M'Kyuun Posted April 30, 2016 Posted April 30, 2016 (edited) Love it. I like both head designs, but the nosecone face has an otherworldly look that I like. On the production model, I hope they put a highly reflective material behind transparent red eye pieces to give them a proper glow effect. It's a sharp look in the anime that will look equally cool on the toy. Thanks to Tochiro for tweeting that pic, and to seti88 for posting the link. Edited April 30, 2016 by M'Kyuun Quote
IXTL Posted April 30, 2016 Posted April 30, 2016 (edited) More shots https://twitter.com/DecultureShock/status/726263389270335488/photo/1 https://twitter.com/semi_no_koe_kp/status/726260521528258560/photo/1 https://twitter.com/semi_no_koe_kp/status/726262381530107904 Edited April 30, 2016 by IXTL Quote
Saburo Posted April 30, 2016 Posted April 30, 2016 Yes! One thing I noticed is the neck appears to be longer than I expected, might be me or just mistransformation. Doesn't matter the Chogokin looks awsome! I am definitely going broke. Quote
seti88 Posted April 30, 2016 Author Posted April 30, 2016 (edited) Golden connector at the back must be where the gun conects to. Doesnt look like shoulder mounted BFG's is avalable for Battroid.. The connector looks movable up and down, but unless it can swing upwards it doesnt look like it can reach the shoulders. Still... Edited April 30, 2016 by seti88 Quote
IXTL Posted April 30, 2016 Posted April 30, 2016 (edited) More https://twitter.com/kmdgr/status/726265152274714624/photo/1 https://twitter.com/FredericS104/status/726259797222260736 https://twitter.com/izumist515/status/726267188772925440/photo/1 https://twitter.com/SherylnNome/status/726267454024884224/photo/1 https://twitter.com/sck0v0/status/726271922481315840/photo/1 https://twitter.com/yas0san https://twitter.com/figsoku/status/726281699739340800/photo/1 https://twitter.com/t_features/status/726280746206261248/photo/1 Edited April 30, 2016 by IXTL Quote
spanner Posted April 30, 2016 Posted April 30, 2016 Dang that looks fantastic! I wonder if there is a .gif of throwing gold bars instead of cash!? I don't think cash alone is going to be enough! Quote
seti88 Posted April 30, 2016 Author Posted April 30, 2016 (edited) ermm where are the landing gear panels!?? The draken has no Knees to have them come out of!! If those golden panels on the shins are indeed landing bay doors...it must be the most decorated doors in aircraft history. As if there are golden wheels under the mansion doors. must.not.look.at.hinges.on.shield. Edited April 30, 2016 by seti88 Quote
no3Ljm Posted April 30, 2016 Posted April 30, 2016 (edited) Noel, cue SDF-1 blowing up my wallet GIF! Curious to see the actual DX gerwalk mode next. Anyways... You have been WARNED! Edited April 30, 2016 by no3ljm Quote
Mog Posted April 30, 2016 Posted April 30, 2016 That is how you sell the battroid mode! They really need to reward the person who posed out that SV-262! Quote
Master Dex Posted April 30, 2016 Posted April 30, 2016 (edited) ermm where are the landing gear panels!?? The draken has no Knees to have them come out of!! If those golden panels on the shins are indeed landing bay doors...it must be the most decorated doors in aircraft history. As if there are golden wheels under the mansion doors. must.not.look.at.hinges.on.shield. The legs twist sideways in fighter mode, as seen in the episode 4 transformation (I frame by framed it for research purposes, cause the engineer in me requires it). As such the gear is likely behind a panel on the inner legs, not the front. EDIT: I think I found them, looks like doors right above the ankle on the inner front of the shin: Edited April 30, 2016 by Master Dex Quote
