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One of my two D's has that problem. The other D and S don't.

Wow, what's that image in the back to the left there? 19 and 21 flying. Looks really cool.

Congrats. I really like posing my Hikaru and Max 1J's in Battroid but I really dislike how they look in Fighter and Gerwalk.

Then the argument becomes, we get one singular pose that doesn't stress the joint and that's it? Without pushing past that point i was able to get two poses. One that was relatively stable, and boring, the other was tenuous at best. Neither were the pose I wanted. I usually take pics of my Valks in Gerwalk because most other people don't favor the mode as much. There's a reason why I hardly have any of the 19 in Gerwalk, it's simply too much of a hassle and not much fun making that mode work. I finally forced my 19S into a Gerwalk pose that I'm relatively happy with, it's never changing into the other two modes again though. The 17's ball joint is actually pretty much the same, it's just that there's more play in both the thigh joint and the fact the Valk isn't so front heavy that it's easier to do more dynamic poses with it. Very fun to try out different things with that Valk, actually.

I agree, ball joints are largely a good idea. The Bandai's VF-25's,171's, etc... all make great use of them and pose really well. It would be nice to have the feet angled back further without having to worry about if it will ever stand in Battroid again or if the feet will always be floppy in fighter mode.

Based on those CADS it appears we're definitely getting ball jointed ankles. Which definitely helps with proportions and saving space for transformation. I only worry that we will see a return of the ankle issues of the VF-19's instead of a better mechanism for angling feet back.

So you've come up with these plots and some of these other mecha yourself for the purposes of this rpg?

Yup, nothing but toys there... except that very first photo Reivaj posted clearly shows a giant piece of artwork

$20 says you will get none of these. The wings folding back is your best bet, but I don't see it. But since they're including fast packs anyway that's means there's a slot you could plug something in. I'm sure some additional attachment could be whipped up at shapeways to allow the VF-11 packs to attache. Considering every Valk Yamato has made except for the VF-1 lacks hard points I wouldn't expect them to add any.

I think that Battroid actually manages to look better than the VF-19's somehow.

Those intake covers look an awful lot like the VF-19 covers already do. Plus there appears to be some sort of extra transformation mechanic on the back. I'd imagine they won't be.

This is about the same as what they did the VF-17 and V-4 in terms of spoilers.

Where did you get your display cases? They look like 1/2 size versions of the display cases I've been looking at. Then I see the $2200 price tag and I go do other things instead of ordering them.

Or possibly a cup.

You mean top left.

It's not a repaint, just based on the fighter mode in the picture the fuselage is shaped different (as the YF-19 was), the shoulders are blocky instead of smooth and rounded. The legs are shaped more blocky and the tail fins aren't in the same location at all. It's a different plane. Plus the Battroid pics show several instances where transformation is different from VF-19's already released in the hip area alone.

I'll go ahead and say that the design of the 19 favors forward swept wings. The "high speed" mode is jarring and transforms the plane from looking like a graceful bird of prey to looking like a plucked turkey fired from a cannon.

I find it odd that the wings folded back is a desirable bullet-point. From my perspective it makes the fighter look terrible.

it definitely fits better than my Michael or Ozma do. I think it's quite as good as my Alto though.

It's kind of hard to tell what's going on with that. The 19 had that longer portion that slid up and is mounted higher on the torso (which is actually contrary to the lineart.) Maybe they figured out a way to keep that upper intake connected but slide-able so the wing-root gun ports can be freed. Either that or the transformation is even more different then we realize for this one.

Master File shows A/G being the same.

That arm cannon as a special extra piece would be cool to have but there's no way it's transforming with that thing on.

I was one of them. Thank God I was wrong. I'll still be skeptical of an RVF-171 until I see it but I would be supremely happy with one of those as well.

Considering how closely the CAD design of the YF-19 resembles the VF-19 series from Yamato and the same pedigree who worked on that one is working on this YF-19 it's safe to assume this thing can and will transform.

LMAO, the other day I said when the RVF-25 came in "this is the last one." In two days new YF-19 and now VF-25CF...