spanner Posted March 4, 2015 Posted March 4, 2015 (edited) I have to say in this close up shot the build quality looks amazing! very impressive! geez im almost in tears that mine still aren't with me.. Edited March 4, 2015 by spanner76 Quote
caslon Posted March 4, 2015 Posted March 4, 2015 I have to say in this close up shot the build quality looks amazing! very impressive! geez im almost in tears that mine still aren't with me.. I want mine so badly...still waiting.. Quote
spanner Posted March 4, 2015 Posted March 4, 2015 I want mine so badly...still waiting.. i feel im aging faster just waiting for them.. oh come on and just get here already! geez! Quote
Moosey Posted March 4, 2015 Posted March 4, 2015 Mine just shipped from NY. All these pics making me want even more! In the back of my mind, I intend to panel line and weather this (including the salt bath!) but ...... Quote
spanner Posted March 4, 2015 Posted March 4, 2015 (edited) Mine just shipped from NY. All these pics making me want even more! In the back of my mind, I intend to panel line and weather this (including the salt bath!) but ...... Weathering and salt bath might dull off the color to a much closer shade!? Yeah I'm just talking outta my ass! Edited March 4, 2015 by spanner76 Quote
Moosey Posted March 4, 2015 Posted March 4, 2015 Weathering and salt bath might dull off the color to a much closer shade!? Yeah I'm just talking outta my ass! It's not so much for the colour Spanner, I just want it to look used like in "that picture"! Quote
spanner Posted March 4, 2015 Posted March 4, 2015 It's not so much for the colour Spanner, I just want it to look used like in "that picture"! Yep gotcha! in sure it'll look awesome! Quote
Moosey Posted March 4, 2015 Posted March 4, 2015 Yep gotcha! in sure it'll look awesome! If I don't f*** it up! Quote
mechaninac Posted March 4, 2015 Posted March 4, 2015 All this picture bombing, not that I'm complaining, is really tempting me to request shipment from my HLJ PW... must resist... Quote
Scream Man Posted March 4, 2015 Posted March 4, 2015 I tell ya panel liners, the lines are shallow, its going to be hard to do. Quote
Desty_Nova Posted March 4, 2015 Posted March 4, 2015 Feeling a little pissed off for a few reasons. There's no stand and the stand adapter for fighter mode is really huge and ugly, for the ridiculous price they charged there is very little swag at all. Compared to the YF-19 this release is kind of insulting especially considering they can probably re-use some of the 0D molds for the VF-0A and VF-0S. It doesn't make any sense. This should have been so much cheaper than the 19. Quote
Ryoma Posted March 4, 2015 Posted March 4, 2015 I got mine last night and i just opened it.. First impression...this toy is really ugly.Looks likea big piece of... blue. Panel lines are too shallow. Probably things will get better with stickers but as it is now it really looks awful. Probably one of the worst valkyrie i have in my collection. Huge disapointment considering Macross Zero is one of my favourite series. I will try to post other thoughts later on but so far i am not happy with what i have. Quote
Mommar Posted March 4, 2015 Posted March 4, 2015 Feeling a little pissed off for a few reasons. There's no stand and the stand adapter for fighter mode is really huge and ugly, for the ridiculous price they charged there is very little swag at all. Compared to the YF-19 this release is kind of insulting especially considering they can probably re-use some of the 0D molds for the VF-0A and VF-0S. It doesn't make any sense. This should have been so much cheaper than the 19. Just because you think it should have been cheaper doesn't mean it ever actually should have been cheaper. Quote
Desty_Nova Posted March 4, 2015 Posted March 4, 2015 Just because you think it should have been cheaper doesn't mean it ever actually should have been cheaper. How do you figure? They get more use out of the tooling and they give you less stuff. What possible reason could there be for the high price? Paint? Quote
anubis20 Posted March 4, 2015 Posted March 4, 2015 (edited) Mine is still scheduled for delivery today, last scan was last night "10:44 pm International shipment release - Import OAKLAND, CA" im hoping it gets to me today because we are supposed to have a snow storm tomorrow Edited March 4, 2015 by anubis20 Quote