treatment Posted April 30, 2016 Posted April 30, 2016 (edited) More https://twitter.com/kmdgr/status/726265152274714624/photo/1 https://twitter.com/FredericS104/status/726259797222260736 https://twitter.com/izumist515/status/726267188772925440/photo/1 https://twitter.com/SherylnNome/status/726267454024884224/photo/1 https://twitter.com/sck0v0/status/726271922481315840/photo/1 https://twitter.com/yas0san https://twitter.com/figsoku/status/726281699739340800/photo/1 https://twitter.com/t_features/status/726280746206261248/photo/1 I dunno. I'm not impressed at all. Looks eerily like a weird updated but horn-less 1/65 DX VF-17. And I actually like them old 1/65 tanks, in contrast... edit: Also, saw the better hi-res pics in the MW fbook page and...dafuq going on with the right knee??? It's really bugging me now. Cannot unsee! Edited April 30, 2016 by treatment Quote
abbadon Posted April 30, 2016 Posted April 30, 2016 Curious to see the actual DX gerwalk mode next. Yes, Gerwalk mode please! Quote
mickyg Posted April 30, 2016 Posted April 30, 2016 This almost looks like a full production unit, what with the screws obvious in the images. Almost more than the Vf-31 sample we keep seeing. I like it! Quote
Lorindor Posted April 30, 2016 Posted April 30, 2016 Those hinges in the shield... :S And it will most likely be a visible seam line in fighter mode. No, it's just a bad idea. Quote
IXTL Posted April 30, 2016 Posted April 30, 2016 https://twitter.com/hamross_f/status/726313182453596161/photo/1 Quote
recon Posted April 30, 2016 Posted April 30, 2016 (edited) Damn this is a must get for the draken iii sv-262hs. The colors and proportions sort of make forget abt the bug eye head for a while. Not forgetting the sv-262ba Edited April 30, 2016 by recon Quote
calubin_175 Posted April 30, 2016 Posted April 30, 2016 While the Lil Drakens have standardised colours, the missile pods are personal colour specific so I am not sure if they will release character specific super packs like in Frontier. Seems like all add-on packs had been colour specific. Quote
derex3592 Posted April 30, 2016 Posted April 30, 2016 That's sexy AF. Yup. Now I want it. Fact. Dammit. Quote
Lorindor Posted April 30, 2016 Posted April 30, 2016 While the Lil Drakens have standardised colours, the missile pods are personal colour specific so I am not sure if they will release character specific super packs like in Frontier. Seems like all add-on packs had been colour specific. Selling six different add-on packs (in addition to all the possible VF-31 or VF-171 packs) sounds like a good way to saturate the market and loose consumer interest. Hopefully, the character specific parts comes with the Valks themselves and the Lil Drakens are sold seperately. Quote
Ignacio Ocamica Posted April 30, 2016 Posted April 30, 2016 Really impressed with this valk, it's a fresh new design. Not sold on the "anubis" head yet but I guess it will grow on me. Quote
CRYO Posted April 30, 2016 Posted April 30, 2016 I think the Anubis head is designed to match its rival - Shinigami delta 02 Quote
David Hingtgen Posted April 30, 2016 Posted April 30, 2016 I hope there's at least one repaint of the commander-type. Actual pure black with gold would be nice. Quote
