BANDAI DX YF-19!!

[derex3592]

One almost shudders when one thinks what Bandai might do to a new YF-21 to put their "spin" on that.....

[seti88]

Expect NETFC thats for sure! 

[David Hingtgen]

1 hour ago, Chronocidal said:

Thanks, fair enough, I guess it's just always been that way.  Never going to not rub me the wrong way, but at least that's one less thing to blame directly on Bandai.  

Yeah, but did he say it with his mouth tilted and TWICE AS LOUD as whenever he says un spacy?  

[M'Kyuun]

I'm passing on this, already having the Advance and the Arcadia 19. As far as the tampo goes, I appreciate it, as Arcadia's was just a little too plain (I mean they didn't even put intake markings on it- pretty much a gimme for all valks), but looking at both my Advance and the new YF-19, Bandai could stand to scale back a little. There's a point where it just becomes gaudy, and they've gone past that point. Too, I wish they'd simplified the intake markings to just a sideways V. Their graphics dept must have been given carte blanche, and they're going all out. 

Pretty neat how they were able to collapse the arm cannon for transformation. I always figured that'd be one of those add-ons that either gets put on for a battroid display, or stays in the box. 

Given that Plus was an obvious homage to the real world competition between the YF-22 and the YF-23 at Edwards AFB only a few years prior, I love that Kawamori mirrored that in the setting of Plus, even if it was on another planet.  It's still one of my favorite anime.

I'm hoping Bandai will follow up with a YF-21 and variants, but yeah, I'm sure it'll be plastered with tampo too. I'm just curious what kind of engineering they'll pull out of their asses to make a better all-around proportioned toy, unlike the old skinny-legged Yamato. 

Edited September 14, 2018 by M'Kyuun

[seti88]

Maybe no one noticed, but the inner thigh on the 19's battroid mode left leg seems to be of a slightky darker shade. Like after an outing at the beach wearing shorts...

I just hope it's just lighting playing tricks. The shade on the HMR VT-1 had me spooked a bit on bandai's control of the color process...

Edited September 14, 2018 by seti88

[onnasake]

The "Sinsei" doesn't bother me, cause as anyone who's ever spent some time in Japan knows, major corporations make HUGE spelling mistakes in English all the time, on everything.  So it makes sense that they would do it on a plane in the future too.

Anyway, the leg fin things that I don't know what to call that everyone was angry about.....the black/red seems to be in the right placement now?

[seti88]

Yes it is as per expected, with red on the outside, similar to the yamcardia's. However sometimes a scene in the anime will be completely opposite... 

[Chronocidal]

Bandai certainly does seem to love painting figures based on animation errors.  

[sh9000]

Just paid 22894 JPY shipped for the YF-19.

[Sildani]

Where?

[rdrunner]

Just now, sh9000 said:

Just paid 22894 JPY shipped for the YF-19.

that's a great price with shipping!

[kajnrig]

I'd also like to know where. Both of mine are 24k even before shipping.

[F360]

6 minutes ago, kajnrig said:

I'd also like to know where. Both of mine are 24k even before shipping.

I’m sure it’s N-Y.

[David Hingtgen]

6 hours ago, Chronocidal said:

Bandai certainly does seem to love painting figures based on animation errors.  

Nowhere near as much as Takara though.  They LIVE for animation errors.  

[Slave IV]

46 minutes ago, F360 said:

I’m sure it’s N-Y.

NY with discount code since mine was 23750 without discount. And yeah, NY with shipping is regularly cheaper than other places without shipping as long as you can get an order through.

[Sanity is Optional]

Must have gotten a decent discount, the one they gave me last time was only 3.5%

[Slave IV]

8 minutes ago, Sanity is Optional said:

Must have gotten a decent discount, the one they gave me last time was only 3.5%

Looks like a 5%er. I get those once in a while.

[F360]

Ack, I was checking my order history on my phone and hit the summon discount by mistake .  Now it’s in progress, will probably only get 1.2% since me DP is 12.    They really should have a reconfirmation or have a extra menu .  

 

[sh9000]

5 hours ago, Sildani said:

Where?

