Arcadia 1/60 VF-19 Custom Nekki Basara Special with Sound Booster

[SaitouSad]

Apologies in advance if this has been posted somewhere in 1 of the threads.

So... this showed up on Taghobby

Would be an easy pass for me, since I'm fairly happy with the Yamato VF-19 I already own.

Wonder if they will rework any part of it.

Edited April 8, 2014 by SaitouSad

[takatoys]

Very easy pass. VF-4 Arcadia, VF-4!

[close313]

I think that this will just be a re-release. But it would be nice if they did something different with this. Might consider getting it even though I dislike the Fire Valkyrie as I do like the sound booster.

[Guest davidwhangchoi]

interesting.

[CoreyD]

Interesting choice. Was this a popular release before? I can't remember.

I'm not a M7 fan, so it's an easy pass for me.

[Chronocidal]

Wonder if it will include both Basara figures (jeans/tanktop and concert outfit)..

Glad to see they can re-release it though, it gives me hope that we'll see more repaints of that mold later on.

[SaitouSad]

^ I don't know... the VF-19 Kai was fairly easy to get. And was even discounted a couple of times towards the end of Yamato's life.

[Valkyrie2008]

Did not aquire one from Yamato and will not aquire this one from Arcadia either, an easy pass for me also.

[Falcon18]

Easy pass for me.. Still waiting on the Super/Strike parts..

[Mommar]

^ I don't know... the VF-19 Kai was fairly easy to get. And was even discounted a couple of times towards the end of Yamato's life.

That's what I was thinking, it wasn't hard to find and was quite a shelf warmer in the end.

[Kanedas Bike]

Not overly fond of the decision to re-release this particular Valk but I do hope it means more re-releases are coming (VF-4 and a few of the rarer VF-1 variants).

-b.

[Valkyrie Magnus]

Very easy pass. I have all the VF-19's, I don't see how they can improve it enough for me to buy another.

[Guest davidwhangchoi]

imagine this has ratchet feet? i think we would riot

[Murphy]

If it has changes from the yamato one i might get it, but if it is exactly the same repackaged as an Arcadia ill skip it.

[skullmilitia]

Easy pass unless it's the new parts like intake covers are removable and stuff.

Although the Soundbooster is boring, how about the huge speaker pod that never got released?

[mechaninac]

Wake me up when they get around to rereleasing the VF-19F. VF-19Kai Arcadia?... Yawn!

[Saburo]

It's M7, so this is a definite pass.

[SaitouSad]

That's what I was thinking, it wasn't hard to find and was quite a shelf warmer in the end.

that and coupled with Arcadia's new pricing policy, I don't know if this would take off unless they did some re-design / engineering. Though that said, the Yamato one is a very good Valk already.

[skullmilitia]

There must be some serious licensing issues with VF-4 repaints.

It's seriously the only thing that's a absolute gauranteed sale.

[aaajin]

Im full. the 19 filled my 19 hunger.

[mechaninac]

When I wrote a few pages back that Arcadia's YF-19 was bound to have its share of design/engineering quirks an WTFs, I was hoping to be wrong; but from all the postings I've read since it came out, it appears that my pragmatic observation was a major understatement... Be that as it may, I'm about to find out for myself in a few days as my copy has just shipped from HLJ, about 12 hours after making payment (HLJ has been on the ball lately). Now the nail biting begins until I can see if I got a gem or a lemon... kind of an unsettling feeling given the cost of this thing.

Edit: D'oh! Meant to make this post in the YF-19 thread... oh well.

Edited April 8, 2014 by mechaninac

[Reïvaj]

It's coming with removable intake covers and matte finish.

[anime52k8]

When I wrote a few pages back that Arcadia's YF-19 was bound to have its share of design/engineering quirks an WTFs, I was hoping to be wrong; but from all the postings I've read since it came out, it appears that my pragmatic observation was a major understatement... Be that as it may, I'm about to find out for myself in a few days as my copy has just shipped from HLJ, about 12 hours after making payment (HLJ has been on the ball lately). Now the nail biting begins until I can see if I got a gem or a lemon... kind of an unsettling feeling given the cost of this thing.

it's the worst toy ever made, you will be disappointed.

Edited April 8, 2014 by anime52k8

[1/1 LowViz Lurker]

They should re-release VF-11B imo. (add a new atmospheric booster)

Then VF-11C with changes that allow you to add Full Armor. Yummy. Maybe by this time they will have to have fixed ankle design to allow for all the extra weight it has to cope with?

