Chronocidal Posted March 21, 2014 Posted March 21, 2014 I love it. The panel lines look much finer than the deep canyons the older VF-0's had. The chest piece looks proportionally narrower too, although when I compare to the 0S, it looks about the same. It could just be the longer torso due to the double seat cockpit. The older Zeroes look kinda squat in comparison. Actually, the VF-0D is the same overall length, nose included. It's just that components are shifted around similar to the way the VT-1 is, and the canopy is a little closer to the nosecone than on the A or S. They might have to push the heatshield closer to the cockpit to make it longer. If the intake fins are molded in one piece with them, I don't think I'm too concerned about their strength. They obviously won't take any kind of drop well, but they'll probably be fine as long as you don't leave pressure on them. If you keep the gunpod loaded, it might keep them from even touching on a flat surface. Quote
Mommar Posted March 22, 2014 Posted March 22, 2014 All this praise? WHY?! I will wait for Davey boy to find something wrong with it. lechuck beat him to it. Quote
Reïvaj Posted March 22, 2014 Posted March 22, 2014 I am cautiously optimistic that this will be a nice companion piece to my Yamato SV-51 Nora-type. And I really like how the wings form a flared skirt/cape in battroid mode. I know it's too early but I'd love a revised SV-51 to be a companion to this beauty. Quote
Mommar Posted March 22, 2014 Posted March 22, 2014 I never got an SV-51. I'm hoping they'll release a new version at some point. Quote
Reïvaj Posted March 22, 2014 Posted March 22, 2014 I also never got one of those waiting for the new version. I did the same with the YF-19 and it worked Quote
SaitouSad Posted March 22, 2014 Posted March 22, 2014 diecast upper arms, looks like they learned a lesson from old Yammie exploding arms. Looks amazing! Thank God indeed is for 2015! this only makes me wish they had applied it to the upcoming YF-19 Quote
technoblue Posted March 22, 2014 Posted March 22, 2014 (edited) Yeah, an improved SV-51 would be an easy upgrade for me, if Arcadia ends up going down that road. And, much as I enjoyed Zero, I was thinking of keeping my display for the show small (limited to two Valkyries). Edited March 22, 2014 by technoblue Quote
xrentonx Posted March 22, 2014 Posted March 22, 2014 Looks fantastic! I was planning on picking up only one but it's hard being good when she looks like that Quote
Knightdramon Posted March 22, 2014 Posted March 22, 2014 Are we sure that these are indeed die-cast arms? Realistically, I see no other reason for those parts to be bright glossy gold on the test shot, but you never know. Pretty cool nevertheless. The 0D was the valkyrie I admired the most when watching Macross Zero [first ever macross thingie I watched as an adult going into the hobby]. It will be glorious and I'll be putting one pound aside each day for it until its release day. Will probably have cash for 2 but it never hurts lol Quote
Xigfrid Posted March 22, 2014 Posted March 22, 2014 Would love the 0S, 0A and also 0B! There are so much additions, I can't decide what I prefer most between: reactive armor, super parts or ghost! Quote
Gakken85 Posted March 23, 2014 Posted March 23, 2014 Now that's something to get excited about. I'll buy two please Quote
Mommar Posted March 23, 2014 Posted March 23, 2014 Would love the 0S, 0A and also 0B! There are so much additions, I can't decide what I prefer most between: reactive armor, super parts or ghost! Well, if they decide to make a 0S or 0A the only thing stopping them from mixing and matching the different parts for the 0B and 0C is sales projections. Quote
SaitouSad Posted March 23, 2014 Posted March 23, 2014 Next VF-0S with reactive armor. 10/10 would buy. it better have openable missle pods Quote
IXTL Posted March 29, 2014 Posted March 29, 2014 Better quality version of the Dengeki Hobby scan we saw before. Quote
Falcon18 Posted March 29, 2014 Posted March 29, 2014 That looks good no matter hw many times it's looked at Wondering if I shd choose between this or a 0S (whenever it's gonna get reissued) or get both... Quote
close313 Posted March 29, 2014 Posted March 29, 2014 (edited) That looks good no matter hw many times it's looked at Wondering if I shd choose between this or a 0S (whenever it's gonna get reissued) or get both... Get this, then if you don't like it and once it is sure that 0S is getting remade then sell the 0D. Better to get both in the end, because they're the two main guys! Edited March 29, 2014 by close313 Quote
Falcon18 Posted March 29, 2014 Posted March 29, 2014 Haha. Good idea. Though once I get it. I'll probably keep it. I'm in it to buy and keep for my collection. Not resell. Heh. Quote
Reïvaj Posted March 29, 2014 Posted March 29, 2014 A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. Quote
Hikuro Posted March 29, 2014 Posted March 29, 2014 just hope they fix the bicep issues that pissed off so many who bought the A.......like me. Quote
