Nani?!

Thanks for the translation Renato. Looks like they're doing much more with it that just a vf-1 with vf-0 looks. Awesome.

Shin, you're on crack... you can't kitbash VF-1 parts into VF-0. I think Noel lost something in translation. 323383[/snapback] Except for the "shin's on crack" statement, I agree. Maybe a couple of inner parts here and there but I think it's generally the same. Even the rear landing gears coming out from the leg is the same. I agree with shin that the wonderfest one was probably put together on the fly, but still, all the parts we see from noel's picture match the parts shown from the Hobby mag. The pilot not being there isn't really an issue since that can go in and out... The reason why we see just the fighter mode right now especially in the early stages is because it can be put together the easiest without having to need all the other function innard parts present... which is probably why the wonderfest version is not holding together all too good. Either way... we all know what yamato is capable of with toys this size, so I'm not worried... If the final looks like the wonderfest (plus the parts necessary to transform the valk, which will also take away most of the biggest gaps) I'll be one happy camper.

Not sure what do you mean by that? Graham 323259[/snapback] I noticed tha realistic detail too. In the VF-1 line the feet engine / reactors are spiltted in 2 parts when transformerd in Battroid or Gerwalk mode whereas for the VF-0S, it remains entire. I hope I made it a bit clearer. 323264[/snapback] exactly! sorry for the poorly worded description.

it's almost 4 am here in Chicago, US and I'm still looking at the pics... wow... I'll be counting the days with this valk. Upon my further observations and comparisons from the pictures Noel took at the wonderfest and the pictures posted by graham, I've come to conclusion theyre essentially the same! Both seem to be resin prototypes, perhaps the one at the wonder fest was built with some 1/48 parts to keep it together. There's a couple of points that give it away... First, the porportions of both are identical to each other. Next I'll show comparison pics: First pic: 1) the head is the same. 2) This flap covering the bottom portion of the head is the same. 3) This gap on the leg is in the same place on both prototypes. Second Pic: 4) The landing gear area is the same... the rear landing gear is diagonally slanted outwards in both the wonderfest kit and the hobby mag kits... like so: / \ In fact, the legs as a whole seem to be identical. There are misaligned parts and gaps, but this is a prototype after all.... Everything will fit nicely like the 1/48's, and again, wow... awesome stuff...

It's the content and the hard work that counts! Both kick ass! And it looks like we gotta yamato spy within our forums... or perhaps mind readers... The lower case "d" turrets are correct, and the feet engines stay as one even in battroid... two main changes we were talking about for improvements of the CAD renders and the 1/48 vf-1 series. This will be the first valk I buy more than two of... Bloody awesome.

T.T I'm tearing up... wow. make a YF-19 yamato, and I'll die happy. Graham, as always, You're da Man. Thanks for the pics!

Almost there. (the one year anniversary of the thread) Can't wait to see it! I've been patient. jk I just thought it would be fun to bump this thread once every year to remind them we are still waiting.. 321722[/snapback] good idea. perhaps we can stamp out enough demand to reach yamato... it's just, if they dont know by now that there's interest in the yf-19 FP they'll never know.

It'll look good with the gundam markers if you do it right. I used the Gundam marker (dark grey) and panel lined it section by section. I used Q-tips, some of my girlfriend's makeup removing cotton squares and rubbing alcohol to rub off any excess marks and mistakes. I also played around with the alcohol, rubbing a dab of it into the lines more so that they look more natural and thinner. the whole process takes a while but it looks great and a great alternative to the wash method.

Agreed. I rather they make removeable hands non poseable hands like the 1/48 GBP than poseable chicken hands. and I truly hope they finally do away with Stickers and finally print the most important markings on on all of their releases from now... A 1/60 Macross plus line will be welcomed with open arms NO DOUBT... and on the contrary, 1/72 FP releases were out for a while now, did enough business and wont affect and wont BE affected by a 1/60 line.

I'll die happy if they just release an updated macross plus series. imagine a 1/60 vf-11FP, 21FP, 19FP ............ drool.

Good observation and comparisons shin. but when it comes down to the nitty gritty, macross, though as realistic as it can be, isn't, and doesn't really try to be for that matter. I think we're just giving ourselves a headache trying explain the continuity between two different anime fighters that are reversed both at the time designed by kawamori and their existence in the macross timeline. Also one point I might mention as just FYI is that both the yf-19 and the 21 are "bigger" sized fighters than the vf-1, and they're set in the timeline ahead of it. I'm just mentioning it since I hear alot of people using that as a bullet point to say that smaller size serves as an advancement in valkyries, which those two examples state otherwise. Anyway, lets just continue to talk about how gosh darn happy we are the vf-0 is actually coming out in kick ass 1/60 scale. This caught me so off guard that it's actually giving me hope that we might see a yf-19fp someday. Props to the classic vf-1 but next gen valks all the way!

I most definitely concur... Graham's preference of the 1/48 vf-1S hikaru actually tipped my decision to buy one over the Roy version and dog gone it I'm glad I did. Roy 1/48's are still in production while the hikaru is a rarity. So yeah, his reviews are definitely an influence to my purchase decisions. Now imagine if yamato actually was nice enough to provide a near complete proto for the review as well... woah... imagine that.....................

Nope. The Qrau is 99.9% plastic (except screws), still expensive. If they saved a couple of cents per valk by not using diecast at all, those two cents are going in their pockets. I'm thinking yamato will have the common sense to incorporate past experience and at least make the important and most vulnerable to crack parts metal. (just like the 1/48) As something extra however, I just hope they'll at least tampo print the main markings this time around. I hope I hope I hope..

