Graham's Review of Yamato 1/60 Scale YF-19

[Graham]

OK guys and gals, here it is: -

Graham's review of Yamato's 1/60 Scale YF-19

Enjoy and keep all discussion in this thread.

Graham

P.S. Sorry for the lousy photo quality.

[Chowser]

That's awesome! Thanks again Graham.

Now, do I really want two of these or will one tide me over until the repaints come out?

[kensei]

Awesome. Simple as that.

[JELEINEN]

I'll be in my bunk.

[KiriK]

haha... great stuff Graham! too bad i'm too busy to read it rite now...

haha... and i'ts still Dec 6th over here... haha...

[DARKWIND]

Sweet, now that you have our undivided attention, "Let start the show. . "

[Chowser]

Maybe Takatoys will release a sticker sheet with the corrected spellings.

I think all my valks have either Takatoys of Anasazi stickers on them.

[UN Spacy]

WOW! 22 Users! This is a momentous occassion my friends.

Thanks Graham!

[VALKYRIE-EXCHANGE.COM]

Very nice, Graham...

(and now go scrub that balcony down....)

[Valkyrie Nut]

Great review! This toy is gonna be a good one

[Ignacio Ocamica]

Thank you very much to Graham for the review and to Shawn or providing us this home!!!!

[Mr March]

Very thorough review, as always. Thanks Graham!

[Mechamaniac]

I'll be in my bunk.

ROFLMAO

[eugimon]

nice review graham and thanks for the TONS of pictures!

BTW, you should sweep that balcony once in a while.

[do not disturb]

i think thats the very first review i read from top to bottom.

thanks for the review man, i'm definitely gonna have a merry christmas this year!

[EXO]

Awesome review. What I don't get is why you have a bathroom in your balcony.

[Razor x]

Very impressive review!!! Great Job! I cant wait to get one of these!!!!

[Nani?!]

thanks graham.

how the heck is the gunpod not straight in fighter??? how does something like that happen....

[do not disturb]

the only thing thats irks me is their chicken hands....why oh why can't they make some decent hands?

either way, its not a deal breaker since i got some MG hands for this puppy already.

now the only question that remains....

1st run? or 2nd run?

i know i've been against the 1st run but whatever problems it does have, seems to be an easy fix....atleast i hope so. i also hope they didn't have a stock shortage on these as anticipated by a lot of people, otherwise is not going to be a very merry christmas for some of us.

[Chaos]

Awesome review Graham! Your pictures are very informative! I can't wait for mine to arrive!

[Thai Boxer 9901]

Awesome review Graham! Im very, very tempted to get me one of my own but I think I will wait for the 2.0 version to come out first.

[mcpaz]

Again, thanks a lot, G-man!!

one thing that bothers me is the gap that exists in battroid mode. Do you think is there any way to fix it?

Great review, great photos, and neither a dirty balcony can disturb the greatness of this toy.

Thanks Graham, thanks Yamato!

PS: how is it going when sharing toys with your son? Or is it the perfect excuse to have twice as much of toys (you know, one for you, one for your son... )

[eugimon]

hmmm, now that we've seen graham's pic of battroid mode standing on it's own, we can kill the speculation that the yf-19 couldn't stand on it's own. haha

[kensei]

Also the speculation that it can't pull off very cool poses.

BTW, Graham, was that "uniboob" a pain in the ass when you wanted to do certain poses? Looks that way to me.

[UN Spacy]

thanks graham.

how the heck is the gunpod not straight in fighter??? how does something like that happen....

I'd like to know as well.

Hopefully it isn't a big problem.

[Twoducks]

Thanks for the review Graham.

Anybody else feel scared when looking at a ¥18,800 plastic toy next to a great big fall?

"The Yamato 1/60 YF-19; living on the edge of life"

[Fly4victory]

WOW! Grahams' review makes you buy!

Looks like I will have to buy a second to display in fighter.

Then a third for Gerwalk.

Damb, knew the new 19 was going to be addictive.

Edit: That photo is proof of tight joints!!!!!

Edited December 7, 2006 by Fly4victory

[rnurmin]

Thanks for the pics and review, Graham.

[charger69]

Thanks Graham!

This beauty will be my FIRST Macross toy

[jenius]

I like the color more in these pics than from some others I saw. Good to see this thing can stand

Your YF-19 totally poned any mildew.

[Macross73]

I just finished reading the review.

Great Work, cool pics.

Thanks for the Review Graham.

[recon]

Tks for the review graham! Very detailed and informative ..especially when you took the trouble to explore the tightness and content of the joints. Everything looks sturdy and beautiful except the misalignment of the gunpod thingy. Guess i could wait for the reissue version with the minor fixes done as im on a tight budget this month.

Graham, issit possible to provide a step by step transformation illustration of the elbows when transformed from fighter to battroid and battroid to fighter cos couldnt quite figure out how they twist and turn except for the bicep sliding up/down thingy (provision of locking mechanism). Tks

PS: Hows the negotiations going with yamato in rgds to releasing a super nova YF19? Any positive feedback?Tks

Edited December 7, 2006 by recon

[Kyp Durron]

Excellent review!!

Makes me glad that I pre-ordered mine...I just hope he gets them in and I get mine before X-mas.

-Kyp

Edited December 7, 2006 by Kyp Durron

[Briareos]

Thanks for the awesome review!! I can't wait to find this baby in the mail

[Temjin]

Thanks for the review Grahams, and very nice pics. The gunpod not straight doesn't bother me, I will not attach the gun in fighter mode. Like someone mentioned, the color look a lot better (lighter) in some of those pics.

I wish the feet Thrusters could go deeper inside (more anime like), but I guess it would interferes with the joints. Anyway, the fighter mode looks great in the side view.