BANDAI DX YF-19!!

[seti88]

You mean a full dx release of 11b including armor parts? 

One can only hope.

ack am mixing macross plus with seven. lack of sleep.

any valks from here will do nicely too. TQ.

Edited April 27, 2018 by seti88

[TrickyCustomer]

  On 4/27/2018 at 5:52 PM, Mommar said:

I ended up with two because I wasn’t sure if the HLJ one came through.  You can have my second from CDJ though.

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Thanks @Mommar never bought from them before tbh

 

  On 4/27/2018 at 6:13 PM, recon said:

With the YF-19 in the bag, who hopes that bandai will work their magic on a YF-21? Or even a VF-11b?  I for one am keeping fingers and toes crossed

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God yes ! I have the yamato 21 and 11b but if bandai pull out all the stops and do both of those, hell yes im buy multiples of each

[Knightdramon]

  On 4/27/2018 at 4:34 PM, rdrunner said:

It was a fun party for those us who stayed up for what we initially thought was the 3am (4pm JPT) opening. I think that most of us who wanted one did manage to get one or more in the end from multiple vendors. Glad to hear you got yours from NY at a great price as well.

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I was up and ready for the initial 4pm time too; in the UK it was 8 in the morning and I was up for work anyway so I thought I'd go through with it. Then nothing happened and I left for work anyway, and randomly checked at the right time. All's good! 

[technoblue]

  On 4/27/2018 at 6:13 PM, recon said:

With the YF-19 in the bag, who hopes that bandai will work their magic on a YF-21? Or even a VF-11b?  I for one am keeping fingers and toes crossed

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I would be content with a DX YF-21 to pair with the YF-19. If Bandai went all the way and released the VF-11b as well, that would be fantastic. 

[Negotiator]

ya would really like to see their take on a yf-21

[Sildani]

Is that a grey YF-21 in that scene? Between the red and white 17’s?

[Zx31]

  On 4/27/2018 at 6:36 PM, Sildani said:

Is that a grey YF-21 in that scene? Between the red and white 17’s?

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Since it looks to have a proper canopy, I'd bet it's more likely a VF-5000B

[seti88]

  On 4/27/2018 at 6:36 PM, Sildani said:

Is that a grey YF-21 in that scene? Between the red and white 17’s?

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you got me zooming it up now. I cant tell really. It looks either like an 11 or a regular raptor.

The intakes look like its mounted underbelly instead of forward like the 21. 

 

  On 4/27/2018 at 6:40 PM, Zx31 said:

Since it looks to have a proper canopy, I'd bet it's more likely a VF-5000B

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I dont think its a 5000B cos in the notes at the mecha manual it says it was never animated in plus. It was included as part of the this is animation book compilation.

[Zx31]

  On 4/27/2018 at 6:47 PM, seti88 said:

I dont think its a 5000B cos in the notes at the mecha manual it says it was never animated in plus. It was included as part of the this is animation book compilation.

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Fair. Most likely it isn't supposed to be anything specific and so wouldn't have an official recognition even if it was based on the 5000. Otherwise I think you're right and 11B is the other best guess.

[TrickyCustomer]

  On 4/27/2018 at 6:36 PM, Sildani said:

Is that a grey YF-21 in that scene? Between the red and white 17’s?

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I'd say an 11b by looks of it. Never knew there were 17's in plus?

Edited April 27, 2018 by TrickyCustomer

[Sildani]

Pretty sure the red ones are. Intakes are small and underneath the fuselage, the vertical stabilizers are canted inward and attached to the white humps on top of that fuselage. 

[TrickyCustomer]

Could be Gamlin on the right then? lol

[Zx31]

The orange and white fighters are the VF-17D Trainers. The black one on the right is a normal VF-17

Edited April 27, 2018 by Zx31

[seti88]

Yup those were the trainers.

Edited April 27, 2018 by seti88

[Sandman]

Wow as many times i've watched plus i never noticed the 17 was in it.

[Cowboy17]

  On 4/27/2018 at 7:21 PM, Sandman said:

Wow as many times i've watched plus i never noticed the 17 was in it.

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same here. mind blown

[Lolicon]

Same. And now I want a DX 17 trainer. 

[Lord_Of_Tetris]

  On 4/27/2018 at 6:16 PM, seti88 said:

You mean a full dx release of 11b including armor parts? 

One can only hope.

ack am mixing macross plus with seven. lack of sleep.

any valks from here will do nicely too. TQ.

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You know....I never once freeze-framed that particular scene.

 

Are those VF-17s???

[Zx31]

The 17s were added as part of an extended scene in the movie and weren't in the OVAs. Same with what is most likely a VF-14 Vampire in this shot.

[Slave IV]

Congrats to all who got what they wanted!

I feel like this needs to be on every page or at least every few

[no3Ljm]

^ Yay! 

 

Oh look! The guy who made that have the same name as me. Hahaha! Kewl! 

