Skull Leader

The top image is also shown at the beginning of "The Fleet of the Strongest Women" episode, along with a really great shot of Britai, Exedore, Hikaru AND Max in their respective VF-1S valkyries... it's pretty cool.

who am I??? I am the guy that KILLS all of the wing boys....

SHE made a Full-Armor VF-11C kit, which many consider one of the holy grails of Macross model collecting. Damn near impossible to find (and when you do, prepare to sell your soul to get it) and even more impossible to build. Bandai made (makes) a 1/144 scale VF-17D,VF-11kai MAXL, VF-19kai, and VF-19S kit, these aren't transformable but include a model each for fighter mode and battroid mode. With Tect conversion kits, the 1/144 line can be made into gerwalk mode, add soundforce boosters, and there's even a kit to transform the VF-17D kit into the VF-17kai used by Ray and Veffidas... Check the Macrossworld model section for more details. These kits are very hard to find, but I believe someone (Valkyrie probably) was recasting a few of these. Bandai also made a 1/100 transformable VF-19kai Fire Valkyrie kit, I don't know if a VF-19S kit was ever made or not The only mainstream VF-22 kit out right now is made by Hasegawa and is fighter mode ONLY. There may be a resin kit or two out there for the VF-22, but I do not believe, as of now, that a fully transformable VF-22 kit has been made.

ha! I think we can see what valkyrie hikaru was TRUELY meant to fly! (and if I hadn't just sat the valkyrie down and taken the picture on the fly, I would've made sure the airbrake was closed)

If they dub DYRL, it'll be the worst translation crime ever committed in anime history (right next to robotech itself)

Bah, your 1J will NEVER be as good as the VF-1S Hikaru Strike Valkyrie! Quake in fear at it's awesomeness!

For me it would be between these: UC: RX-79(G) Ground Type Gundam (WITH working lights in the storage rack) RX-93 Nu Gundam Non-UC: Gundam X Gundam X Divider Gundam XX Heavyarms Custom But I have to sat that a PG FAZZ or Gouf Custom would completely badass also.

Those are so stylized it isn't even funny.... They're remotely interesting though.

It is removable to display the Radar radome underneath. Unfortunately it was kind of added as an afterthought and the radome doesn't have much in the way of detail. If (*IF*) Yamato makes a 1/48 GBP kit, it will almost NEED to have the nosecone off in order to make it look right, the nose is really long.

I put together a small review down in the reviews section, from a Macross-fan perspective, you might wanna look at it. No surprises though.

they SO need to wash that F-14, it looks damn near disgraceful..... Yeah, I'm kinda interested in this X-plane simulator and I've never heard of it.... any info?

My local hastings has the first two DVD's for rent, and I believe they are working on getting the other ones. (a shame I already own the ones they have)

If taken on it's own merits, MII is rather enjoyable for the most part. It's best watched in japan as the dub is rather god-awful by comparison. I love the mecha (the UN spacy stuff anyway) and I love the music. While the characters are well drawn, I really don't like any of them, but that's cool.

I'm still pretty amped about this man.... another addition to my Macross collection, and it won't break my bank, \/\/00+!!! Man, just hearing you guys..... I'm glad I'm not a toy manufacturer.. you guys are impossible to please. Seeing as how they're offering the ONLY VF-0 toy on the market, they could make it a lot worse and I bet people would still buy it!

Only to a point, Yamato had to make certain alterations to make the design stronger as a toy (and even then were only moderately successful). I think they did well for trying to follow SHE's designs, but I think they might've been better off building their own from scratch. Remember, SHE kits look nice, but they aren't close to a toy in terms of durability.

An interesting thought, but I seriously doubt that HG would let it's seriously mutilated brain-child die so easily. I smell a rat....

Prime was a firetruck in the "Robots in Disguise" lineup, if that's the one you're referring to. I really started hating transformers around G2 when they started going with the philosophy of "most transformation with the fewest parts moved"... 2 things moved and you've switched the transformer from one mode to the other (Wheelie is a prime example of this...and the list goes on)

lol careful! You'll give someone the idea.... and I'm sure somebody SOMEWHERE will/has attempted such a thing... .... ahh yes, such is the vast stupidity of some of our natives. Our genepool DESPARATELY needs to be thinned out some... where's that damned Zentran fleet when you need it!?!?

lol, it may have powerful guns in VF-X2, but it flies like old people screw.... slow and sloppy. I think in "Operation Pinnochio" (I *think* that's the half-underwater, half-ground level where you're required to use it), I'd rather have just about any other valkyrie. It looks cool as hell, and it's plenty powerful, but I'd HATE to be stuck with it in a dogfight... (then again, once you get the enemy in front of you, the fight would pretty much be over... IF YOU COULD GET THEM THERE....). They could've chosen a better paint-scheme to use (unless you ENJOY flying a purple valkyrie), but that's all my personal preference.

No offense to my fellow americans, but I actually prefer how they do it overseas by putting more responsibility in the hands of the parents. Let's face it, if your kid is ignorant enough (at the age of 7+) to mutilate himself with his own damn toys, you've obviously missed something. By the same token, even at that age (back when people were still allowed to play with lawn-darts, and we did!), I never wanted to injure myself with my own toys. I'd say I take about as big a risk now hurting myself with my toys as I did at that age, and I never once hurt myself. (btw, if you didn't get to play with lawn-darts *also known as "jarts"* you weren't a true child of the late 70's-early 80's!)

So basically, it's like a fan-custom then, something that will never be seen in animation? I've got to be honest, I hope Shoji skips this one and lets it stay on the drawing board... (it's just my opinion), but it looks rather outlandish.. makes it look more like the SV-51, which I cannot stand. Those drones look so VF-19ish it's not even funny.... This loadout, while interesting, looks pretty messed up.... Give me the base-model VF-0 instead, less to worry about.

damn, I had a 3-way tie... -Lucky Bear -Wish Bear -Bedtime Bear

Damn.... now I need a towel Pretty darn impressive!

oh yes, it's quite sturdy ALL 1/48s made after the Max have those improvements, just so you know.

1/60s are every bit as much Macross toys as the 1/48 line.... for the size, they accomplish the job quite nicely. You can't expect all the bells and whistles of a 1/48 to be pulled off effectively on a 1/60... I love both and if I had the funds, I would actively collect in both (right now, I'm looking for a VT-1)