1/60 Yamato VF-4G Web-Exclusive Toy

[EXO]

According to Yamato, the pre-order time was extended an hour due to manual error. They'll honor what they call the lucky late comers.

[raptormesh]

Ah my own fault for not taking notice haha . Guess I'll hope one can pre-order through HLJ or the like.

[Mommar]

So I managed to miss all of the pre-orders already? What's going on with this thing now?

[raptormesh]

Naw the pre-orders are open mid August or thereabouts, you missed the pre-price non-binding pre-order which gives a 5% discount.

[IXTL]

No real loss for non-Japanese collectors with this initial (pre) pre-order.

It wasn't binding as mentioned a few times before in this thread. The proper pre-order will open in Aug with the price listed and those who made the earlier pre-order will have to order again but they will get a 5% discount. I see this move as Yamato gauging demand.

Unless you had someone in Japan willing to order it on your behalf,you weren't missing out since it's only available to Japanese residents anyway.

Gaijins only need to worry once the usual proxy buyers (NY, TH) put up orders.

Edited July 30, 2012 by IXTL

[Mommar]

Okay, I see. Thanks for sorting me out.

[valhary]

will be possible that landing gear is the same of the vf 1

[VF5SS]

looking at the fighter mode pics, it appears that this VF-4G will come with a pilot figure of YOU!

[EXO]

[eugimon]

I wonder if that slit on the belly will allow for a gunpod to be stored... ?

[UN Spacy]

Remember folks.

Always wear protection while fingering your Valkyries.

[Vi-RS]

I wonder if that slit on the belly will allow for a gunpod to be stored... ?

There is another one under the nose cone, so I guess those are used when those sections are folded together in battroide mode? It'd be cool too if they use that to store gunpod.

[charger69]

[EXO]

The fin in front of the landing gear goes into that slit, I'm guessing.

nm... I'm wrong, it seems like those two slits line up when folded.

the more I look at the battroid mode, the more I like it. It reminds me of the Knock Turn in Chase Cruiser Blasty.

Here's an image I posted earlier.

[eyesonme78]

This valkyrie is a must have!

[M!CK]

I still don't understand what is the mechanism for the storage of the upper leg inside the fuselage in fighter mode.

[mechaninac]

No hardpoints in evidence... sigh... such wasted opportunity.

But, this thing is so slick in fighter mode that my small nitpick won't keep me from attempting to buy myself a copy.

[DyNo]

Is it just me or does the VF look a little to small.

[Mommar]

It looks too awesome if you ask me.

[MichaelS]

No the guy has big hands! Don't distroy my lust dam you!

[Omegablue]

Looks brilliant in plane mode. In batroid I'm just not convinced of it's design.

[Mommar]

I still don't understand what is the mechanism for the storage of the upper leg inside the fuselage in fighter mode.

If you look at the picture from the bottom. There's a small bit of red stripe near the tip of the middle finger. That red strip runs diagonally around the thigh in Gerwalk/Battroid. It partially protrudes from the boosters and is covered by two panels on the bottom of the fuselage. The actual mechanism for covering/uncovering might be more complex but essentially they're just covered up by a panel.

[Loop]

Remember folks.

Always wear protection while fingering your Valkyries.

I prefer to finger my valks raw!

Is it just me or does the VF look a little to small.

It's really funny how it looked huge when pictured alone. Now that there is a hand in the picture it does look small. I doubt the guy has really big hands, unless it's some gaijin molesting it with gloves as most Japanese people don't have huge hands.

[Mommar]

Well how big do you guys need it..?

I think that it didn't do the Battroid mode any favors posing it next to the painted Fighter version. They either should have been both untouched or both painted. Especially considering the Battroid on this one is pretty messy to begin with.

[ff95gj]

Wow. The guy has hands so big.

From Macross Mecha Manual:

VF-0: 18.69m

VF-1: 14.23m

VF-4: 16.8m

YF-19: 18.62m

VF-25: 18.72m

VF-4 is indeed on the smaller side.

Edited July 31, 2012 by ff95gj

[Raptor One]

I'm still impressed at how decent they managed to make the battroid mode look. Especially compared to some of the other models I've seen. I could actually see myself posing it in battroid mode for a decent amount of time

[Hikuro]

Is it just me or does the VF look a little to small.

No bigger than the VF-1 toy. Remember, at some point in the franchise, Valkyries got bigger. Compare it to the VF-0 and the VF-0 is HUGE, but same size there abouts to the YF-19, and VF-25.

[aurance]

I'm still impressed at how decent they managed to make the battroid mode look. Especially compared to some of the other models I've seen. I could actually see myself posing it in battroid mode for a decent amount of time

Yeah, there's a ridiculous amount of anime magic involved in this thing's battroid line art (more than other valks imo), and they managed to do a pretty decent looking job regardless.

[raptormesh]

Yeah, there's a ridiculous amount of anime magic involved in this thing's battroid line art (more than other valks imo), and they managed to do a pretty decent looking job regardless.

IMO the YF-21's line art required more magic, especially with the proportions. Yamato managed to make a decent toy conversion so I'm not surprised they did well on the -4 as well.

[lechuck]

Please don't use the Yamato's YF-21 battroid as a measure for comparison, it's one of the worst out there...

[Murphy]

looking at the fighter mode pics, it appears that this VF-4G will come with a pilot figure of YOU!

If that's the case then I'm taking the pilot figure and stuffing it in the VF-25s Renewal

Anyways the Vf-4 looks awesome and I can't wait to get it, I hope Nano has a group buy

Edited July 31, 2012 by Murphy

[raptormesh]

Please don't use the Yamato's YF-21 battroid as a measure for comparison, it's one of the worst out there...

I beg to differ but I digress.

[MichaelS]

Have we come to a conclusion if the fighter model is still a resin prototype or a plastic preproduction?.

[Mommar]

I'm pretty sure that Fighter is still resin. There's a lot of gaps and split seams on it still.

[Ignacio Ocamica]

And the paintjob gives away it's a resin prototype.