Jasonc Posted April 20, 2011 Posted April 20, 2011 (edited) I'm sure my monitor is fine, I'm a marketing manager/graphic artist by trade All I know is that when I compare it to the Macross kite at the top left of these forums, the VF-29 looks a little off when it comes to what's truly red. Even if it was blood red and white I still would have to paint it. I'm always biased to the more realistic paint schemes like the Moon Shooters VF-22 in my avatar. But I'm with you on seeing about the quality of this one first. I had the movie version Alto custom and it was disappointing. The head wouldn't even stay up in batt mode. My wife has a BFA in Visual Communications/Graphic Design and is a senior designer/art director, and she can verify, it's definitely not pink. If you're comparing to the kite on top of the website, that's red, too, with some of the kite a little lighter and darker in various areas. Open up the image in photoshop and take samples of the red, and you'll see that most samples have both the magenta and yellow settings between 85-95%. In regards to the other variant colors of the 29, a grey, dark grey version would be well worth the money, as long as it's not as glossy as the plastic has been on previous Macross Valkyrie products by Bandai. Just kills the "cool" effect of the toy in my opinion, with it super shiny. Edited April 20, 2011 by Jasonc
jenius Posted April 20, 2011 Posted April 20, 2011 (edited) It kills me that so many MWers have grown to like their toys dull. Models are dull and realistic. Toys are shiny. Imagine if Optimus Prime were dull gray and black... (instead of purple* and pink*) he'd be a lame Ultra Magnus knock-off. * as per Low_Alt's vision Can someone spell out for me what's different about the hip and the knife in those photos? I don't have my DX-25 out so I can't immediately see what improvements have been made. EDIT - "kills" is waayyyy too strong a word. Edited April 20, 2011 by jenius
raptormesh Posted April 20, 2011 Posted April 20, 2011 (edited) It kills me that so many MWers have grown to like their toys dull. Models are dull and realistic. Toys are shiny. Imagine if Optimus Prime were dull gray and black... (instead of purple* and pink*) he'd be a lame Ultra Magnus knock-off. I see what you're getting at, but I treat my valks like transformable models for display and rarely zoom them around. This is great because I have neither the skill nor time to build models. That being said I still preordered this valk as it seems pretty darn interesting, and I liked it in the movie. Edited April 20, 2011 by raptormesh
eugimon Posted April 20, 2011 Posted April 20, 2011 (edited) neat, a pointier knife. Edited April 20, 2011 by eugimon
Reïvaj Posted April 20, 2011 Posted April 20, 2011 But still not articulated hands, that’s kind of a shame…
pud333 Posted April 20, 2011 Posted April 20, 2011 (edited) LOL. People are still debating if it is red or pink? It's red. RED! There are various shades of red, just like any other color, but in the end, it is red. Collectors really get me. Honestly, it's the first hero valk from MF that we've received that seems to be what the original VF-25s should have been. Sure, a few things are off, but I for one am very excited to get this puppy. Edited April 20, 2011 by pud333
ff95gj Posted April 21, 2011 Posted April 21, 2011 It kills me that so many MWers have grown to like their toys dull. Models are dull and realistic. Toys are shiny. Imagine if Optimus Prime were dull gray and black... (instead of purple* and pink*) he'd be a lame Ultra Magnus knock-off. * as per Low_Alt's vision Can someone spell out for me what's different about the hip and the knife in those photos? I don't have my DX-25 out so I can't immediately see what improvements have been made. EDIT - "kills" is waayyyy too strong a word. I don't agree that "models are dull and toys are shiny". It depends on the mech, not whether it's a toy or model. I like my Mazinger shiny and valks mat.
Jasonc Posted April 21, 2011 Posted April 21, 2011 Yeah, I have to agree. I think for Prime, he's a truck, and trucks are meant to haul, yes, but also have shine when they are cleaned and waxed. Fighter jets, I don't see it working too much on those. There is some dimension of reality that people want in their toys, even if to only look like what they saw on t.v. I don't need them to be ultra realistic to where they compromise the playability, but, well, that's where I come with that.
Renato Posted April 21, 2011 Posted April 21, 2011 Imagine if Optimus Prime were dull gray and black... He'd be a robot in disguise for sure. I never understood why they totally forgot that concept. I know they're toys, but some of the garish colours they brought out during the G2 years... ugh. It's like they were dipped in a vat of Day-Glo and Global Hypercolor mix. And don't get me started on G2 Optimus Prime, with his name emblazoned in huge letters all along the length of the trailer. Many people over the years have brought up the "Toy versus model" debate, but let's face the fact that the line has blurred so much over the years that now we don't even bat an eyelid when we see Yamato producing kit forms of their toys.
Midi_Amp Posted April 24, 2011 Posted April 24, 2011 Fresh from Cyber Gundam site Source Shoulders open to reveal missile bay? This toy is awesome!
raptormesh Posted April 24, 2011 Posted April 24, 2011 Oh wow, long landing gears, and swiveling wing engines! The missiles are just icing.
ff95gj Posted April 24, 2011 Posted April 24, 2011 In advance: I haven't watched the Wings of Goodbye and avoided any spoils as much as possible. I just notice that the YF-29 is marked "Alto Custom". Does that mean...
SuperHobo Posted April 24, 2011 Posted April 24, 2011 It appears there's also a new pilot sculpt. Excellent.