 

5 hours ago, rdrunner said:

that's a great price with shipping!

 

1 hour ago, kajnrig said:

I'd also like to know where. Both of mine are 24k even before shipping.

NY.  Yep good price shipped after the discount.

[seti88]

11 hours ago, Chronocidal said:

Bandai certainly does seem to love painting figures based on animation errors.  

5 hours ago, David Hingtgen said:

Nowhere near as much as Takara though.  They LIVE for animation errors.  

 

I was thinking, how often would license holders be kept in the loop to vet and ok the schemes used? There would be a licensing division to handle it?

Toy makers may want to be creative and such, but I don't thk they can simply release schemes, if the licensors themselves don't allow it.

Makes you wonder if the licensors bother to look at what's planned, or perhaps they give lots of leeway when it comes to paint schemes...

[unlogic]

After a long time, I transformed my VF-19 Advance from battroid to fighter mode. This bird is really PITA to transform Impossible to not scratch anything.

I hope Bandai smooth out YF-19 transformation process a bit (better tolerance etc).

Edited September 15, 2018 by unlogic

[IXTL]

Sample

[Sildani]

Sigh. I hope I can find one on launch day somewhere. 

[mog_kupo]

Still no release date?

[kajnrig]

2 minutes ago, mog_kupo said:

Still no release date?

End of the month. I think those who ordered from NY were told it's 9/24.

[spacemanoeuvres]

The fold booster looks great. I wish it could light up like the Yamato version. 

NY release date is 09/22

[no3Ljm]

We’re still expecting to see the same gaps here from what we’ve seen on the Advance, right? Especially the shield area in Fighter mode.

 

[Alex GS]

5 minutes ago, spacemanoeuvres said:

The fold booster looks great. I wish it could light up like the Yamato version. 

NY release date is 09/22

I think is huge very very huge miss opportunity by Bandai not adding that, but still is totally understandable why probably they didn't add that little gimmick and that is to maintain a reasonable price. Maybe they will sell later on the light up feature  as Tamashi Exclusive for 100 bucks     

[Lolicon]

Looks great! Glad I preordered three. 

Really went overboard on the tampo. Not sure if too much or too little is preferable though.

Is it time for that gif yet?

[Chronocidal]

Still got the floating wing glove tabs, and I'm guessing the process of locking down the shoulders with the fast packs on hasn't gotten any easier.

Also fun that due to molding seams, depending on which side you view, the plane is either made by SIN SEI INDUSTRY, or SINSEI INDUS TRY.

Yeah, I'm gonna have long and intense scraping sessions with this bird.

[seti88]

Phwoar.... ordinances on the wings.... Didn't realise it could do twin pylons!

add a Gatling gun on the nose and you got an a-10! Well, it does have a gunpod underneath, so close enough?

[Slave IV]

38 minutes ago, seti88 said:

Phwoar.... ordinances on the wings.... Didn't realise it could do twin pylons!

add a Gatling gun on the nose and you got an a-10! Well, it does have a gunpod underneath, so close enough?

A-10s don’t just have any Gatling gun. 

[seti88]

This is my brrrrttt smiley 

Coincidentally, I recall the gunpods in macross do have that sound when firing, no? 

Dang that question is gonna bug me now...

Edited September 15, 2018 by seti88

[HardlyNever]

1 hour ago, seti88 said:

This is my brrrrttt smiley 

Coincidentally, I recall the gunpods in macross do have that sound when firing, no? 

Dang that question is gonna bug me now...

The original GU-11 gunpod is definitely based on the real life GAU-8 on the A 10.

In terms of sound, the DYRL gunpod makes a similar sound to the GAU-8. I doubt it's an actual sample of the GAU sound, though.

The TV show is bit more inconsistent (surprise).  Sometimes it sounds like the DYRL gunpod, sometimes it makes a more generic "laser" sound.

I definitely prefer the DYRL sound, personally.

 

[Slave IV]

Haha, I forgot that in Macross fiction, the firepower of the gun pods is much greater than an GAU-8 so I guess that works. However, specs and physical limitations mean they carry a lot less ammo but that doesn’t seem to be a big issue in the cartoons.