vermillion01 Posted December 17, 2007 Posted December 17, 2007 Holy Crap!!!! Finally a YF-19 Batt with locking chest!!!! Quote
emerson Posted December 17, 2007 Posted December 17, 2007 I'm assuming at the prices mentioned that these will be all-plastic, right? Quote
warpaint22 Posted December 17, 2007 Posted December 17, 2007 If that's them in the pic miriya posted then I'll be happy, there's a place in my collection for non-transforming figures. Quote
Ignacio Ocamica Posted December 17, 2007 Posted December 17, 2007 They do look good!!! I'm not liking the YF-21 legs though Quote
sqidd Posted December 17, 2007 Posted December 17, 2007 Wow, if they look that good you can sign me up for sure! Quote
eriku Posted December 17, 2007 Posted December 17, 2007 They look really great from what I can see in that photo. Too bad I'm allergic to non-transforming toys of transforming mecha. Quote
miriya Posted December 17, 2007 Posted December 17, 2007 oooh, they do look pretty good. The exaggerated bell bottoms on the yf-21 are almost comical, imo. I kind of like it. It does look more "Cartoon". Ok, throw your stones again. I said "Cartoon" in relation to "Anime" so motherjumpin' kill me!! It is hard to tell from this tiny photo but I think I like the sculpt of this YF-21 more than the transforming one in Battroid mode. It will be easier to tell once both are in front of me of course though. Quote
Vic Mancini Posted December 17, 2007 Posted December 17, 2007 It is hard to tell from this tiny photo but I think I like the sculpt of this YF-21 more than the transforming one in Battroid mode. Well obviously. All 3 are going to look better than the B-modes of their perfect transformation counterparts because there are no limitations with the exaggeration they can use on a non transforming figure. Quote
do not disturb Posted December 17, 2007 Posted December 17, 2007 they look nice, definitely nicer than i thought they would, but they still don't transform. maybe when they come out and a few of you guys strike some poses, i might be lured into picking these up. Quote
Valkyrie addict Posted December 18, 2007 Posted December 18, 2007 I love they're big hands!! I wonder if perhaps Yamato will pack the three of them together in a huge box so they could still charge us above 100USD for them!?? hehehe Quote
Mr March Posted December 18, 2007 Posted December 18, 2007 HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! :lol: "big hands!" HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! :lol: Quote
miriya Posted January 8, 2008 Posted January 8, 2008 I am actually very excited about these. I do plan to get the VF-11, the YF-19 and the YF-21 in the GNU series. I do not have the variable VF-11 or YF-19 and am glad that they are making these because I was only going to pose them in Battroid mode anyway and so it will be cheaper. I know that soooooo many members have complimented the 1/60 YF-19 extensively and I do want one and almost bought one several times but I have not been able to prioritize this. I think it will take my seeing one in person and actually transforming one and posing it for me to really need one. Most of the poses of the variable YF-19 in Battroid I am not so keen on. Yes there are some great ones in the pose gallery, ruskiiVFaussie has some great poses and I forget who, but someone posed it with a rum bottle that looked great and some others for sure and the Yamato ad pose looked great. If I could afford it for sure, I would get 3 of the 1/60 YF-19 with FP but for my budget I may just have to wait and get the GNU. Also, if the 1/60 variable VF-11 looks badd ass enough I will be tempted. Quote
Lonely Soldier Boy Posted January 8, 2008 Posted January 8, 2008 First post on this thread: I too can't see the point in non transformig toys of transforming mecha, but I'm still in the fence for more pics. Too bad about the 21's feet. This isn't anime accurate at all. Yamato seems to have some serious issues about the 21's legs: Either they are too skinny or too fat! I hope we see lots of Regults and some DYRL and TV Q-Raus. And for God's sake, somebody give us some destroids already! It's been like what, 20 years since the last destroid toy? Jeez! Quote
