YF-29: 30 Anniversary Version "VF-1S Scheme"

[Kicker773]

great news dobber, I know your a fokker fan!

[chon1n]

This is an awesome piece..but the paint on the black parts can be easily scratch off..especially during transformation.. :(/>

Much of the paint on the back of the valkyrie head had already been scratched off after 1 - 2 transformations.. :angry:/>

Edited November 27, 2012 by chon1n

[Reïvaj]

I did see that coming... These toys seem to be meant for display.

[Reïvaj]

Unfortunately, not everybody can have more than one for display in different modes.

Edited November 27, 2012 by Reïvaj

[Drackie]

This is an awesome piece..but the paint on the black parts can be easily scratch off..especially during transformation.. :(/>

Much of the paint on the back of the valkyrie head had already been scratched off after 1 - 2 transformations.. :angry:/>

extreme thanks, precisely tomorrow i was going to sell one, and needed to transform it in fighter again, thanks to your warning i keept without scratches the head, but it was very difficult, you´re right, the neck it´s really hard to go back to the fighter position, any kind of distraction there will scratch the back of the head, i´m not sure if i did it right because i don´t want to verify opening again ... haha

another problem i´m seeing are the big die cast blocks of the shoulders, the plack paint of them is really easy to scratch while you are transforming it, if the wings aren´t as back as they can do, the pointy plastick scratch a little the black paint of the die cast.

other observation is that seems really fragile... i had only the vf-25s renewal, but not the yf-29, and this one seems much more fragile in parts and paint, this one is hard to transform, is needed a lot of patience, attention and some luck to do it well

but unless everything... i love it :3

[chon1n]

Anyone know what is the color of paint/sharpie I can use to repair the black painted areas?

It doesn't look like a dark black color to me..

Mine got scratched up quite badly..really wanted to repair it..

[Loop]

I transformed my Alto scheme from fighter to batteroid, but I anticipated that the black on the 30th version would be an issue, so I left it in fighter mode.

[Kurisama]

I'm super careful and gentle when transforming all my valks, but with this one I've badly scraped the collar plate behind the fold quartz as when it closes up, the 2 plates scissor across each other. Also managed to scrape the black section behind the nose too,

[chon1n]

I'm super careful and gentle when transforming all my valks, but with this one I've badly scraped the collar plate behind the fold quartz as when it closes up, the 2 plates scissor across each other. Also managed to scrape the black section behind the nose too,

I'm just gonna get a sharpie and repair the areas that had been scraped off..they should have used a different color plastic instead of painting it..

[NightCastle]

Or you could color all of the dark area with a sharpie that way everything matches.

[chon1n]

Hey guys..do you think the Tamiya XF-63 German Grey Match the black/grey paint on it?

[David Hingtgen]

You might want to try 35044 "Insignia Blue". (that blue is so dark that even in the summer sun, most people will swear it's black)

[chon1n]

You might want to try 35044 "Insignia Blue". (that blue is so dark that even in the summer sun, most people will swear it's black)

I don't think the blue will blend in with the original color

[David Hingtgen]

Just going off the pic he posted above---that's a quite bluish black in that lighting.

Bandai has always had "off" plastic colors---their white is never "pure" nor are their blacks---they love to use "very dark blue" plastic in nearly every Gundam they make. They tend to use green-white or purple-white for "white".

[ErikElvis]

I imagine that would be a difficult color to match. I think a very very dark blue is prob better than the german grey. I have the thing downstairs but am to lazy to look at it. From the pic it does seem to have a tinge of blue in it.

[chon1n]

How's this? Tamiya XF17 Sea Blue

[chon1n]

You know what..I'm gonna bring the Valkyrie's head to the shop and choose the right paint from there..lol..

[ErikElvis]

haha oh yeah. If you can go straight to the shop that would be the thing to do. I thought you might be ordering off the net which would prob be near impossible to match.

[chon1n]

one question..does yf-25g's blue paint get scrap off easily?

[Drackie]

one question..does yf-25g's blue paint get scrap off easily?

as far as i know 25g it´s white paint over blue plastic

[chon1n]

as far as i know 25g it´s white paint over blue plastic

That's GREAT!

[David Hingtgen]

How's this? Tamiya XF17 Sea Blue

Sea blue is basically the same color as insignia blue. Ever so slightly greyer IMHO. But they are very close.

[khyron_99]

I'm having problems transforming it back to fighter with the shoulders keep on popping out. Is there any video out there to transform the thing properly back to fighter?

[Drackie]

I'm having problems transforming it back to fighter with the shoulders keep on popping out. Is there any video out there to transform the thing properly back to fighter?

yes, the shoulders are tricky, but are exactly the same of the red version

just see a video of the transformation on the red one, and will be exactly the same

Edited November 29, 2012 by Drackie

[Murphy]

Is anyone doing a group buy for the super parts? When is the deadline?

[SuperHobo]

If anyone's interested, I have an MIB YF-29 anniversary edition I'm willing to let go for $260 shipped. PM me if interested or with offers. Here's a pic of mine.

[SuperHobo]

Okay my 29 is sold and I hope she's treated with a lot of TLC.

[Dobber]

Well I didn't get the YF-29 after all.

After waiting more than a week for my order to ship, I sent an email asking about the status of my order. Got an email last night saying that when they were preparing my order for shipping the Valk was not available anymore. They sent a refund for the item and its portion of the shipping. They also gave me a 10% off coupon for a new order. Bummer.

Chris

[neoexcaliber]

Well I didn't get the YF-29 after all.

After waiting more than a week for my order to ship, I sent an email asking about the status of my order. Got an email last night saying that when they were preparing my order for shipping the Valk was not available anymore. They sent a refund for the item and its portion of the shipping. They also gave me a 10% off coupon for a new order. Bummer.

Chris

Ouch that sucks dude. I saw the item on HLJ last week as well but it sold out quite fast. I wonder if it was your valk that they released.

[Reïvaj]

Well I didn't get the YF-29 after all.

After waiting more than a week for my order to ship, I sent an email asking about the status of my order. Got an email last night saying that when they were preparing my order for shipping the Valk was not available anymore. They sent a refund for the item and its portion of the shipping. They also gave me a 10% off coupon for a new order. Bummer.

Chris

It's still available here in case you really need to have it:

http://www.nippon-yasan.com/lang-en/macross/3243-macross-f-dx-chogokin-yf-29-durandal-valkyrie-30th-anniversary-color.html

[Dobber]

yeah, just a bit too much for me though at NY

Chris

[valhary]

much better than alto´s version

[David Hingtgen]

A Max or Milia version could be nice. (and they wouldn't look a day older than in M7)

Hmmn, Mylene version....

[Phalanix]

Thought I could resist this, but nope. Finally caved in and put in an order for one. =/ damn you guys and your tempting pics! :P/>

Edited December 9, 2012 by Phalanix

[Valkyrie Magnus]

I couldn't resist either. Resistance was futile!