Duymon Posted February 7, 2013 Posted February 7, 2013 Honestly the Bandai 1/72's are actually pretty damn good kits. It's just the lack of locks on the regular and supers whichs drives people nuts. The Tornado and Armored pack releases are friggin awesome.... I'll prolly get some hase's and pillage the landing gear off them Quote
Dobber Posted February 7, 2013 Posted February 7, 2013 Hopefully we'll see something at the upcomming Winter Wonderfest. Chris Quote
ivorysniper Posted March 4, 2013 Posted March 4, 2013 Can't wait until its release. I'll have to put this one on the top of my Hasegawa models wish list. Quote
Jefuemon Posted May 7, 2013 Posted May 7, 2013 Any news??? Nothing yet. I'm following Hasegawa's Twitter feed, so I'm sure if there's any news, they'd say something there. That's how I found the VE-11 Thunderseeker info. Quote
Graham Posted May 7, 2013 Posted May 7, 2013 I'm wondering if Hasegawa jumped the gun with their announcement before securing the rights and maybe Bandai objected. I'm just worried that with the lack of announcements that this is now vapourware Graham Quote
PetarB Posted May 7, 2013 Posted May 7, 2013 This would be a grail kit for me. I have two Bandai mostly assembled, which I have put away for now. Quote
Dobber Posted May 7, 2013 Posted May 7, 2013 The fact that there has been ZERO further info about this kit since it was originally announced is a pretty bad sign. I really hope it is still comming but.... Chris Quote
Ignacio Ocamica Posted May 7, 2013 Posted May 7, 2013 I'm wondering if Hasegawa jumped the gun with their announcement before securing the rights and maybe Bandai objected. I'm just worried that with the lack of announcements that this is now vapourware Graham That's what I fear too! Quote
cobywan Posted May 7, 2013 Posted May 7, 2013 They are probably just waiting until they feel the prototype is ready to view. Quote
wm cheng Posted May 7, 2013 Posted May 7, 2013 Oh man... this is a grail kit for me too. I can't imagine trying to put together another Bandai crap to get a VF-25. Have have the utmost confidence in Hasegawa's interpretations and expertise - please just DO IT! Quote
joscasle Posted May 7, 2013 Posted May 7, 2013 The other kit that need a Hasegawa treatment is the VF-4, hope some day! I was waiting for the announcement for the VF-25 in the Shizuoka Hobby Show, but just silence... Quote
wm cheng Posted May 7, 2013 Posted May 7, 2013 The other kit that need a Hasegawa treatment is the VF-4, hope some day! I was waiting for the announcement for the VF-25 in the Shizuoka Hobby Show, but just silence... YES! Definitely. Quote
EXO Posted May 16, 2013 Author Posted May 16, 2013 Fear not peoples! http://www.macrossworld.com/4862/hasegawa-teases-172-vf-25-messiah/ Quote
505thAirborne Posted May 16, 2013 Posted May 16, 2013 EXO delivers the good news!! So going to get some of these. Quote
Duymon Posted May 16, 2013 Posted May 16, 2013 fall 2013. Ooooh, this is gonna be tough as I already have a ton of Bandai 1/72 25's on my shelves :0 Quote
electric indigo Posted May 16, 2013 Posted May 16, 2013 * transforms Bandai VF-25 into Battroid mode* Quote
wm cheng Posted May 16, 2013 Posted May 16, 2013 * transforms Bandai VF-25 into Battroid mode* Haha! My thoughts exactly! I'm sooo looking forward to this!!! I hope they do the whole line including the Armored and Tornado. Now what to do with my other un-built Bandai kits... Quote
505thAirborne Posted May 16, 2013 Posted May 16, 2013 Haha! My thoughts exactly! I'm sooo looking forward to this!!! I hope they do the whole line including the Armored and Tornado. Now what to do with my other un-built Bandai kits... One can only hope they make the Armored and Tornado as well. For your Bandai's, put in a storage box and forget they are there. Again putting the horse before the cart, but I'd like to see a Battroid kit as well like Hasegawa did for the Mac Zero line. Quote
valkyriepm Posted May 16, 2013 Posted May 16, 2013 Oh, man. I better put some effort on building the VF-1 on the stash... Quote
ivorysniper Posted May 16, 2013 Posted May 16, 2013 (edited) Haha! My thoughts exactly! I'm sooo looking forward to this!!! I hope they do the whole line including the Armored and Tornado. Now what to do with my other un-built Bandai kits... ... and hopefully Hasegawa will get the rights to work on the whole Macross Frontier VF line and we get a VF-171, VF-27 & YF-29 as well. Just thinking... or dreaming... I'm really eager to see new stuff from Hasegawa. Edited May 16, 2013 by ivorysniper Quote
