eugimon Posted May 19, 2008 Posted May 19, 2008 Why do you keep reading these yamato threads then? Are you the toy version of the crazy evangelist guy?
misterryno Posted May 19, 2008 Posted May 19, 2008 FYI, you're not suppose to take too much. They make your gunpod small. And jam your firing. You seem to be too happy for a normal person, better stay away from them. Just a friendly advice. Oh yeah.....I DEFINETLY do not need them!
danth Posted May 19, 2008 Posted May 19, 2008 Damn you people and your posts. Where are all the new pics? Another question: Does anyone think this toy is gonna come with 2 different nosecone tips? Like a longer and shorter one? I think that would be awesome.
VFTF1 Posted May 19, 2008 Posted May 19, 2008 I think Beware of Blast is posting in these threads because he wants high quality Valkyrie rather than break-when-you-look-at-me-wrong Valkyrie. I respect that and agree with it. I'm not making excuses for Yamato - just trying to understand. Far as I can tell - the answer to why the problems keep happening is this: They are going something tremendously difficult and expensive for a niche market that all in all is very small and given the high price of their product is unlikely to ever expand vastly. Ergo - to be blunt - I doubt they huge profit margins and wonder if they even have much of a profit margin - and if so - I wager that they re-invest it. Their only hope is to so perfect this stuff that price comes down, quality increases and demand for high end Macross products remains constant (not even saying it has to go up - but at least that it won't drop). Hopefully they will eventually get things on the right track. Besides - if it were just a matter of qc or using better plastic or something really simple, then some other company would have long ago given us better quality Valkyrie than yamato... I dunno... just speculating is all VFTF1
ghostryder Posted May 19, 2008 Posted May 19, 2008 (edited) Another question: Does anyone think this toy is gonna come with 2 different nosecone tips? Like a longer and shorter one? I think that would be awesome. I'd think not, if you look at the side-view curvature of the nose area behind the radome, there's really no way to accomodate a longer radome without looking discontinuous. Honestly, the more I stare at the fighter mode, the nose really isn't THAT much shorter proportionally than the 1/48. It's the bigger re-shaped intakes that give the overall illusion of shortness/stubbiness. It's the price we pay to eliminate the low-hanging shoulder syndrome, I guess. Edited May 19, 2008 by ghostryder
misterryno Posted May 19, 2008 Posted May 19, 2008 Damn you people and your posts. Where are all the new pics? Another question: Does anyone think this toy is gonna come with 2 different nosecone tips? Like a longer and shorter one? I think that would be awesome. About the tip....that is a cool idea. I don't think that it will though because they made it stubier already so that it would'nt hang below the knees.
Vegas Posted May 19, 2008 Posted May 19, 2008 Damn you people and your posts. Where are all the new pics? Another question: Does anyone think this toy is gonna come with 2 different nosecone tips? Like a longer and shorter one? I think that would be awesome. im with you on this
danth Posted May 19, 2008 Posted May 19, 2008 I'd think not, if you look at the side-view curvature of the nose area behind the radome, there's really no way to accomodate a longer radome without looking discontinuous.I know exactly what you mean, but is the area behind the radome really curved? It looks like it's fairly straight to me. Based on what I've seen, I think it's still possible, but perhaps your eye is keener than mine. This is the valkyrie toy I've been waiting for, though. It looks perfect to me. Now all I need is a 1/60 VF-11 and VF-4 and I'll be done.
Kyp Durron Posted May 19, 2008 Posted May 19, 2008 I know exactly what you mean, but is the area behind the radome really curved? It looks like it's fairly straight to me. Based on what I've seen, I think it's still possible, but perhaps your eye is keener than mine. This is the valkyrie toy I've been waiting for, though. It looks perfect to me. Now all I need is a 1/60 VF-11 and VF-4 and I'll be done. If I remember right, there is no removable nose cone, it's fixed like the flaps are. -Kyp
Scream Man Posted May 19, 2008 Posted May 19, 2008 yep, thats how i remember it being. i think the main valk itself has no removable parts except the intake covers.
Vifam7 Posted May 20, 2008 Posted May 20, 2008 (edited) I'd think not, if you look at the side-view curvature of the nose area behind the radome, there's really no way to accomodate a longer radome without looking discontinuous. Honestly, the more I stare at the fighter mode, the nose really isn't THAT much shorter proportionally than the 1/48. It's the bigger re-shaped intakes that give the overall illusion of shortness/stubbiness. You might be right about the illusion. But I'm more inclined to think that it's not the reshaped intakes that give the short stubbiness look but rather the reshaped canopy. The canopy looks a bit bigger this time around with a more pronounced bubble. Looks a bit like the DYRL lineart look than the TV lineart look. Edited May 20, 2008 by Vifam7
Beware of Blast Posted May 20, 2008 Posted May 20, 2008 The nose option idea is fantastic. It caters to both lovers of the fighter and battroid. And best of all, it's workable - only Yamato needs to make it work.
danth Posted May 20, 2008 Posted May 20, 2008 The nose option idea is fantastic. It caters to both lovers of the fighter and battroid. And best of all, it's workable - only Yamato needs to make it work. Yay, you nailed it! Exactly what I had in mind. Nice work.
ruskiiVFaussie Posted May 20, 2008 Posted May 20, 2008 The single seater seat position wouldn't seem so cramped either with a longer nosecone. I nominate our legendary recasters to fix this problem for us! NMB4M and SILVERDRAGON!
