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I stopped buying Yamatos because I was hugely disappointed when I found an entire wing on my Hikaru yellowed from being on a shelf nearby my computer. I have every 1/60th except for max and mirya with boosters, all roy fokkers, elint seeker, VF-1D, and TRU limited edition cannon fodder. I also have a brand new boxed Hikaru I purchased for $25 + s/h on ebay. I keep that one in a dark closet butted up against other Yamato boxes so even if I open the closet, light won't penetrate the box. Are they still coming out with more bandai 1/55? I have noticed that the q/c from bandai is superior to Yamato as well. I have not seen anyone complaining about broken joints. This is what happens when you have a Japanese company in full control, although the 1/55ths are made in China. As far as issuing Yamatos in the USA and them being cheaper than in Asia, I highly doubt that. Look what happened to transformers. The reissues of those were fetching a lot more than they originally cost in the 1980's at toys r us. I feel that introducing Yamato or Bandai valkyries in the US stores would have done the same and possibly would have caused prices in Asian markets to go up as well.

Toonz, are you going to post photos of the box art?

I bought two of each Bandai reissue last time they were issuing them and I believe I bought 3 of the first issue, what was that called.. TV version Hikaru VF-1J I think. I love the things more than my yamatos. I can wait til july, hoping for the super ostrich.

I bet if this thread got real big that'd speak to Bandai Hmm also I've seen april fools jokes in the past start well in advance of the actual day.

I'd pay for a yamato that doesn't yellow Too late for that I guess, waiting for Bandai to release more reissues

Here's to hoping for the Super-O and Elint Seeker. Also the strike. Those are the only ones I want to buy and I'd definitely buy more than one of each so they can count me as more than one person buying And the VF-1J and VF-1S Hmm I dunno, I already own 2 VF-1J reissues and 3 VF-1S reissues so ya kinda not interested either but hopefully enough are interested so that they see how the market is. I wonder what the new box art is like, may just buy some of those for the box art (yes I am a bandai nut). C'mon Bandai you can do it.

hopefully bandai will do something for the 25th anniversary.... missed out on them releasing the last 3 valks... hopefully there isn't a big licensing issue :S

I would've bought at least five super-o if bandai had reissued it. I got one Yamato.

imo yamato toys depending on which one are a pretty bad investment. roy fokkers get reissued 3x or more and the white plastic they use yellows. I keep all my yamatos in a dark closet to try to prevent the yellowing, but none of my bandai reissues have yellowed at all. my vf-1a first yamato I ever bought has a yellow wing and some other plastic is yellow. transformers toys go up and down, so do macross. When the dot coms were booming, I used to see most C8+ bandai valks go for $1000+, now they hardly ever reach that amount unless it's a C9-C10 elint or super-o. but even then they might only fetch $800 tops. It all depends now on who is looking. I'd kill for a super-o sometimes but it's pricey and I've since moved on from macross since bandai lost interest sadly.

I completely stopped collecting Yamatos because I noticed the plastic yellows, and it wasn't expected..but I hadn't bought the last 5 1/60 versions yet. I might pick more up if I ever find some super cheap deals, I got a spare vf-1a hikaru for around $35 shipped about 2 years ago.

I'd be interested @ $65, just send me a pm when they are ready because I don't frequent this site as much as when bandai was reissuing. I like the strike and the super-o, but right now I think I like the strike best so you're in luck I guess that means the armor pieces will need painting to be finished right, I guess I'd have to go find some japanese tamiya paint, as testors doesn't cut it unless they bought tamiya as well now, I know they own pactra.

I don't know if this is the right thread, but I need a wing for a 1/60 first version red hikaru movie edition vf-1a. Thanks

Someone should let Yamato know that for the amount of money they're charging for valks, we should be getting plastic that doesn't yellow over time. Am I crazy? well maybe but I've seen PVC pipes that lay outside for years that don't yellow. I'd be preordering right now if I didn't think the thing was going to turn a nasty shade of bright orangish weird color in the future. And yes yes..keep it out of the sun I know. - end rant -

I need a wing well whitining toothpaste? what? I somehow doubt that'll work. But I guess I could try it anyway. The yellowing isn't way too bad but it is noticable and I think there's parts that were yellowed already when I got it (I got it from one of the first shipments of the things that came out) I wonder if anyone sells spare 1/60 parts somewhere. But it's not that big of a deal, it'd be worse if it was a broken wing or such. I don't even rememeber how to transform this, I have the documents how to transform it on my pc somewhere. All I gotta do is keep it out of the sun I guess.

