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How many parts in a 1/60 VF-1, VF-11, YF-19, or VF-22? Given how many of those pieces are joints, I'm expecting alot more, particularly for the bigger valks... even without FAST Packs.

Indeed. It's enough to hope that someday, we could get a realistic "Band of Brothers" type sci-fi anthology series with realistic command/unit/personnel rotations, etc.

It's so expensive because of the tiny volume, isn't it? It's definitely not a tenth as complicated as say... a transforming valkyrie. Only real analogy to draw on is the 1/2000 SDF-1...

Awesome. I'm def down for a NATO/JASDF weapon set!

Whew! Finally got one from AmiAmi. My first v2 (along with a couple unbuilt kits).

Really, which Darth Sidious? I think I passed on the Senate Duel one...

ami ami will almost certainly get it. Just a question of how much and when.

Oh, how could I forget my favorite from childhood: I always hated the Galaxy design as a big spacey love boat. I didn't start to respect it until seeing it in the Dominion War episodes in DS9

Right. Not only that, but even so, it still needed to be a torpedo as we clearly see Luke's torp turn the corner. Even if SW used B5-style thrust vectoring, getting a straight on shot long enough to hit the reactor would be one in a million, if not one in a billion or trillion angle. Even without TIE fighters coming after you. Still, DS2 supposedly fixed that flaw... if it had been completed before the Rebel Scum attacked, err... that is were lured into the Emperor's carefully planned trap (which was all foiled by Han Solo stepping on that twig).

I would definitely pass on most Zentran/Meltran pilots since you can't really tell if one is in there or if they're robotic/drones from the way they fight. In fact, given their TIE Fighter like ubiquity, you'd almost think they were drones. lol seriously, though, hopefully the Zentraedi mecha are more prominent in the next macross show, so we have a decent chance at getting some 1/60 scale mecha. Since they had the same mecha for thousands of years, paint jobs and maybe attachments (Regult with a Glaug like particle cannon instead of the AA guns or missile launchers could be possible) are the only realistic changes we should see.

Definitely hope they get to some other stuff before repeating the cycle once again. 1/60 has been my favorite scale, but I'm actually kinda hoping Yamato would revisit 1/72 or 1/100 since you can get alot of realistic aircraft, ground crews, etc at those scales.

I transform Gamlin fine, but my YF-21 always gives me a devil of a time. Not only is my T-bar cracked/broken/chipped to hell (and was somewhere in the first couple transformations) but now I broke off one of the backpack thrusters (sheered off the screw). It presses and mostly stays on and back in fighter, probably for good. But yeah, my Gamlin is still my favorite Valk, easily. Love the design. I kinda want to get another one to leave in Battroid cause I love the fighter so much. Kinda want a Max, but more interested in getting a couple VF-11C at this point.

Oh yeah, I'd be remiss if I failed to mention my favorite starfighter design:

Did he get his hand chopped off first?

Dayum, a beauty. I want it.

Bump for any results. I just ordered 2 from HLJ given their clearance pricing. Need something to put on my Thunder Hummer... on twin VF-1S wingmen. I'll probably leave one bare, but want to do a low-viz scheme on another. Have you asked Yamato if this was successful or anything Yamato plans on doing again, Graham? Would love to get another one with the J head and the new crotch system.

Wow, that pic of the 1/48 makes me wish I had mine done in white like the OG. Didn't the 1/48 kit come with a gold visor and the head lasers with the holes in them?

Is this a ground up redesign or the basic 1/60 YF-19 with different sized/shaped components? Most of the gimmicks (leg missiles, shoulders, etc) seem doable on the current design...

I gotta get a v2. Have nothing to put my (broken) Thunder Hummer on and no motivation to fix it until I get one. TV Roy still backordered at amiami and the prices at Frank have been atrocious (and haven't seen any there recently, anyway).

Are the engines going to stay exposed like that?

Got my decals today. It was one page, right?

I remember being PO'ed that Wheeljack didn't even get to die on screen. Always loved Ironhide's death. Point blank blast from Megatron's cannon.

SW pretty deliberately posited that pilots needed to look down and use their instrumentation, since everyone (even Vader and Luke, before he "let's go") uses their vector-based targetting computers to aim. IIRC they're supposed to be going way too fast for visual acuity to help them, which renders the visibility from their cockpits irrelevent for anything except landing (and given the smooth ride we see the X-wings taking off at, with their repulsors don't need alot of visibility, either) I've always been most fond of the advanced biotech from B5, specifically the Vorlon and Shadow ships

Too bad they didn't keep killing for MORE toys in the cartoon. I would have liked to see some more Decepticon casualties, too.