Yamato 1/60 VF-19S/F/P - All Variants

[Scream Man]

i love having a whole emerald force. If the 17D weren't ridiculously expensive i'd have a Diamond Force as well.

[spanner]

i love having a whole emerald force. If the 17D weren't ridiculously expensive i'd have a Diamond Force as well.

I can see the attraction of having the both squadrons but.. the 17's are kinda icky..

[matic]

Agree I like the vf-19 not so much the vf-17.

[Valkyrie Magnus]

The 17's aren't that bad. They might not be as sleek as the 19's which Are my favorite but Yamato did a great! It's the 171 which is a "nightmare" to transform and breaks

[Scream Man]

i sort of hate them and sort of love them. Never did get a 17D,would still like to at some stage.

This is the problem with collecting multiple toy lines. Never enough money

[Mommar]

The 17's aren't engineered as well as the 19 or 4 but they're great. I have an S and two Ds and I'm extremely happy with them.

[Chronocidal]

Heh, have to agree about the 17s, they're not the prettiest plane in the bunch perhaps, but they're built like tonka trucks compared to the 171s.

The really ironic thing though? The one flaw on one of my 17Ds is the same exact shoulder piece that always fails on the 171s. Granted, I wound up making it worse by trying to fix it, but one of the shoulder triangles had a mold flaw keeping it from seating correctly. It's fixed up well enough, but the triangle is clearly re-glued and touched up, and the surface has been glued and sanded down.

[Arthurius]

I asked this ages ago, but does anyone have a video review of how to change VF-17 from Batroid to Fighter (not the other way around). I have never transformed mine since I transformed from Fighter to Batroid using a video review, cause I am scared I might mess it up.

[close313]

I asked this ages ago, but does anyone have a video review of how to change VF-17 from Batroid to Fighter (not the other way around). I have never transformed mine since I transformed from Fighter to Batroid using a video review, cause I am scared I might mess it up.

CDX has one http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPHqtpoKmU8

[Falcon18]

Here's one by VF5SS of CollectionDX.

Battroid to fighter from halfway through:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPHqtpoKmU8

Edit: beaten by close

Edited August 26, 2014 by Falcon18

[Arthurius]

Thanks, but I fraked up, I meant the VF-19..... sorry...I don't know why I always screw up the 7 and 9. Anyways, anything on that one?

[aaajin]

Not a fan of the color but I have to concur, in a formation of three's they look stunning.

[Mommar]

Not a fan of the color but I have to concur, in a formation of three's they look stunning.

You don't like the blue???

[Scyla]

Thanks, but I fraked up, I meant the VF-19..... sorry...I don't know why I always screw up the 7 and 9. Anyways, anything on that one?

Never saw one from Battroid- to Fighter-Mode. Do you have problems with the transformation back to Fighter-Mode?

[Arthurius]

Yeah, I am scared of breaking it while transforming it back without any instructions. I know how to do the yf-19, but not the VF-19. Wanted something to follow along.

[Scyla]

I found the VF-19 much easier to transform back to Fighter-Mode. From Fighter- to Battroid-Mode there are hidden tabs and stiff joints that make it daring to touch them.

[aaajin]

You don't like the blue???

I dont like the color combo of Macross 7, well maybe I can tolerate vf-11c...just a matter of preference

[Mommar]

I dont like the color combo of Macross 7, well maybe I can tolerate vf-11c...just a matter of preference

Blue plus white?

[aaajin]

The colors are a bit striking, blue+white, blue+yellow, or red-yellow...white or black I can still tolerate.

Oh VF-17 colors are fine with me.

[Arthurius]

Thanks Scyla. Yea, indeed from fighter to batroid, it was tricky for me, so much difference between that and the yf-19, but you have given me a bit of confidence to just try it out, if batroid mode to fighter is much easier than fighter to batroid.

[Kelsain]

I finally had a chance to take my 19s out of the box & check it out. So pretty...

I did notice something off, though. The rear portion of the canopy looks cloudy. I can't tell if it's smudged or if the plastic itself is stressed. Has anyone else seen something like this?

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[sushibones]

I finally had a chance to take my 19s out of the box & check it out. So pretty...

I did notice something off, though. The rear portion of the canopy looks cloudy. I can't tell if it's smudged or if the plastic itself is stressed. Has anyone else seen something like this?

(null)

Hey, first post. I'm living in China at the mo and while here I'm taking advantage of Taobao.com to pick up valks on the cheap. I just got a VF-9s with no problems other than the cloudy rear canopy you've posted. It look almost like condensation but it doesn't wipe off.

[Kelsain]

Hmmm, maybe some future would smooth things out.

[Brooklynwolf]

Hey, first post. I'm living in China at the mo and while here I'm taking advantage of Taobao.com to pick up valks on the cheap. I just got a VF-9s with no problems other than the cloudy rear canopy you've posted. It look almost like condensation but it doesn't wipe off.

Hey I'm doing the same thing, currently living in GZ and buying so much stuff off taobao...

As awesome as taobao is, I can't help but feel wary everytime I make a purchase. I mean...we ARE in china after all. There have been a few stories where people would buy things listed as new but instead wild receive a used item.

So yeah, they may be cheap, but always purchase things from a seller that has more than 3 jewels or at least one crown in their seller rating.

Which valks did you purchase btw? I've recently received 2x vf-19f, vf-171, 2x yf-29, and am gonna get a yf-30 real soon.

[wewe]

Hi guys. Which is the better product by yamato. The 19S of the 19F. I want to buy the 19S since it's discounted. Why is is dollars apart from the 19F nowadays. Cheers.

[charger69]

VF-19S's production lot was bigger I guess.. Also white and blue blend better than yellow and blue...

Edited November 17, 2014 by charger69

[Renato]

Yeah, I think they made quite a few production runs of the VF-19S, while they only did one, AFAIK, of the 19F. Ideally, of course, it should be the other way round.

But I guess in the end more people would rather buy just the one iconic valk rather than going all out to get the entire squadron, so it does make sense economically.

Edited November 17, 2014 by Renato

[ChaoticYeti]

VF-19s is an awesome valk. If you are put off by the price of the F, don't feel like you are settling for the S.

[close313]

http://www.kbvp.com/sites/default/files/images/Blue%20Angels%20SF%20Fleet%20Week%202010%20%C2%A9%20Keith%20Breazeal%20C5%207493.preview.JPG

I think i've mentioned it before, you can always think that the 19S is like having the F-16 Blue Angels colour scheme

[Kelsain]

The 19s has grown on me. If you like, you can tuck the main laser away. This reduces the dorsal kibble down to 4 lasers & it looks cleaner.

ie: Basara's head fin, or Buffalo Bill's wang.

[Renato]

You can also just pop off the other side lasers since they are just on a peg, and then you have a perfectly clean fighter mode. Although, those lasers are there for a reason, of course. In space, you gotta watch your back!

[chyll2]

if you can pop them off, give them to those who do modelling and ask them to paint them gunmetal with gray or white or blue\accents. imo, they stand out because they are like bare plastic

[wewe]

Thanks guys. I got the S

I thought there were qc or bq issues on the S that's why it was selling for less.

Wings are so thin. And those pointy edges. I stressed one already. Anyway, it's hardly noticeable.

Now I'm thinking of getting a yf-29 or a renewal vf-25.

[mechaninac]

Now I'm thinking of getting a yf-29 or a renewal vf-25.

Ladies and gentlemen, yet another member is about to open Pandora's Box, may the gods have mercy on his scurvy soul...

[charger69]

And limitless financial credits in parallel! Amen

Edited November 18, 2014 by charger69