You should see it man. It's not every year we get a macross series (more like every 5-7 years at that) and Zero is definitely worth the time (only five episodes). You'll definitely appreciate the vf-0 valk more when you see it in action. I could be wrong but yeah, what's holding you back?

ooooo! yes please. It wont hurt and given the early stage it's in right now and the fact that it's such a easy problem to fix, definitely!

Well, the toes at least are correct, if you look at the side shots, you can tell that the feet assemblies are beveled... I think that straight forward shot is misleading. The head lasers are off though. oh well... Looks awesome! can't wait to get this thing! woohoo..! 314141[/snapback] yeah, actually the only blatant error I see is the head laser which not only should start closer to the edge but off center aswell, sorta like a lower case d. The slightly scaled down canopy looks fine since it's for perfect transformation and the toes seem to be correct and just looks straight head on. Also, regarding the nose antenna sticking out on battriod mode, it supposed to... check out the first episode of Macross zero when you see the vf-0s first transform and blast incoming missiles... it's there. Here's a pic: I really dont mind it actually...

I voted for the vf-0D. it's production is closer to the realm of possibilty which tips the scale in favor of it over the sv-51 DD. Man, I just wish yamato would print whatever marking on the valks instead of giving us stickers. Buying and painsakingly applying tiny stickers and panel lining really is a bugger.

It's an absolute definite that we'll see a vf-0D first before we see an SV-51, if either... I'm still trying to wrap my head around the fact that we're getting a 1/60 vf-0S... Again, It's paramount the vf-0S sells well... otherwise the most we'll juice out of yamato will be a vf-0A. Just as yamato made us say "holy poo a PT 1/60 vf-0!", we gotta make them say "holy poo! New generation valks = $$$, we outa make more!". Who knows what'll happen then... Yamato might then get an epiphany like "OMG how about a yf-19 FP? That might generate some $$$!" Everyone who's been saying "the heck with 1/100, bigger is better", 2006 is the time to put your money where your mouth is~

Given yamato's past tendancies, I wouldn't hold out on the vf-0S if you want a vf-0D. It's already a huge longshot as of now, and as s_i_t_h_l_o_r_d said, the vf-1D isn't even in plans yet. We'll probably see a vf-0A but anything that requires more than a different head would totally depend on sales. I really see the vf-0S as a HUGE opportunity to let yamato know that there is substantial money to be made with newer macross valks. THE LAST THING we should do is hold out. Money talks and and in this case it'll save and revive the life of our macross valk hobbies.

OH MY @#!%$!!! No fair... I wanted to despise yamato and move on and now they make this. sigh... I'm confused... Yamato, If you pull this off and FINISH IT at 1/48 VF-1 Quality, I'll be your biggest ass kisser at MW. Seriously guys... make it happen! P.S. Since youre in the giving mood, how bout finishing that yf-19fp?

Given the fact that theyre four "poses" for the hands in the pic, I think it's safe to assume that theyre fixed and non-poseable. having said that, I think it's better fixed. Man... the black joints rule... can't stop lookin at em. (kinda sad that I'm drooling over some black paint...)

Wow. the hands are amazing... Man the black joints on it and just the size and look to it... I sense more business for Rohby when it come out. I'm buying one for each 1/48 I have! Cannon fodder is looking Damn good, and the armor still has big boobs... it looks O.K. frontal view but check out the one next to the VF-1s Roy. (yeah, yeah, yeah I get it... better then nothing.) I think I'll buy the armor for the original set of black jointed DYRL hands. YES the hands are looking THAT GOOD from here. Edit: BTW, any news on the 1/100 VF-0? Man, that was the one figure I was actually giddy about from the start. Hope it isn't vaporware....

The 1/100 VF-0A&S were actually the only to-be-released valks that I was sure I was going to buy. The vf-1's are getting a bit old and without any macross plus valks in the horizon, I was looking forward to these. My only gripe with it was the hips joints and it was actually fixed, so it's a shame that it's out of the radar now...

Not to follow cliche, but it's truly all about the games. The playstation brand has had marvelous timing and marketing genius to skyrocket it's PS platforms to the top, but I believe theyre at a similar position nintendo was when Sony knocked them off the pedestal. There are many factors to why I believe Microsoft will seriously take a bite out of Sony this generation and dethrone them eventually, but I'll just list the two I think will be the biggest factors. 1 - Price: Sony has always been the more expensive brand. Unfortunately quality has not always matched up to their prices of recent sales and thus they have been dethroned in the consumer electronics dept. Now theyre saying they'll make the PS3 blu-ray capable. Sounds great, but in reality, no. Blu-ray is new technology, and it WONT come cheap. Yeah sure it has enormous storage capability but it's much more than games will ever need for five years and it'll also cost more to make each disk. Even with DVD capabilities of both current generation systems most games used the CD format. Whenever it comes to format, cheaper and easy to produce ALWAYS WON. So, why the overkill? To win another war Sony is waging... Blu-ray vs HD DVD. I dunno about you, but I aint paying another $80-$90 bucks for a war that's not even decided yet. Not for a game console atleast. 2 - Xbox live: Seriously, internet gaming is the future, actually, it's also NOW. Standard XBOX LIVE will be free for all 360 owners... And given the network edge and the already established support microsoft has over Sony, this is no contest. Overall though, I'm still going to wait till the dust settles... it's always about the games, but I'm hoping for tighter competition from MS. It'll only make both consoles better.

Really I could careless about removeable missiles... what do they do as far as poseability goes? I mean it's not like you can display the valk firing one (with the missile shooting out)?