Reïvaj Posted October 22, 2011 Posted October 22, 2011 Wow, they did get it right this time, didn't they? Thanks for the great pics Graham & ff95gj! I'm so waiting for this beauty to arrive home!
GU-11 Posted October 22, 2011 Posted October 22, 2011 A thousand thanks for the pics, ff95gj and Graham! I salivate over that gorgeous GERWALK mode. Still waiting for it to arrive at my local hobby store. One question, though. Any fragile painted parts we should look out for? BTW, nice to see that the head lasers do angle out some. Hope it's the same case with the Ozma.
bravo5 Posted October 22, 2011 Posted October 22, 2011 mine still in shipping.. i envy for you guys.. I still haven't gotten a payment request from AMIAMI
valid Posted October 22, 2011 Posted October 22, 2011 I still haven't gotten a payment request from AMIAMI hahahah that's a shame.. amiami! please take his money a soon as possible BTW.. how about the paint? is it still came with a glossy look?
Renato Posted October 22, 2011 Posted October 22, 2011 But V2 is still made by those people in EFSF jacket.... I don't think so, those were the Boy's Toys / Hobby division, the people who handled the Chogokin DX Macross stuff switched to the Collectors division later on, so it is literally different people. I may be confusing the names, but it is a fact that the divisions handling the Macross items changed, thus the improvements with the VF-27 and after. They thought they could handle Macross in the same way as Gundam. They were WAY off the mark.
UN Spacy Posted October 22, 2011 Posted October 22, 2011 More photos from fellas at TD. http://www.toysdaily.com/discuz/thread-168819-1-1.html http://www.toysdaily.com/discuz/thread-168837-1-1.html
MacrossJunkie Posted October 22, 2011 Posted October 22, 2011 Could someone that has this already post up some larger high res pics?
Kyp Durron Posted October 22, 2011 Posted October 22, 2011 (edited) All the pictures I'm seeing makes it look like it has a matte finish. *Edit* Whoo-hoo!! Just got my shipping notice from AmiAmi! -Kyp Edited October 22, 2011 by Kyp Durron
kurdt_the_goat Posted October 22, 2011 Posted October 22, 2011 I'm sure it's too early to tell whether the shoulder and hip joints will loosen like the 29, but are they using the same design or has it been modified? I'm holding out for Ozma, so i have a few months of collating feedback ahead of me!
Graham Posted October 22, 2011 Posted October 22, 2011 A few more quick pics, this time snapped using my phone camera. For those asking, the toy has a gloss finish. Graham
reeoyuy Posted October 22, 2011 Posted October 22, 2011 (edited) I don't think so, those were the Boy's Toys / Hobby division, the people who handled the Chogokin DX Macross stuff switched to the Collectors division later on, so it is literally different people. I may be confusing the names, but it is a fact that the divisions handling the Macross items changed, thus the improvements with the VF-27 and after. They thought they could handle Macross in the same way as Gundam. They were WAY off the mark. No, what I mean is Bandai in general; that all Bandai employees (at least those in Gunpla factory in Shizuoka(?), I might be wrong about this) use EFSF jacket as their daily uniform, not just that one guy or one division specialized in Gundam. I don't believe on "V1 is bad because it's designed with Gundam approach". High-end transforming Gundam toys like GFFMC are always accurate to lineart. V1 is more like designed with Takatoku chunky monkey in mind. Who knows, maybe Kawamori himself asking for it since the 1/72 models are close to lineart. So he or someone else asking for different approach instead. He was there, he checked the prototype. If that thing was not to his liking he can object. But eh, that's just speculation in my part. And it's speculation too that Bandai guy was thinking about Gundam when he met with Kawamori . So, back to the topic, what about the wings? Is it straight or slightly curled like we panicked worried before? Edited October 22, 2011 by reeoyuy
Dobber Posted October 22, 2011 Posted October 22, 2011 Thanks for the pictures everyone. I also got my shipping notice this am. WhooHoo!! Chris
valid Posted October 22, 2011 Posted October 22, 2011 (edited) A few more quick pics, this time snapped using my phone camera. For those asking, the toy has a gloss finish. Graham A few more quick pics, this time snapped using my phone camera. For those asking, the toy has a gloss finish. Graham i notice that the cockpit still look expose in batroid mode Edited October 22, 2011 by valid
eriku Posted October 22, 2011 Posted October 22, 2011 Woohoo, mine has already launched from SDF-A(miAmi)!
