BANDAI DX YF-19!!

[Saburo]

On 10/4/2018 at 11:49 PM, spanner said:

I should've known you wouldn't let something like that get passed you so easily! 

Hahaha... some times there will be things I miss DOH, and from there need to reshoot.

 

12 hours ago, sumyumgoy said:

Beautiful shot!  I love how the eyes show through.

Thank you @sumyumgoy

[neko878]

I really like all the accessories this figure comes with.  Because of this I can overlook some of the loose bits.

[Lonely Soldier Boy]

I just got my 19 yesterday. Kudos to Jenius for the transformation  guide. I wouldn't have been able to put the FP's without it. Over all very happy with it, tho' I like the Arcadia very much.Now I want a decent 21, 11 and Ghost, and I'll be done with Mac+

Edited October 7, 2018 by Lonely Soldier Boy

[Trifalger]

On 10/4/2018 at 1:04 PM, william02 said:

 

Great. Do you know how to disarm the head of the figure to make the replacement? I would hate to have the antennas but no way to replace them. Sorry for the terrible English.

Someone on the Macross Facebook page linked what xigfrid posted on shapeways. Apparently you can just pull the antenna out since it has no pin.

[no3Ljm]

15 minutes ago, Trifalger said:

The cockpit is not locked to the back panel.

 

[Chronocidal]

Made my first simple mod to my first YF-19 tonight.  I started to try this on the Advance way back when, but couldn't get the plastic to pop apart before it felt stressed.  This one popped open much easier.

I just pushed a flathead screwdriver between the layers of the shield, and twisted until the glue at the rear popped, and let that long tracked piece slip out.  I can always put it back if I want, but I always thought it was the weirdest thing to have to carry around two neck covers if I wanted to go into gerwalk mode, because the one mounted to the shield is useless for it. 

Bandai actually passed up a golden opportunity here, because with a slight tweak, they could have made the neck cover attached to the shield detachable for use in gerwalk, and still allowed it to store behind the shield for battroid.  As it is, the neck cover on the shield does detach pretty easily, but the tabs that mount it to the sliding track mount aren't big enough to hold it in.

[anime52k8]

So I haven't unpacked my YF-19 yet; how is the color match between the YF-19 and the -19ADVANCE?  will it look weird if I swap the shields to mount the fold booster on the ADVANCE?

[Graham]

Trying to decide, buy either YF-19DX or VF-31Kai DX?

Can only afford one not both.

[Graham]

I've always loved the YF-19 design and kinda want the Bandai DX, mainly for the arm cannon and wing missiles.

To be honest though, athough I did initially love the VF-19Advance when I first got it,  I've kinda gone off it mainly because the front landing gear mid-strut hinge got so loose  on mine that it collapses if you look at it wrongly and also the too shallow canard angle of the Bandai  quite annoys me.

[Sanity is Optional]

I'd go with the YF-19 objectively, since it's going up in price, whereas the 31kai is staying pretty solid. Getting the 31Kai later will hurt less than a YF-19.

[Dirtyboy]

I know anymoon website mentioned the Bandai VF-19 edges out the Arcadia YF-19 just barely, if you had to buy one. Does that same comment hold true for the YF-19?

[Saviant]

I would go the YF-19. I love the 31’s and personally would say get the 31 but as others have said the 19 are going up in price where as all but the 31a aren’t too hard to get, and at least you can reuse the missiles from the YF-19 on the 31 when you can get one. I have my 31a decked out in the missiles and love it so much more.

[spacemanoeuvres]

My order from NY has been in “Posting/Collection” for 2 weeks now *shakes head*

[treatment]

7 hours ago, Graham said:

I've always loved the YF-19 design and kinda want the Bandai DX, mainly for the arm cannon and wing missiles.

To be honest though, athough I did initially love the VF-19Advance when I first got it,  I've kinda gone off it mainly because the front landing gear mid-strut hinge got so loose  on mine that it collapses if you look at it wrongly and also the too shallow canard angle of the Bandai  quite annoys me.

Imho, the DX YF-19 is good for Battroid-mode since it has better/more-reliable ankles than the Arcadia YF-19.  That's pretty much the only reason to get the DX YF-19 over the Arcadia since the older Arcadia still almost aced everything else despite the fatal ankles.

I'm not sure how much the DX-YF19 really is different in build stuff against the previous VF-19adv, but it does have the proper YF-19 dual-canopy and designation tampos at least.

edit/add:

Against the 31-Kai, not sure.  The 31-Kai is rather an overpriced minor redeco with just a couple of reaction-missiles pairs. The YF-19 is technically a redeco of the VF19Adv, but at least it has loads of extra ordnances, extra Isamu-pilot, and the much-desired arm-cannon.

 

Edited October 8, 2018 by treatment

[no3Ljm]

8 hours ago, anime52k8 said:

So I haven't unpacked my YF-19 yet; how is the color match between the YF-19 and the -19ADVANCE?  will it look weird if I swap the shields to mount the fold booster on the ADVANCE?

I haven’t compared mine yet. But from the looks of it the YF-19 is a touch lighter than the Vf-19/Adv. Plus, once you put the Fold Booster, the shield will be less noticeable. Because the focus will go to the Fold Booster. You now have an excuse to say it’s just the booster’s shadow that makes the shield a touch darker.  