Reïvaj Posted March 29, 2014 Posted March 29, 2014 Looking at the pics it seems evident they've addressed that issue. Quote
Archer Posted March 29, 2014 Posted March 29, 2014 I wonder why the -0 series arms were so prone to breakage when Yamato got so many other "arms" right. I wonder if the -0 series arm design is just delicate inherently (which is why they went with diecast here) Quote
jenius Posted March 29, 2014 Posted March 29, 2014 I think it was an assembly issue that caused the downfall of the 0 series arms and Arcadia is going with diecast this time so people won't be afraid this toy has the same faults. Quote
Guest davidwhangchoi Posted March 29, 2014 Posted March 29, 2014 (edited) this time they're stepping up beyond diecast and going gold. Edited March 29, 2014 by davidwhangchoi Quote
Gakken85 Posted March 29, 2014 Posted March 29, 2014 They may not keep gold. I think it's a promo thing to show off the diecast. They almost didn't keep gold with the Getters from T-rex but they asked the fans. Quote
Mommar Posted March 29, 2014 Posted March 29, 2014 (edited) They may not keep gold. I think it's a promo thing to show off the diecast. They almost didn't keep gold with the Getters from T-rex but they asked the fans. He's joking because it's colored gold in the photo. Edited March 29, 2014 by Mommar Quote
Scream Man Posted March 29, 2014 Posted March 29, 2014 The way they are doing the hits is weirding me out. The 19 first; My favorite Valk. Then the 0D, my number 2. Thank God we already have 29's or I'd be screwed.... Quote
Chronocidal Posted March 30, 2014 Posted March 30, 2014 That plastic in particular was bad all around. It wasn't even limited to the VF-0s, my old YF-19 has some of the same types of cracking on certain parts. On my VF-0s, it wasn't just the shoulders either.. every part made made of that same texured plastic has developed spiderweb-style crazes and cracks all over them. I took apart the knee joints on one of mine, and the insides of them looked like shattered glass from all the cracking. They were just thick enough not to fail catastrophically like the shoulders tended to. I soaked them in superglue from the inside, and they've held up ok since then. If I do wind up buying a v.2 VF-0S/A, I'll probably find some crazy way to customize the ones I already have. Quote
warrhead Posted March 30, 2014 Posted March 30, 2014 I remember reading somewhere that Yamato had stated that the shoulder problems with the original VF-0 releases wasn't the weakness of the plastic that was used per se, but due to how the plastic that was used reacted with other plastics used for adjacent parts, having a corrosive effect. Quote
Reïvaj Posted March 30, 2014 Posted March 30, 2014 That can happen with certain kinds of metals, I didn't know it could also happen with plastics. Very interesting. Quote
David Hingtgen Posted March 30, 2014 Posted March 30, 2014 LEGO tires will slowly dissolve the wheels they're on, if you keep the tires on for years. (which is of course what most people do). Maybe LEGO's fixed this now, but if you happen to have like some 1990 or 1995 LEGO wheels around---try pulling the tires off. It'll probably take a lot of effort, and some of the hub itself will peel off with the tire. Quote
Chronocidal Posted March 30, 2014 Posted March 30, 2014 Actually, I never had the tires dissolve things, but over time I definitely had a few hubs that were cracked from the stress of being pushed on and off of axles, and the tires were actually holding them together. Quote
David Hingtgen Posted March 30, 2014 Posted March 30, 2014 I don't think I ever tried to pull a hub off the axle. (why? LEGO wheels/axles were incredibly universal---you'd gain nothing by swapping parts around) Quote
Chronocidal Posted March 30, 2014 Posted March 30, 2014 Oh, I'm referring more to the type of wheels that used technics axles, not the original metal ones. I don't think I own any from the period before they became the common treaded tire you see today. Anyway, given the quality of the past few releases, I seriously doubt they'll have these sort of issues again. Quote
Jasonc Posted March 30, 2014 Posted March 30, 2014 I know that rubber seal of the 0s that were on seemed to corrode on its own as well, which is what I think they were referring to. For some reason, my 0s never had the arm breakage. Even when I sold them, they were pretty solid. Still, after sometime, it freaked me out to transform them, so I sold them all. Quote
Mommar Posted March 30, 2014 Posted March 30, 2014 I know that rubber seal of the 0s that were on seemed to corrode on its own as well, which is what I think they were referring to. For some reason, my 0s never had the arm breakage. Even when I sold them, they were pretty solid. Still, after sometime, it freaked me out to transform them, so I sold them all. Actually, one of them you sold had it's arm randomly crumble last week... Quote
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