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LOL! Doubt Bandai will give us the Cat's Eye... maybe as an expensive limited run model kit from Arcadia like they did with the Lancer. It's the terrain of an alien planet. Good eye though. Even I'd forgotten the model of Nikon I had bought years ago.

Whoops slept through another preorder. Guess I'm getting too old for this sh**. Then again, I haven't had any problems getting any releases before or right on release day, so maybe PO madness is just something we're inflicting on ourselves.

I'd like them to add an optional additional back brace for the wing armor parts, similar to what the 1/72 model kit has. Never liked that the heavy wing armors were held aloft only by two weeny little swivel joints.

Nah they're pretty easy to access with a small screwdriver. You can take the entire arm off by swiveling the shoulder back and removing the screw that's exposed.

My quick and dirty HMR Super VF-1S Hmmm there's something off about that last pic...

One more for the road...

They're secure on my copies. Nope. I just detached the entire arm and then was easily able to access the screw under the shoulder pauldrons to loosen it. Side by side with the Bandai version. While Bandai's toy is excellent, it's really a VF-19 Advance posing as a YF-19.

Shoulder surgery was a success. Both the shoulder and bicep cover on the right arm were super tight. Loosened the inside screw just a touch. They're really overtightening them at the factory.

Just transformed to battroid. It's been years since I transformed any of my Arcadia 19s but the transformation is so much more elegant than Bandai's version so I was able to get right back into it without any problem. Can't finish because while the left arm is fine, the right arm is pretty tight and I'm not going to force it. Looks like some minor shoulder surgery is in order.

Better shots of this beauty

PF boxes are the same size as the non-PF editions, just black. Don't know why Arcadia doesn't just use a regular box and just slap a "PREMIUM FINISH EDITION" sticker on the front.

Those look pretty sweet.

Copy & paste

Haven't transformed it yet, but she is lovely in fighter mode. This is the YF-19 toy I've wanted ever since I first watched Macross Plus. (Sorry but Bandai's effort is just a repainted VF-19 Advance ) I'll transform it after my second copy arrives. You know, in case there's a mishap... Will have to wait till this weekend to break out the DSLR for some proper pics, but the phone will have to suffice for now.

I wish Arcadia wouldn't use such a dark panel wash, but I'm picky like that.

Just arrived! (Of course it arrives just as I need to leave the house so I can't play with it till way later...)

While most Yamato releases came in a box with a cardboard tab and no tape, a few of their releases did come in a different cardboard box with no tab but sealed with tape instead. I supposed someone could carefully open it by removing and replacing the tape, but all bets are off at that point.

Probably a licensing issue. The VF-25-style wing boosters are from Frontier after all.

Kinda wish the YF-19 came out a few months earlier when the rate was almost 150:1 🥲

Pfft no one cares about that! 😇

Looks so good. Hopefully will receive mine by the weekend.

Man I don't even know what a PF VF-19 would look like. Sure hope Arcadia gives us one though!

What great timing too. I was actually eyeing the set the popped up on Mandarake this morning. But 68k is too high, even for me. But really happy it's being reissued!

Yeah I noticed that too while refreshing the page hoping to snag another. Still waiting on shipping quote from AE.

I picked this one up along with the Sheryl figure that came out at the same time. Yeah the shipping rates from Mandarake have been ridiculous since 2020. Bring back SAL, you jerks!