 

Edited April 27, 2018 by no3Ljm

[TrickyCustomer]

  On 4/27/2018 at 8:16 PM, Slave IV said:

Congrats to all who got what they wanted!

I feel like this needs to be on every page or at least every few

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Brilliant!

[Slave IV]

  On 4/27/2018 at 8:19 PM, no3Ljm said:

^ Yay! 

 

Oh look! The guy who made that have the same name as me. Hahaha! Kewl! 

 

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I love it!

[kajnrig]

Links for anyone looking for this in the future. Dunno if anyone else has also compiled a list; if so, feel free to ignore this.

 

HLJ: https://hlj.com/product/bann55061

Amiami: http://www.amiami.com/top/detail/detail?gcode=FIGURE-038985

Hobby Search: https://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10534411

CDJapan: http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/product/NEOGDS-281659

Kurama Shop*: http://www.bandaionline.com/dx-chogokin-yf-19-full-set-pack-action-figure/

Nin-Nin*: https://www.nin-nin-game.com/en/japanese-import-hobbies-toys-game-character/26772-macross-plus-yf-19-full-set-pack-dx-chogokin--4573102550613.html

Nippon-Yasan: https://www.nippon-yasan.com/figures/24885-macross-plus-dx-chogokin-yf-19-full-set-pack.html

Big In Japan: n/a

Tokyo Otaku Mode: n/a

Anime Export: http://www.anime-export.com/product/39856

Loopaza: https://www.loopaza.com/dx-chogokin-yf-19-macross-plus-excalibur-full-set-pack.html

Mykombini: n/a

 

Japanese stores (requiring proxies):

Animate: https://www.animate-onlineshop.jp/pn/【アクションフィギュア】DX超合金+YF-19+フルセットパック/pd/1527766/

Yodobashi: https://www.yodobashi.com/product/100000001003879628/

[Chronocidal]

  On 4/27/2018 at 7:29 PM, Lolicon said:

Same. And now I want a DX 17 trainer. 

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The VF-17T was actually my most-wanted potential valk that Yamato never got around to doing.  Could've been a nice gateway to doing the rest of Sound Force too, but I'm just a huge sucker for red-orange/white trainer schemes on everything.

What I'm most anxious to see now are the assorted mounting pylons for all those weapons, and whether they use a similar style of plugs to the Arcadia missiles.  The missiles themselves definitely do not look they have the pylons molded on like most of Bandai's weapon designs, so I'm thinking we might be getting a pile of ready-made Bandai-mount pylons to stick all manner of custom missiles. on.  

Also, random thing.. I don't think they actually have the mounting points for the fold booster even implemented yet.  The rear mounts are clipped over the rear of the shield, but the front legs look like they're just sitting above the shield, not even attached at all.

The fact that Bandai went in and photoshopped the right colors for the lower fins onto all their existing product photos does amuse me though.  I wonder if that was due to local outcry from Japanese customers?  If so, I wonder if someone in Japan could convince them to ditch all the fugly text they added, and go with the markings Hasegawa has used for a decade now.

I've already resigned myself to the fact that I'm going to have to do a lot of alterations to the markings though.. seeing if I can strip letters and leave the underlying paint intact.  At least removing the "Sinsei Industries" text and narrowing the black on the spine behind the cockpit will just leave bare plastic, but I might have to disassemble and re-paint the wings and tails to get rid of the extra markings there.

Edited April 27, 2018 by Chronocidal

[TrickyCustomer]

Sat here refreshing web pages like the pre order is going to online again any second.

[kajnrig]

  On 4/27/2018 at 8:48 PM, Chronocidal said:

Also, random thing.. I don't think they actually have the mounting points for the fold booster even implemented yet.  The rear mounts are clipped over the rear of the shield, but the front legs look like they're just sitting above the shield, 

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I think the two lines on the shield are slots for the fold booster legs to peg into. Dunno if they exist on the VF-19 Advance or not.

[Zx31]

The shield is modified for the Fold Booster mount. They just didn't bother to completely push in the tabs for the promo shots.

 

Looks properly plugged in in the promo video

Edited April 27, 2018 by Zx31

[PsYcHoDyNaMiX]

  On 4/27/2018 at 9:04 PM, kajnrig said:

I think the two lines on the shield are slots for the fold booster legs to peg into. Dunno if they exist on the VF-19 Advance or not.

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The two slots for the fold booster do not exist on the current VF-19adv's shield. I checked when the official pictures were posted. The slots are shown in all the pictures with a rectangular boarder around it, but in the pictures where the booster is mounted it appears the slots aren't there, beats me... lol.

Edited April 27, 2018 by PsYcHoDyNaMiX

[Chronocidal]

Hmhm, wonder if all these promo shots were taken on a hastily modded Advance model then.