It was just on a shelf, but the wing was pointed away from the sun. But then who knows maybe I turned it out of sunlight after it yellowed. Maybe I should see if I can find someone with spare parts, new wing please

Yep, just as I figured... eventually it would happen and it has. The right wing on my 1/60 Hikaru has yellowed, leaving the rest of the valkyrie white. Looks kinda weird, would be more balanced if the other wing yellows. I'm thinking about some day painting all the plastic parts on the thing. my gripes about yamato: 1) proven cheap plastic 2) reissues flood the market, driving the value of the ym valkyries down and causing you to wonder why you paid "retail" price in the first place (my open box yellowed hikaru was $90, whereas I bought one months later for $25 shipped on ebay MISB and keep it locked in my dark closet) 3) newer issues cost more than older ones 4) is it really worth all the extra money for a 1/48 that is going to be completely yellow by 2008? MAJOR reason why I don't own any. 5) makes you wonder if a "masterpiece" really is all that bad bandai: 1, yamato: 0 I'm glad I bought every bandai reissue in duplicate and sometimes triplicate. None of those are yellowing and there's a slightly higher chance that they used a better grade of plastic this time around.

I don't know if Yamato changed how they print the boxes or anything, but I held one of my boxes more than the rest and the ink literally came off on my fingers. And it's amazing too because I can go out and get a 6 pack of beer and the print on the box is good and doesn't come off, and we're basically talking about a consumable/recycled often product. Bandai boxes are printed much better, glossy too as I recall. Hmm as far as throwing them out, I know a guy such as yourself would have a rather large collection, it's hard to make room for boxes. I still have enough room on my shelf for more yammies, just not sure when I'm going to purchase them

someone's silkscreening?

I just got my black one in the mail today. Sure enough, it is a watch. I dunno if these ship with the battery disabled or not (either have to take off the cover or push in the crown) but it isn't ticking. So I'm wondering if the battery is possibly dead from sitting around so long. The bracelet looks like it's made out of stainless, but I'm not sure about the main part of the watch. It's overall good for a $5 watch if anyone was lucky enough to get them that cheap I paid $20 shipped.

I find this funny. Toynami is american and made in china, yamato is either chinese or japanese and made in china hmm... how do you come up with a japanese car compared to an italian one Yamato = Acura Toynami = Chevy maybe that'd work a lil better Problem is, honda makes good cars that CAN last that long with proper maintenance. 345805[/snapback] don't insult chevy. Ford maybe, but chevy would bandai be volvo? Boxy but good 345813[/snapback] Ah I dunno man, imo ford makes better stuff. I haven't had any problem with the contour whatsoever, still running strong. Same with the F-150XLT. But back on topic, I think the very last valk I bought, I got for somewhere in the neighborhood of $25-$29 shipped off ebay. Someone in SF was selling a few valks off and I snagged one. I was truely blown away by the price. This was a VF-1A movie version Hikaru. The first real valk I ever owned was the same, but cost me about $80 shipped from robozone which I felt was fair at the time. I guess that just shows to keep checking ebay and you can get a good deal. I noticed the super-o doesn't cost as much as the vf-1d. Interesting.. I just wish the super-o was moulded more to be displayed with or without its armors.

You do realise that the 1/60 VF-0S is actually larger than a 1/48 don't you? 1/48 VF-1 = 30cm in fighter mode 1/60 VF-0 = 32cm in fighter mode The VF-0 is a big bird, far larger than the VF-1. Graham 346137[/snapback] No, I did not know that. Thanks Graham, I may have to reconsider. I thought the VF-0 was the same size as a VF-1S.

Is there any reliable price list, for current values of our valks available? I was just thinking about it, and I have 2 of each reissue bandai 1/55 plus one extra vf-1s roy fokker reissue, checked on ebay and my max and millia are going for $300 a pair. I feel very lucky that I bought so many at retail price back then, and I know there's many members on here who have half a dozen or so CF's. I also started doing this with Yamato 1/60 but lost interest when Bandai quit on us. I was hoping for well, you know the rest... I'm thinking about some day finishing off my Yammy set but got on to other hobbies. I'd actually like to take the opportunity to say thanks not only to the staff of this message board, but also all the members here. You guys have helped out a lot and made this collecting hobby very enjoyable.

you'll have to count me out on this 1/60. $150 is by far too much money for a small model, as Yamato tends to flood the market and stop producing and then restart producing with a couple improvements and reflood the market once again. I'm going to wait and see if the price shaves off $100 down to 50 over time. They've got to be nuts. I could understand if it was a 1/48.

Nice pics man thanks, I should get mine tomorrow hopefully. I ordered it off ebay, there was another on ebay I believe, of the black one. I like that blue one hmm I wonder if I should get it, but the face is so flat. Hey so are those plated? As in, you wear it all the time, are they getting worn out on the back or are they solid? Seems like these days you _can_ get a cheap stainless steel watch, I mean steel doesn't cost very much money. btw - style b is up for bid, not buy it now.. you can email him and ask if he has another, cuz he probably has a lot of these

I find this funny. Toynami is american and made in china, yamato is either chinese or japanese and made in china hmm... how do you come up with a japanese car compared to an italian one Yamato = Acura Toynami = Chevy maybe that'd work a lil better Problem is, honda makes good cars that CAN last that long with proper maintenance.