The announcement of this gives hope for re-releases of other things.

I'm waiting for Arcadia to announce VF0S with Reactive Armor. Roy Fokker Ozma has the best paintscheme. Grey tint and black with the high-vis yellow/Gold trimmings.

Edited April 8, 2014 by 1/1 LowViz Lurker

[skullmilitia]

Hmm, well it appears Arcadia is hitting out all the major Aces first.

Fokker

Hikaru

Isamu

Basara

Shin

[matic]

Pass yamato version still avail.

[xrentonx]

What? Why?

Easy pass if there's nothing different :/

[GU-11]

I was never a fan of Mac7, so it's an instant pass for me. Still, I'm interested in seeing what the differences are between the Yamato version and theirs. And more importantly, what improvements they've made on it, if any, compared to the V2 YF-19.

Well, if they're working on Macross 7 now, I wouldn't mind getting Millia's VF-1J in its M7 colors. Then again, I'm not sure I'd want to pay Arcadia prices for a slightly different paint scheme, since I've already got my Yammie M&M's.

[Loop]

Such a frustrating choice for a release.... There are other things that have been unavailable for a lot longer. I think if they thought it out better they could drive more sales.

I guess I don't really see the market demanding this release is all.

Edited April 8, 2014 by Loop

[mechaninac]

It's coming with removable intake covers and matte finish.

Wouldn't that be kick in the nads for anyone who prefers matte on their Yamato/Arcadia valks and the ability to remove or keep the intake covers, but bought all the 19s despite the show car finish and permanently shuttered intakes because what was released was IT, take it or leave it.

Personally, I still would not buy the Kai... worst Macross character ever, tie for worst VF design (Mylene's 11MAXL is the other) in terms of colors and detail -- a face with nose and mouth, pfft! However, if Arcadia were to update the molds for the chages you stated for the S, F, and P, I'd likely cave on those, and sell my one VF-19S.

it's the worst toy ever made, you will be disappointed.

I'm a pragmatist; I always hope for the best while expecting the worst... that way, I'm rarely disappointed. I doubt the new YF-19 will be enough of a let down to be truly disappointing... unless I get a copy made of self-explodium...

[Raptor One]

Hopefully this means 19F on the way

[Reïvaj]

Such a frustrating choice for a release.... There are other things that have been unavailable for a lot longer. I think if they thought it out better they could drive more sales.

I guess I don't really see the market demanding this release is all.

So what's the Japanese market demanding right now?

Wouldn't that be kick in the nads for anyone who prefers matte on their Yamato/Arcadia valks and the ability to remove or keep the intake covers, but bought all the 19s despite the show car finish and permanently shuttered intakes because what was released was IT, take it or leave it.

I only said that because guessing is for free, but if that was the case Arcadia, as a different new company, would be offering the options you wanted but didn't have before

[Swoosh]

So what's the Japanese market demanding right now?

I only said that because guessing is for free, but if that was the case Arcadia, as a different new company, would be offering the options you wanted but didn't have before

I don't understand M7 nor the Japanese market....

[Chronocidal]

I think what's driving Arcadia is seeing how pretty much every VF-25 of Bandai's except Alto and Ozma have been shelf warmers. While I think older series had a wider variety of likeable characters, and could appeal to a bigger audience, the current market is extremely main character focused.

They're probably doing the mains to start, and hopefully that'll lead to enough profit to produce some of the less well-known designs.

[Knightdramon]

As I predicted a while ago in other threads, Arcadia is playing it safe with what they're releasing.

Every single release and announcement of theirs is carefully premeditated from that character popularity poll sheet that caught my eye months ago in this forum.

VF1S Roy [with strike]---on the top 3 most popular valkyries

VF1S Hikaru [with strike, again]---very close to that

YF19-----Need you ask? Top 5

VF0D----Best sales of the VF0 series as it's the only one we never got, hero-wise.

VF19Kai---whether you like it or not, it's an amazing toy and a hero character

So besides the VF1J which came out for the anniversary, everything else is a hero mecha. I suspect Gamlin will be next with either VF17.

I also believe they will make various changes to the Kai for this release. Not remoulding, but extra quirks like more tampo printing maybe and so on. Because otherwise it makes no sense, both the kai and the booster can be purchased for below their original retail right now, there'd be no incentive to buy a bundle.