Sumdumgai Posted January 8, 2008 Posted January 8, 2008 I want a MKI Monster with ZOMGWTFCLAW! "It's for catching planes. And eating them." I do seriously want some sort of monster destroid. Quote
1/1 LowViz Lurker Posted January 8, 2008 Posted January 8, 2008 (edited) More pics of these things would be nice. I'm interested in how they capture the look of the lineart in battroid mode. Remember that whenever a robot appears in battroid mode in anime it's starts to get popeye's forearm muscles, exagerated thickness in the legs to make it look tougher than it really is, and certain features like shoulders are spread apart for a more intimidating look. (which is why I like having the bandai 1/65 stuff in battroid mode because it seems like they deliberately target the robot fan over the fighter mode fan) The big hands!!!! No more unstable girly wrists that wobble around when you try to get it to hold the gunpods. I think I will end up collecting these starting with my fave robots from the macross plus ova. But as always my main priority is still the PT valks. Destroids would kick ass since they'd not lose anything being in a non-transforming line. If they do the destroids: could you pleease make them to scale against the vf-1 though? I see myself putting a destroid near a VF-1 but not necesarily putting vf-1 near any macross plus valks. And yeah if they do the glaug, maybe they could also have the glaug booster attachment in a giftset arrangment? Edited January 8, 2008 by 1/1 LowViz Lurker Quote
Maximiria Posted January 8, 2008 Posted January 8, 2008 100% agree with lonely soldier, why are yamato incapable of doing a decent yf-21 sculpt? And why the hell didn't they use this opportunity to release oh I dunno, some non-transforming figures of NON-TRANSFORMABLE MECHA!? Even a zentradi soldier woudl have been nice. I'm so glad I didn't start collecting 1/60's looks like I saved myself alot of disappointment, oh and money. Quote
1/1 LowViz Lurker Posted January 8, 2008 Posted January 8, 2008 (edited) A zentradi soldier is a flesh and blood person. Not a mecha. Wouldn't you rather the chicken walking machines or a Qrau they use to fight in over the pilot? Seems kinda strange to want an action figure of the pilot. The mecha are the focus of the fighting. I'll take a zentradi power armor over the giant itself any day. Edited January 8, 2008 by 1/1 LowViz Lurker Quote
Dante74 Posted January 8, 2008 Posted January 8, 2008 You realy think Yamato would launch a new product line by releasing the less poular mechs like Destroids and Regults before the more popular ones? Quote
1/1 LowViz Lurker Posted January 8, 2008 Posted January 8, 2008 (edited) But the VB6 Monster came out, and 1/60 Qrau came out. Maybe they are feeling lucky? At some point later down the track after the popular stuff is released I would love to see the unpopular destroids. Yamato have milked you all enough of the vf-1 and there are so many other companies releasing toys of the other popular mecha. These are cheaper toys so maybe the risk is less for the releasing of the less popular stuff? Edited January 8, 2008 by 1/1 LowViz Lurker Quote
Maximiria Posted January 8, 2008 Posted January 8, 2008 (edited) But the VB6 Monster came out, and 1/60 Qrau came out. Maybe they are feeling lucky? At some point later down the track after the popular stuff is released I would love to see the unpopular destroids. Yamato have milked you all enough of the vf-1 and there are so many other companies releasing toys of the other popular mecha. These are cheaper toys so maybe the risk is less for the releasing of the less popular stuff? Exactly! Especially the milking part. By zentradi mecha I was referring to the male power armor or w/e it's called here, that and the destroids got plenty of screen time yet no large figures exist. I'm not crazy about the regulds if I want a chicken-leg mecha I'll get a 21 As for the soldiers not being mecha who cares? Lurker are you serously trying to tell me that you would buy more figures of stuff you already have, that have already been released by other manufacturers before you bought a 1/60 or 1/48 Britai figure? Last time I checked this site was for MACROSS fans and not exclusively for mecha-addicts. Edited January 8, 2008 by Maximiria Quote
