Shin Densetsu Kai 7.0

guys. with both of the TV fist and trigger hands on, will the 1.48 still be able to transform to fighter mode with those hands still attached? What I mean is like if you transform it and it has those 2 hands, and you dont put them back in the forearm, can you still keep the hands on in fighter mode and twist them upside down so they dont get in teh way of the backpack in fighter mode? or must they be removed?

IN? how about out the flight suit, even better~!!!!! she is kind of hot.

also. It looks moe like a klingon bird f prey dumbed down to scout ship. Wings shouldnt be angled down like that. and as before rearward visibility is even worse then the JSF F-35B's!!!! hmm didnt even notice it had canards. I ned more views but i still think it is ugly. Any out of proportion(almost all are) gijoe plane would suffice than this.

kind of true, clint eastwoods firefox looked better than this. BY no means was that plane ugly, in fact hopefully hasbro makes the firefox design in their gijoe line. Sorry but i say that movie ruled. this one is in question. hmmmmmmmmmi i wonder what rob cohen has made in the past with military aviatiuon. Somehow i think a topgun 2 would be better. (even though decidedly maverick really wouldnt have anything else to do but blow up something in an international crisis and instruct at topgun)

it looks rather unique I will give it that but as a fighter it has no rearward visibility. Oh well hopefully its a good movie but thew cast does not look promising nad the story dont sound good either.

BTW VF-1 is actually smaller..more like F-16 and X-31 size. And no it cant be converted to a valkyrie. What is the point? VF-1 in macross has similar capabilities to thje F-14. the closest thing you get is the VF-0 which has turbofan engines, and is the same size as the tomcat. plus the military dont need variable fighters. if we did we would have developed tghem back in the cold war.

tekki trading figures from steel battlion. not sure if in set but list is 6.99 msrp by yamato USA/toycom

Yes, but other countries like China and Russia also have, or can reasonably have the Su-30... And warping a little your sentence I can honestly say that "...the fact that such an exercise was conducted strongly suggests that the Su-30 is regarded as possible -and underestimated- foe". just my 2c Regds, G. well said. Also China can have the Su-30, I was reading Janes all teh worlds aircraft 2001-02 edition in the campus library and in fact I believe I read that china was recieving upgrade kits for their flankers to update to SU-30 standard. India is not an ally like britain. This is not to say that they will turn on us but you can never fully say who will STAY allied with us if tensions flare. Bear in mind we are also allied with pakistan and pakistan and india have always been at each others throats. IF theres was a war between the 2 and the US jumps in who do you think we will suppport? Remember Iran and Iraq were once allied with the US in the early 80s late 70s. By the end or mid 80s they were both against us. Not just one, BOTH. And to make matters worse Iran had some US hardware, TOMCATS!! (luckily grumman officials sabotaged workable parts or most of them before evacuating). Russia might get their hands on Su-30s but india is not the only customer. Sukhoi has been making rounds around asia and I believe malaysia is a high contender for it. Many other nations as well. China can have it but shoot even if they dont they have more than enough airplanes to make up for it. Hell they might just go to SU-35 standard. Air supremacy is dictated by being ready to take on any threat no matter how unlikely. Bear in mind in vietnam people thought dogfighting was dead and done till they saw expensive ass interceptor phantoms knocked out the sky by 50s era gun laden migs. Case in point? Better to be prepared than to think nothing will happen because the moment someone thinks that, deja vu happens.

guys thats from previews magazine. I say legit. Why the hell would previews promote a fanshopped product for preorder?

oh ok. Thought it was a JAV actress, WHOOPS!

that was a funny site. Because of how incredibly stupid every section of it is. A7 BTW, which actress is that in your avatar?

someone already posted smaller scans in the model section and since the only yamato toys and toy related things are a VF-0 we already seen before and CMS figures, this thing belongs in the model section.

all the etailer iknow that if price was slashed to 1/2 by toynami/HG all of us would by all 4 in one fell swwop! but yes it is a mighty fine looking toy. now we wait till lower price.....

ey man,. yamato usually reissues stuff when people least expect(1/48 VF-1A/S hikaru/Fiocker) so with that in mind I say wait till x mas and ask your mom for a 1/48 J with FAST packs. I dont think you will eber go back to anything else after that that is THEE VF-1 for OUR generation meaning now.

