MacrossJunkie

I just got my 25G's super parts. It's my first super pack for the renewals and I was pleasantly surprised to find that every single thruster nozzle in this set had ball joint articulation. I expected it on the large ones, sure, but not on the tiny little maneuvering thrusters.

I don't know what events transpire in the game, but I guess it's possible that there just wasn't a spare Ex-Gear compatible flight suit ready for him or he doesn't like the more form fitting flight suits so he went as is when jumping into the YF-29. I'm thinking the real reason is they just wanted Isamu to be as recognizable as possible, logic be damned.

Cool, so it does have hard points after all. It looks like the missiles from either of the 171 super parts sets should fit them. I'm half surprised they didn't design the wings and panels to be swappable to the detriment of the toy so they could include the ones without hard points with the toy make us buy a separate set of wings if we want to be able to equip missiles. Oh wait, they still could... err... Nope. Nothing to see here Bandai! Carry on!

Very nice presentation and setup with your displays, Derex. I like that Falcon diorama. Also, where did you get the Nupetiet-Vergnitzs that's in your Macross display?

You know, until you said that, I never realized the wings enclosed the canopy. I actually like the GERWALK mode myself with the whole forward fuselage being able to pivot side to side. That seems like a practical and useful feature that's thus far unique to the VF-9. We do have nice things. We just keep wanting more

Actually it's basically like how the '25 full armor's chest piece is colored too which I assumed is where the inspiration came from. Thanks! Glad you like it. I really like the glowy stickers also and wish I could get another 1 or 2 sheets to use with other things. Even now, it's fun to look at in the pitch black darkness with the main engine lights turned on at night and all the lights in the room turned off.

I feel like the cutlass' fighter mode is ruined by the ugly shoulder turret jutting out under the bottom. It doesn't look at all sleek or aerodynamic.

So it looks like he's just using the EX-Gear system just for the controls. You can see the EX-Gear shoulder pauldrons, helmet, and other stuff in the cockpit. It definitely wouldn't fit over the flight suit he's wearing. I wonder if he would still get the G-resistance benefits that the EX-Gear provides over the traditional style cockpits.

Sounds more like child-safety scissors.

It would be tempting to get two and repaint one like one of those two schemes above. I like that they also have a camo pattern on them.

While piloting the YF-29, I'm sure Isamu would need to wear a flight suit that works with the EX-Gear system so logically his figure should just be a recolor of existing ones. Was he shown piloting one without the EX-Gear? I thought the 25, 27, 29, the retrofitted 171EX and presumably 30 were all built using the EX-Gear interface, without one those valks would be non-functional as there would be no controls in the cockpit itself.

You mean Skywarp, right?

I like those two schemes even better. Especially the first one.

Where's the fun in staying silent? Half the fun is to speculate.

Hard to tell in the photos but I hope the white will be more of an off-white like the DYRL VF-1s. The white "YF-30" printed on the rear stabilizers is hard to see, but the lighting in the photos isn't helping much. It's like the markings on the 30th anniversary "Focker" YF-29.

Even if they didn't tampo print all the markings, if they included waterslide decals instead of stickers or both, I'd be pretty happy with that and actually buy one.

So I wonder if they have designed the pod to be detachable and plan to include a beam cannon pod or something with it or have a separate weapon set that would have one. Although I'm not sure what other options they could include with it. It doesn't seem like there are any underwing hard points. I guess the most likely scenario is that they will just make that missile pod permanently attached and not have other loadouts available.

Well to clear things up further, yes and no. They are supposed to be the same in the sense that they are both the VB-6 König Monster. No, in the sense that the Yamato one was based on hand drawn line art (and still failed miserably at it anyway) and appearance featured in VF-X2, while the one Bandai's is based on was the Frontier VB-6 that had to be re-done (and probably retcon'd) to have less parts shifting/shape changing/anime magic since it was being modeled in CG. So as a result, the cannons were made shorter, legs thinner and slightly more aerodynamic, etc. I believe Yamato's was based off a resin kit (shown below) and retooled with modifications and simplified to make it more suitable for a toy. On another note, I was trying to make a new avatar pic last night and while it comes out all blurry when shrunken down for avatar pic size and thus not very good for that purpose, this is probably my favorite SDF-1 shot to date with the angle and mix of light and dark so I thought I would share. I think the only thing missing is a bunch of tiny light trails swirling around it like a scene from DYRL. I suck at Photoshop and don't have an ounce of skill with it so I'm not even going to attempt it.

I would say it's nothing more than a typo/mistake. They've spelled it correctly in the releases following it. In the releases before it, they never had the word romanized on the box.

I'm really digging it. Isn't the missile pod also supposed to be swappable with other options like a beam cannon or am I misremembering?

On the older VF-19's, the edge of the intake lip was tapered. Would have been less noticeable on the YF-19 if they did that as well. Edit: I just went back and examined the lip of the intake and it's not as tapered as I thought it was, but the YF-19's seems noticeably thicker.

Too bad those stands are so big and bulky and take up so much space. I had to store away the ones that came with the SV-51s as well as the launch arm stand so I could display more stuff without them in the way. They really need to just refine the design of the mighty block stands so that the rotational points have some teeth instead of relying on very poor friction to hold something up. They'd probably also be cheaper to make than those bulky stands. I mean those mighty block stands were only what? $10 -12 when they were out?

I hope you picked a fast shipping option.

Between the sugar induced hallucinations and spooky monsters, I hope nobody had any post-Halloween... Nightmares! Okay, I'm done with the bad seasonal puns. I got it out of my system.

I never got the 30th Anniversary edition so I never knew that. Interesting. I'm guessing that should carry over to the upcoming Isamu custom as well.