Vifam7 Posted May 16, 2013 Posted May 16, 2013 ... and hopefully Hasegawa will get the rights to work on the whole Macross Frontier VF line and we get a VF-171, VF-27 & YF-29 as well. Just thinking... or dreaming... I'm really eager to see new stuff from Hasegawa. Before they get to all the Frontier Valkyries, i want to get a VF-4 from Hasegawa. Quote
505thAirborne Posted May 16, 2013 Posted May 16, 2013 Before they get to all the Frontier Valkyries, i want to get a VF-4 from Hasegawa. "That goes without saying" Dr. Frankenstein Quote
wm cheng Posted May 17, 2013 Posted May 17, 2013 Before they get to all the Frontier Valkyries, i want to get a VF-4 from Hasegawa. DEFINITELY! Quote
ivorysniper Posted May 17, 2013 Posted May 17, 2013 Before they get to all the Frontier Valkyries, i want to get a VF-4 from Hasegawa. Totally Agreed !!!. Quote
Chronocidal Posted May 17, 2013 Posted May 17, 2013 (edited) I wonder how hard it would be to kitbash this kit together with a Bandai to let you use the super, armor, and tornado packs from the existing kits? If Hasegawa keeps the entire leg assembly as a separate structure, you could probably do it without too much trouble. I wonder if we'll be forced to do some kitbashing from the get-go to give them some pilots though. Hasegawa has gotten a little better with including pilots fortunately, but the VF-1 weapons pack nonsense was annoying. Edited May 17, 2013 by Chronocidal Quote
electric indigo Posted May 19, 2013 Posted May 19, 2013 The kits from Zero had pretty good pilots, and if this one doesn't, Studio Starforge will have to make some. Quote
Zinjo Posted May 23, 2013 Posted May 23, 2013 This is what I love about japanese culture. Where businesses can share resources for mutual benefit. It is entirely possible Haseqawa has licensed the Frontier "Fighter" designs from Bandai under some sort of terms agreement not to produce a battroid to compete with the Bandai transforming kits. Either way, I too am stoked about the possibility of Hasegawa quality Frontier fighters. I've never been a fan of Bandai's transformable kits ever since I built my first Bandai VF-1 back in the day. Transforming Valks should be relegated to toys where they can now be engineered with similar quality to static kits. Quote
Gubaba Posted May 24, 2013 Posted May 24, 2013 This is what I love about japanese culture. Where businesses can share resources for mutual benefit. It is entirely possible Haseqawa has licensed the Frontier "Fighter" designs from Bandai under some sort of terms agreement not to produce a battroid to compete with the Bandai transforming kits. No, it's just that Bandai had a five-year exclusive deal to produce Frontier Valk kits and toys. Now that five years has passed, other companies can get in on it. Quote
Shukenzero Posted May 25, 2013 Posted May 25, 2013 Who actually owns the Frontier rights? Didn't Bandai part-fund the anime? I'm not sure so please clarify. Quote
anime52k8 Posted June 5, 2013 Posted June 5, 2013 (edited) hmm... clearly nobody knows this at this point but I wonder how close the dimensions and proportions of this Hase kit will be to the Bandai 1/72 kits. Thing is I still have this sheet of Sheryl decals from way back when the bandai kit first came out. I always planned on using them on a fighter only build, so maybe I should keep waiting on the hase kit. http://news.toyark.com/2009/02/22/macross-f-172-vf-25f-alto-custom-with-sheryl-nome-decals-933 Edited June 5, 2013 by anime52k8 Quote
electric indigo Posted June 5, 2013 Posted June 5, 2013 I've been wondering about this, too. At first glance, Bandai seemed to have stayed very close to the CG models from the animation. Maybe Hase just brings us a better assembly, better surface detail (though Bandai was pretty good there), a better cockpit (Bandai seemed to have copied the simplified setup from the animation model here), and, most important, better decals. And all of this, of course, for a more affordable price. Skull Squadron, assemble! Quote
PetarB Posted June 6, 2013 Posted June 6, 2013 I haven't got to the decals on the Bandai 1/72 Frontier kits. Where they bad? Quote
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