MacrossJunkie Posted April 24, 2011 Posted April 24, 2011 Nice, they finally made it so the knife stows away in the tip of the shield. I'm relieved about the pilot. Seems like Bandai finally decided to go all out with this toy. It even seems to fix things that the VF-27 DX didn't address. Hopefully it won't turn into a floppy mess over time just from being displayed. I guess this would be the first VF that can do VTOL without leaving fighter mode (such as going to GERWALK)?
anime52k8 Posted April 24, 2011 Posted April 24, 2011 (edited) I guess this would be the first VF that can do VTOL without leaving fighter mode (such as going to GERWALK)? the VF-1 could do it... Edited April 24, 2011 by anime52k8
Dobber Posted April 24, 2011 Posted April 24, 2011 Holy crap!! That looks awesome!! Now I have to wait for a hopeful re-release since it's sold out everywhere. Chris
Andy NYK Posted April 24, 2011 Posted April 24, 2011 Nice, they finally made it so the knife stows away in the tip of the shield. I'm relieved about the pilot. Seems like Bandai finally decided to go all out with this toy. It even seems to fix things that the VF-27 DX didn't address. Hopefully it won't turn into a floppy mess over time just from being displayed. That is WINNING on all fronts. Holy crap!! That looks awesome!! Now I have to wait for a hopeful re-release since it's sold out everywhere. Chris bandai really made this valk with more heart & brain this time.
Dobber Posted April 24, 2011 Posted April 24, 2011 (edited) Yeah no kidding. Since i can't read Japanese, I just picture what ever is written at the top of that scan, The portion in Large red print, saying something like.... "DX- YF-29..Look, we didn't phone it in this time!" or "DX-YF-29..Now with actual landing gear and pilot!" Chris Edited April 24, 2011 by Dobber
CF18 Posted April 24, 2011 Posted April 24, 2011 Well even Yamato went through 3 generation of VF-1 to get us 1:60 VF-1 v2. 1:48 was good but missed two seats and had chicken fingers. Even the hi-metal VF-1 can be counted as 3rd gen from Bandai after 1:55 and HCM, plus ideas from Yamato.
D' only Posted April 24, 2011 Posted April 24, 2011 Is there a Poster from the Bottom Left of the scan?
UN Spacy Posted April 24, 2011 Author Posted April 24, 2011 Is there a Poster from the Bottom Left of the scan? Yes. That's most likely the design for it. It'll be B2 sized just like the first run posters that came with the Tornado and VF-27.
Vic Mancini Posted April 24, 2011 Posted April 24, 2011 LOL. People are still debating if it is red or pink? It's red. RED! There are various shades of red, just like any other color, but in the end, it is red. Pink is a shade of red. Just sayin'.
valhary Posted April 24, 2011 Posted April 24, 2011 the missile bays is a nice touch also I can see that you can save the knife in the shield like the model kit (vf 25) and confirmed the long and slim landing gear but I really need to know if the pilot is removable and if so it will be a really hard decision between this and the fire
CF18 Posted April 24, 2011 Posted April 24, 2011 - 可動指 should mean movable finger. - Dagger can be stored in the shield. - Twin seat. - Knee joint can bend forward to 90 deg. - Landing gears that is not a joke. They may just got it right this time.
anime52k8 Posted April 24, 2011 Posted April 24, 2011 Yeah no kidding. Since i can't read Japanese, I just picture what ever is written at the top of that scan, The portion in Large red print, saying something like.... "DX- YF-29..Look, we didn't phone it in this time!" or "DX-YF-29..Now with actual landing gear and pilot!" Chris more like "DX Chogokin YF-29, in three months it will be too floppy to stand!"
Jasonc Posted April 25, 2011 Posted April 25, 2011 It's nice to see the landing clear actually clear the giant gun and look like they could function like landing gear should. I hope the pilot is removable and looks like a 1/60 figure. I know the Bandai figs in the cockpits seem to look much smaller. I hope the paint holds up, and I'm not gonna go all out and say that this is the be all/end all to all the fixes, but at least it's a step forward. Hope it's a giant leap forward moreso than a simple step.
MacrossJunkie Posted April 25, 2011 Posted April 25, 2011 the VF-1 could do it... Ummm... how? It doesn't have anything on it that would allow it to do a vertical take off short of at least starting out in half GERWALK.
eugimon Posted April 25, 2011 Posted April 25, 2011 Ummm... how? It doesn't have anything on it that would allow it to do a vertical take off short of at least starting out in half GERWALK. They show it DYRL. The ventral verniers in fighter mode are strong enough to get the VF-1 off the ground and into GERWALK mode. And if the VF-1 can do it, most likely all subsequent valks can do it as well.
treatment Posted April 25, 2011 Posted April 25, 2011 They show it DYRL. The ventral verniers in fighter mode are strong enough to get the VF-1 off the ground and into GERWALK mode. And if the VF-1 can do it, most likely all subsequent valks can do it as well. you mean the Super-O, right?
Black Valkyrie Posted April 25, 2011 Posted April 25, 2011 more like "DX Chogokin YF-29, in three months it will be too floppy to stand!" Only time will tell.
Reïvaj Posted April 25, 2011 Posted April 25, 2011 Do you think Bandai will ever release the Super Pack for the YF-29? It looks cool!!! http://www.gundammodelkits.com/pictures-of-macross-yf-29-with-super-pack.html
UN Spacy Posted April 25, 2011 Author Posted April 25, 2011 Hopefully. It'll most likely be a Tamashii web exclusive.
chen Posted April 25, 2011 Posted April 25, 2011 So there's two different kinds of Fast Packs for the YF-29? One looks like a regular version and a upgraded version which honestly looks like it's gonna fire a flower at you lol.
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