Kyp Durron Posted May 20, 2008 Posted May 20, 2008 The single seater seat position wouldn't seem so cramped either with a longer nosecone. I nominate our legendary recasters to fix this problem for us! NMB4M and SILVERDRAGON! I wonder just how many people are gonna be brave enough to chop off the nose cones on their new 1/60's to put a longer one on? -Kyp
misterryno Posted May 20, 2008 Posted May 20, 2008 I wonder just how many people are gonna be brave enough to chop off the nose cones on their new 1/60's to put a longer one on? -Kyp Not me. I welcome the stubby.
danth Posted May 20, 2008 Posted May 20, 2008 I wonder just how many people are gonna be brave enough to chop off the nose cones on their new 1/60's to put a longer one on? If we're just talking about the tip, it's a separate piece. So you'd just need a screw driver, right? I was hoping Yamato would make it so the nose cone snaps in and out, and then they could just include a long and short version.
miriya Posted May 20, 2008 Posted May 20, 2008 Not me. I welcome the stubby. I am so tempted to reply to this. SO TEMPTED!
misterryno Posted May 20, 2008 Posted May 20, 2008 I am so tempted to reply to this. SO TEMPTED! You just did
miriya Posted May 20, 2008 Posted May 20, 2008 My good friend in tokyo got me this. He will be sending it to me soon. Yamato magazine...
misterryno Posted May 20, 2008 Posted May 20, 2008 My good friend in tokyo got me this. He will be sending it to me soon. Yamato magazine... Cooooooooollllllio! I want one. Do you have a scanner that you will be able to get us some pics out of there? Unless we already have them of course.
miriya Posted May 20, 2008 Posted May 20, 2008 Cooooooooollllllio! I want one. Do you have a scanner that you will be able to get us some pics out of there? Unless we already have them of course. I do not have a scanner but it would be a good service to the community to post the pages up here. If they are not already somewhere up here then I will maybe take it down to Kinkos or something.
misterryno Posted May 20, 2008 Posted May 20, 2008 I do not have a scanner but it would be a good service to the community to post the pages up here. If they are not already somewhere up here then I will maybe take it down to Kinkos or something. Right on. Although now that I am thinking about it. There may be pics posted already. Anyone know?
do not disturb Posted May 20, 2008 Posted May 20, 2008 i don't mind the stubby nose cone but if someone makes a recast, i'm sure i'll buy it.
miriya Posted May 20, 2008 Posted May 20, 2008 Any news on the future line up on these? I want VF-1D, Milia with red GBP armor, and TV Hikaru as well as the ostrich and elintseeker.
lechuck Posted May 20, 2008 Posted May 20, 2008 I want my VF-1S Hikaru. And still no damn bloody evidence of side covers!!! Come on Yamato don't disappoint me now...
Shin Densetsu Kai 7.0 Posted May 20, 2008 Posted May 20, 2008 And still no damn bloody evidence of side covers!!! This is going to sound stupid, but what exactly are these side covers people are talking about?
kaiotheforsaken Posted May 20, 2008 Posted May 20, 2008 Those little plastic dealies that hide the gap between the chest and the back I think. Didn't they come with the GBP set or something?
misterryno Posted May 20, 2008 Posted May 20, 2008 Those little plastic dealies that hide the gap between the chest and the back I think. Didn't they come with the GBP set or something? That's correct.
s001 Posted May 20, 2008 Posted May 20, 2008 I just hope they don't 'cut' the nose on the VT-1 like they did with the old 1/60. I don't know why they did that in the first place. the nose of the VT-1 looks exactly like the other valks noses in the animation. As for the lineart I admit it looks more rounded but I think it's because most of the lineart are rough sketches.
ruskiiVFaussie Posted May 21, 2008 Posted May 21, 2008 I actually like that little cut they did on the VT-1, i gotta re-look thourgh my lineart stuff though so i kno better off.
ruskiiVFaussie Posted May 21, 2008 Posted May 21, 2008 (edited) I want that mag too! Where can we get one?? Graham please tell Yamato to release this mag to retailers like hlj.com, i toy'd with the idea of buying hobby mags but i'm like only buying them for 3 to 4 pages. >_< Just looking at the YF-21 spread... WOW. B T W you can see a good pic of the legs and arms detached for De-Limiter mode!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Edited May 21, 2008 by ruskiiVFaussie
ruskiiVFaussie Posted May 21, 2008 Posted May 21, 2008 (edited) WIN! Just need to use flexi stand and cut out that black connector stand thinghy. Edited May 21, 2008 by ruskiiVFaussie
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