Hi-Metal R

[jvmacross]

30 minutes ago, nightmareB4macross said:

[nightmareB4macross]

16 minutes ago, Bolt said:

Lol. Hi metal Orguss Valkyrie would be the shizzle! 
Or i could just drool over another @nightmareB4macross custom  

Only way to know is when the HMR Orguss is released. With the inconsistencies in scaling Bandai has on HMR I would not be able to make one until both are in hand.

😁

[sh9000]

[protostar8]

I really wonder why we haven't seen a Hi-Metal YF-19 and YF-21.  It looks like they have the licensing issues sorted out since they are doing them in another line.

[vladykins]

FEXT did the OWL armor, so I always hoped they'd go crazy and make the Jotun/Orguss too. 

[ValkAddict]

On 1/5/2023 at 10:20 PM, protostar8 said:

I really wonder why we haven't seen a Hi-Metal YF-19 and YF-21.  It looks like they have the licensing issues sorted out since they are doing them in another line.

+1 for both. Please Bandai.

[Convectuoso]

Art for the Armored VF-1J

[no3Ljm]

In full glory.  

[Gabe Q]

Wow! We need a full size poster of that image!

[twich]

Did Tenjin draw that?

Twich

[sh9000]

18 minutes ago, twich said:

Did Tenjin draw that?

Twich

Yep.  Box art by Tenjin.

[Dobber]

If it’s amazing Macross art it’s pretty much a guarantee to be Tenjin

Chris

[rocketblast]

I cancelled on amazon and bought the Hi-Metal R VF-0S on ebay.  Anyway, short review. This thing is small.  I expected it to be a little bigger than a regular valkyrie but it is about the same size.  Anyway, amazon stuff ships in March I think.  It has been out in Japan for some time now.  I think I paid less this way.

[sh9000]

On 1/17/2023 at 10:22 PM, rocketblast said:

I cancelled on amazon and bought the Hi-Metal R VF-0S on ebay.  Anyway, short review. This thing is small.  I expected it to be a little bigger than a regular valkyrie but it is about the same size.  Anyway, amazon stuff ships in March I think.  It has been out in Japan for some time now.  I think I paid less this way.

They're actually close to scale to one another.  The VF-1 in Battroid mode is 1/89 scale and the VF-0S in Battroid mode is 1/90 scale.

[borgified]

Updated HMR 1J+GBP Revival Combo Set pics posted by Stone Chung.

If anyone wants to post these in the HMR 1J+GBP Revival thread, go ahead. 

[Duymon]

More Pics of next month's release from Taghobby

Edited January 28, 2023 by Duymon

[Chronocidal]

Boy.. you know, It's baffling.  Just got my VF-0S, and it's kind of incomprehensible how Bandai can't ever seem to manage a solid arm/leg/backpack alignment of a VF-1 style transformation, even after they borrow the entire mold from someone else.  And yes, this is absolutely a scaled down Arcadia, which brings its own share of dumb issues with it.

Overall.. it's decent, it looks good, and I like the fact that they added in all of the tampo that Arcadia couldn't be arsed to print on their bigger version.  

But overall it feels kind of like the worst of both worlds.  Since they couldn't be bothered to re-engineer the legs to use the replacement gear doors Bandai usually includes, now you get microscopic versions of the functional Arcadia ones, which can't be opened without a needle, and all of that fun, plus Bandai's stupid obsession with silver gear, which is even less valid when it's abundantly clear that everything in Zero had white gear.  Plus you get Arcadia's standard patented "death grip" stand mount which wraps around the entire underside of the thing.  And no, they didn't buy the CAD with the fixed gunpod mount, so it still blocks the tailhook.

I don't regret getting one, just because it's a nice desktop-sized VF-0, but good grief, how do they keep coming up with ways to make things worse than they should be?

 

Edited February 1, 2023 by Chronocidal

[Bolt]

The artwork on the box is cool..🤓

[Chronocidal]

3 minutes ago, Bolt said:

The artwork on the box is cool..🤓

Hah, no argument there.  

