Bandai DX Chogokin 1/48 VF-1

[no3Ljm]

45 minutes ago, borgified said:

Now the next question for @twich.. Are you going to stop at the DX 1j & GBP combo after getting it or are you going to get more if your funds allow you to? You know that we’re all enablers here and we want to see your diversity of DX VF-1 valks to grow in size. 

I'm pretty sure he's going beyond the GBP. It's inevitable. 

[twich]

I would certainly want to, but time and price will tell.  I am getting this as a birthday present from the wife, but ordered it myself because she can’t stand Japanese websites.  Thanks everyone!

Twich

[Astralith]

On 12/17/2019 at 5:43 AM, sh9000 said:

Some day this pose can be exactly achieved in toy form.

😎

[sh9000]

The pose is close due to limitations in the toy but the DX would need additional articulation in the arms for the position of the arms, shoulders, and gunpod to be exact.

[Angesdad]

12 hours ago, Astralith said:

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Great posing and nice angle! Comparing with the still shot from the movie, wish it had a shoulder pivot up and down and out. fairly complicated to achieve though considering the construction around transformation I suppose..

Edited October 28, 2022 by Angesdad

[Astralith]

4 hours ago, sh9000 said:

The pose is close due to limitations in the toy but the DX would need additional articulation in the arms for the position of the arms, shoulders, and gunpod to be exact.

I think the KC implemented a joint like that on the newer versions, makes you wonder if they’ll ever release a DYRL 1S in that line 🤔. 

Edited October 28, 2022 by Astralith

[Astralith]

1 hour ago, Angesdad said:

Great posing and nice angle! Comparing with the still shot from the movie, wish it had a shoulder pivot up and down and out. fairly complicated to achieve though considering the construction around transformation I suppose..

Thanks, I’m thinking about getting into toy photography at some point. Just need proper equipment 😅

[no3Ljm]

14 hours ago, Astralith said:

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Love the pose, @Astralith.  

Did you use tack on the Strike Cannon to have turn it that way?

[Froy]

36 minutes ago, Astralith said:

I think the KC implemented a joint like that on the newer versions, makes you wonder if they’ll ever release a DYRL 1S in that line 🤔. 

 

[MKT]

15 hours ago, Astralith said:

😎

 

The yet unreleased Bodolza toy gets to re-experience death all over again.. hence no toy of him for another 40 years! 

[sh9000]

1 hour ago, Astralith said:

I think the KC implemented a joint like that on the newer versions, makes you wonder if they’ll ever release a DYRL 1S in that line 🤔. 

 

On 12/17/2019 at 3:43 AM, sh9000 said:

Some day this pose can be exactly achieved in toy form.

Someday this pose can be exactly achieved in toy form.

[Lolicon]

16 hours ago, Astralith said:

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Sweet pic!

[Astralith]

7 hours ago, no3Ljm said:

Love the pose, @Astralith.  

Did you use tack on the Strike Cannon to have turn it that way?

Kind of yeah! I used double-sided tape. What's funny is that I sat there for a while fiddling with it, trying to get the gunpod and the head lasers to line up with the strike cannon. But then I realized that the strike cannon actually is rotated slightly in the animation. 

I wish we could get strike parts with a ball-jointed cannon, that would make since practically in-universe and help with playability.     

[Special Sauce]

On 10/27/2022 at 11:02 PM, Astralith said:

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Great shot!

[arbit]

WIP for 1/48.  But I am still sizing the fit, if anyone has the back seat dimensions that would be great! 

(length from console to seat, seat height, seat length, height from seat to canopy).

Free downloads https://www.patreon.com/posts/74404704

[Shawn]

'Mechanic Edition' clear fast packs! Scroll WAY down to the middle ish area
We finally get the original detail we saw in the beginning when this line was introduced

https://hobby.dengeki.com/event/1741259/

[davidwhangchoi]

I'm surprised bandai didn't throw a bunch of tampo on the clear parts

[nightmareB4macross]

41 minutes ago, davidwhangchoi said:

I'm surprised bandai didn't throw a bunch of tampo on the clear parts

It’s on there it’s just clear.

