1/48+fp's, 1/60+fp's, 1/72, 1/2k, 1/3k,1/100 and now 1/144

[Lolicon]

10 hours ago, Slave IV said:

Sweet! That reminds me I need to remind my buddy in Japan to ship mine to me. 

[sh9000]

1/60 VF-1J Max with Super Parts, VF-1D VR, and VF-1A TV Max Armored Valkyrie.

[MKT]

On 5/26/2023 at 9:24 AM, treatment said:

 

 

Nice shots. The first pic really captures the subtle differences in white across the 3 VF-1J releases. Thanks! 

[sh9000]

HMR VF-0S Genius Blue and HMR VF-0S Roy.  I personally wouldn't mind having a HMR VF-0S Genius Red Milia to go with them.

[treatment]

Edited May 27, 2023 by treatment

[sh9000]

HMR VF-0S Roy and HMR VF-1S TV Roy.

[Slave IV]

[505thAirborne]

1 hour ago, Slave IV said:

Nice!! I still have not taken my Angel Bird out for display yet.

That stands does your AB & Fan racer justice! 

[no3Ljm]

3 hours ago, Slave IV said:

 

 

[Slave IV]

2 hours ago, 505thAirborne said:

Nice!! I still have not taken my Angel Bird out for display yet.

That stands does your AB & Fan racer justice! 

Thanks! It’s pretty much exactly or even better than I had in mind when getting the stand so I’m pretty happy. I don’t think I got 2 ABs but now I’m thinking maybe I should have to maximize the use of the stand. 

[MKT]

12 hours ago, Slave IV said:

Nice! 

[Slave IV]

18 hours ago, no3Ljm said:

 

 

 

8 hours ago, MKT said:

Nice! 

Thanks! It’s nice to have access to good stands again. Motivated me to open some Valks that have been sitting in storage. 

[MKT]

Not entirely Macross, but was playing around with Sentinel's Legioss recently & it struck me again how small it is next to the VF-1. And then I'm reminded that the VF-1 itself is also very small next to the SV-51.  SV-51 is just such a large bird, but the way it is animated in the show makes it look like the most maneuverable fighter ever.
 

  

[mechaninac]

The SV-51 is akin to the SU-27, the VF-0 to a F-14, the VF-1 is somewhere between a F-16 and a F-18... the Legioss is like the P-51 of the bunch.

[sh9000]

1/100 F-14 VF-84 Jolly Rogers and HMR VF-0S Roy.

[Lolicon]

On 5/28/2023 at 4:02 PM, Slave IV said:

Oh that's excellent use of the adapter 

[Slave IV]

17 hours ago, Lolicon said:

Oh that's excellent use of the adapter 

Thanks!

[sh9000]

HMR VF-0S Roy, HMR VF-1S TV Roy, and HMR VF-4G Roy.

[MKT]

Not very sure where to put this, so I'll just post here some comparison of cockpits & pilots between the 1/60 Mac+ valks:

Yammie's YF-21 Fighter may still look very handsome today, but pop open the cockpit and Guld doesn't look very good. He's more or less a rough big blob squashed in the cockpit, with just enough detail to see his zen-like hand posture. Cockpit interior also has barely any detail, with some plastic sticking out that supposedly emulates the flight stick & throttle.

 

Moving on to the VF-11b, Yamato tampoed on some nice cockpit screen detailing, but one of my top favourite party trick of any Macross valk toy, is the removable cockpit module. I suppose, this feature of the VF-11b is to emulate the escape pod module seen in jets like the F-111 Aardvark. In this VF-11b toy, what I'm stoked about is how well toleranced the cockpit module is sitting very flush in the nose of the jet.

However, the pilot figure's proportions are also quite off, looking pretty wide.

 

 

Arcadia stepped up and gave nicely proportioned and sharper Isamu & Yang figures for their YF-19. I like how they have limited articulation for both of them, and it would be a nice if they have continued offering some of these limited articulation for pilots in their other valks.

Somehow no cockpit screen detailing here, but I really love the split cockpit canopy opening like how suicide doors are cool on some cars. More than that, there's this little feature in the way the front canopy opens that's just feels pretty awesome to me. Whether it is canon or just a toy transformation legacy that started all the way from Yammie's 1/72 YF-19, carried on midway the VF-19 and through till the YF-19 now, but for the front canopy to open properly the anti-glare area in front of it needs to be recessed. It makes the pivot point of the front canopy lower, such that the top of it becomes more or less level with the rear canopy when both are opened. Bandai's YF-19 on other hand doesn't have this feature, and to me it is another subtle but elegant plus point of Arcadia's over Bandai.

 

Edited June 13, 2023 by MKT

[sh9000]

HMR VF-1J Max, HM VF-19S Blazer, and VF100 VF-25G.

[Lolicon]

9 hours ago, MKT said:

Not very sure where to put this, so I'll just post here some comparison of cockpits & pilots between the 1/60 Mac+ valks:

Yammie's YF-21 Fighter may still look very handsome today, but pop open the cockpit and Guld doesn't look very good. He's more or less a rough big blob squashed in the cockpit, with just enough detail to see his zen-like hand posture. Cockpit interior also has barely any detail, with some plastic sticking out that supposedly emulates the flight stick & throttle.

