MacrossJunkie

What happened to the nose joint on yours and are you considering getting the Bandai VF-19 Advanced instead?

Personally, I prefer the Arcadia version as far as proportions go based on the pics available. I like the bulkier look of the hand drawn line art version that the Arcadia version is based on compared to the presumably slimmer version of the CG based model, similar to how the VB-6 was updated to be more proportionally consistent in the CG model vs the hand drawn line art version.

This looks awesome. I can't wait to see fighter mode. It's interesting comparing it to the Arcadia one and seeing the differences in implementation and proportions. It looks like the canards fold back instead of having to pull them out and flip them around. The gap in between the top of the chest and the nose cone is must smaller. It seems like the intake lip is reduced as well. The back of the thigh looks like a solid piece and the inner section of the leg looks like it can fold in... or open. It kind of looks like there is plug in the underside of the wing glove section that could be pulled out for something to be inserted. I wonder what. Just another weapon hardpoint? So many other differences. I had to do a lot of work to get my Arcadia YF-19 to look how it does, so this Bandai release should be great for people who don't want to go through stickering, decaling, and painting just to make it look good. I'll still get one of these anyway since it includes the super parts and it's a different implementation of the design.

Mine shipped out pretty quickly this time. Took registered airmail since I don't need it that quickly. Still working through the stuff I have already. Any other photos of this floating out on the web somewhere? I want to see if other images of it also had the same green.

Is it just those photos or is the green wrong on that toy and not the wintergreen that it should be? Also, just got the preparation in progress notice about an hour ago. We'll see how long it actually takes N-Y to ship this time.

I don't think the Yamato/Arcadia missiles will fit since the center peg is too big on those, so you're pretty much limited to the missiles from the two 171 super parts sets. If you want to get really ridiculous with it, you can plug the gigantic MDE bombs or reaction missiles into the forearm hardpoints

I would guess there's a pretty good chance they include the ghosts again if they release a super parts set for the RVF-171 for the people who didn't get the RVF-25 super parts. It would also be a good excuse for them to jack up the price.

Thank you. I always wanted to imitate the layout as seen in this pic since I first saw it.

You can't. At least not without modifications. I believe it's just placed on top there.

Ep 6 was the first time they showed the RVF-171 with the dual fold boosters.

They should tweak the design of the old mighty block stands a bit so they aren't so floppy and sell those. They had a much smaller footprint. These things pretty much needlessly take up half the space on a detolf shelf.

Dang... that's the first time I've heard of that happening regarding those pieces that fell off. That's also the worst case of paint rub I've seen for the shoulder. I've only seen and had the Yamato made ones so I don't know if there's anything different with the paint or something else on the Arcadia versions. The only thing I could possibly think of to help is after you've fixed it is to try clear coating the shoulder parts. A semi-gloss black and masking tape should do the trick if you want to fully fix the black painted area. I would just be careful pulling the arms out from fighter mode or pushing them back into position for fighter from then on.

Thanks! I agree with you guys. That particular shot came out well. Here are a few more I meant to take but was too tired to set up at the time. Yamato and Arcadia versions: VF and YF-19s: Isamu's valks: Based on the "This Is Animation Special" cover (really wish I had some standing figs of Isamu, Myung, and Guld) Edit: Re-shot the TIAS pic. The port side vertical stabilizer was crooked and it was driving me nuts.

Okay, that "nose art" is just underwhelming. It's essentially photos of the two in the outfits they were wearing at the end of the previous movie posted on the nose...

Oh no! It's a "chocking" hazard! You might find this placed in front of your car wheels preventing you from moving forward!

Man, that would have been perfect for one of my YF-19 + YF-21 pics I just took...

Well, the gunpod is pretty hard to mess up. I say give it a try! Here's my gunpod in use after I finished weathering and clearcoating it. More pics here in another thread.

That nose art isn't even what appeared in the movie, is it?

I took a bunch of pics today after finishing up the gunpod. I guess I have more pics than I'm allowed to have in a single post.

That looks so good! I wish I had something larger than a detolf so I could make use of a triple.

Disappointing that no Macross stuff is there, but expected.

Based on the pic in the OP, it looks like it does.

Isn't the nose art still just stickers like the previous releases had though?

True that the wings can't go 90 degrees up. At most, you can twist that section about 35-40 degrees upwards. However, it has no problems facing up in GERWALK mode.