Dante74 Posted January 8, 2008 Posted January 8, 2008 Exactly! Especially the milking part. By zentradi mecha I was referring to the male power armor or w/e it's called here, that and the destroids got plenty of screen time yet no large figures exist. I'm not crazy about the regulds if I want a chicken-leg mecha I'll get a 21 As for the soldiers not being mecha who cares? Lurker are you serously trying to tell me that you would buy more figures of stuff you already have, that have already been released by other manufacturers before you bought a 1/60 or 1/48 Britai figure? Last time I checked this site was for MACROSS fans and not exclusively for mecha-addicts. Last time I checked this GNU line we're discussing here is a line of MECHA toys, not a line of action figures. Quote
Maximiria Posted January 8, 2008 Posted January 8, 2008 (edited) Last time I checked this GNU line we're discussing here is a line of MECHA toys, not a line of action figures. Actually the title says nothing about mecha macross /= mecha The cool mecha are only a part of macross. "a new line of highly articulated, non-transforming action figures" Well look at that! ACTION FIGURES! It seems to me that a new line of action figures is EXACTLY what we're talking about. Edited January 8, 2008 by Maximiria Quote
Dante74 Posted January 8, 2008 Posted January 8, 2008 The topic title says "Yamato to Release new line of non-transforming toys" Look at the very small text under the word GN-U. It says Ultimate Super Robot Selection. Quote
eugimon Posted January 8, 2008 Posted January 8, 2008 (edited) ... does the head of the yf-19 look a little off to anyone else? Edited January 8, 2008 by eugimon Quote
sqidd Posted January 8, 2008 Posted January 8, 2008 I'm excited about this line. I never transform my toys anuway, If I want one in batroid and fighter I get two and leave them that way. It would be nice to get some rock solid batroitds to add to the collection. I'm thinking all of them, LOL. They would also make for killer customs! Quote
ruskiiVFaussie Posted January 8, 2008 Posted January 8, 2008 Yeah we know how much fun you had with your Revy's Squidd, and you did a great job. Quote
Maximiria Posted January 8, 2008 Posted January 8, 2008 The topic title says "Yamato to Release new line of non-transforming toys" Look at the very small text under the word GN-U. It says Ultimate Super Robot Selection. OH! thank you for that informing piece of information! but Graham specifically called them action figures in the OP and "toy" /= "mecha" so maybe you can go correct him and tell him to update when ur done being a soldier hater? Vf1's without Zentradi just isn't macross! Quote
Dante74 Posted January 8, 2008 Posted January 8, 2008 OH! thank you for that informing piece of information! but Graham specifically called them action figures in the OP and "toy" /= "mecha" so maybe you can go correct him and tell him to update when ur done being a soldier hater? Vf1's without Zentradi just isn't macross! Maybe you didn't read my last post. The topic title says "Yamato to Release new line of non-transforming toys" Look at the very small text under the word GN-U. It says Ultimate Super Robot Selection. This doesn't mean that I don't want Yamato to make any Zentreadi toys. I'd welcome any non-transforming mecha/action they produce as long as it has enough gimmicks/poseability. Quote
TheLoneWolf Posted January 24, 2008 Posted January 24, 2008 new pic I think from Toysdaily Maybe it's the lighting, but those look like something Toynami would produce. The YF-19 looks a little chubby and the three overall look like they're lacking even the most basic details such as panel lines. Quote
Ignacio Ocamica Posted January 24, 2008 Posted January 24, 2008 (edited) Thanks for the new pic!!! I don't like them too fat. They're a big deviation from the lineart I know they're action figures but I was expecting something else. Thank god there's the 1/60's Edited January 24, 2008 by Ignacio Ocamica Quote
aaajin Posted January 24, 2008 Posted January 24, 2008 I have a feelin Yamato will scrap this project due to its unpopularity....unless if they can offer them dirt cheap....why not? Quote
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