Hasegawa VF-1D Limited Edition

[Gabe Q]

I saw an auction in ebay earlier and the guy claims that only 2000 of the VF-1D kits were ever produced.

I doubt the run was that low. How many were really released?

[Valk009]

I believe 2,000 is correct as I have heard/seen it too. Most of the Hasegawa limited kits have a run of between 2,000 to 5,000, I guess depending on demand.

Minmay Guard had a run of 5,000 while the Low Vis, Max & Millia 1J's and the Wedding 1D only had a run of 3,000 each!

If you go to Hasegawa's web page they will tell you on the quantaty released!

Andy

[Ranger565]

only 2000? Heck i have one. and I got it easy. had to be way more then 2000. If only 2000 were produced then the price of that kit would be on top of the moon.

Ranger565

[Gabe Q]

I have two. Now I'm kind of upset because I dont want to build such a rare kit.

[Ranger565]

Gabe, you have 2 kits. Build one of them if you want too. Its not like its one of John's Limited 50 Kits. Thats why I got 2 of his kits 1/72 pods. I will build one. and Hold on to the Other.

Ranger565

[honneamise]

Strange I also got two with no problems and I remember HLJ still offering them a year later! And this one was the main mecha during the first two/three episodes!

On the other hand I waited a little too long to order the VF-0A and the SV-51 Ivanov and stocks were gone within the first 2-3 months!! Are the Zero kits so much more popular or have they produced like only 100 of each then?

No matter how many produced I´ll build them one day - I will probably keep the box art. By the way, the 1-D seems to be the only Hasegawa kit which did not get a cool Tenjin boxart. A pity!

[Gabe Q]

It seems there was 15,000 kits produced.

I got this straight from HLJ regarding the VF-1D kit:

1/72 VF-1D Fighter Valkyrie

Code: HSG65755 Series: Macross

Special limited-production version of the incredibly-popular Hasegawa Valkyrie kit. Just 15,000 being produced. Includes photo-etched parts and Cartograf decals.