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That looks like an awesome piece! Can we see the whole thing?!

It does look like there is color bleeding into the edges on a few spots. The reflected area looks like a brush stroke to me because of the uneven parallel lines in one direction. It could be that it was varnished to protect the medium form smudging. Awesome if it's the real deal.

Agreed. This is a long time coming, especially after multiple releases of the Elintseeker (PF and normal). But, the VF-5000 is what I'm looking forward to most of all. I really hope that project doesn't become vaporware. In the end and above all, I want Arcadia to survive as a company in a challenging economy.

Maybe it's an alternate universe where Hikaru avoided being shot as well as crashing into the building.

Super stoked for the VF-0A reissue. Missed the first round and got an old Yamato to tide me over. This will be a tremendous upgrade. Ordered 2.

LOL. Indeed. Thankfully, this toy has an infamous defense mechanism in that when it is touched in the slightest, it's landing gears collapse, creating more surface area friction and it is therefore more difficult to push off the shelf.

hahahahaha!😆

A browner green would be awesome, for sure. Although, I do like the revival color even though it's not cannon.

I'm kind of beginning to agree with this perspective now that I've seen the matte finish (albeit low quality pics). The 27's are like race cars and the gloss is appropriate compared to the tamer 25's. The matte on the red 27 looks a little odd. Maybe better photos will change my mind again. That said, the Grace is one of my favorite valks and I hope they re-release it. The green might even look good in matte compared with the red.

This release looks to have more of a matte finish.

My cat Leland posing with my Yamato VF-22 Max. He only likes to hang out on this shelf when one of my (his) toys is on it. It’s clearly his.

I'm excited for this. Love the 27s. Matte finish will be nice.

Ditto. But, at this point, I'm mostly just hoping Arcadia survives.

It took a while for me to deal with LP. I ordered 2 units. I got one. I contacted them a few times and they finally sent me my 2nd unit which I have received. So, it worked out in the end but I'm a little hesitant to use them in the future.

Magnificent work! 🤩

I can't wait to be able to buy this thing!

True. I suppose if I really want these things I can always start modeling... I really hope this isn't the end of Arcadia. I really like their company and product. Really. (one more for good measure. LOL)

Yeah, if they're going to continue to milk the mold, it would be nice for them to at least release different color schemes: camouflage, weathered PF, and/or maybe even a nod to the Jolly Roger F-14 that it's inspired by with pale gray low visibility and squadron markings (a weathered PF version would be awesome). One can dream....

Thanks!

There's another thread like this?! Where is it?

I'm a fighter-mode guy. The shorter nose would be fine if it weren't for the big belly and would be a little reminiscent of a real-life SU-57, which I love. But if an SU-57 had a big belly, it would throw off the whole look. The combination of short nose and big belly makes my head go straight to penguin-mode. Like, every time I look at the thing, I cannot unsee the belly flopping penguin. Now, if I were a battroid-mode guy, I would appreciate the new pose-ability but the small arms would bother me the same way a lot of people are annoyed by the skinny legs of the Yamato version. And then there's the whole new addition of a giant hunchback...

I ordered 2 from Luna Park at the same time. One arrived yesterday. I hope the other will be delivered soon. I'm surprised they weren't shipped together and hope they didn't misread my order. There were no obvious issues with my unit, so I feel lucky for that. We'll see if my luck holds out for the 2nd unit yet to arrive. I only opened my 1st up to check and did not transform. These are my brief initial thoughts, now that I've had it in hand: It's heavy, which gives it a feel of quality. The colors and tampo printing and quality of plastic are nice. But, being partial to fighter-mode, I cannot get over the big belly and huge thrusters on this thing. It's like the front half is 1/60 scale and the rear half is 1/48. A Bandai 1/60 VF-31 pilot could practically stand fully erect inside the thruster of the Bandai YF-21. My opinion is that the beefy legs were not worth this fighter-mode at all. Especially, since the beefy legs appear to be the only 'improvement' over the Yamato YF-21. Even the arms are obvious in fighter-mode just like Yamato's. Bandai had the opportunity to do great things with the YF-21, especially with the ability to learn from Yamato's version of it. They did not do great things, IMO. I will probably sell my Bandai 21's and continue to enjoy my Yamato 21 and 22's. The legs don't bother me. Taking the line art out of the equation (not that Bandai did a good job of following it anyways), my head-cannon continues to tell me that the Yamato legs are more believable anyways considering they don't provide any use at all in fighter mode and only add weight. In battroid-mode the legs don't really need to be beefy either since they are not used for thruster vectoring and it's not like the YF-21 especially needs the ability to walk around. It's just fine jumping around with its thruster backpack and using it's legs like a mosquito. Maybe, someday, Arcadia will improve upon the Yamato design.

Fair enough, but I prepaid for shipping and the ball is in their court. I should not have to hound them to come through with their service.

Yikes. Thanks for this. I was wondering if I needed to contact them or just be patient. Obviously, I need to contact them. My first and last time ordering from these guys if that's the case. Better off using Amazon at this rate and pay the extra money so not to deal with all these hassles.

Did Luna Park send you a shipping notice, or did it just show up in the mail?