Yamato GN-U Non-transforming Macross Action Figures

[IIymij]

they dont look very agile in my opinion, i think the revoltechs look more posesible.

[crasis]

I love the pricepoint and all Macross Plus mecha, so these 3 shall be mine! Yeah, they won't be able to do crazy ninja stunts like my Revoltechs, but Valks aren't super robots to begin with.

[Mr March]

I'm very curious about the articulation. I'll be waiting to see what these figures can do.

[miriya]

I would doubt that they would have the articulation and poseablility of the revoltechs. I am impressed by the poses in these pre production pics already. Of the three I like the sculpt on the YF-21 the best, then the VF-11b, and lastly the YF-19. I still think that the YF-19 is a bit too chubby in parts. Still it is good enough for me and cheaper than a 1/60 transforming one (which I still really want but still cant afford or prioritize for). Overall still very excited about these and now especially the YF-21 which was a design that I originally did not care much for. This one is great!

Edit for insanity. Thanks ruskiiVFaussie!

Edited February 3, 2008 by miriya

[ruskiiVFaussie]

I love the pricepoint and all Macross Plus mecha, so these 3 shall be mine! Yeah, they won't be able to do crazy ninja stunts like my Revoltechs, but Valks aren't super robots to begin with.

Aren't super robots??? Blasphemy! With the likes of Isamu and Max's ability they could do anything they want!

Aren't super robots... peh!

[ruskiiVFaussie]

I would doubt that they would have the articulation and poseablility of the revoltechs. I am impressed by the poses in these pre production pics already. Of the three I like the sculpt on the YF-21 the best, then the VF-11b, and lastly the YF-21. I still think that the YF-21 is a bit too chubby in parts. Still it is good enough for me and cheaper than a 1/60 transforming one (which I still really want but still cant afford or prioritize for). Overall still very excited about these and now especially the YF-21 which was a design that I originally did not care much for. This one is great!

you misplaced 19 twice.

[miriya]

you misplaced 19 twice.

That kills me! Thanks for catching that. I will update my ridiculous post!

BTW I got the Tanmen SD YF-19 and YF-21 resin models! I have no idea what to do with them but am excited to see them complete someday!

[ruskiiVFaussie]

Sweet! Where did you get yours from? Pics Pics Pics! On the Hobbyfan website i placed a pre-order http://www.hobbyfan.com/product_info.php?p...s+VT-1Q+Ostrich

for this wayyyy cute VT-1 (SD?). I love it!

And i must admit the YF-19 is filthy too, http://www.hobbyfan.com/product_info.php?p...%2813cm+Long%29

i may just place an order...

Too bad they didn't do a SD YF-21!!! I'd be all over that one!

i know it's off topic, but i'll throw in this last link - http://www.hobbyfan.com/product_info.php?p...%2813cm+Long%29 VF-1S.

Edited February 3, 2008 by ruskiiVFaussie

[miriya]

Sweet! Where did you get yours from? Pics Pics Pics! On the Hobbyfan website i placed a pre-order http://www.hobbyfan.com/product_info.php?p...s+VT-1Q+Ostrich

for this wayyyy cute VT-1 (SD?). I love it!

And i must admit the YF-19 is filthy too, http://www.hobbyfan.com/product_info.php?p...%2813cm+Long%29

i may just place an order...

Too bad they didn't do a SD YF-21!!! I'd be all over that one!

i know it's off topic, but i'll throw in this last link - http://www.hobbyfan.com/product_info.php?p...%2813cm+Long%29 VF-1S.

PM sent....

[miriya]

There are some pics here... http://macrossworld.com/mwf/index.php?s=&a...st&p=555179

[miriya]

not the most current photos but you can see some more of the great models here

http://www.macrossworld.com/macross/models...m/uncm_main.htm

EDIT:

Apology for the Hijack. Sorry for being off topic.

Oh, I just realized, a lot of you may be watching the Super Bowl or whatever it is called. So you probably dont care if I hijack the white house as long as your team wins!

Bad bad bad me.

Edited February 3, 2008 by miriya

[ruskiiVFaussie]

haha, cheers mate i pm'd an order

[ruskiiVFaussie]

I feel let down no one laughed at my Excalibur pants quicky when i posted it. *cry cry*

Edited February 4, 2008 by ruskiiVFaussie

[TheLoneWolf]

New Pictures:

YF-19

YF-21

VF-11B

Is there a public link for those images you posted? Or did you find them by browsing the viewzoom directory?

[miriya]

ohhhh, what is the viewzoom directory? I want in!

[bandit29]

Those toys look alright I guess. I'd probably buy them.

