Tober Posted March 20, 2015 Posted March 20, 2015 So with this release Bandai has a release date for everything announced at their fair earlier in the year (yf-29b, vf-19a etc). The rest of year should be reissues I guess? Correct, but we haven't ween any YF-30 repaints yet - surely they are coming. It's a Tamashii Web Shop exclusive, derex, so it should be widely available thru the usual sources like Hobby Link Japan and Nippon-Yasan. No pre-order madness for this one! Oh, and bought, in case you couldn't tell. It's "my" Valkyrie, after all. Will only be available through shops that have proxy services like Anime Export, Nippon-Yassan, Big in Japan... Standard release stores like HLJ, Amiami and Hobby Search won't list them. Quote
mechaninac Posted March 20, 2015 Posted March 20, 2015 @ derex3592 Nypon-Yasan is you friend... htpps://www.nippon-yasan.com/201-macross Quote
Chronocidal Posted March 20, 2015 Posted March 20, 2015 Much as I'd like a second set of super packs, I'm ok with them not being included. The 27 really wasn't designed for them in the first place, and all they did was bring back bad memories of the v.1 super VF-25, and the quarter-assed way the leg packs attached. If they offer them later as another web exclusive, I may grab a set though, just to quell the bit of OCD it'll cause. I'm frankly just incredibly shocked and happy to see them do something as sensible as making the heads interchangeable. Quote
Mechapilot77 Posted March 20, 2015 Posted March 20, 2015 (edited) interchangeable heads woot! although....i think i'd only use the grace one. i'm not REALLY gonna troop build CF or this thing. or i might just display the CF head and pretend thats what grace had just because its different than brera's head. Edited March 20, 2015 by Mechapilot77 Quote
Sandman Posted March 20, 2015 Posted March 20, 2015 I think the CF head looks better in fighter mode as it doesn't have those pointless horns pretruding from the top of the fighter. Though the horned head looks better in battroid mode. Quote
xrentonx Posted March 20, 2015 Posted March 20, 2015 I never liked the horned head but I'm glad they're including it all the same. Does this mean no tampoed numbers? The numbers are different between Grace and CF right? Quote
David Hingtgen Posted March 20, 2015 Posted March 20, 2015 Grace is 102, CF is 302. Bandai got that backwards on their samples though. Head-wise, if the horns could fold back in fighter mode, that'd be the best of all. Always wondered why Kawamori just let them stick out there, when most valks tend to fold back their antennas etc on the head. Quote
Mommar Posted March 20, 2015 Posted March 20, 2015 Oh good, I'll just buy the one. I already bought somebodies extra set of supers off the board here in anticipation. Hopefully they'll fit. Quote
Chronocidal Posted March 21, 2015 Posted March 21, 2015 I'm kinda okay with no numbers on the tails. Far as I recall, Bandai had all the skill of a blind chimpanzee putting those markings on, and the ones on my Brera may be as much as 45 degrees off angle from each other. They're bad enough I considered scraping them off. Quote
xrentonx Posted March 21, 2015 Posted March 21, 2015 (edited) As much as I dog on the mold, I'll pick one up mainly because it's the only game in town for a green CF 27. I might be dead by the time they ever release a good mold of the 27...or too old to care about collecting Valks Edited March 21, 2015 by xrentonx Quote
David Hingtgen Posted March 21, 2015 Posted March 21, 2015 I'm kinda okay with no numbers on the tails. Far as I recall, Bandai had all the skill of a blind chimpanzee putting those markings on, and the ones on my Brera may be as much as 45 degrees off angle from each other. They're bad enough I considered scraping them off. The leg ones would at least be straight and nice to have printed on----their absence is more noticeable than the ones on the tail, due to the gap in the leg striping. Also, I thought the renewal Brera had better tail-printing than the original? Quote
