Bandai DX Chogokin 1/48 VF-1

[Mechapilot77]

Waist swivel!!!!  Been waiting 30 years for that 

[Saviant]

Damn, I just ordered earlier today a arcadia vf-1j milia edtion, would of held off if I knew this was coming lol

[sh9000]

Looks good.  I’ll definitely buy one.

 

 

 

Edited July 19, 2018 by sh9000

[sh9000]

This will be my first 1/48 Valkyrie and I’m preorder ready.

[chyll2]

3 hours ago, seti88 said:

Yea i tot it would be the same as the model kit. Tho that isnt encouraging, as i thk the model kit wasnt that well received, due to proportions and look of the stance, if i recall...

Must be a problem of scale. At bigger size, they can overengineered the overengineered stuff.

[Shizuka the Cat]

I am really really torn in regards to getting this.

I am already collecting the Yamato Arcadia 1/60, Bandai HMR, and Toynami 1/100 scale toys... and I have the Bandai DX 1/60 scale YF-19 on pre-order.

Starting in on a Bandai DX 1/48 too... when:

1.) I am out of shelf space

2.) I am feeling poor from having spent so much on Macross toys since March,  and

3.) now that I am engaged, I should start being more "responsible".

Must resist temptation. Oh boy, I imagine pre-order madness being crazy for this one. 

[jvmacross]

Looks like they are doing a Yamato all over again....a 1/60 DX seems inevitable now....

For now....I'm all in on this beast

 

[technoblue]

The 1/48s rise again!

I really like what I see here from Bandai, but I also want to see the pricing target before I commit. So many expensive items are hitting at once.

[Kinzoku VF]

Still not convinced, especially regarding the scale. Design-wise, seems it shares a lot with the HMR (at least as far as the torso/arms are concerned). Really don't know what to think about this one. I still have all my old 1/48s Yammies and like them a lot as display pieces. Not to mention all my 1/60, Yamarcadias V1, V2, the 1/48's, HMR,  the  vintage (yes, I tend to keep everything...even the 'not so great' pieces..)

Also, what if they start releasing the entire squadron in that scale? Is it going to be ¥30000 pop? More?. Wasn't it supposed to be part of the DX Chogokin line? The 1/35 from a few years back, I would've considered, it looked different enough, really detailed etc. This one though, not so sure. Its more akin to a'DX HMR" than anything else? ....It'll most likely be a pass for me however nice (or crap...) it turns out to be.

[ArchieNov]

I’ll be getting this for sure. But now I wonder if they’re still pushing through with the even larger scale VF-1 with all the LEDs. Or has this one replaced that idea?

[Duymon]

God F--cking Dammit all..... now I have to re-do my year-end budget for this.

On the plus side I have a spare Gummy 1/48 Yammy DYRL pilot that I'm going to slap into this sucker.

Edited July 19, 2018 by Duymon

[Vi-RS]

[sh9000]

I wouldn’t mind at least one enemy mecha in scale with the VF-1J like the Glaug or Regult from @nightmareB4macross.

[MikeRoz]

Really hope they release more photos before the preorder date.

Also curious if this will be the only one or I should wait for the color schemes I actually like.

[Shizuka the Cat]

2 minutes ago, sh9000 said:

I wouldn’t mind at least one enemy mecha in scale with the VF-1J like the Glaug or Regult from @nightmareB4macross.

Can you imagine how big a 1/48 scale Monster would be?

[sumyumgoy]

Definitely in for one.  Looking forward to how it turns out.

[HardlyNever]

Can't believe we didn't get a second look at this thing before pre-orders were announced.  No real info, just "here it is, buy it."

I don't have a Yamato 1/48, so I'm willing to give this one a try.  Hopefully we'll see a little more before pre-order.

[apptt4]

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Edited July 27, 2018 by apptt4

[Vi-RS]

5 hours ago, no3Ljm said:

Let's repost the video here, shall we.

It has a waist swivel joint on the nosecone. I wonder if this going to use a swivel bar for the legs. And if so, how it will rotate at the same time with the nosecone. I wonder.

 

This is always the millions dollars question when a new toy line on VF-1 is released. 

[Sildani]

Well well. This is exciting! Needs ordnance. 

[valhary]

if is 1/48 no understand 

the main collection is in 1/60 even the DX appears like non scale all are in this last so looks like an strange decision to me and probably avoid this bird

[jenius]

It's the same size as a dx, and since the VF1 is a small plane, that makes it 1/48. Not saying it's a good decision but Bandai thinks in terms of how big the item is in your hands first.

