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For the record, I love the VF-4 in fighter mode but I think all other modes look... forced. I honestly feel exactly the same way about the SV-51 but it's starting to grow on me in the other modes so maybe the VF-4 would do the same thing. Hey, what do you think are the odds Yamato will use DYRL's 25th anniversary to rethink the 1/48 VT/VE-1 situation??? For anyone who is upset about the tampo on the VF-1 and were hoping to get something equivalent to the credit card valks, why not just buy a VF-1J stealth and strip the gray paint? Should be an easy procedure. You don't really have a choice on the YF-19 though.

Some thoughts of what should have happened: 1) Yamato should have saved the AngelBirds paint scheme for the 25th anniversary. It's an odd duck that didn't sell well but if it were limited and included a "25th Anniversary" decal (or several) I think people would have been pretty thrilled. Sure, lots of people hate the AngelBirds but at least the fact it's a canon paint scheme should reduce some of the unhappiness. Also, we never see a VF-19A in the AngelBirds paint scheme but it's not much of a leap to suppose one should exist. Do the same thing with that, include the 25th anniversary decal, and it'd probably go over relatively well, although probably not as well as the VF-1A Angelbird. 2) Yamato should have made the Engima scheme paint jobs. For the VF-1, it makes too much sense at this point since it'd go PERFECTLY with the Urban GBP. Plus, it's just a bad-butt scheme so it'd probably look great on a YF-19 (and it'd leave the door open for an Engima VF-0A/S further down the road. I'm pretty sure they didn't want to do a potentially successful paint job as a one off though and I'm sure the initial thought was they wanted something High Vis, not Low Vis, as evidenced by those horrible gaudy prototypes we saw.

Isn't that a VOTOMS link?

That sounds like an episode from Genesis Climber Mospeada. I humbly offer: SCHOOL GIRLS IN SPACE

Yes, but what is RAIDERS OF GALAXY... looks like another Korean ripoff mash-up.

There shouldn't be any anger over re-paints... they're what make molds profitable. Besides, it's not like Yamato was going to invest a ton of money in an obscure Valk toy... it was repaints or nothing. I'm happy we got something. I'm with Kevin though... we could kinda use a break at some point to get back on our feet.

LOL, I was thinking the silence in this thread must echo my own serious WTF??? It'll be interesting to see where the show will go next... I wonder if time travel was/is involved?

You're likely to enjoy it more as you might understand some in-jokes. Otherwise reading a plot synopsis will probably be enough.

I don't get it, if the promo video was shown at an event, why not also release the promo video elsewhere? I don't want to see some hackneyed cell phone cam version of the trailer, I'd like to download it from somewhere quasi-official. I'm no marketer though, I guess people have their reasons...

Huzzah! Any chance they'll be released concurrently so us people living outside of the greater Asian area can save on shipping??? Man if I could have one box containing Nora, 25th VF-1S, and 25th YF-19, that'd be great! I wonder if they'll be labeled as LEs (or limited version)? Seems like a good holiday season coming up!

Man, it's good to see some overwhelming optimism but I'm in the exact same boat as DND... I'll keep looking for a deal or maybe pick this one up at the same time as some other stuff comes out to save on shipping at the very least.

$220 before shipping? That's crazy talk. It's $220 shipped if you order it from HK where people in this thread have already acknowledged that that's well more than they're paying.

If you absolutely need an elintseeker/ostrich fix, the Yammy 1/60 is essentially your only modern way to go. Unless Yamato is planning something really surprising, I don't think you can expect a 1/60 reissue or a new similar product.

I don't like the 1/60 VF-1 series by Yamato, the VE and VT are no exceptions. Still, they look very nice in fighter mode... That's how I used to have them displayed... there big bandai brother's in battroid with the Yammy 1/60s in fighter in front of them.

Old takas used to go for $500, now they go for $150, so all the new VF-1 toys definitely did reduce the value. You also got to think Miriya, for all the people who own the toys already, what do they care if others get one? For them the value of what they already own is more important than the fact many people want what they have. It's not so much a matter of buying toys as an investment at that point but simply a matter of not feeling like their money was wasted unneccessarily. I'm not saying what's right or wrong, just that it comes down to more than the question you posed. Personally, I never thought the old 1/55s were worthy of reissue... great old toys and all but they should have been modernized as Yamato did... not simply had more released. So I don't want to see reissues of the Elint or SuperO... maybe it's 'cause I already have them... but I think it's more because I would rather see much better versions than dusted off reproductions.

Any reissue, even with tweaks, will hurt the value of the originals. A 1/48 version by Yamato would hurt the value also. The 1/60 versions were amongst the last 1/60s to arrive weren't they? Wasn't the 1/48 already out when they were issued?

I think there'd be lots of different answers to that question... the Inbit were pretty much a mystery with some folks knowing more than others but no one really having the big picture. In that respect, I'm sure a great many might believe that they were the actual mechs they piloted... but anyone who'd ever been in a hive would know otherwise... Really though, the show kinda leads to the potential of the Inbit having a more organic look (they were certainly far more in tune with nature than humans) but in the end they just don't have that look... that's my big qualm. It was probably done smooth just to save money in the animating...

Man, that one has some funkiness with its stickers too... Mine is as mint as mint gets... wonder how much I'd score? These things fluctuate, it'll probably drop down in some time. Usually things tend to get pricier around the holidays though and then drop off a lot toward May... as summer approaches and people spend less time in front of the computer.

Seriously though, imagine if Yamato tried something like that with the Regult, the backlash would be furious and the toy wouldn't even get made. While the original idea for the Inbit may have been they were insects the show was developed so that there were essentially maggots in mechs... mechs that had a slick look to them, not an organic one. While I do like the idea of the more organic Iigaa/Eager, with a dearth of quality bad guy toys in general I'd like to see them start with more line-art accurate efforts.

The worst you can say is that it looks nothing like it did or is supposed to... boo hoo?

After years of pain-staking review, we have decided that the original art of the Inbit is unsatisfactory, so we have re-imagineered it to look much different... and we like it better... so that's the toy you will get. Thank you for your dire desire for any Inbit toy, we're glad to take your money.

The Kaiyodos don't really transform though, they're like rudimentary Legos. You have it in fighter mode, remove half the parts, replace it with other parts and it's in GERWALK, then you take half the parts off, replace it with other parts, and it's the world's most craptastic battloid. The Taka ParoValk (or Toynami Morpher) is smaller than the Henkei valk and the Henkei is about the same size as a Jokemachine.

Shouldn't this be a poll? I'm all about the LV#1 VF-1A. After that would probably be every other 1/48 VF-1 incarnation. After that I'd be stuck between the VF-0 and the 1/60 YF-19 (Fold edition). The YF-19 just doesn't give me that solid feel I love in my 1/48s and the VF-0 has the obvious shoulder problems.

Both had wives and kids if memory serves... that kind of lifestyle can be demanding.