Bandai DX YF-30 Chronos

[valhary]

I dont know if is my imagination or the transformation is very similar to the vf4

[Dimis]

One of the best features from NY!

My other favorite feature is AE's shipping combination option

I wish NY could start a warehouse option ! But if they did they would no longer be able to make profit from shipping costs as they currently do. Therefore unless all their customers refuse to place orders unless they do that, they never will.

[IXTL]

From the Tamashii Summer Collection display.

[Duymon]

Glad I'm getting Three of These

[Sildani]

Thanks for that! I think this is the weekend people will be able to actually handle the 30, so hopefully someone will give us an "hands-on" report.

[Scyla]

I would appreciate detailed pictures of Fighter-Mode to see if the alignment of the center spine has changed.

[Sildani]

Is this a Valkyrie or a chiropractic patient?

[Scyla]

Would you prefer the top side of the aft fuselage?

[edit: ] Now that I think of it this is probably wrong. Should be something like the general fuselage since the mount for the missile bay starts right behind the head turret which looked also pretty uneven in previous pictures.

Edited May 9, 2014 by Scyla

[Mechapilot77]

please tell me the battroid doesn't need that "back brace" of a stand attachment to stay...upright. i think i would rage if that twas the case. can't remember...have we seen the battroid standing free without the stand?

[Scyla]

I hope it is similar to the Gerwalk-Mode stand adapter for the Messiahs. They also have a support fork but can stand fine without it. Probably it is there to reduce the stress on the piece.

[edit: ] Some images without the stand: http://www.macrossworld.com/mwf/index.php?showtopic=37897&p=1116946

Edited May 9, 2014 by Scyla

[Mechapilot77]

I hope it is similar to the Gerwalk-Mode stand adapter for the Messiahs. They also have a support fork but can stand fine without it. Probably it is there to reduce the stress on the piece.

[edit: ] Some images without the stand: http://www.macrossworld.com/mwf/index.php?showtopic=37897&p=1116946

i dunno, it looks like a pretty beefy brace. i hope they entire battroid just doens't flop under its own weight without it. sadly i woudln't put that beneath bandai. they'd be like...what thats why we inlcuded the stand! haha

[Guest davidwhangchoi]

[edit: ] Some images without the stand: http://www.macrossworld.com/mwf/index.php?showtopic=37897&p=1116946

yeah that first pic without the stand is realistic. lol

[Mommar]

yeah that first pic without the stand is realistic. lol

But the next three are with it standing.

Note the side view, the legs are angled backward.

Edited May 9, 2014 by Mommar

[Guest davidwhangchoi]

the point is it's photoshopped so you cant tell if it can really stand on it's own

[Kanedas Bike]

It's safe to think that the 30 will stand on it's own, it looks back heavy but the wings will be mostly plastic and not that heavy. Even if you have to lean it forward a bit it should stand without the assistance of a stand.

Re: the stand, all of Bandai's Mac F releases have them so that doesn't confirm one way or the other.

And as just stated, that pose that David posted is clearly Photoshopped.

-b.

[skullmilitia]

Head reminds me of Hikaru's 1J.

[Benson13]

This valk only gets better looking to me. As for it standing on it's own, I don't even care. It deserves a dynamic pose and that's what it's going to get.

[Guest davidwhangchoi]

i raised this question a while ago but personally i think it can stand on it's own, but thinking it will easily tip over unless posed leaning forward similar to justice and freedom gundam, i think this will need a stand in the long run as those ball joints won't hold out long term.

Edited May 9, 2014 by davidwhangchoi

[Mommar]

If you look at some of those other Battroid shots, the hips are pretty different. There's even some sort of metallic box that slides out from the hips. I wonder if Bandai has come up with a new way to work the hips, by force really, considering how funky Gerwalk is.

[Guest davidwhangchoi]

If you look at some of those other Battroid shots, the hips are pretty different. There's even some sort of metallic box that slides out from the hips. I wonder if Bandai has come up with a new way to work the hips, by force really, considering how funky Gerwalk is.

yeah, i'm sorta excited it's something new with a different design even if i have to get use to the missile rack. i have one on pre order on hlj in case it ends up being cool.

[anubis20]

My armored 25F can stand without any help from a stand. Im pretty sure the 30 will have no problem.

[Reïvaj]

yeah that first pic without the stand is realistic. lol

Even worst: the pic's been badly photoshopped because they forgot to erase the stand adaptor.

[Reïvaj]

This is how it'd look without the stand attachment:

[Mechapilot77]

hmm, its not so much stand as in balance, but i'm questioning the validity of theperfert transformation itself to the battroid mode itself(without the stand pieces propping it together)....it looks like the stand adaptor keeps the two halfs of the valk from folding in on itself, thats hwy i used "upright". not sure i'm describing this correctly or seeing it correctly as i really havne' tfollowed this valk that closely so perhpas i'm seeing something as part of th stand tha tis actuallly a part of teh valk itself. this is the picture that has me concerned.

[CF18]

...it looks like the stand adaptor keeps the two halfs of the valk from folding in on itself, thats hwy i used "upright".

It's fine.

http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/image/10273689a2/20/2

The torso is much thicker than VF-25 since the cockpit is horizontal. As valhary shown before it is quite similar to VF-4.

[Tochiro]

Time to get some play time in :-)

See? THIS is what happens when Aisha gets drunk and forgets to put the weapons container on ! Lol

[aaajin]

play and take more pictures!

[Saburo]

Play, and pics! Looking forward to your thoughts of the YF-30.

[Chronocidal]

Ok, to be fair, yes, it probably looked like that in the game.. but what is it with Bandai and printing white markings on white plastic?

[antibiotictab]

[platypus]

Thank you, antibiotictab, for being there to try out the new YF-30 offering from Bandai and your video-sharing!

It looks like (in the video) you had to take the missile box out to transform from battroid to the other modes. Is that true, or just that it came off during transformation?

How about the gunpod mounting? Was there an adapter piece that allows the gunpod to remain connected to the fighter when the missile box is deployed? And is there a way to mount the gunpod on the fighter such that it doesn't interfere with the retraction and deployment of the nose landing gear?

[VF5SS]

With regards to the nose gear, you could probably just flip the weapon's contain up slightly (which takes the gun pod with it) to give clearance and then put it back down.

[Sildani]

Yes, but that's... clunky.

Thanks so much, Antibiotictab!!! How did it feel in hand? Sturdy? Floppy? Too stiff?

[VF5SS]

Yes, but that's... clunky.

You have to move the head laser of a VF-1A (or VF-0D) out of the way before you extend or retract the landing gear too

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[Sildani]

I did not know that. Don't own either of those. So there's precedent for this kind of thing.