MacrossJunkie

The DX version does look like it has the mechanisms of the DX YF-19 from what little I can see of it. It doesn't have the chunky wing hinge and has similar folds and flaps on the top as the DX YF-19 has.

It also has the fatter intake lip that the YamArcadia VF/YF-19 have as well as the groove in the gullet below the cockpit for you to wedge a fingernail into which is not present on the Bandai VF/YF-19's. Hmm, the hinge connecting the wing to the leg is also identical to the YamArcadia implementations compared to the Bandai VF/YF-19. The HMR really does seem like a downscaled Yamato VF-19 Kai after looking at it more closely.

I like both the Arcadia and Bandai YF-19. However, I do feel the Bandai one edges out the Arcadia one, because of the tampo printing (although a bit too much. Two steps forward, one step back...), the lack of a deep groove in the inner thigh (I hated how the Arcadia version required separate pieces to cover that groove), how the space on the inner side of the legs for the arms to fit into the leg is covered up nicely, lack of gap in fighter mode at the knees, integrated neck cover built into the shield (makes it actually perfect transformation), and included heavy weapons attachment which was a nice extra. Also the ankles were not floppy like the Arcadia. The Arcadia wins with regard to how the wings fit better with the FAST packs on and doesn't have that stupid tab sticking out like on the Bandai. The official photos with the supers on were basically false advertising. IMO, the Bandai one was executed better overall. However, based on what we were shown of the Bandai YF-21 so far, I have to say that the over-14-years-old toy from Yamato is superior to what Bandai was able to come up with. If we can't have something that's great in fighter and battroid modes, I'd prefer something that at least excels in one mode instead of something that compromises greatly on and looks mediocre/bad in both (yes, I've left out GERWALK simply because it's a mix of the other two modes. If it's bad in the other two modes, worrying about GERWALK is a moot point). It's sad since I've been wanting a new YF-21 made to modern standards. My hopes were high after what they were able to pull off with the VF-19 Adv/YF-19... Here's to hoping that Arcadia can pull off a great revision to the YF-21... and put out a premium finish for it because I'm so done with stickers and having no perfect waterslide decal alternatives.

No idea about any ties to NY, but I had my pre-order with them for the Max 29 and got it without any issues.

I have two 171 CFs. One in fighter mode that has the broken triangle and one in battroid which didn't at the time. I'm too afraid to check. It's basically Schrodinger's triangle. I don't know the outcome until I partially transform it to see, which I likely never will.

That's plain awful. I moan about the shipping costs being up to $60, but I'm thankful I don't have to deal with customs and duties on top of that. Rising fuel costs and high inflation really sucks.

I would love if they actually improved the mold a bit too. The super and green one was basically a v1.5 with an improved hip/crotch, using the renewal VF-25 mechanism. But it still lacked the detail and refinement that the renewals had like panel lines and such, which they tried to compensate for by way overdoing the tampo printing, plastering random markings and stuff everywhere.

It kind of looks like it will. The dark shapes behind the clear pieces look like they could be LEDs. Even if they aren't lights, I hope they leave it easy to disassemble to allow for modding. Is it me or do the side panels on the leg in that pic look removable? Like... say... for a city?

I think the only one that came close to that color was the FP version of the Yamato 1/72 YF-21?

I just edited my post. Check the first link.

They're from many years ago, so I doubt it. However, you have better options now as you can go to ebay or other places and get some 1/60 waterslide decals for the VF-1 and they should work just fine. Something like this: https://www.ebay.com/itm/392912244406?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=JBPAMr0eQYi&sssrc=2047675&ssuid=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY Avoid this though. https://www.ebay.com/itm/132263930355?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=eQq8BKGURZ2&sssrc=2047675&ssuid=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY The No Step actually say "NO STLP"

Yeah, I hated those stickers from Yamato back in the day. They continued using those double or triple layer sandwich monstrosities until the VF-11 or VF-1 v2. I forget exactly. The corners on the top layer would also start peeling. Even the later ones were still kind of thick, but still not nearly as bad. I had used stickers meant for the VF-1 from @takatoys back then for most of the markings. They weren't waterslides, but they were a huge improvement over what came with the YF-21. Trimmed properly, they looked pretty decent.

Even if painted, they'd still look cheap. The VF-25 and YF-29 fans in the primary intakes were especially egregious. At least the DX VF-1 fans have sharper, more defined details. In my opinion, Yamato/Arcadia generally did better in that area. That and painting the landing gear. It's funny that Bandai and can cover their valks in tampo to the point of overkill (see VF-27 super, DX VF-1, YF-19, YF-21 prototype), but can't be bothered with painting basic things like the intakes and landing gear.

The profile from that shot looks slimmer than I thought they'd be able to manage. That gives some hope that some revisions may be made, but only a glimmer of it.

At this point, I don't care if the cannons are a little too long or a little too short. If this doesn't become vaporware, we're finally getting a detailed large scale transforming (I assume?) TV SDF-1. That fact in itself seems like a miracle considering how no one wants to make any cap ships from Macross despite the plethora of cool designs.

I might be in the minority on this, but I feel like aside from the strange blocky heel, the Bandai YF-19 was pretty good proportionally in all modes. Like the VB-6 Konig Monster, it was reworked to be able to be used as a proportionally consistent CG model and I feel that both the VB-6 in Frontier and the VF-19 Advance (more or less the same as the YF-19 aside from the canopy and heel) did a good job translating the original line art forms to a 3D model. Meanwhile, Arcadia was going for the anime look succeeded there as well. I don't feel that level of effort in this Bandai YF-21 though. Like comparing the half assed effort in the VF-25 v1 to the renewal versions.

Makuro no sora oooo tsuranuiteeee... 😁

The fuselage feels too short as well. Even if we ignore the issues with fighter mode, saying it's for the sake of battroid mode, I'm still not very keen on the stubby bay doors and the weird cheap looking double jointed skinny upper arms. That said, I'll still get one if it gets released, but I was hoping that they used the time since the first time it was shown a few years ago to make improvements. Unfortunately, that doesn't appear to be the case.

Oh my. This looks really nice. There's a lot of surface detail on it. I'm scared to know what the price will be for a 2ft long SDF-1.

That's pretty cool. I didn't know prototypes like that existed. Do you mean when they were initially called "breast fighters"?

I believe Chronocidal is talking about the LERX extending past the canards when they shouldn't be, according to the line art.

They're missing their chance to do the Ba variant again... At least this time, any QC issues could be chalked up as a feature as they all get shot down within minutes by the 303's. 😛

So, I wonder, is the fourth time going to be the charm or just more of the same QC issues? They can't possibly have ignored glaring issues for the 4th time in a row. Right guys? ...right? *grabs tank of copium and starts inhaling*

Who wants to bet that they haven't done a thing to fix the warped/bent sniper rifle? Anyway, I see the fact that they're showing the 25G and RVF-25 with supers as a good sign towards getting the armored 25F rather than the super 25F being a one off release.

Bogue pilots this.