Hasegawa Variable Vf-1 Model

[deadboy]

Hi, jarrod , in my opinion , you're a genius;

Anyway why haven't you used both parts from fighter and battroid hase. kits?How long it took to you to make it??

In your hands, does your model feel so fragile as some people here think??

By the way i think yam. 1/48 are very much expensive and don't have totally perfect proportions; why i don't see any good 1/60 customs here??

[MechTech]

I know I'm coming into this a little late, I've been busy lately. Whew, talk about heated debates. Someone turn down the thermostat! If you don't mind my 30 years experience...I must admit, I was REALLY surprised when I heard Hasegawa was going to make Macross models. Then I got excited because I knew they would do a good job! I believe they don't do transformable models because they have always been more geared towards static kits. For decades that's what they've done best and know best. Why change. Change is scarey and costly. Not to mention the longer engineering time for each kit to make it transform.

People always talk about accuracy and lineart in our section of the model building hobby. A lot of us have been sculpting and scratchbuilding a long time. It's frustrating some times. You can do something that looks right, look at it the next day and so D'OH! (angry exclamation) Interpretation is the word!

Calmer heads prevailing, I would be surprised-- again --if Hasegawa did transformable kits. All I do is model building when it come to Macross. I thought I was in "model heaven" when the Imai transformable valks came out. I love the whole engineering thing with transformable models! Unlike toys, you can easily glue or paint modifications because styrene is more easily machined than ABS. I too would love a "perfect" valk that was lineart accurate. Knowing Hasegawa's past, I'd guess they're not in the engineering business as much as modeling. Just my two cents/two pence. - MT

[Retracting Head Ter Ter]

I wouldnt mind a pick your own mode kit but just not variable.

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But why bother with the extra expense and unwanted plastic? If Hase threw all the parts from their F or B mode kits into 1 bigger box, thats what it'll be.

Just buy the current non-variable F or B kits and you have it already.

[shiyao]

i reckon people don't play much with their yamato valks once they're customized. maybe a transformation here and there for a photo shoot, and that's about it.

is that answer satisfactory? does anyone out there transform his/her customized yamato like 10 times a day?

hell i can't remember the last time i transformed my 1/48s.

[promethuem5]

I go at it in spurts..... i'll play around alot till I find a pose I like, then leave it for a while... then play around with it some again before finding another good pose.... haven't really fooled around with them alot in a while tho, been so buys... actually did exactly that today, transformed my customized CF for the first time in ages for a photoshoot.... I do play with the GBP alot tho... and the CF can be alot of fun.... actually the only one I never play with or change around is my unmodded Roy... it's got sticker sticking issues, so I try to leave it alone.... I've decals for it finally tho, so it's just a matter of time...