M'Kyuun Posted April 30, 2016 Posted April 30, 2016 (edited) Or pure black with dark red trim. Yum. Not sure what you see wrong with the knees, Treatment. They're quite beefy, but otherwise look fine to me. I'm curious about the metallic looking apparatus on its back...gun attachment arm for fighter, or a locking mechanism? Wish they'd integrated that a little better; on an otherwise svelte valk, it's a sore thumb. edit: There was something familiar about that head that I couldn't place. Looking at it again just now, it occurred to me- the commando droid from Star Wars.https://images.search.yahoo.com/images/view;_ylt=AwrTcXV.xCRXWhkA2FounIlQ;_ylu=X3oDMTIzdnF0amltBHNlYwNzcgRzbGsDaW1nBG9pZAM3YTFhNTYyNTNmMWNmODA4Yzk1ZTMxMWQ5MDJkMzZkOARncG9zAzE2BGl0A2Jpbmc-?.origin=&back=https%3A%2F%2Fimages.search.yahoo.com%2Fyhs%2Fsearch%3Fp%3Dcommando%2Bdroid%26n%3D60%26ei%3DUTF-8%26fr%3Dyhs-mozilla-004%26fr2%3Dsb-top-images.search.yahoo.com%26hsimp%3Dyhs-004%26hspart%3Dmozilla%26tab%3Dorganic%26ri%3D16&w=405&h=314&imgurl=img1.wikia.nocookie.net%2F__cb20120117230325%2Ftheclonewiki%2Fimages%2F8%2F8e%2F4.14_Commando_Droids.jpg&rurl=http%3A%2F%2Fclonewars.wikia.com%2Fwiki%2FBX-Series_Droid_Commando&size=15.1KB&name=The+%3Cb%3ECommando%3C%2Fb%3E+%3Cb%3EDroids%3C%2Fb%3E+notice+Ahsoka+and+Lux+escaping.&p=commando+droid&oid=7a1a56253f1cf808c95e311d902d36d8&fr2=sb-top-images.search.yahoo.com&fr=yhs-mozilla-004&tt=The+%3Cb%3ECommando%3C%2Fb%3E+%3Cb%3EDroids%3C%2Fb%3E+notice+Ahsoka+and+Lux+escaping.&b=0∋=160&no=16&ts=&tab=organic&sigr=11o6jmcrr&sigb=15etkd2ns&sigi=12stm57vu&sigt=1214riosd&sign=1214riosd&.crumb=N0Fvdm/tGah&fr=yhs-mozilla-004&fr2=sb-top-images.search.yahoo.com&hsimp=yhs-004&hspart=mozilla Edited April 30, 2016 by M'Kyuun Quote
seti88 Posted April 30, 2016 Author Posted April 30, 2016 (edited) The legs twist sideways in fighter mode, as seen in the episode 4 transformation (I frame by framed it for research purposes, cause the engineer in me requires it). As such the gear is likely behind a panel on the inner legs, not the front. EDIT: I think I found them, looks like doors right above the ankle on the inner front of the shin: Capture.PNG Hmm all i see are panel lines and what seems to be a small hinge? This really might be the valk that doesnt have any, even in ep 2 we see them 'parked' in gerwalk.Nice call though on the rotating legs, forgot they did that. Those shoulder joints are looking real menacing w the machined parts looking like muscles too! Edited April 30, 2016 by seti88 Quote
ChaoticYeti Posted April 30, 2016 Posted April 30, 2016 (edited) Time to rearrange the shelves... Edited April 30, 2016 by ChaoticYeti Quote
seti88 Posted April 30, 2016 Author Posted April 30, 2016 Hehe or add another yetistand on the wall! Quote
seti88 Posted April 30, 2016 Author Posted April 30, 2016 @mkyuun the back connector looks like a peg for the gun. So that the gun would be free to rotate in fighter mode. Probably less obvious if the gun was reattched to the back in battroid mode. Quote
Pedro2k6 Posted April 30, 2016 Posted April 30, 2016 Time to rearrange the shelves... time to buy another display cabinet. and talk to my wife where she let me put it. Quote
Guest davidwhangchoi Posted April 30, 2016 Posted April 30, 2016 scoopda! i'm so getting this/ these Quote
Nekko Basara Posted April 30, 2016 Posted April 30, 2016 I hope there's at least one repaint of the commander-type. Actual pure black with gold would be nice. I'm imagining Escaflowne colors. Off-white and gray with some strategically positioned expanses of red. And the sensors all in green or pink gem colors. I don't have a good in-story reason, but it wouldn't look out of place on a variable fighter. Would probably work better as a tribute on the SV-262Ba, though, given the head shape. Quote
funkymonkeyjavajunky Posted April 30, 2016 Posted April 30, 2016 Any theories as to when these new toys will go on sale? Quote
F360 Posted April 30, 2016 Posted April 30, 2016 for some reason I really like the pointy head The leg looks pretty beef up too, but it seems like they are designed with the armor in mine , looks kinda missing the sides right now. can't wait to preorder this thing. Quote
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