Mommar Posted March 4, 2015 Posted March 4, 2015 How do you figure? They get more use out of the tooling and they give you less stuff. What possible reason could there be for the high price? Paint? For one, very large flat surfaces cost a whole lot more to manufacture than a bunch of smaller pieces. And if you haven't noticed the 0D is pretty much all one giant flat surface. Quote
pioloto Posted March 4, 2015 Posted March 4, 2015 hello macross fans! long time reader, first post for me... agree with Desty_Nova on the stand adapters, but what doesnt make sense for me on the toy is the lack of tampo! if you look at the comparison pictures between proto and real toy: i dont understand why they didnt print the UN SPACY on the legs, I remenber when the 1/60 ve-1 (2nd version) was out, it was full of tampo, and I thought it will be new standard for yamato/Arcadia but following valkyries didnt get as many tampo... I mean for the price it has to be near perfect! and also as master wm cheng spots on every valk release : why dont they include decals!? Quote
Desty_Nova Posted March 4, 2015 Posted March 4, 2015 (edited) hello macross fans! long time reader, first post for me... agree with Desty_Nova on the stand adapters, but what doesnt make sense for me on the toy is the lack of tampo! if you look at the comparison pictures between proto and real toy: i dont understand why they didnt print the UN SPACY on the legs, I remenber when the 1/60 ve-1 (2nd version) was out, it was full of tampo, and I thought it will be new standard for yamato/Arcadia but following valkyries didnt get as many tampo... I mean for the price it has to be near perfect! and also as master wm cheng spots on every valk release : why dont they include decals!? Aww damnit. I didn't even notice that. They've been tampoing the un spacy on the legs forever And they didn't even bother to do it for this overpriced release? That's just lazy as hell. Going in to this release what I was really hoping for was another YF-19 style toy. With that release I felt like they were going over the top with gratuitous extras that we didn't really need. Diecast in the shield (why?) The high speed mode that nobody really wanted (I'll take that arm weapon instead thanks) Extra pilot figure (that couldn't have been cheap) and 600 missiles. This release leaves a bitter taste in my mouth. They've done the bare minimum on this one. Edited March 4, 2015 by Desty_Nova Quote
Froy Posted March 4, 2015 Posted March 4, 2015 What happened to the UN SPACY tampo on the legs? Painted prototype had it. Quote
myk Posted March 4, 2015 Posted March 4, 2015 Paid yesterday, shipped today. Great work AmiAmi... Quote
Mechamaniac Posted March 4, 2015 Posted March 4, 2015 Wife just picked mine up from PO. The long wait until 1500 begins..... Quote
caslon Posted March 4, 2015 Posted March 4, 2015 i feel im aging faster just waiting for them.. oh come on and just get here already! geez! Still in Osaka...sigh... One question guys, does it come with the waterslide decal? Thanks:) Quote
McFly!! Posted March 4, 2015 Posted March 4, 2015 (edited) <still waiting> Thanks for the pics, guys! They're really tiding me over. Head sculpt is really aggressive and mean looking! Edited March 4, 2015 by McFly!! Quote
chyll2 Posted March 4, 2015 Posted March 4, 2015 Still in Osaka...sigh... One question guys, does it come with the waterslide decal? Thanks:) stickers. I just wish at least, arcadia offer an aftermarket water slide decals Quote
xrentonx Posted March 4, 2015 Posted March 4, 2015 (edited) So brief impressions from playing with the D...massively impressed out of the box. I won't have time during the week to transform so I'll have more detailed thoughts on that over the weekend. The weight feels just right. It's heavy enough because of the diecast but not overly heavy. Everything feels nice and tight. I'll move the ankles more later but they seem tight for now. I'll take a closer look on Saturday. The giant fighter mode adapter stays in the box but whatever...it's small potatoes so most of you shouldn't care. Yeti might be working on a better one anyway. I hate to even bring up the color thing again but the color is beautiful and very NOT Max and NOT bright blue. It's a darker blue but has a grey to it. I'm not good at describing color but it's very different in hand and not something that has been captured very well from all the pics we've gotten because everyone has different cameras and settings. The gunpod has a nice diecast bar in it too The box art is nice. It's just a pic of the toy in fighter mode but it fooled me at a distance. Edited March 4, 2015 by xrentonx Quote
