Graham

The Fire Valk has been on sale in HK since 19th May. Most shops are selling it for around HK$1,600+. And yes, shops in HK are open on a Sunday. Graham

No, yellow = yellow, not gold. Graham

Cool, first time to show the turret in use in fighter mode. Really shows how the features of the Tornado Pack were integrated into the YF-29. Graham

Yes, the chest guns were used numerous times in battroid mode in the series, but if u blink u miss it. The yellow markings on Millia's and Brando's VF-17S are different. Graham

Stay on topic guys, next non YF-29 post gets a spanking. Graham

Personally, I prefer the D head to the S. The VF-17D is probably my all time favourite VF head, second being the VF-19S Graham

WTF is a Gurdian? Graham

Ha, that will be close then, as I fly to Greece on 25th. May need a local members help to buy one for me. Graham

Been discussing with Yamato about the lack of instument panel tampo or sticker on the Fire Valkyrie. Apparently the head of development didn't think it was needed However, good news, I have got then to agree to include it for the VF-19S and F. Graham

Anybody spotted the exact release day in June on any website yet??? I'm guessing it will be around 25th, as that is when Bandai usually releases. But would appreciate exact date if anybody has seen it. Graham

The VF-17's lower legs were always going to be problematic.They have to look big and chunky for battroid mode, yet slim enough to enable a relatively slim fighter mode. And then into the lower leg, you need to fit the rear landing gear, folded gunpod, reaction missile bay, all the associated doors and the connections for the knee and ankle joint. At this stage, I can confirm landing gear and a gunpod stored in the leg (in some form). I don't know yet, but I suspect the reaction missile bay may not be included (I should know later today). The latest CADs look great. From what I saw yesterday, Yamato have done a good job of capturing the chunkiness of the Nightmare in battroid, while still keeping a relatively slim fighter mode. Graham

Yes, unfortunately the wings extend to the back of the knees. No easy way around this unless you have swappable wings, a small set for battroid and a full size set for fighter, but Yamato don't want to do that.Graham

Having gunpod firing ports on both the right and left leg on the 1/65 DX. Graham

Thanks Kurdt, you're a hero! Graham

The gunpod is stored in the right leg and fires out of the right leg in fighter mode and ejects out of the right leg in battroid mode. The orange colour beam gun adaptor, which replaces the standard magazine is stored in the left leg and ejects out of the left leg when needed. Graham

Finally, one more request, a screen capture from ep 43 (IIRC) showing the reaction missiles being loaded into the VF-17. Need a clear pic showing the reaction missile bay doors open on the VF-17. Graham

Thanks guys, greatly appreciate your speedy work. Had to (a) stop them making the same mistake as Bandai and (b) want to make sure they include the beam gun adaptor. Graham

URGENT Not at work now, so could somebody help me to find and post either a screen cap from the anime or line art of the following: - 1) VF-17 in fighter mode firing the gunpod. IIRC, there are many scenes in the anime showing a frnt view of the fighter with the muzzle flash coming from the port in the right leg. 2) Screen cap from the anime of the beam gun adaptor ejecting from the right leg and then also on the gunpod. Large pics please. Graham

True, I agree with that. Graham 1) Personally, I prefer the sleek, streamlined somewhat minimalistic look of the VF-19Kai/F/S/P over the YF-19. Different strokes for different folks. I've always thought the VF-19Kai/F/S/P look much more advanced than the YF-19. 2) The gunpod (actually it's a Speaker Pod Launcher)fires large caliber speaker pods. It is a large bore single barrel weapon, not a gattling. 3) The VF-19F/S/P will all be gloss plastic. This can't be changed now, without great expense. 4) I will talk to Yamato about tampo for the consoles fpr future versions. Graham

Tampo is as it should be as far as I'm concerned. It has the lightning flashes and that's all that was ever shown. Personally, for the non-military Fire Valk, I want the toy how it appeared in the show, not covered in extraneous non-canon warning markings. Graham

Hope it comes out by June 25th, as that's when I fly for a 3 week holiday. Worried about missing it. Graham

Just noticed the VF-19C/MG21 has old UN Spacy kite markings. Graham

I'd say it's the other way round. Yamato = Shinsei Industries. Bandai = General Galaxy. Mostly because Yamato has more winning products, just like Shinsei Graham

I agree with Renato, with the VF-19Kai, Yamato have taken things to a whole new level. Graham

Here's the latest scans from the new July 2011 issue of Dengeki Hobby Magazine. 8 pages in total this month. Enjoy! Graham