 

[jenius]

The YF19 shield has slots for the fold booster, the VF19advance shield does not. The color difference is probably subtle enough it wouldn't bother you otherwise.

[Shizuka the Cat]

For anyone looking for a DX Chogokin YF-19, CDJapan has 1 in stock for 25,000 yen.

[Dirtyboy]

8 minutes ago, Shizuka the Cat said:

For anyone looking for a DX Chogokin YF-19, CDJapan has 1 in stock for 25,000 yen.

Not anymore , thanks for the info, I now need to cancel my purchase on NY

[Ridden001]

I’m pissed that I have my YF-19 but can’t watch my comparison review against the VF-19 on any moon.     looking forward to it.

[Ridden001]

I think the Vulcans are different from what I remember on my VF-19.  I know the thrusters in he feet are molded differently.

Edited October 8, 2018 by Ridden001

[Ridden001]

This thing is going to climb like a beast in price.

Edited October 8, 2018 by Ridden001

[Shizuka the Cat]

13 minutes ago, Dirtyboy said:

Not anymore , thanks for the info, I now need to cancel my purchase on NY

My pleasure. I am happy that someone from the forums gets to enjoy it.

[Blue Meanie]

My Amazon Japan seller sent my yf-19 and they win the award for the greatest packaging for shipment ever. They shrink wrapped it with a board on the bottom, put a cardboard spacer glued to the 4 corners then glued the shinkwrapped 19 to those. It had 3 inches of space on each side and stayed secure dead center in the box. I tried to get it out shinkwrapped just to see how good it was in there and I couldn't physically yank the 19 out. Ive ordered a lot of toys but this is the best ever. This is a fellow fan who packed this.

 

How I tried to get it out upside down.

Edited October 8, 2018 by Blue Meanie

[jenius]

Wow nice shelves in the background.

[tekering]

2 hours ago, Blue Meanie said:

Ive ordered a lot of toys but this is the best ever. This is a fellow fan who packed this.

I get multiple shipments from Amazon.jp every week, and they're always shrink-wrapped to a cardboard spacer glued to the bottom of the box.  That wasn't a fellow fan, that's just how they ship everything.  

That bar code sticker on the YF-19 box is a dead giveaway.  

[Slave IV]

1 hour ago, jenius said:

Wow nice shelves in the background.

Haha, all I saw in those pics was G1 Transformers

But that's nice packaging. Amazon USA would have just thrown that DX box directly into a plastic bag mailer and sent it out.

Probably not but they have definitely done that for low end toys like Hasbro Legends and Black Series stuff.

[kajnrig]

2 hours ago, jenius said:

Wow nice shelves in the background.

I honestly thought they were opening that in a big box store or something.

[David Hingtgen]

26 minutes ago, Slave IV said:

Haha, all I saw in those pics was G1 Transformers

 

At first I thought "wow, he got every reissue"----but then I saw the Horrorcons, and was like "OMG, those can't be reissues..."

[Blue Meanie]

1 hour ago, tekering said:

I get multiple shipments from Amazon.jp every week, and they're always shrink-wrapped to a cardboard spacer glued to the bottom of the box.  That wasn't a fellow fan, that's just how they ship everything.  

That bar code sticker on the YF-19 box is a dead giveaway.  

Then Amazon Japan is the gold standard, lol. Polar opposite of Amazon US.

3 hours ago, jenius said:

Wow nice shelves in the background.

Thanks, that's my decepticons shelf of my favorites that I kept.

 

Edited October 9, 2018 by Blue Meanie

[Blue Meanie]

3 minutes ago, David Hingtgen said:

At first I thought "wow, he got every reissue"----but then I saw the Horrorcons, and was like "OMG, those can't be reissues..."

I have a few of those, I sold my sealed original Galvatron, scourge and cyclones when the KOs came out. The KOs are crap, but whatever.

[anime52k8]

Yeah, the shield looks fine for the most part.

[kazuo]

2 hours ago, tekering said:

I get multiple shipments from Amazon.jp every week, and they're always shrink-wrapped to a cardboard spacer glued to the bottom of the box.  That wasn't a fellow fan, that's just how they ship everything.  

That bar code sticker on the YF-19 box is a dead giveaway.  

This is correct - that is standard practice for Amazon JP shipments.

Also worth pointing out almost no third-party sellers on Amazon JP ship outside of Japan, so if you are buying directly from Amazon JP, you are either buying a product carried by Amazon JP, or you are buying a product supplied by a third-party seller which is fulfilled by Amazon JP.

[Blue Meanie]

So how do we go about getting more missle pylons for the extra missiles? Is there a shapeways seller that makes them?

[Sanity is Optional]

19 minutes ago, Blue Meanie said:

So how do we go about getting more missle pylons for the extra missiles? Is there a shapeways seller that makes them?

It's on my to-do list, I'm not aware of any up on there already.

[Lolicon]

Ohhh extra pylons would be nice, as the YF-19 set does not have enough for all the ordinance (if you plan on using the extras on other Bandai valks).