drkstar00 Posted October 22, 2011 Posted October 22, 2011 K- I recently saved up my pennies and waited patiently to find a Takatoku Valkyrie online... ...and eventually bought the guy you see below. (Feel free to congratulate me ) Because it's complete, it comes with a little advert featuring some other Takotoku goodies. And low and behold, I see the VF-1D. Has this toy ever been produced by Takatoku? Was this company ever going to produce ths? Thanks. Quote
Agent-GHQ Posted October 22, 2011 Posted October 22, 2011 Congrats man! Is this the only vintage you have? Quote
drkstar00 Posted October 22, 2011 Author Posted October 22, 2011 Thanks! Yeah, this is my only Takatoku, and I'm sooo happy with it; I had absolutely no idea the quality of these toys was so incredible. It was a gift to myself that I've always wanted, and -after surviving some rough years- symbolizes the fact that I care enough about myself to get it. Lol, as tacky as that sounds... More coolness: Quote
eriku Posted October 22, 2011 Posted October 22, 2011 Unfortunately a 1/55 VF-1D was never made. Quote
jenius Posted October 22, 2011 Posted October 22, 2011 Takatoku made a VF-1D and a VF-1A Max for promotional purposes only (and they can be seen in TV commercials from the era). Those toys never made it into mass production (although plenty of customizers made them). Quote
Agent-GHQ Posted October 22, 2011 Posted October 22, 2011 (edited) Looks like those rough years paid off quite nicely Just wait until you get the VF-1S Strike Valkyrie by Bandai! Edited October 22, 2011 by Agent-GHQ Quote
Graham Posted October 24, 2011 Posted October 24, 2011 Damn, and here I was thinking this thread was going to be about the ultra-rare 1/1 scale inflateable Minmay doll. http://www.macrossworld.com/macross/fun/ebay2050/_ebay2050_inflatableminmei.htm Graham Quote
macfan Posted October 24, 2011 Posted October 24, 2011 (edited) Yeah the quality of the older bandai valk's trump pretty much anything made today. Even when compared to the newer bandai's made with in the last few years. Edited October 24, 2011 by macfan Quote
Fatalist Posted October 24, 2011 Posted October 24, 2011 Wasn't Toynami planning on doing a re-release of the 1/55 mold stateside with all sorts of variations, including the 1D and others? I take it that got canned or there wasn't enough interest? Quote
jenius Posted October 24, 2011 Posted October 24, 2011 rumor was it got canned because it was a bandai toynami joint venture and big west pointed out their license disallowed such things. Bandai then anned their origins line because it wasn't as feasible without the toynami sales. Quote
drkstar00 Posted November 4, 2011 Author Posted November 4, 2011 I LOVE this valkyrie; it's awesome owning the toy that really started it all. Quote
miriya Posted November 9, 2011 Posted November 9, 2011 Congratulations. The chunky monkey is the best toy ever created! Although there has yet to be released a 1/55 chunky monkey VF-1D there are some customs out there as well as some conversion kits. Quote
Renato Posted November 10, 2011 Posted November 10, 2011 Damn, and here I was thinking this thread was going to be about the ultra-rare 1/1 scale inflateable Minmay doll. http://www.macrosswo...tableminmei.htm Graham Wasn't there also a 1/1 scale VF-19 toy, as well as a VF-4 by Yamato? Quote
myk Posted November 10, 2011 Posted November 10, 2011 Sure brings back memories. I remember my mom taking me to the comic store, looking up at the shelves, seeing your Valkyrie and all of the other 80's Japanese toys and listening to her going "ok, hurry up and pick one, we have to get back for dinner." Quote
pfunk Posted November 10, 2011 Posted November 10, 2011 Sure brings back memories. I remember my mom taking me to the comic store, looking up at the shelves, seeing your Valkyrie and all of the other 80's Japanese toys and listening to her going "ok, hurry up and pick one, we have to get back for dinner." Lucky, my mom was like "save your money" but I did end up with a matchbox SDF1 though Quote
Kelsain Posted November 10, 2011 Posted November 10, 2011 Damn, and here I was thinking this thread was going to be about the ultra-rare 1/1 scale inflateable Minmay doll. http://www.macrosswo...tableminmei.htm Graham Just pump the "microphone" hand, huh? Please tell me that's fake... Quote
nightmareB4macross Posted November 10, 2011 Posted November 10, 2011 Just pump the "microphone" hand, huh? Please tell me that's fake... Ha, ha, ha. Please tell me you're kidding and realize that's and old joke from way back in the days.... Quote
Reïvaj Posted November 10, 2011 Posted November 10, 2011 Just pump the "microphone" hand, huh? Please tell me that's fake... Come on, you're not being serious, are you? Quote
Kelsain Posted November 10, 2011 Posted November 10, 2011 I'd never seen that before. You never know with the interwebz... Quote
kanata67 Posted November 16, 2011 Posted November 16, 2011 I have a 1/55 1d with fast packs lying around somewhere. I'm selling most of my collection but this wont be one of them. I will try and take pics and post them. It is a custom I pick up off ebay a few years back that I believe is/was a member of macrossworld. At the least he picked up some tricks from fulcy and a few others. I love my taka's and it pained me to sell my 1s on ebay a few weeks back. complete in box it sold for less than the joon's patriot!!!!! WTF? I do not see me listing my remaining taka's any time soon as they are worth more than that to me. Nice job on the blue taka. That and the red were the only 1/55 vf's I lacked when I gave up my quest to catch them all. The Taka is the grand-daddy of all the 1/55's and there were a lot of them. The most produced toy by various companies using the same molds that I am aware of. If I could send the guy who engineered it a gift I would. People write fan letters to actors and other famous folk, but how many engineers get the props they should? Quote
drkstar00 Posted November 16, 2011 Author Posted November 16, 2011 Thanks! I love it, and paid a lot for it on ebay. Quote
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