other toys that Bandai distributes worldwide, when tend to be closer to the MSRP in Japan. At the current exchange rate, $160 is a 55% markup. All I can figure is that (1) Macross-related production runs are smaller and more expensive because of the smaller fan base compared to juggernauts like Gundam and/or (2) Bandai knows we will pay a premium to not have to deal with PO Madness.

From what I've seen other MW members report over the past year or so, BIJ will charge you a large premium for shipping up front and then ask for more once they have the item in hand. It's why I've never used them and likely never will.

Maybe they're going to launch their own version of Nendoroid

On mine, the one for the right leg snapped on just fine, but the one for the left kept popping off. Very tight fit, I guess. Had to press down on each side in just the right way, when attaching it, for it to stay in place. It popped off a few times while I was putting the rest of the parts on, so I waited until everything else was attached, put it back on, put the valk on its stand, and now just hope I don't accidentally bump it when moving other items around on the shelf.

Yeah...I never expected that, either. Figured Bandai would make them available for shipping to vendors in the US on the same day they released them in Japan. From there they get packed in a container and put on a boat. A few months later they reach the US. If I want something faster than that, I order it in Japan and have it shipped directly.

No, but I've been waiting for them to process the POs so I could order it (I missed the PO window) and it's still listed as "Order Stop" more than a week after release. Very unusual for them, I think. I finally gave up and ordered it from Amazon Japan.

Yeah, I'm betting those will come along as expensive add-ons, where you don't get enough weapons for one valk unless you buy two sets and the decals are okay but don't include all of the main things you need and will also be missing a lot of detailed markings. That's what happened with the 1/20.

Having scanned in the sticker sheets for the 1/20 VF-1 kits to do just that, I can tell you that it's a really frustrating experience. The quality of their stickers is not great.