derex3592 Posted March 21, 2015 Posted March 21, 2015 My Brera 27 renewel markings are all spot on. Quote
Scream Man Posted March 23, 2015 Posted March 23, 2015 I'll definitely get one.... Not sure if i could justify 3, at least not at the pre-order stage. Wonder what pilots we'll get? Quote
spanner Posted March 23, 2015 Posted March 23, 2015 I think only the one will do me with these things.. Quote
joppewo Posted March 24, 2015 Posted March 24, 2015 Tamashii pre-order page is up: http://p-bandai.jp/item/item-1000096698/ Quote
CF18 Posted March 24, 2015 Posted March 24, 2015 Tamashii pre-order page is up: http://p-bandai.jp/item/item-1000096698/ The photos have both 102 and 302 on the shoulders. Probably stickers since the text only mention swapped heads but not shoulders? Quote
Kurisama Posted March 24, 2015 Posted March 24, 2015 https://www.nippon-yasan.com/figures/11411-macross-f-dx-chogokin-vf-27-lucifer-valkyrie-grace-o-connor-custom-limited-edition.html Quote
F360 Posted March 24, 2015 Posted March 24, 2015 arghhh...... I really shouldn't, but that Green look so good. maybe if I go wash some dishes it'll be sold out when I get back. Quote
Guest davidwhangchoi Posted March 24, 2015 Posted March 24, 2015 arghhh...... I really shouldn't, but that Green look so good. maybe if I go wash some dishes it'll be sold out when I get back. haha tempting... i'm sure it'll be here when you get back since it's a web exclusive. i think i need to pass on this one. Quote
mechaninac Posted March 24, 2015 Posted March 24, 2015 arghhh...... I really shouldn't, but that Green look so good. maybe if I go wash some dishes it'll be sold out when I get back. No such "luck". It's a limited edition, so the preorder window will be open for weeks, tempting you to relent and commit all the while... On the "plus" side, you'll have that much longer to decide to pull that trigger. Quote
chyll2 Posted March 24, 2015 Posted March 24, 2015 No such "luck". It's a limited edition, so the preorder window will be open for weeks, tempting you to relent and commit all the while... On the "plus" side, you'll have that much longer to decide to pull that trigger. haha macross DX chogokin logic, limited edition is mass produced normal edition is limited as !@#%$%^ Quote
xrentonx Posted March 24, 2015 Posted March 24, 2015 Ordered. Now I gotta take the walk of shame Quote
F360 Posted March 24, 2015 Posted March 24, 2015 yeah, washing the dishes didn't help, but at least the Limited edition logic makes sense. Quote
Valkyrie2008 Posted March 24, 2015 Posted March 24, 2015 https://www.nippon-yasan.com/figures/11411-macross-f-dx-chogokin-vf-27-lucifer-valkyrie-grace-o-connor-custom-limited-edition.html Does this comes with two different heads? Quote
neoexcaliber Posted March 24, 2015 Posted March 24, 2015 (edited) Now that these are open for pre-order, I'm assuming Bandai doesn't have any other releases lined up yet. That's the last 4 months without any releases. I wonder if we'll see a VF-25G reissue. Edited March 24, 2015 by neoexcaliber Quote
spanner Posted March 24, 2015 Posted March 24, 2015 (edited) Now that these are open for pre-order, I'm assuming Bandai doesn't have any other releases lined up yet. That's the last 4 months without any releases. I wonder if we'll see a VF-25G reissue. yeah right if that's gonna happen.. I see Bandai have the Alto 171 with armor parts available for pre-order too.. yeah cos we really needed a re-issue of those things over a 25G.. what are these people thinking!?!? Edited March 24, 2015 by spanner76 Quote
Mommar Posted March 24, 2015 Posted March 24, 2015 Not sure if I should order one or two. Keep one plain, and another with the extra super parts I bought... Quote
Shukenzero Posted March 24, 2015 Posted March 24, 2015 Not sure if I should order one or two. Keep one plain, and another with the extra super parts I bought... Buy two! I may yet order a second Quote
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