alchemo Posted October 22, 2011 Posted October 22, 2011 (edited) In the beginning I was going to get the VF-25S only, but one day I just gave in and ordered the 25F also, so here it is, it feels very much like a Yamato VFs except it is glossy. is it true that FLEX, which is involved with designing some of Yamato's VFs and other robots figures (suppoedly) was also involved with this one? －－just find out that the team leader for development of this one was from Bandai Hobby division. Edited October 22, 2011 by alchemo
pud333 Posted October 22, 2011 Posted October 22, 2011 Wow, great pictures guys! Thanks. Truly a gorgeous valk. And gloss finish? Um, yes please! I know some people don't like that, but I love that sort of finish on these toys. Mine is still being held at Amiami with some other preorders. Dammit! I don't even really want the last item that still has to come in anymore. Ah well. I have a YF-21 coming in on Monday, so that should tide me over for now.
Black Valkyrie Posted October 22, 2011 Posted October 22, 2011 Beautiful pics guys, nice work. Gundam & Macross together.
moose Posted October 22, 2011 Posted October 22, 2011 Well for those who have it how is the QC do we have a repeat of loose joints .
Kyp Durron Posted October 22, 2011 Posted October 22, 2011 (edited) Question, do the legs stay up on their own in fighter mode? I've noticed that in alchemo's pics, that the legs are high up enough that you can read the "SMS 007" on the insides of the upper legs in the fighter mode pics, while in other pics, the "SMS 007" can't be completely seen in other members fighter mode pics. -Kyp Edited October 22, 2011 by Kyp Durron
alchemo Posted October 22, 2011 Posted October 22, 2011 I haven't transform it back to fighter yet but I think there are pegs to lock the legs.
Tober Posted October 22, 2011 Posted October 22, 2011 Well for those who have it how is the QC do we have a repeat of loose joints . Possibly won't know for a while. It took a few months for the YF-29 joints to start loosening on mine.
JuanJovv Posted October 22, 2011 Posted October 22, 2011 Mine is on way to Chile... I have wait more than you guys... but I´m happy Regards
EXO Posted October 22, 2011 Posted October 22, 2011 That's one sexy toy. I wanna see pics of next to the SD version!
UN Spacy Posted October 22, 2011 Posted October 22, 2011 WHOA! Love the new banner. Anyways. Got my shipping confirmation last night. It should be here by Tuesday.
EXO Posted October 22, 2011 Posted October 22, 2011 WHOA! Love the new banner. Anyways. Got my shipping confirmation last night. It should be here by Tuesday. awesome... video review please!!!
m0n5t3r Posted October 22, 2011 Posted October 22, 2011 (edited) great pics alchemo! i noticed that the hip-to-lerx tabs are disconnected in your 3rd GERWALK pic... is that as far as the nose can dip in GERWALK? i remember people kept complaining about the v.1 landing gears and now that the v.2 has nice ones, there are no shots of it from MW members? still crossing my fingers for a non-tamashii web exclusive bundled pack for all the main VF-25s. and yeah, nice new banner, flashback Minmei and VF-4 ftw! Edited October 22, 2011 by m0n5t3r
s001 Posted October 22, 2011 Posted October 22, 2011 Can someone be a pal and post a pic of it in this pose?
UN Spacy Posted October 22, 2011 Posted October 22, 2011 awesome... video review please!!! Definitely.
the9breaker Posted October 22, 2011 Posted October 22, 2011 Any translations regarding the new promo scan about the Armored VF25S!? will it be a bundle or a tamashii web special...
Kyp Durron Posted October 23, 2011 Posted October 23, 2011 Any translations regarding the new promo scan about the Armored VF25S!? will it be a bundle or a tamashii web special... I'm really wanting to know the answer to that as well. -Kyp
David Hingtgen Posted October 23, 2011 Posted October 23, 2011 i notice that the cockpit still look expose in batroid mode It's exposed on the "real" one, too. (it's even more so on the VF-27). I think the animators in Frontier deliberately tried hard to use camera angles that hid this fact. But if you freeze-frame some scenes, you can easily see a totally exposed cockpit in battroid mode with many poses.
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