So is there any truth to Kaiyodo not producing anymore Macross Revoltechs? Is this because of HG/Toynami's meddling again? Ugh I wish they'd just go away

[miriya]

I was really hoping for a revoltech VF-4, VF-1D, Yf-19, VF-5000, YF-21, and so on and so forth. Sad they did not make it past the VF-1 but hopefully this is all just bad rumors.

[lechuck]

Looking OK, I'll reserve final judgment until I see a factory produced version.

The YF-19 actually has better knee articulation than its bigger brethren and notice no canard wings on the toy.

Oh and shouldn't the gullet part under the nose cone be painted differently?

[TheLoneWolf]

ohhhh, what is the viewzoom directory? I want in!

If you're familiar with HTML, the viewzoom directory is the place where Yamato's website stores all of its high res images. Within this directory are also images that the public website lists as "Coming Soon," meaning that we (the public) are not supposed to be seeing these images yet. charger69 is linking directly to those images in his post. If Yamato's webmaster notices that these images are getting dozens of hits despite the fact that they're not listed publically, he or she may restrict direct linking to that folder, thus depriving us of high-res sneak peaks in the future. Rather than linking directly to Yamato's viewzoom directory, it'd be a better idea to include them as attachments within a post.

[wolfx]

Nice big gunpods.

And un-smooth surface i guess due to prototyping. Hope to see production shots.

[miriya]

If you're familiar with HTML, the viewzoom directory is the place where Yamato's website stores all of its high res images. Within this directory are also images that the public website lists as "Coming Soon," meaning that we (the public) are not supposed to be seeing these images yet. charger69 is linking directly to those images in his post. If Yamato's webmaster notices that these images are getting dozens of hits despite the fact that they're not listed publically, he or she may restrict direct linking to that folder, thus depriving us of high-res sneak peaks in the future. Rather than linking directly to Yamato's viewzoom directory, it'd be a better idea to include them as attachments within a post.

Ahhh, good call!

[miriya]

Sorry if this was already mentioned...

When are these going to be released?

[sidearmsalpha]

The YF-19 looks pretty chunky. I was hoping these would be more detailed. Here's what I was hopng for, but oh well...

[jenius]

The 21's gun looks.. out of place. They went for a slick stylized 21 with a gun that looks more like it'd go better with a brawny sculpt like the one shown on the 19.

[Ignacio Ocamica]

The 21's gun looks.. out of place. They went for a slick stylized 21 with a gun that looks more like it'd go better with a brawny sculpt like the one shown on the 19.

These are not the GNu line from Yamato This YF-19 has thicker upper arms and no movable knee joints. Look at the previous pictures and you'll see the differences.

[miriya]

The YF-19 looks pretty chunky. I was hoping these would be more detailed. Here's what I was hopng for, but oh well...

What are these ones? Who's models are they? Thanks for the pics.

[sidearmsalpha]

What are these ones? Who's models are they? Thanks for the pics.

I think the highly-stylized -19 and -21 are Wave kits. Not sure who made the other -19, but I think it was a kit, too. I hope Kaiyodo puts out Revoltech Macross Plus figures that are more dynamic looking like these. Or, better yet, if these are Wave kits, it would be cool to see Wave put out figures based on these. Wave does nice PVC character figures, so even if they weren't poseable, they would still look nice.

[miriya]

Here we GO!!!!

Linky HERE

[miriya]

Can someone translate this page to tell us when they will be released? Thanks.

[Sumdumgai]

YF-19, YF-21, and VF-11B in May. At least according to the individual pages concerning those battroids. Well it's written: 2008年5月

I can't read it, but it sure as hell looks like a date.

[nightmareB4macross]

The YF-19 looks pretty chunky. I was hoping these would be more detailed. Here's what I was hopng for, but oh well...

Damn, the legs on the YF-21 are very long!

Interesting, to say the least.

I might have to pick up a set just for fun.

[sqidd]

Those suckers look sweeeeet! I like how chunky they are.

[TheLoneWolf]

For a non-transformable mecha, the sculpt is average. The posability appears to be slightly above average, but nowhere near the Revoltechs. It's a good effort on Yamato's part, but I would've been more excited if we didn't already have transforming versions of these toys.

[Fly4victory]

I know that I am sick but is anyone else looking at the YF-21 and thinking with a few cuts it will be possible make a gerwalk and flighter???

[SuperHobo]

Looking at what Yamato is presenting in that little figure line-up it makes me wonder if there going to go all out and make high quality versions of say the Baxinger or the GoShogun. We know the chance of a 1/60 VF-11B is likely, but I think it would be awesome to see a highly detailed Baxinger toy as well. It also looks like Yamato will be including Dancouga and Dancouga Nova in this line up of figures as well.