Do you have a link to a story or info on this? I'm a former Naval Aviator (P-3 pilot, not jets) and I never heard anything about this. I'd like to see more. Thanks. well Legios is a E-2 pilot, least thats what I remember him telling me(if i named the wrong plane forgive me it has been a while), so with that in mind operating in tandem with the Tomcats and coordianting them, I am sure he knows what he is talking about. I wasn't trying to imply he didn't. It was simply a request for more info. oh ok. I guess I was trying to say he probably talked from experience with fellow pilots on deck. But if there is a report or more on the story I would also love to hear more about it! I never really heard of this until now the only similar thing I heard is of tomcat pilots threatened with court martials if they stood up against cheney after the cancellation of the tomcat. I wonder which particular events embarrassed the navy?

no E-2s are getting replaced by some common place multirole plane I believe. Not the hornet I know the E2 replacement is stealth I believe and not a fighter at all. Not sure where you got thhhhe idea of the supr bug replacing the viking thjough.

Do you have a link to a story or info on this? I'm a former Naval Aviator (P-3 pilot, not jets) and I never heard anything about this. I'd like to see more. Thanks. well Legios is a E-2 pilot, least thats what I remember him telling me(if i named the wrong plane forgive me it has been a while), so with that in mind operating in tandem with the Tomcats and coordianting them, I am sure he knows what he is talking about. Sure the tomcat may be a maintenance hog but theres no denying its an awesome airplane. And for those who do not know I think the operational limits for the tomcat are as is G limit +=6.5 speed=Mach 1.8 or mach 2/0 depending on altitude AOA I do not know btu it has been flown to over 90 and I think up to 120 in testing. I do believe the F/A-18F is a good plane and such and would be a great addition to eh navy, but the fact that it is replacing the tomcat I believe is unjustified. before i bring up another online fighter plane brawl i shall resurrect the very thread meant for those. and VIVA jolly rogers! lets hope dragons F-14A,WHEN IT COMES OUT, is a jolly roger

Forgive my naiveness but what purpose does digicamo serve? Perhaps mountain camo?

Yeah, perfectly adequate. Yup. Thats exactly what the US needs for air supremacy. Adaquate planes. Yes very good point. For defense and supremacyyou need the BEST not somethinbg that will "oh yea this will do". And hell someone had to crash the party and represent the tomcat! and that person is ME. Again not all planes would be in maintenance hangers and also not all planes in a fighter squadron launch up all at once it is at intervals. Also a TU-126/95's ASM's have longer ranges than the AMRAAM does so with that in mind by the time the super bug gets a positive lock on on the bomber the ASM from the bomber will have already been launched. And its just a time to play catch up to all the ASM's. Is this possible? YES it is. It isn't "oh no shin that was uh yea like 80s threatrs" as long as the very threat EXISTS no matter HOWUNLIKELY it may sound there needs to be a good defense against that. And a lot of you may say "oh well a tomcat is uhg ytea kuz uh phoneix missle oh yea phioniex": but see the tomcat is no way in hell like a F111B or a missleer. Not to mention the speed of the tomcat is faster than the superbug and most importantly RANGE. Sorry for making another antihornet post but lets be realistic tomcats ROCK Come on now, seriously. There are no bombers. All the Tomcat has been doing for the past 10 years is drop bombs and take photos, two jobs it was never intended for. I think you see through rose tinted glasses. Sure the Tomcat rocked in it's day, but it's day is over. I'm no Hornet lover but it's a good plane all the same and if it gets the job done for less of my tax dollars that's good enough for me. The reality of logistics is that the older the airframe gets the more maitenace hours are required to keep it flying. It's time to put the old war horsees out to pasture. nope the ukraine has some and who is to say that no rogue nation will buy a bomber like that? And also who is to say a flanker can't carry those ASM's? Do you realize how many nations use the flanker? The adder missle on flankers and fulcrums outranges the AMRAAM on super bugs. ANd you are wrong the tomcat WAS meant to be a dual role bomber it was always like that it was just never used until the late 80s and recently. TARPS pod was added and UNLIKE the super hornet, does NOT need removal of a internal gun or whatnot to accomodate, you just bolt the pod on. In fact all the super tomcats that were made or remanufactured are wired to carry a TARPS pod. And again the only plane I think can replace the tomcat and succeed it in EVERY way is tomcat 21 or a larget stealth multirole strike fighter ALL new. Asa amtter of fact if the next new navy plane was replacing the tomcat and it had all the above qualities i really wouldnt care that it was replacing the tomcat, because at least it would be doing everything BETTER.. The fact of the matter is the super hornet cant do what the tomcat can do. The supoer hornet is a good plane but its just like you said adequate. SUpremacy is not dictated by whats adegquate its dictated by whats BEST. Hopefully the plane that replaced the super hornet is some be all end all big multirole strike fighter that can outdo the tomcat as well.