 

Moving on to the VF-11b, Yamato tampoed on some nice cockpit screen detailing, but one of my top favourite party trick of any Macross valk toy, is the removable cockpit module. I suppose, this feature of the VF-11b is to emulate the escape pod module seen in jets like the F-111 Aardvark. In this VF-11b toy, what I'm stocked about is how well toleranced the cockpit module is sitting very flush in the nose of the jet.

However, the pilot figure's proportions are also quite off, looking pretty wide.

 

 

Arcadia stepped up and gave nicely proportioned and sharper Isamu & Yang figures for their YF-19. I love how they have limited articulation for both of them, and it would be a nice if they have continued offering some of these limited articulation for pilots in their other valks.

Somehow no cockpit screen detailing here, but I really love the split cockpit canopy opening like how suicide doors are cool for some cars. More than that, there's this little feature on the way the front canopy opens that's just feels pretty awesome to me. Whether it is canon or just a toy transformation legacy that started all the way from Yammie's 1/72 YF-19, carried on midway the VF-19 and through till the YF-19 now, but for the front canopy to open properly the anti-glare area in front of it needs to be recessed. It makes the pivot point of the front canopy lower, such that the top of it becomes more or less level with the rear canopy when both are opened. Bandai's YF-19 on other hand doesn't have this feature, and to me it is another subtle but prominent plus point of Arcadia's over Bandai.

 

Great shots of some great past releases! I'd say better than what's being churned out now.

[Slave IV]

9 minutes ago, sh9000 said:

HMR VF-1J Max, HM VF-19S Blazer, and VF100 VF-25G.

Nice blues! You should add the VF-0S Max too next time.

[borgified]

Hmm… How darn light will the blue be on Shin’s 0d upon release. There’s no way that it will possibly match with the other blue valks in the 1/100 scale lineup. 

[MKT]

11 hours ago, Lolicon said:

Great shots of some great past releases! I'd say better than what's being churned out now.

Thanks. 

The YF-21 cockpit may look pretty basic, but I forgot one aspect of it though. The seat can actually rotate so the pilot is seated the right way in battroid, same as what Arcadia eventually implemented for their VF-0 toys. It is these little gimmicks that will always endear Yamcadia valks to me more than Bandai..

[sh9000]

11 hours ago, Slave IV said:

Nice blues! You should add the VF-0S Max too next time.

Yep.  I plan to.  I'll also add a 1/100 Blue Angels.

11 hours ago, borgified said:

Hmm… How darn light will the blue be on Shin’s 0d upon release. There’s no way that it will possibly match with the other blue valks in the 1/100 scale lineup. 

It will be light compared to the others.  The only way it would better match is if they release another HMR VF-0D in dark blue like Arcadia's first release.

I plan on doing a scale comparison of the light blue HMR VF-0D with a light blue 1/100 Su-27.

[Lolicon]

8 minutes ago, MKT said:

Thanks. 

The YF-21 cockpit may look pretty basic, but I forgot one aspect of it though. The seat can actually rotate so the pilot is seated the right way in battroid, same as what Arcadia eventually implemented for their VF-0 toys. It is these little gimmicks that will always endear Yamcadia valks to me more than Bandai..

Yeah I think the 21 was the first Yamato valk to implement a rotate for battroid mode. It's a 15 year old toy now but still compares favorably even to the latest Bandai offerings. 

But I would love to see an all new 21 from Arcadia. 

[sh9000]

I'll be sure to check out how Bandai's HG 1/100 YF-29 Max looks in Fighter mode next to the other blue Valkyries.

[treatment]

this guy's got a nice M+ display and items...

https://twitter.com/Ezwea1/status/1668247624909221889/photo/1

 

Edited June 15, 2023 by treatment

[MKT]

1 hour ago, treatment said:

this guy's got a nice M+ display and items...

https://twitter.com/Ezwea1/status/1668247624909221889/photo/1

 

I wonder where that Myung figure is from. Is it a resin kit?

[treatment]

 

https://twitter.com/AllenAltria/status/1668858274551312384

 

 

[Slave IV]

What’s the deal with this?

Is it worth $65?

[MKT]

14 minutes ago, Slave IV said:

What’s the deal with this?

Is it worth $65?

If not wrong, this occasionally pops up at YAJ for Yen 2500-3000.

 

[Slave IV]

19 minutes ago, MKT said:

If not wrong, this occasionally pops up at YAJ for Yen 2500-3000.

 

Cool! Is it just a die cast fighter mode with no gimmicks? If so, 2500Y sounds a lot more reasonable.

[MKT]

18 minutes ago, Slave IV said:

Cool! Is it just a die cast fighter mode with no gimmicks? If so, 2500Y sounds a lot more reasonable.

Yup, die cast, they do not transform, the wings do sweep but that’s about it. 

Courtesy of @jenius:

https://anymoon.com/blog/?p=2259#more-2259

[Slave IV]

1 hour ago, MKT said:

Yup, die cast, they do not transform, the wings do sweep but that’s about it. 

Courtesy of @jenius:

https://anymoon.com/blog/?p=2259#more-2259

Always the goto resource that I should have just checked first. Thanks!