VF-11B model kit

[sahir]

Hi all,

just wondering, does a VF-11B jet mode model kit exist?

does hasegawa plans to release it in the near future?

it would be great coz now i have both the 19 & 21 hasegawa kit, so the 11B would certainly complete the Mac plus jet...

thanks

[PetarB]

Hi Sahir

Many people would like the 1/72 VF-11B to exist! I don't think Hasegawa has any plans to release it. It was released some years ago as a short-run resin kit, although these days it's almost impossible to find.

I would be nice if someone made it available again...

[sahir]

PetarB

sad to hear that..

why wouldn't hasegawa make the 11B?

it'll sell like cakes if they make em...

[big F]

PetarB

sad to hear that..

why wouldn't hasegawa make the 11B?

it'll sell like cakes if they make em...

So true

[jontom]

I have the old 1/72 resin kit by Club-M, its pretty nice. It comes with FAST packs, rocket boosters, and a bunch of white metal parts to show open maintenance panels.

But a Hasegawa level of detail kit would be sweet!

-John

[Zinjo]

Makes one wonder if somehow it's tied up in the Bandai licensing of the VF-11C?

There is also the fact that it was never featured as a "hero" fighter, therefore Hasegawa may feel it wouldn't give them a decent return on their tooling investment.

Anyone ever seen a Hasegawa VF-5000 or a Macross Zero Octo? No, because they weren't "hero"/ "villan" mecha.

That is why the garage kit industry is so prominent in Japan. They fill the gaps that the major manufacturers leave open in terms of model kits...

[Fly4victory]

There is also the fact that it was never featured as a "hero" fighter, therefore Hasegawa may feel it wouldn't give them a decent return on their tooling investment.

Interesting, if Macross Plus Movie edition had kept Isamu's opening scene perhaps it could be called a "hero" fighter but even then I was colored like all the others in the OVA.

That thought also serves to explain why the VF-1A fighters are molded in white or low-vis gray and the VF-1A battroid was white only.

[Parker Midwinter]

Makes one wonder if somehow it's tied up in the Bandai licensing of the VF-11C?

There is also the fact that it was never featured as a "hero" fighter, therefore Hasegawa may feel it wouldn't give them a decent return on their tooling investment.

Anyone ever seen a Hasegawa VF-5000 or a Macross Zero Octo? No, because they weren't "hero"/ "villan" mecha.

That is why the garage kit industry is so prominent in Japan. They fill the gaps that the major manufacturers leave open in terms of model kits...

I don't think you could describe the VF-11 as anything BUT a hero... you saw the crash that it survived, thus saving Isamu... totally a Hero Fighter, and we totally need a kit of it from Hasegawa.