Graham Posted September 1, 2011 Posted September 1, 2011 He forgot the shoulder packs. The VF-17 Super Pack does not included any packs mounted on the shoulders! If you mean the back-mounted packs, they are still there, but you can't see them much as the arms mostly block the veiw of them. Graham
Mommar Posted September 1, 2011 Posted September 1, 2011 (edited) Issue # 29. It was the cover pic. Graham Thanks for the pic. Unfortunately due to the angle it makes me wonder why he even bothered with the packs. Edited September 1, 2011 by Mommar
Ignacio Ocamica Posted September 1, 2011 Posted September 1, 2011 Can't believe there's no new prototype pics yet!!! I have model graphix, dengeki hobby and hobby japan november/december magazines on preorder, anticipating any new article Yamato might publish
VF5SS Posted September 1, 2011 Posted September 1, 2011 Can't believe there's no new prototype pics yet!!! well there was this from a few pages back
Ignacio Ocamica Posted September 1, 2011 Posted September 1, 2011 well there was this from a few pages back Yes, the only pic we have so far!! Someone should access Graham's phone, he said he has tons of nice pics
Graham Posted September 2, 2011 Posted September 2, 2011 Yes, the only pic we have so far!! Someone should access Graham's phone, he said he has tons of nice pics Yep, some nice side and top view fighter mode pics and front and rear view battroid mode Graham
ff95gj Posted September 2, 2011 Posted September 2, 2011 Yep, some nice side and top view fighter mode pics and front and rear view battroid mode Graham It would be there by X'mas, right?
Graham Posted September 2, 2011 Posted September 2, 2011 It would be there by X'mas, right? If all goes to plan. Graham
wewe Posted September 9, 2011 Posted September 9, 2011 I hope this comes out with the same shiny hard plastic as the Fire Valk.
MacrossJunkie Posted September 9, 2011 Posted September 9, 2011 I hope this comes out with the same shiny hard plastic as the Fire Valk. I think it will be the same semi-gloss texture that Yamato usually uses. The only reason the Fire Valk and the upcoming VF-19s are glossy is because the Fire Valk is supposed to be a glossy show bird and I think it was said that Kawamori requested the toy to be so. It was also too much trouble to change the texture for the other VF-19 variants since they share a lot of parts.
Reïvaj Posted September 9, 2011 Posted September 9, 2011 IIRC, Graham said it'll have the usual Yamato finish.
raptormesh Posted September 9, 2011 Posted September 9, 2011 IIRC, Graham said it'll have the usual Yamato finish. Thank goodness for that.
Ignacio Ocamica Posted September 9, 2011 Posted September 9, 2011 Thank goodness for that. +1 Don't want my VF-17's to be shiny birds.
EXO Posted September 9, 2011 Posted September 9, 2011 the only ones coming with the glossy finish will be the 19 variants because they started off with the Fire Valk.
Bub Posted September 13, 2011 Posted September 13, 2011 the only ones coming with the glossy finish will be the 19 variants because they started off with the Fire Valk. And I hope the new YF-19 reverts back to the usual Yamato finish.
Shin Densetsu Kai 7.0 Posted September 16, 2011 Posted September 16, 2011 Oh man. That settles it. Might get the 17D for solo look, 17S for FAST PACKS! Nightmare is one of the best designs with FAST packs!
ae_productions Posted September 16, 2011 Posted September 16, 2011 Oh man. That settles it. Might get the 17D for solo look, 17S for FAST PACKS! Nightmare is one of the best designs with FAST packs! Hell yes it is. Glad I have a few months to start saving for this bad boy. If it costs as much as the Fire Valk, I'm gonna need to start saving NOW!
Loop Posted September 16, 2011 Posted September 16, 2011 If I can pull it off I am going to get 1x VF-17S and 2x VF-17D.
ff95gj Posted September 16, 2011 Posted September 16, 2011 If I can pull it off I am going to get 1x VF-17S and 2x VF-17D. I was thinking about that too. But then I would have to get 1x VF-19S and 2x VF-19F.
Jasonc Posted September 16, 2011 Posted September 16, 2011 Buy lotto tickets, cause I'd love to get the entire Diamond Force and Emerald Force. BOMBAAAAA!!!
raptormesh Posted September 16, 2011 Posted September 16, 2011 I'm going for 2xVF-17D so it's gonna be a long wait and lot of envious browsing .
