bob joe mac Posted September 30, 2003 Posted September 30, 2003 Ok well as you prob don't know i am prob one of the biggest giant robot fans in these formums maybe 2nd to Destroids Rage only. But I just watched this Real robot show called Vifam (all 46 eps) and Man that show was great I mean I just rewatched the first ep and it alone has some of the most intense battles and character developments in ONE ep alone. I did a quick search online for more info on it and I really didn't find much except the pages in japanese. But I highly recommend this to any giant robot/ anime fan. I mean sure the Giant robot designs really aren't much but I like their simplicity. The only thing that bothered me was the enemies weapons and how they worked but whatever a great show. Quote
drifand Posted October 1, 2003 Posted October 1, 2003 Never had the opportunity to watch it. VIFAM was one of those series where the mecha designs appealed to me regardless of what the story turns out to be. They're some of Kunio Okawara's better real-robot efforts. The old HCM toys are pretty nifty. :-) Quote
DestroidsRage Posted October 1, 2003 Posted October 1, 2003 Bob Joe Mac. You simply must tell me where you aquired the entire series of Vifam! I've been looking for it for years! So far the only place I can find it is expensive Raw VHS tapes, and the Japanese recently released DVDs. I've always wanted to see it. The opening is somehow very awesome, and everyone has great things to say about it. There was even a more recent series released wasnt there? Vifam 13 or something like that... At any rate, I really want to know how you got your hands on that Vifam ^__^ ! -BEN- Quote
bob joe mac Posted October 1, 2003 Author Posted October 1, 2003 Well I have a buddy who got the DVD's but he lives like in california and I live in Kingston Ontario. So he ripped them and sent them to me VIA AOL. I still have the 1st ep if you want it. Just PM me. I can send it VIA AOL, MSN, and ICQ. Also he is hosting every ep on WinMX. Quote
Big s Posted September 30, 2022 Posted September 30, 2022 I couldn’t find another Vifam threadlooks like a web exclusive, but I’m excited either way. I used to love the old kits. Hope this isn’t gonna be the only one Quote
Big s Posted September 30, 2022 Posted September 30, 2022 1 hour ago, jvmacross said: Sometimes it takes a while for a new kit to happen. I guess Vifam doesn’t get the love that other shows had. Quote
jvmacross Posted September 30, 2022 Posted September 30, 2022 1 hour ago, Big s said: Sometimes it takes a while for a new kit to happen. I guess Vifam doesn’t get the love that other shows had. Really don't know much about Vifam, but do have some old stuff I accumulated from various lot auctions over the years....vintage cards and old school furokus from the series...maybe some shitakis.... Quote
Vifam7 Posted September 30, 2022 Posted September 30, 2022 Looks OK. I'm in for one. Disappointed that it's Premium Bandai though. But I guess for lesser known properties, this is the norm. The old 80's kit was pretty darn good for it's time. I built one long ago... Quote
Big s Posted October 1, 2022 Posted October 1, 2022 6 hours ago, Vifam7 said: The old 80's kit was pretty darn good for it's time. I built one long ago... I had a few back in the day. There was a pretty good treatment for the hg dragonar1, so I think this will be worth the p Bandai issue. If it’s like the previous Hg Sirbine and hg Dragonar-1, then unfortunately it probably won’t be available at the U.S.store unfortunately. Quote
Big s Posted October 4, 2022 Posted October 4, 2022 The more I see of that hg Vifam, the more I want it. Hope they do new versions of some of the other ones from this show. Re releasing those old ones does bring back memories. I used to have a little hobby shop around the late 80’s early 90’s called Tomcat hobbies and the owner would sometimes find these as well as some other older anime kits. He would buy them off of sellers that were often military that were based overseas and he’d resell those in the shop. Pre internet was really a different time for buying mecha kits. Quote
no3Ljm Posted October 4, 2022 Posted October 4, 2022 HG 1/144 FAM-RV-S1 VIFAM with Sling Pannier December 2022 Release October 4, 2022 Preorder Starts Bandai Hobby Online Shop / P-Bandai https://p-bandai.jp/item/item-1000179682/ Quote
Big s Posted October 20, 2022 Posted October 20, 2022 Surprisingly the vifam kit is going up for preorder on the U.S. p-Bandai store later. Looks a bit pricey, but I really want that kit Quote
no3Ljm Posted December 23, 2022 Posted December 23, 2022 Bandai is re-releasing old kits as a set with some updates on the plastic colors. SET 1 January 2023 Y3500 - 1/144 Vifam w/ Sling Pannier - 1/144 Dillfam - 1/144 Wug - 1/24 AllOver SET 2 January 2023 Y3500 - 1/144 Torunfam w/ Sling Pannier - 1/144 Neofam w/ Sling Pannier - 1/144 Recon Type - 1/24 TwinkleHead Quote
Big s Posted December 23, 2022 Posted December 23, 2022 They did the same thing when they did the hg dragonar. I’d like to see some more newer kits to go with the hg vifam and Dragonar rather than just rereleasing the old ones. Although those old ones are pretty good Quote
no3Ljm Posted July 26, 2023 Posted July 26, 2023 Evolution Toy Metal Action GINGA HYORYU VIFAM Full Option December 2023 Release July 26, 20223 Preorder Starts Y34800 Size: Approx 17cm Materia: Diecast, ABS, PVC Quote
Big s Posted July 26, 2023 Posted July 26, 2023 4 hours ago, no3Ljm said: Evolution Toy Metal Action GINGA HYORYU VIFAM Full Option December 2023 Release July 26, 20223 Preorder Starts Y34800 Size: Approx 17cm Materia: Diecast, ABS, PVC I think I’ll stick with the Bandai hg kit. For the most part, I think it looks better and is far more affordable. Just wish it came with the space backpack Quote
Vifam7 Posted July 27, 2023 Posted July 27, 2023 At 17cm height, that's close to 1/100 scale. Should go nicely in scale with Macross Hi-Metal Rs. Quote
lechuck Posted July 27, 2023 Posted July 27, 2023 It's Evolution Toy and way to pricy. I'll wait for a proper 1/100 kit or maybe a HMR version to come around. Quote
no3Ljm Posted October 15 Posted October 15 PLAMAX minimum factory Series <Ginga Hyoryu Vifam> NEOFAM & DIZZO ROUND Y4180 Quote
mikeszekely Posted October 15 Posted October 15 I never heard of Vifam, but it looks like someone repaired a GM with Zaku parts. Quote
Big s Posted October 16 Posted October 16 2 hours ago, mikeszekely said: I never heard of Vifam, but it looks like someone repaired a GM with Zaku parts. Oddly, when I was a kid back in the 80’s the hobby shop near me had a bunch of vifam stuff, but almost no gundam. Although they had a bunch of ashimar kits, so I thought that Gundam fought a bunch aliens or something since I really didn’t have much to go on at the time Quote
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