takatoys Posted June 6, 2015 Posted June 6, 2015 I will wait for a miracle from HLJ. If not, I will wait for someone who gets bored of having two or three of the same type. Quote
mickyg Posted June 6, 2015 Posted June 6, 2015 Yeah,what's with that wonky angle, too? Good shot of the underside, though! Quote
Chronocidal Posted June 6, 2015 Posted June 6, 2015 Yeah, I had absolutely no faith in their ability to make it actually stay level. At least with the Arcadia one, the gunpod looks relatively level in flight, due to having some amount of angle of attack... but that droop just makes the gunpod look impotent. Quote
Guest davidwhangchoi Posted June 6, 2015 Posted June 6, 2015 but that droop just makes the gunpod look impotent. lol Quote
jenius Posted June 6, 2015 Posted June 6, 2015 No one has ever got that gun to be positioned level as far as I know. Hopefully it's straight and not left or right. Gun angle aside... this bird is still looking really fine. Quote
calubin_175 Posted June 6, 2015 Posted June 6, 2015 So is the price going to drop due to weight issues on battroid wings, and the angle of the gunpod in fighter mode? Guess not. Quote
Mr Bomber Posted June 6, 2015 Posted June 6, 2015 Orders are open again on HLJ, get it now if anyone still hunting it. Quote
Desty_Nova Posted June 6, 2015 Posted June 6, 2015 Would it kill bandai to make the stands from clear plastic? We've been complaining for years about their butt ugly stands. Quote
spanner Posted June 6, 2015 Posted June 6, 2015 The gun pod stow angle does suck but its the very same problem with the Arcadia 19.. and a few other Valks suffer from this issue also. Im sure they could have devised a mechanism so the gun stock articulates or can be re-positioned (similar to how the the VF-1 gun pods stock folds away) so it would sit on a more correct angle. Can't remember which other Valks gun pod stock angle can be shifted? Still definitely looking forward to getting these in a month or so.. Quote
mechaninac Posted June 6, 2015 Posted June 6, 2015 (edited) Would it kill bandai to make the stands from clear plastic? We've been complaining for years about their butt ugly stands. At least they included a stand with the Valk as a standard accessory... Yes, I'm looking at you, Arcadia! Edited June 6, 2015 by mechaninac Quote
spanner Posted June 6, 2015 Posted June 6, 2015 At least they included a stand with the Valk as a standard accessory... Yes, I'm looking at you, Arcadia! true true but its a right shame that the standard issue Bandia stand sucks a fat one.. Will have to order me some more FP stands or come up with a different solution to displaying it. I don't think I want to have it sitting on its landing gear. Maybe I'll hang it up on fishing line!? Quote
ErikElvis Posted June 6, 2015 Posted June 6, 2015 Still haven't seen the all important side view yet have we? Quote
ChaoticYeti Posted June 6, 2015 Posted June 6, 2015 true true but its a right shame that the standard issue Bandia stand sucks a fat one.. Will have to order me some more FP stands or come up with a different solution to displaying it. I don't think I want to have it sitting on its landing gear. Maybe I'll hang it up on fishing line!? You have options. Does the gunpod look a little small to anyone else? Almost like the yamato yf-19 gunpod. Quote
IXTL Posted June 6, 2015 Posted June 6, 2015 Fighter mode views The front landing gear folds in half to stow. Quote
ChaoticYeti Posted June 6, 2015 Posted June 6, 2015 (edited) Hopefully the droopy gullet is just a mis-transformation. Edited June 6, 2015 by ChaoticYeti Quote
spanner Posted June 6, 2015 Posted June 6, 2015 hopefully the final version locks together a little better than shown in those last photos.. although it looks as if it was hastily transformed for display. That double hinged nose gear is an interesting approach too! Never seen that in another Valkyrie before! They must have been pressed for internal space having to do that I'd imagine. That would indicate a very different design and construction of this plane compared to the Yamato/Arcadia version. Still the plane looks fantastic! Loving the amount of tampo too! Quote