Yeah, perfectly adequate. Yup. Thats exactly what the US needs for air supremacy. Adaquate planes. Yes very good point. For defense and supremacyyou need the BEST not somethinbg that will "oh yea this will do". And hell someone had to crash the party and represent the tomcat! and that person is ME. Again not all planes would be in maintenance hangers and also not all planes in a fighter squadron launch up all at once it is at intervals. Also a TU-126/95's ASM's have longer ranges than the AMRAAM does so with that in mind by the time the super bug gets a positive lock on on the bomber the ASM from the bomber will have already been launched. And its just a time to play catch up to all the ASM's. Is this possible? YES it is. It isn't "oh no shin that was uh yea like 80s threatrs" as long as the very threat EXISTS no matter HOWUNLIKELY it may sound there needs to be a good defense against that. And a lot of you may say "oh well a tomcat is uhg ytea kuz uh phoneix missle oh yea phioniex": but see the tomcat is no way in hell like a F111B or a missleer. Not to mention the speed of the tomcat is faster than the superbug and most importantly RANGE. Sorry for making another antihornet post but lets be realistic tomcats ROCK

I agree with you... but I don't think anyone is saying that we shouldn't be modernizing our weapons.. just that it's sad to see this bird go... thanks to a certain movie and an anime plane that bears resemblance to it... many of us have fond memories of it... I get what you're saying. I guess I jumped the gun. When ever f-14s and 18's are mentioned in the same thread it usually turn into an f-18 hatefest. After thinking about it I'm glad they're getting F-18s. VF-84 are the Jolly Roger Tomcats I grew up with. VF-103 have always sort of come off as posers to me. Now they can make thier own legacy in thier own planes as VFA-103. its not really a hatefest. It is more of "why is the navy settling for less?" I am very sad to see the skull and bones tomcats go and am sure the hornets will not loook as good with the skulls. THe F-18F, your right IS a good airplane but not the IDEAL plane to replace the tomcat. TO me only tomcat 21 OR a New stealth swing wing large multirole strike navy fighter can EVER ideally replace the tomcat and outdo it. The F-14 was able to outdo the F-4 in every respect. The F-4 2was not able to outdo the sader so its like this era is a deja vu of the era when the phantom replaced the crusader.

EXACTLY. who cares if people say itws childish? Do what you want! Its almost as if saying if someone jumps a bridge you woujld to. What the hell is wrong with being different? NOTHING!

geeaz man you are sa GENIUS! man if yamato ever makes a VF-2SS i hope they use YOUR perfect transformation method! You've done all the work for them!(tired of this swap part yamato crap)

yea in battroid it will lossen up a lot...the legs will eventually fall out automatically because of looseness over time sad to say this is inevitabnle. The saving grace of the 1/60 is its size, price, and aesthetics. THe loose legs really kill its awesomeness IMHO

are you transforming in fighter or battroid mode? In battroid you have to remove the nose plug. In fighter just put the leg pins at opposite angles.