Either way, I got extras of this one specifically so I have a spare to mod the heck out of.  I can't tell for sure if they ditched the derpy extra neck shield attached to the arm shield, but I want that useless hunk of plastic gone.  There's no reason for it.  For all the amazing ingenuity Bandai put into this design, it's like their engineers alternated wearing their pants on their legs and head as they made design decisions.

[Shizuka the Cat]

*** AVAILABLE ***

Animate: https://www.animate-onlineshop.jp/pn/【アクションフィギュア】DX超合金+YF-19+フルセットパック/pd/1527766/  24,180 yen [JP]

 

*** SOLD OUT ***

HLJ: https://hlj.com/product/bann55061  25,000 yen

Amiami: http://www.amiami.com/top/detail/detail?gcode=FIGURE-038985   24,242 yen 

Hobby Search: https://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10534411  23,750 yen 

CDJapan: http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/product/NEOGDS-281659  25,000 yen 

Nippon-Yasan: https://www.nippon-yasan.com/figures/24885-macross-plus-dx-chogokin-yf-19-full-set-pack.html  21,400 yen 

Anime Export: http://www.anime-export.com/product/39856 25,000 yen 

Loopaza: https://www.loopaza.com/dx-chogokin-yf-19-macross-plus-excalibur-full-set-pack.html 269.99 USD 

Kurama Shop: http://www.bandaionline.com/dx-chogokin-yf-19-full-set-pack-action-figure  298.90 USD [?]

Nin-Nin-Game: https://www.nin-nin-game.com/en/japanese-import-hobbies-toys-game-character/26772-macross-plus-yf-19-full-set-pack-dx-chogokin--4573102550613.html 215.91 USD [?]

Yodobashi: https://www.yodobashi.com/product/100000001003879628/  27,000 yen [JP]

 

[JP] = Japanese Language. May require proxy service

[?] = questionable reputation

[no3Ljm]

  On 4/27/2018 at 9:17 PM, Chronocidal said:

Hmhm, wonder if all these promo shots were taken on a hastily modded Advance model then.

Either way, I got extras of this one specifically so I have a spare to mod the heck out of.  I can't tell for sure if they ditched the derpy extra neck shield attached to the arm shield, but I want that useless hunk of plastic gone.  There's no reason for it.  For all the amazing ingenuity Bandai put into this design, it's like their engineers alternated wearing their pants on their legs and head as they made design decisions.

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Sad to say, the neck cover is still integrated on the shield. It's peeking on all the promo shot they have esp in Battroid mode. The shield still has that rail where the neck cover slides.

[davidwhangchoi]

i'm kinda disappointed this doesn't come with batteries for the fold booster. after all the money i paid, i expect better. Bandai just robbing us. i'm also disappointed in the type of plastic used is subject to inflation. back in 1960 this would've been 15 dollars. Why does bandai do that? Why can't they use plastic that doesn't inflate? i'm also unhappy with the tampo printing. it's too much, they need to have less printing like arcadia's. Bandai doesn't even give us a premiumless option. 

Last, i'm very unhappy they included everything in a full package, I not sure what bandai is trying to pull here by making everyone happy. They're so tricky. 

The one thing i was happy about pre-orders were 5am EST in the morning, i love having to work right after as well! 

/s

[no3Ljm]

  On 4/27/2018 at 9:22 PM, Shizuka the Cat said:

*** AVAILABLE ***

Animate: https://www.animate-onlineshop.jp/pn/【アクションフィギュア】DX超合金+YF-19+フルセットパック/pd/1527766/  24,180 yen [JP]

 

*** SOLD OUT ***

HLJ: https://hlj.com/product/bann55061  25,000 yen

Amiami: http://www.amiami.com/top/detail/detail?gcode=FIGURE-038985   24,242 yen 

Hobby Search: https://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10534411  23,750 yen 

CDJapan: http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/product/NEOGDS-281659  25,000 yen 

Nippon-Yasan: https://www.nippon-yasan.com/figures/24885-macross-plus-dx-chogokin-yf-19-full-set-pack.html  21,400 yen 

Anime Export: http://www.anime-export.com/product/39856 25,000 yen 

Loopaza: https://www.loopaza.com/dx-chogokin-yf-19-macross-plus-excalibur-full-set-pack.html 269.99 USD 

Kurama Shop: http://www.bandaionline.com/dx-chogokin-yf-19-full-set-pack-action-figure  298.90 USD [?]

Nin-Nin-Game: https://www.nin-nin-game.com/en/japanese-import-hobbies-toys-game-character/26772-macross-plus-yf-19-full-set-pack-dx-chogokin--4573102550613.html 215.91 USD [?]

Yodobashi: https://www.yodobashi.com/product/100000001003879628/  27,000 yen [JP]

 

[JP] = Japanese Language. May require proxy service

[?] = questionable reputation

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Sorry Shizuka. I just need to edit it for people who's not using the default theme esp for old guys like me who has trouble looking at it in white default theme.  

[Zx31]

I like the integrated neck cover...