technoblue Posted March 4, 2015 Posted March 4, 2015 (edited) What happened to the UN SPACY tampo on the legs? Painted prototype had it. I could be wrong (fuzzy memory), but the original painted prototype of the VF-0D didn't have a lot of tampo printing on it. And I think there was a note that the tampo was getting reduced again at some point. The first painted prototype did have a complete set of stickers applied to it, though. Not a deal breaker for me, but it will be nice to see some of this detailing return if Arcadia has an opportunity to reconsider it in the future. Edited March 4, 2015 by technoblue Quote
Mommar Posted March 4, 2015 Posted March 4, 2015 (edited) As far as I can tell except for the UN Spacy Kites and red triangles around the intakes everything else on all of the prototypes have been stickers. I know some people are disappointed but if you look at the sticker sheet it appears they're giving people the option to put UN Spacy, UN Marines, UN Navy, etc... on the plane instead. Which would be cool if it weren't for the fact they tampo'd UN Spacy on the Gunpod already. Well, good news. Looks like the D is out for delivery right now. So at least it's getting here the original day they claimed it would. But with a 52 hour hang up in Japan that would have originally been Monday, no doubt. Edited March 4, 2015 by Mommar Quote
technoblue Posted March 4, 2015 Posted March 4, 2015 As far as I can tell except for the UN Spacy Kites and red triangles around the intakes everything else on all of the prototypes have been stickers. I know some people are disappointed but if you look at the sticker sheet it appears they're giving people the option to put UN Spacy, UN Marines, UN Navy, etc... on the plane instead. Which would be cool if it weren't for the fact they tampo'd UN Spacy on the Gunpod already. Well, good news. Looks like the D is out for delivery right now. So at least it's getting here the original day they claimed it would. But with a 52 hour hang up in Japan that would have originally been Monday, no doubt. Congrats, Mommar. Your note about the kites jives with what I remember from the early days of this thread. Quote
caslon Posted March 4, 2015 Posted March 4, 2015 stickers. I just wish at least, arcadia offer an aftermarket water slide decals Arrrhhhhh.... Quote
505thAirborne Posted March 4, 2015 Posted March 4, 2015 Mine just arrived at the Post Office this morning, so possibly today if not tomorrow for sure. That's pretty damn fast from Japan considering it left there on March 2nd. Quote
Guest davidwhangchoi Posted March 4, 2015 Posted March 4, 2015 I hate to even bring up the color thing again but the color is beautiful and very NOT Max and NOT bright blue. can you take a comparison shot with max? Quote
Negotiator Posted March 4, 2015 Posted March 4, 2015 (edited) I got mine. Been comparing it to the 0s. It's worth noting that it seems like 1 scale smaller/slimmer than the 0d and looks more in scale with the vf-1. It's most noticeable with the nose and chest area if you compare them side by side. edit: it has already demanded a blood sacrifice. Edited March 4, 2015 by Negotiator Quote
Gakken85 Posted March 4, 2015 Posted March 4, 2015 Lack of Tamp is a big deal unfortunately. I don't do stickers so I like to have a little. Oh well. Quote
Guest davidwhangchoi Posted March 4, 2015 Posted March 4, 2015 OT: it is the regular release that I won at YJA, ok, thanks, looking for the plus verision. thanks chyll2 Wife just picked mine up from PO. The long wait until 1500 begins..... nice!!! going to wait for yours:) my contact is selling me one for 29000yen+ ems (4100yen) coming out to about 280usd. have my finger on the trigger... Quote
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