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Thanks aaajin. Sorry about that, maybe I forgot to do it. Regarding the concerns on the ankle joints, I guess everyone needs to play the ankle joint a litte bit more. What I did when in Battroid mode is, after pulling the joints to open the feet, I pushed back the joints back to the legs. Like 2-3 clicks back. Illusion-wise it looks like the YF-19's wearing a buggy pants and low-cut shoes. But the joint is stiff once it place nicely. Same thing with Gerwalk mode, I try not to pull all the way, but instead just use level 2 (2 clicks pulling?), just the right amount of exposing the joints but not as same as Battroid look. And again, once it place properly, the loose ball feeling is gone. And mine also has that loose ball joint feeling too. But when I tried those mentioned joint-playing, it works out ok. Hope that helps. By the way, I already transformed my YF-19 more than 10 times already. I guess I really like this valk huh. Now, waiting for the renewal YF-21 announcement...

For those of you who were waiting for a transformation video, hope this one will help. Too bad YouTube removed my audio since I have Macross Plus music in the background. Hehehe. No worries, besides the background music, all you will hear is the plastic and clicking sound of the valk plus my sigh and breathe sounds while transforming. Hahaha! Anyways, enjoy!

There's no way those black paint will not scratch at the back when it transformed. It tends to wiggle first while you transform it. But it will lock itself once the transforming is done. I'm assuming in order not to scratch those is we have to sand a little bit those contact parts from the back panel (along the back area of the nect/head where the cockpit rests), like the edges to make it smooth. I already scratched mine unintentionally. It's not a major scratch though. At least it's just a small line when I checked it. Hope that helps. Does anyone tried to pull the ankle joints a little bit more than what we see from the photos? I did it accidentally when I was trying to pull to expose the feet. It looks a little bit awkward since it really exposes the ankle joints. But is that how it is to extend the legs more? Good thing it didn't lock itself so I push it back again to normal extension. *what a relief*

Hahaha! Actually she hates it, Mommar. She always makes fun of my finger. And now my son have my fat fingers too. My mini-me, she says. Hehehe. Anyways, I'm planning on to purchase the hands made my Kurisama. I'm not sure, but do YF-19 have the same forehand designs as VF-11? There's one hand set there at Shapeways but it says not for sale. Too bad that's the set I want to order. Great pics Swoosh. I love this particular one.

Thanks David for the reply. Actually, I do have what my wife calls it... fat fingers. So that small room you mentioned is kinda tricky for me. Hehehe. What I use is a tweezer, round edge so I won't harm the plastic. But even though I use tweezer, it's really hard to push it. So I thought maybe there's a trick on how to do it.

By the way, after purchasing and transforming this figure for 5 times now, I really do wish they revisit again the YF-21 and release a renewal version. And maybe include the Fast Pack and Fold Booster there since YF-21 doesn't have lots of missile to showcase. But somehow keep it under $300. I will not hesitate to press the Pre-order button if that happens. And reissue also the VF-4G in Hikaru's color scheme seen in Flashback. I think that's it. Thanks! Happy collecting guys!

Hi everyone. First time post since 2008. In that span of time, I did have a chance on acquiring 2nd hands of Yamato 1/60 Hikaru's VF-1A and VF-1S both with bundled Super & Strike Packs. Which IMHO, the best valk ever made. A Bandai DX YF-29 Isamu variant. An upcoming YF-25 Prophecy on preorder. My wife and my 5-year old son. And now this newly and improved YF-19 from Arcadia. I know that I didn't had a chance on getting the first YF-19 so I really can't compare on how great the new figure is. But seeing and reading some of your comments here and also comparing the new figure from the last 19 variant from Yamato, the 19Kai via online, I really do say that as a beginner on collecting new 1/60 valks, this is a superb toy... though a lot of you say that it's really expensive. And I do agree on that. If only they've included the Fold Booster, then maybe, maybe I can justify the price tag that came with it. Regarding for members who had trouble with Amiami, hope it gets resolve fast. I also ordered via Amiami (my first purchase from them) and after reading the tragic posts from fellow members here, I took a video opening the brown box up to opening the valk box itself just in case. Anyways, I still don't have photos to showcase my valks, though a lot of you already posted great photos, and I don't want to ruin the forum with my crappy phone cam shots. Hehehe! But I did however snapshot a specific area since I have question on it. For me, it's really not that hard to follow the manual photo instructions, and from what I can say it's really straight-forward. I did have more trouble transforming the YF-29 than this one. Hehehe. My question based on the photo below is the metal swivel thing on the crotch area. Is there an easy way on pressing the small button so I can swing the metal part easily when transforming the valk to battroid? Thanks in advance.

i love these new figures from Yamato. though i love better the articulations from Revoltech. guess, i just need to buy both sets just to satisfy my urge. hehehe. wish the ones from Yamato includes also the Fast Packs for each YF's.

i'm definitely going to get these new Macross figures from Revoltech. and also the ones from GN-U.

oppsss... sorry guys. didn't know there was already a thread for that CM. guess i got so carried away when i saw that one. and this is the only thread that i saved on my bookmarks. looks like everyone is so excited to see some photos of the prototype. hope they release it soon. so i can decide now. thanks for the welcome guys.

hey everyone. this is my first post on this wonderful Macross forum. i'm also curious on this upcoming 1/60 scaled figure of YF-21. that's why i'm waiting for this one to come out first before deciding if i should get the YF-19 later on. been checking this thread for awhile now and there's still no official image yet from Yamato. anyways, the reason for this post is... since you guys are the expert on Macross. maybe you can check this Yamato CM video for the upcoming 1/60 YF-21 figure that i've downloaded this morning from the net if it's genuine or not. if it is, then this is the first time we saw the prototype with its colors. but then again, how come there's already a CM knowing there's no official image of the YF-21 yet. thanks. and more power to Macrossworld.