Loop Posted September 17, 2011 Posted September 17, 2011 I was thinking about that too. But then I would have to get 1x VF-19S and 2x VF-19F. That's the point
Shin Densetsu Kai 7.0 Posted September 22, 2011 Posted September 22, 2011 Good god the fighter mode looks sexy as hell. Battroid looks good too. Forgot if this was answered, is the upcoming 1/60 Nightmare able to pose arms in both normal, and high speed mode as described in translations from Macross Ace and/or a similar magazine?
Reïvaj Posted September 22, 2011 Posted September 22, 2011 So what do you think guys about the new CAD? Now we can see colours, head sculpt, general proportions... The fighter mode does look nice, doesn't it? Source: http://blog.yahoo.com/cybergundam/articles/49953/index
charger69 Posted September 22, 2011 Author Posted September 22, 2011 (edited) So what do you think guys about the new CAD? Now we can see colours, head sculpt, general proportions... The fighter mode does look nice, doesn't it? Source: http://blog.yahoo.com/cybergundam/articles/49953/index IMO CADs are a bit misleading in terms of general feel of a toy. The first time I saw VF-19's CAD, I was kind of disappointed, but when on hand VF-19 is super awesome Yamato's CAD images look like pachinko games' graphics and need more rendering time if they have an intention to use colored CAD images as a way of promotion. I always prefer unpainted prototypes over CADs Edited September 22, 2011 by charger69
Mommar Posted September 22, 2011 Posted September 22, 2011 So what do you think guys about the new CAD? Now we can see colours, head sculpt, general proportions... The fighter mode does look nice, doesn't it? Source: http://blog.yahoo.com/cybergundam/articles/49953/index Compared to the old wireframe CAD I think this colored one in Battroid looks horrible. The VF-19S next to it on Yamato's blog also looks horrible and we've already pretty much seen how good the actual sculpt is on the VF-19 Kai. Why bother releasing these images, they don't do the VF-19 any favors so I'm assuming (hoping) the 17 also isn't represented well here.
Reïvaj Posted September 22, 2011 Posted September 22, 2011 Yamato's CAD images look like pachinko games' graphics and need more rendering time if they have an intention to use colored CAD images as a way of promotion. I agree. There’s something I’ve noticed as well: the nose cone in fighter mode seems to be longer than in previous CADs and the only grainy pic of the prototype we’ve seen before, though it’s possibly only due to the forced perspective of the drawing. It’s not that I don’t like it but it makes it look closer to a VF-171…
valhary Posted September 22, 2011 Posted September 22, 2011 I still waiting that yamato authorized to Graham show us a little pics
Twoducks Posted September 22, 2011 Posted September 22, 2011 Unpainted resin proto pics would look a lot better for promotion.
Mommar Posted September 22, 2011 Posted September 22, 2011 I agree. There’s something I’ve noticed as well: the nose cone in fighter mode seems to be longer than in previous CADs and the only grainy pic of the prototype we’ve seen before, though it’s possibly only due to the forced perspective of the drawing. It’s not that I don’t like it but it makes it look closer to a VF-171… Really? I'm not seeing that the nose looks much longer at all. I do think the fighter mode here looks magnificent. I think the Battroid is not represented well at all though.
Reïvaj Posted September 22, 2011 Posted September 22, 2011 Really? I'm not seeing that the nose looks much longer at all. I do think the fighter mode here looks magnificent. I think the Battroid is not represented well at all though. IMO the difference is fairly obvious, but I did say it could just be an effect caused by the forced perspective of the CAD though. Also the cockpit looks flatter than in the prototype.
kamadoma Posted September 22, 2011 Posted September 22, 2011 I'm still trying to figure out if this was an illusion or the arms actually too far away from the chest. However, I won't try to get ahead of myself because of a CAD.
biggooftoybox Posted September 23, 2011 Posted September 23, 2011 Anyone know if the gunpod is going to split into two and mounted in the legs just like in the Macross7 show? I always liked the little cutscene where Gamlin transforms into bot mode and out pops the gun pod, combines the pieces, aims and fires.
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