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I only appreciated how hard it was to not have kibble underneath jets or flying craft when collecting Macross, when in other ground vehicles these robot bits can just be hidden away in their undercarriages. I think the VF-25 itself supposedly take design elements of different VF’s that came before it, in keeping with its homage theme for its 25th Anniversary. As an aside, when I first watched SW Episode 7, for better or worse I came away from it thinking how similar it was to Frontier in homaging the original show within their respective universes.
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Chogokin VF-25S is among the early valks in my collection, thought I'll get some shots of it before the inevitable Revival version.. Fighter-only for now though. The VF-25S's insignia / logo appear to be the very first insignia to appear on a VF's back, and IMHO its design still looks the best today after a multitude of them started being used in Delta. The insignia matches nicely with the best color scheme of Frontier VFs, and being on a top favorite VF-25, they collectively make the VF-25S have arguably the best scheme of any VF in the Macross universe... Still amazed at how Macross VFs throughout 40 years always have rather tidy underbellies in Fighter in comparison to other transforming jets, and the VF-25 is no exception. I would have taken off the intake covers for this shot, but the unpainted intake detail bug me more so I left them on.
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Thanks for confirming this aspect, and also your initial impressions. All things considered, we can regard the revival mold as a straight up reissue with matte finish. Any engineering improvements can be treated as superficial & doesn’t really solve the issues it attempts to fix. Bit of wasted opportunity on Bandai‘s part; they could have done more robust re-engineering like what they did from v1 going to v2. Still love this design though, & hopefully they push through to give us the revival RVF-25 with ghosts & 25S with armor.
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Love the wall mount method!
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Thanks @Lolicon I only turned the whole diorama box sideways.
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I don't mind if the cockpit is tinted slightly heavier, or different color tint, as long as the base plastic is not frosted & still clear like the 'revived' YF-29 Alto full-pack. At this moment even in the videos, it is a bit hard to tell if the cockpit plastic for this revival VF-25F has some bit of frosting going on. I really hope not.
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Agreed on the magic hands, and the atmospheric booster which was floated by Fext Hobby at one time, but never came to be. Bandai’s new thigh joint can now be seen as the biggest innovation for VF-1 toys. Quite the game changer in articulation, that any new VF-1 molds without it would be quite the regression. I wish the HMR VF-1 revivals had included this too.
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The blue kinda looks like the v1 version.
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I’m jealous too of his very white renewal Alto.
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Those chest mesh vents in previous prototype appear to be gone now. Unpopular opinion, but I actually kinda like that creative interpretation, mainly because there are already so many sculpt-accurate VF-1 in other scales.
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Early impressions of the VF-25F Revival: https://hacchaka.net/archives/52094372.html Some pics pulled from above link:
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This is starting to come into stock at JP retailers.
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Not so hung up about the variant or colors, but still very much excited because it is a new mold. And we know Arcadia has never shown any new mold and then KIV-ed it. *cough* DX YF-21 *cougghhh*
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Thanks @Pontus Was about to say I'm seeing hints of Lamborghini too in the VF-17, but yeah some Lambos and Tumbler have all been associated with the F-117 in some way or other in their designs, hence the commonalities between all of them.
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I'll likely get one of this new Intruder ride-armor. When the concept drawings were first revealed nearly a year back, it looked pretty meh, but the changes to its design & colors to its current toy prototype have quite won me over. The original drawings looked so drab:
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Yamato's interpretation of VF-17 from some angles reminds me of The Tumbler with Angry Birds face.
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The box art looks a lot like a panel lined & nicely weathered toy.
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I knew I shouldn’t have passed on the SD Infinity when I had a chance to get it recently for decent money.
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Hmm not sure about this new Rick variant. It looks like just some handling on the suit with dirty hands, & wrapped with leftover bandage strips.
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Wow previously the arm ‘only’ snapped off when trying to transform, but first time now hearing it’s broken straight out of box. Sorry to hear this @Priss!. But I’m pretty confident HLJ will get you sorted.
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Your most recent Macross or toy purchase! General thread.
MKT replied to Gakken85's topic in Hall Of The Super Topics
God of Flames red & purple! -
Amazing!