😎

[Chronocidal]

One of these days I'm going to find some way to get a set of my 1/48 strike parts x-rayed, just to see if they've had all of that detail from the start.   

[no3Ljm]

So where's DX Super VF-1A Hikaru, Bandai? 

[ShadowerV2]

Does this mean they will reissue the VF-1S Hikaru or is it just a set of clear strike / super parts?

[Froy]

5 hours ago, ShadowerV2 said:

Does this mean they will reissue the VF-1S Hikaru or is it just a set of clear strike / super parts?

As the card specifies "Strike Valkyrie" this could be a bundle, like the reissued VF-1J with the GBP.

[lechuck]

I can live with a bundle, I just hope the clear packs also come with optional opaque pieces.

Investing 100+ Euro on Strike Packs  a couple of pieces of add-on plastic has been too absurd for me and so my VF-1S Hikaru has been naked all this time.

[no3Ljm]

3 hours ago, Chunky001 said:

If they do one it would finish Vermilion Squadron. And since it against Bandai's core business principles to finish sets/squads it won't happen. Actually according to Japanese lore if Bandai finishes a set/squad the entire company will be spaghettified and sucked into an alternate dimension through a spontaneous black hole. I don't think they're ready to take that risk.

Do you mean Skull Squadron since I mentioned Hikaru's VF-1A?   Assuming they do release Hikaru's DX Super VF-1A, all the squadrons (Vermillion and Skull) are still not finish. For Vermillion, they haven't made Kakizaki VF-1A. For Skull, there's no Max VF-1A and Hikaru VF-1A. So Bandai is still safe to get sucked to the black hole if they released Hikaru's Super VF-1A and hold back with Max's Super VF-1A. Right? 

[no3Ljm]

[MKT]

Why do I feel Bandai intentionally half-assed the original Strike parts so they can release this to milk us? 

[Chronocidal]

40 minutes ago, MKT said:

Why do I feel Bandai intentionally half-assed the original Strike parts so they can release this to milk us? 

"Milking" would imply they actually intend to make enough of these to lure buyers in.  

Happily, I could not give less of a crap about these parts.

[Duymon]

a lot of us who got screwed out of fast packs by NY might pick these up as an alternative to movie packs on the aftermarket

[pablumatic]

1 minute ago, Duymon said:

a lot of us who got screwed out of fast packs by NY might pick these up as an alternative to movie packs on the aftermarket

Yup. Still don't have any Bandai DX fast packs due to NY.

However if this release doesn't come with opaque parts for both sides I'll be skipping. 

[jenius]

Yeah, I would love for these to come with regular covers also, I was screwed by NY also.

[Chronocidal]

Might be a pain to match, but I suppose you could just paint over them.  Won't have any tampo, but it'd be better than nothing, and you could probably get the Hasegawa decals for them.

[nightmareB4macross]

4 hours ago, no3Ljm said:

If these are specific to Hikaru, per label. Does this mean the skull insignia is affixed permanently and now no longer have the ability to switch out to another USE? 

[no3Ljm]

5 hours ago, nightmareB4macross said:

If these are specific to Hikaru, per label. Does this mean the skull insignia is affixed permanently and now no longer have the ability to switch out to another USE? 

Early to tell. Bandai might do it permanently. Or it still going to be the same since they probably just replaced the whole interior with a complete mechanical detail. Keeping the blue plastic housing part intact where the insignia attaches.

[no3Ljm]

Edited November 19, 2022 by no3Ljm

[ShadowerV2]

20 hours ago, Froy said:

As the card specifies "Strike Valkyrie" this could be a bundle, like the reissued VF-1J with the GBP.

That's good news!