ChaoticYeti Posted June 6, 2015 Posted June 6, 2015 Has bandai always shown just tampo? Non of that could be decals? Just curious cause it looks like a crap ton of tampo. Quote
Frogze Posted June 6, 2015 Posted June 6, 2015 They never had any decals afaik, except maybe a few extras like for that green VF-27 maybe (?) and the vb-6. Interesting that the front landing gear seems to be hinged, probably because as Chrono noticed the front landing gear doors are very short. Also thanks to MW members here I could finally get a PO at HLJ as well Quote
McFly!! Posted June 6, 2015 Posted June 6, 2015 Yeah, I had absolutely no faith in their ability to make it actually stay level. At least with the Arcadia one, the gunpod looks relatively level in flight, due to having some amount of angle of attack... but that droop just makes the gunpod look impotent. Or post-coital? I'm a glass half-full kinda guy today You have options. Does the gunpod look a little small to anyone else? Almost like the yamato yf-19 gunpod. It does, maybe it's a wee bit cold? Lol Quote
Loop Posted June 6, 2015 Posted June 6, 2015 The gunpod does look undersized, I wonder if that's why they never show any shots of it posed with the gun in battroid mode. Quote
Scyla Posted June 6, 2015 Posted June 6, 2015 I don't understand why the gunpods of the VF-1 and VF-0 have extra parts so that the handle can collapse and no one had the idea to implement a similar mechanism to keep the gun of the Y/VF-19 level. Quote
Moosey Posted June 6, 2015 Posted June 6, 2015 I like the look of the landing gear - nosegear at least! Quote
lykiat Posted June 6, 2015 Posted June 6, 2015 Fighter mode views The front landing gear folds in half to stow. After seeing these pics, I'm actually starting to like it more. Quote
Reïvaj Posted June 6, 2015 Posted June 6, 2015 Side profile looks a bit broke-back 19 to me. I agree. And I regret it because in my opinion that's one of the few things that doesn't compare well to the Arcadia's. Quote
Brand-X Posted June 7, 2015 Posted June 7, 2015 (edited) I just really hope this is either mis-transformed or an early sample, it looks very gappy in fighter mode. I'm still getting one, because I'm a completist and I love Isamu, but so far I'm still loving my Arcadia YF-19 a lot more. I just wish Arcadia could put that much tampo on their releases... Wish there was a best of both worlds company, the design of Arcadia, the tampo of Bandai. Does anyone know the size of this thing by the way? I know it's supposed to be in scale with the rest of Bandai's valks, but is it as big as the Arcadia 19? Edited June 7, 2015 by Brand-X Quote
spanner Posted June 7, 2015 Posted June 7, 2015 (edited) The forward canards are a different design to the Arcadia unit.. they don't mount perfectly flush against the forward fuselage and have little black painted areas at the very forward tips. And their pivot point is further forward too. Interesting.. I wonder if that was a Bandai detail or whether its true to the anime and was an Advance only design detail? Edited June 7, 2015 by spanner76 Quote
Ryoma Posted June 7, 2015 Posted June 7, 2015 Do we know the exact release date? I was hoping to get it for my birthday (July 2nd) but it still says June 30th on HLJ... Quote
F360 Posted June 7, 2015 Posted June 7, 2015 Do we know the exact release date? I was hoping to get it for my birthday (July 2nd) but it still says June 30th on HLJ... The release stated on tamashii website is June 20th. Quote
Ryoma Posted June 7, 2015 Posted June 7, 2015 The release stated on tamashii website is June 20th. Thank you! That should work then! Quote
spanner Posted June 7, 2015 Posted June 7, 2015 I already have 3 on pre-order but only one of them is mine as one is for my son, and the other for someone else.. Im now considering ordering a 4th so I can have one each displayed in fighter and battroid. The latest lot of pics posted is making it very tempting! ahhh decisions decisions.. Quote
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