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Wow, the DX-25 really doesn't look that bad in the picture... just slightly chunkier than the 1/72. I guess if the Battroid mode really sucks I can just leave it in fighter! Edit: Great review as always, jenius!

Yea you should contact them. Parts shouldn't be missing out of the box... I guess I was lucky with my VF-0S from them then.

You DREW the skull?!?!?! O_O. Bravo!

Yep.. the sad thing is that the neck for the DX also just rests there even though its supposed to be a 'playable' toy, unlike the model kit which is meant for display.

Sweet! Thanks for the update!

VF-X2 Colour scheme is almost a certainly, if the GNU-DOU is any indication. It might be an exclusive though which would suck. I'm also curious as to why there are so few different variants of the YF-19 released-- but I suspect the VF-X2 VF-19A colour scheme may be in the works (again, if the GNU-DOU line is any indication). I would also LOVE a VF-22 release based off VF-X2, since Yamato seems to have retained the rights for the game.

Yes, definitely! Especially if it comes out with detachable semi-conformal missiles and a missile loadout ala the model that recently came out in the hobby mags.

Get the VF-25F Alto custom 1/72 model kit from Bandai... its plain white! (except for the head but thats just a small part. Otherwise, the VF-0A is pretty plain and comes with tonnes of stickers to customise as you wish.

Ask and ye shall receive... a neo-chunky VF-171 from Bandai instead I'm pretty sure a DX -171 will eventually be made, if only because Alto flew it, and you can be sure that the 171 is coming out under the VF100s 1/100 scale Bandai toys (which currently doesn't look as bad as the DX, from the pictures of the 1/100 VF-25.)

It just rests there.

Haha it would be a nice twist if that were true... imagine, Setsuna goes over to the dark side and the Innovators actually do bring in an era of peace

Yes.... X_X

No it doesn't, but if you used the correct neck piece, your VF-25S should look like it has a normal neck, instead of looking like the DX.

Sweet! I'm waiting eagerly for your review, at least it will tide me over till my 25F arrives from Angolz.

looks like you need to extend the legs more, and congrats on getting the neck to a more acceptable position!

Yep that looks much better! Re: Gift wrapping: The kind of wrapper makes a big difference as well!

Hmm. I just got my VF-0A, and it has about the same shoulder hinge as the VF-1 v2, but IIRC there were no complaints about the VF-0 Shoulder hinge right? Very weird..

But they are a major ambassador-- tons of military buffs and curious onlookers turn up whenever a CV docks in my country. It is kinda sad that the Big E ends here... afterall, ideals and place names are better than people when you want to name something, because people are oh so fallible!

Haha VFTF is going to have to convert alot more fans to his theory of buying Yamato VFs before that is going to happen I just hope that Bandai will come up with Perfect Grade 1/60 model kits for Macross Frontier, so I can build an accurate VF-25 model to put beside my other 1/60 Yamato toys. Fat chance of that happening, though.

The model kit has the dihedral as well, but the wings are straight and don't bend upwards along the length like the DX in some photos-- is this a feature of the DX? I would have thought that the bend would impede the variable geometry of the wings. Cent: Well said! We all saw what Bandai did with the VF-19, I shudder to think what would happen if they had the MacPlus license. In fact, we can (sort of) make a direct comparison between the two companies by comparing the YF-19 and the VF-19-- both of them made a crappy first version (1/72 vs 1/65), but Yamato made a far superior second version (1/60) while Bandai has been sitting on the Mac7 license doing nuts about it. Thats the reason why everybody is wondering whether Yamato still has their VF-X2 license (which, it seems, they do, with their GNU-DOU releases) so we can possibly see a properly done, 1/60, VF-19A and (more importantly) VF-11C Protect Armour. I'm not trying to flame Bandai, they obviously have better things to do with their time (think Gundam, where their model kit release annoucements can actually pre-date the appearance of the mecha in the show, allowing us to infer the amount of manpower they have on Gundam model kits). But, between Yamato and Bandai, in the 1/60 scale, I think many more people here would support Yamato getting the show license than Bandai getting the show license-- at least Yamato makes the effort to go back and try to correct their mistakes and release an improved product.

I just had a thought-- does anybody have both the VF-25 DX and the Yamato 1/72 toys? Is the level of shiny-ness the same? I can accept that it is that shiny-- it may look toylike, but thats fine with me.

Yep.. comes with fastpacks.. which is good! Hopefully they will release a super pack VF-25F and an armoured VF-25S

Not at all.. both my non-fp VF-11B and my fp 11B had good strong hips-- either I'm real lucky or all the problems have been overhyped.

Oh well guess we need to wait for some kind soul to try the hot water fix, metal pin fix, or the 1/72 fix, as well as the MG Gundam hand fix... sigh.

Ironic that the YF-21 is one of the most problem-free Yamatos out there then.