Mommar

You keep assuming my issue is it can't point it's nose towards the ground, that isn't the case. As a matter of fact it's so forward-heavy it'll do that no matter what.

Hmm, I don't really understand what this is a photo of honestly.

So it's just a happy coincidence. Bummer. Still pretty cool looking.

That's what I'm waiting to hear about. And there's also the issue of the shoulder parts as well.

Ah, so the Bandai packs officially fit? What about the shoulder parts? Can the shoulder missile parts peg into the holes on the shoulders of the YF-19 as well? I was totally planning on trying this with my Bandai parts when mine came in (albeit with the RVF Packs because that's all I own.) I was thinking, looking at the screens from the movie, that the 25A parts would be a pretty close match for the 19. That's also way cooler looking then the actual animation imo. Man, going back and looking at that again it is WAY WAY cooler looking then I thought it would ever be. I almost want a second YF-19 so I can keep one clean and another with the Frontier packs.

All it would have taken was a small block at the base of the joint that could fold forward and back just like on the Bandai Valks. The Ankles would be perfect then.

The angled gunpod is a design flaw. All of the VF-19's have it too.

Looks like customs in LA is taking their typical sweet-ass time as well.

On the old VF-19 releases if you pushed the ankles back too far they would forever be a floppy mess that would no longer hold either Gerwalk or Battroid. Technically this was a problem on the VF-17 as well but it's far more balanced in Gerwalk so stressing the ankles too far one direction or another wasn't really a problem. The VF, and now the YF-19, are all EXTREMELY forward heavy in Gerwalk.

Boy, look at all of those box art pics with that clearly advertised, grey gunpod. Does the gunpod collapse for storage the same way as the 19S/F/P in fighter mode?

That officially means the VF-4 is the best Macross toy by Yamcadia then.

Where did you find your Fold Booster?

How do the Fast packs attach anyway?

I was afraid of both of these things when we found out what the wing gimmick was to accommodate high speed mode.

But the missiles look cool and you can choose to leave them on or off if you like. The Grey lines aren't necessary, break up the flow of the design, and wouldn't be remove-able to anyone who doesn't like it (not without a ton of effort and potential damage.) Looking over other photos people have taken of this thing I noticed in one other pic a minor blemish on that right side but it isn't nearly as big as that first paint scratch pic. It looks like you might be able to avoid that damage if you transform the toy in a particular way but we might need to come up with our own solution to fix it unfortunately.

Now we all know, don't tilt the cockpit section all the way back when transforming. Sucks to be that guy who first found out but we're benefiting from seeing these pics. Also something I imagine really tricky to debug for the guys who designed this thing. They know exactly how they intended to transform it and probably didn't even consider if the angle were slightly different would it cause friction like that.

The VF-19 didn't have that, why would this one?

Yes, I am still wondering about this as well. I'd like to hear the opinion of someone who is an "ankle skeptic" like myself.

Actually, one of them you sold had it's arm randomly crumble last week...

In those photos the new 19 looks pretty damn good next to the 11B and 21. Also, I can't wait for some of our other members to get theirs so they'll take some decent pictures from different, dynamic angles instead of all of these useless 2/3 top-down pics we keep getting.

Didn't somebody on this messageboard rub the marking off of their VF-4? It's a bit odd, I guess they just print it in black and don't think about how it works. The VF-19S and F both have it in black but on the blue you can barely see it. The VF-17S and D both have it in black and it's practically invisible being black on black. The VF-19P and VF-4G it sticks out like a sore thumb because it's black on a very light color. Why not print it in the same color a shade lighter then the surface it will be applied to? That way it's there but hardly shows up at all.

They don't have those parts on the VF-19 either. But I was still speculating they couldn't have those indents for the same reason, the collapsing of the wing into the root is too tight plus it would show through the wing if they were clear.

He's joking because it's colored gold in the photo.

Except I pointed out those indents were there back when we originally were discussing the Frontier-style Fast packs months ago. They're on the top and bottom of the wing roots.

I don't recall that. I only recall people didn't like the shade of tan used and they were going to fix that. I didn't realize it meant completely changing the color of the gun pod.