1/60 VF-1J 30th Anniversary

[Dark_Ghost]

Hobby Japan 2013 07

Cybergundam

1/60 VF-1J 30th Anniversary ¥16 590

[Valk-1S]

Ouch that's quite pricy. Wonder whether there's any difference to Yamato 1/60. At that price I rather spend on Bandai if you can get them at RRP.

[Murphy]

Translation of article?

That is the Arcadia vf-1j right..?

Edit: just read the other thread looks like it is

Edited May 23, 2013 by Murphy

[EXO]

Decals?

[Dark_Ghost]

to 16,590 yen, this is the expensive decals

Ouch that's quite pricy. Wonder whether there's any difference to Yamato 1/60. At that price I rather spend on Bandai if you can get them at RRP.

If VF is made ​​by Arcadia, then there should not be any difference, they have bought Yamato. Edited May 23, 2013 by Dark_Ghost

[Guest davidwhangchoi]

looks black where the option parts go? i wonder if that's the shadow of the photo or a set dark option parts under the armpit

[Valk-1S]

to 16,590 yen, this is the expensive decalsIf VF is made ​​by Arcadia, then there should not be any difference, they have bought Yamato.

Just curious whether there is any difference given the price difference from Yamato. Yamato VF-1 RRP was 9,800 Yen, this appear to retail at 15,800 (with 5% tax = 16,590). Huge price increase. Perhaps this is the price Arcadia need to charge to be profitable.

[Dark_Ghost]

No idea, probably as the price difference is justified by the fact that it will be a super collector's piece

[Graham]

The extra cost us probably at least partially due to the large amount of Tampo printing required.

Graham

[Mommar]

It's pretty cool looking in Battroid.

[Benson13]

Still hate it, but it's a GREAT sign.

[jvmacross]

Did Arcadia need to bend over even more for the license???

Speculation will make this thing sell-out......

We'll find out when the first "regular" release is announced I suppose......30000JPY each for a Max or Miria???

Maybe Arcadia has been keeping an eye on the "market".....

Edited May 23, 2013 by jvmacross

[usagiz]

Ok, I want one, and that had better be 100% tampo printing! It seems like a good way for Arcadia to test the Macross toy market waters... I hope they don't start down the path to repaint VF-1 with random artist designs.

[Dark_Ghost]

ARCADIA 2013年8月發售: 完全變形 1/60 VF-1J Macross30週年塗裝版

Cybergundam

This is confirmed. VF-1J 1/60 per Arcadia. Released in August 2013.

Edited May 23, 2013 by Dark_Ghost

[raptormesh]

Does it mention anywhere that it's a limited run though?

[Guest davidwhangchoi]

Does it mention anywhere that it's a limited run though?

even if we're not sure how many they will print, i'm pretty sure it'll be out of print after the 30th anniversary (this year) is over.

question is will it sit like the 1/48 vf-1s black gold or will it sell out and enhance collectibility

[Dark_Ghost]

Figure Oh 184

Cybergundam

ARCADIA 2013年8月發售: 完全變形 1/60 VF-1J Valkyrie Macross30週年塗裝版 16,590Yen

Edited May 23, 2013 by Dark_Ghost

[troyness]

Decals?

I hope the Battroid's chest is decals, more black in that area would look better!

But I LOVE the head!!!..( Battroid's head that is..)

[sil80jdm]

Figure Oh 184

Cybergundam

ARCADIA 2013年8月發售: 完全變形 1/60 VF-1J Valkyrie Macross30週年塗裝版 16,590Yen

Any info on the basara guitar on that page?

[Dark_Ghost]

Release in June ¥ 350,000

[Mommar]

I hope the Battroid's chest is decals, more black in that area would look better!

But I LOVE the head!!!..( Battroid's head that is..)

That Red Striped head looks slick doesn't it? More black on the chest would make it look even more Tux-like too. LOL

[sil80jdm]

Release in June ¥ 350,000

That's unfortunate looks like I won't be getting one

[Mommar]

I just realized, released in JUNE! That's next month.

[Ahab]

It's great to see that the line looks like it will continue, but that is one gnarly looking bird! It'd be nice if Arcadia chimed in with a VF-4 release to reassure the collector base. Plus I'd like to have one without shelling out $800+.

[Mommar]

I'm willing to bet any VF-4 repaint would sell well.

[Kicker773]

Release in June ¥ 350,000

Goddamn....better start collecting all my change and sell some aluminum cans. Any info on where to order?

BTW is this a model or a toy?

[EXO]

I hope the Battroid's chest is decals, more black in that area would look better!

But I LOVE the head!!!..( Battroid's head that is..)

I asked a friend and they mean the sticker sheets... like these will come with option parts and sticker sheets.

[connor99]

I guess I'll skip this one. The thing just doesn't look right, specially in fighter mode. Way too many decals, stickers or whatever the hell they are. Looks more like Nascar than Macross.

[Guest davidwhangchoi]

if they make a limited supply i'm in, collectible and rare qualities draw me in:) i like things that are hard to get. Makes ugly look pretty.

[lykiat]

at least there's hope of new valks coming out of Arcadia

[stillAkid]

i wonder why japanese company like yamato/arcadia spend so little on marketing. with the price of the item they are selling, cant they just do more on the marketing?

look at the news we are having, just a small piece of news from a magazine. sigh. will arcadia bankrupt again?

imagine arcadia just bought over yamato, a big come back with nice advertisement to make everybody waiting, that would make sense right?

[raptormesh]

Well they did say 1 to 2 valks per year and looking at their new price point perhaps they are still testing the waters to see if the business plan makes sense. I'm willing to bet they are still focusing much of their energy on the figures though.

Going to have to pass on this one I'm afraid. It'll still sell well I hope, as the fandom's pretty keen on any new valk at the moment.

[kyekye]

It says 30th logo and all title logos will be water decal

[Mommar]

Really? They're all waterslide decals?

[m0n5t3r]

It says 30th logo and all title logos will be water decal

I hope they show a pic of it bare then...