I don't want to get overly ranty about it, it really is a nice little midget VF-0.  I do have to laugh at the idea that I almost wish all of Bandai's valks just had removable gear.  It would make them so much easier to repaint.  

[Lolicon]

When Bandai takes a step forward in one area, they have to take a step back in another. It's Bandai's Law of Conservation of Assymetry, 🦃

[Mommar]

10 hours ago, Chronocidal said:

Boy.. you know, It's baffling.  Just got my VF-0S, and it's kind of incomprehensible how Bandai can't ever seem to manage a solid arm/leg/backpack alignment of a VF-1 style transformation, even after they borrow the entire mold from someone else.  And yes, this is absolutely a scaled down Arcadia, which brings its own share of dumb issues with it.

Overall.. it's decent, it looks good, and I like the fact that they added in all of the tampo that Arcadia couldn't be arsed to print on their bigger version.  

But overall it feels kind of like the worst of both worlds.  Since they couldn't be bothered to re-engineer the legs to use the replacement gear doors Bandai usually includes, now you get microscopic versions of the functional Arcadia ones, which can't be opened without a needle, and all of that fun, plus Bandai's stupid obsession with silver gear, which is even less valid when it's abundantly clear that everything in Zero had white gear.  Plus you get Arcadia's standard patented "death grip" stand mount which wraps around the entire underside of the thing.  And no, they didn't buy the CAD with the fixed gunpod mount, so it still blocks the tailhook.

I don't regret getting one, just because it's a nice desktop-sized VF-0, but good grief, how do they keep coming up with ways to make things worse than they should be?

 

It does have a better hip extension mechanism though.  The shoulder transformation is like the VF-1's as well which seems to nearly absolutely not work when compared to the VF-1.  Also, the plastic/white is cheap and details are all soft.

[Convectuoso]

VF-0S Genius variant

Edited February 22, 2023 by Convectuoso

[Radioguy]

Legit, I'd say, as it's tied to a New York Tamashii event at Grand Central.

[Bolt]

FEXT needs to do a reactive armor for these.

[Froy]

Given is the color scheme of the VF-1J, are chances high for a Milia variant?

[Bolt]

5 minutes ago, Froy said:

Given is the color scheme of the VF-1J, are chances high for a Milia variant?

About same chances as a WWM red VF-25, i'd say .

[Radioguy]

Luna Park is quick.

https://www.lunapark.store/product-page/hi-metal-r-vf-0s-phoenix-genius-blue-ver-japan-version

FEB2023 for ¥1,000 off too.

[sh9000]

Cool.  I'll definitely buy 2.  I'd buy a red Milia version too.

[jenius]

uh... okay.

[Radioguy]

Just now, jenius said:

uh... okay.

Not extolling its virtues, but I like a good variant that is aesthetically pleasing beyond canonicity. I know that wasn't the reason this was made, but I do like blue.

I'd even have liked green.

[Angesdad]

How about the inevitable armor set and 0D instead?😛

Edited February 22, 2023 by Angesdad

[jvmacross]

Still hoping we get these some day....

Would BW have the cajones to release as a MacF-tied WWM release?

[twich]

8 hours ago, jvmacross said:

Still hoping we get these some day....

Would BW have the cajones to release as a MacF-tied WWM release?

Well, I think that they have plenty of opportunity to play with, as we see the VF-1 show up in Macross 7, Macross Plus, Macross Frontier, and of course with these designs/colors of the VF-1EX for Macross Delta.

Twich

[derex3592]

9 hours ago, jenius said:

uh... okay.

This. Where's my other two Destriods BanDAID? Honestly......

[jvmacross]

4 minutes ago, twich said:

Well, I think that they have plenty of opportunity to play with, as we see the VF-1 show up in Macross 7, Macross Plus, Macross Frontier, and of course with these designs/colors of the VF-1EX for Macross Delta.

Twich

I guess it all depends on what kind of unholy deal HG/BW signed onto...if it specifically states that the use of the "VF-1" in any form requires a HG license, then I guess there is nothing BW can do in terms of allowing such releases outside of Japan....