[Matt Random]

1 hour ago, MikeRoz said:

Also curious if this will be the only one or I should wait for the color schemes I actually like.

I think the odds of there being other color schemes released is about the same as the odds of the sun coming up again tomorrow.

I'm going to sit this one out until the VF-1S Hikaru Strike is released. I'm not sure I want to diverge from 1/60 since it took so long to force myself to focus on only 1/60.

[Zx31]

too many DX VF-1J threads

[Zx31]

I like what I see so far, but I'll be waiting for the initial reviews to hit before deciding on if I should bite. If it's good, I'll probably go in for the VF-1S

[Vifam7]

5 hours ago, no3Ljm said:

Let's repost the video here, shall we.

 

 

Love the promo video. Replicates the original SDFM episode preview feel and even has Millia's VA doing the narration.

[Alex GS]

holy damn !!, will be the best VF in my opinion , I'm pretty sure will be way less cost than a Arcadia VF premium , way better heft (heft will actually exists), and way better markings and details, still not know if this will be a TWE , will definitely try to get one if not.  

[Mechapilot77]

i'm still taking this in.  yamato's V2 is 10 years old.  a solid decade of dominance and a solid decade where almost all premium macross valks have followed the 1/60 scale.  Even most DX chogokins are  1/60 ish.  U guess this is 1/48 because a 1/48 VF-1 is roughly the size of a say DX chogokin VF-31 or so...so i'd expect the same price points etc.  i mean i would have preferred the larger 1/35ish scale super premium fig so i could get just one. haha...also i'm sure it would have had more premium features.  this thing though...appears to have solved the waist issue plaguing VF-1 since the chunky monkey days...we all saw the waist swivel in the show (heck actually they ab crunch too but thats just too much to ask a plan fusealage to bend) and it's never been able to in toy form.  basically the nosecone area under teh cockpit swivels.  that must mean the "t bar" (i'll call it) that carries the legs must in fact have a rotation joint too or else the legs would not rotate with the nose cone.  i actually have worked out in my head how this could work (conceptually its not difficult at all how this could work) years ago and i'm happy someone is actually doing it!  lets hope this release is a high quality one...otherwise i'm gonna be wishing for a bigger more premium SOC VF-1 soon after.  haha.  Arcadia's VF-1 dominance is likely up and its likely they knew it was coming...hence they keep rereleasing hero valks with a few bucks worth of tampo more and jacking up the price to eek every last cent out of that 10+ year old investment they made when they were still yamato.  sadly i doubt bandai will release the entire lineup of valks the way yamato did (still waiting on HMR to even come close to catching up there but at least hmr gave us zentran mecha and destroids)...from obscure 2 second birds like the cavaliers to specials like the VT-1 super ostrich (which i never tracked down the yamato one....that and the vf-1s max dyrl are the only ones i wanted that i never tracked down).  For now...gimme that 1J!  to me its still the most iconic valk (even more than roy's skull one).  i do hope roy's vf-1S will follow with super and strike packs of course!

[spacemanoeuvres]

Was hoping for the 1/35. I already have a lot of 1/48’s so I’m not so excited; still in for 1 or 2 though. I hope it has the same gimmicks as the old ones. 

[Killaforevah]

I'm sure the super parts will be a tamashii nations web exclusive

[Ignacio Ocamica]

I'd like to see more pics and the price before committing to it.

Was also hoping for the 1/35. Idealy I'd buy one or two new 1/48, but not a whole new line. I covered all my bases with the 1/60 Yamato/Arcadia.

[sh9000]

GBP Armor Parts and Max and Milia VF-1Js please.  

[derex3592]

21 minutes ago, Ignacio Ocamica said:

I'd like to see more pics and the price before committing to it.

Was also hoping for the 1/35. Idealy I'd buy one or two new 1/48, but not a whole new line. I covered all my bases with the 1/60 Yamato/Arcadia.

My sentiments EXACTLY!!! 

[505thAirborne]

And here I thought this old thread simply got a bump....

Sign me up for one!!! 

[easnoddy]

Arcadia likely owns the rights to produce 1/60 VF-1's.  If I remember right, BW licenses these toys out by scale.  Bandai already does a smaller scale VF-1, so they went BIGGER.