manfred17 Posted December 29, 2018 Posted December 29, 2018 New design. Sexy toy, sexy hands, ... heavy and looks very sturdy. Quote
Alex GS Posted December 29, 2018 Posted December 29, 2018 Holy hell! 480 grams! , is even heavier than the Metal Build Aile Strike at 366 grams, with this my excitement for this Valk skyrocket!!!, for me the heft in a figure is one of the most important things in this hobby, I really don't remember how much weight had my previously owned Yamato 1/48 VF 1J Max, if somebody knows how much weights a Yamato VF 1j 1/48 without supers would be awesome to know, well at least for me for sure it would it be, Quote
treatment Posted December 30, 2018 Posted December 30, 2018 Yeah. Nice yt-review. It'll be interesting to see how the backpack actually holds up the eventual FAST-Packs securely. iirc, the old Yammie 1/48 has a little hook to help secure the backpack, whereas this new DX does not have it. Quote
Dobber Posted December 30, 2018 Posted December 30, 2018 Damn is that thing beautiful! I can’t wait to get mine and can only imagine how gorgeous a Roy VF-1S will be. Chris Quote
tekering Posted December 30, 2018 Posted December 30, 2018 38 minutes ago, Alex GS said: if somebody knows how much weights a Yamato VF 1j 1/48 without supers would be awesome to know, well at least for me for sure it would it be, About the same as your Metal Build Aile Strike, actually. Quote
F360 Posted December 30, 2018 Posted December 30, 2018 1 hour ago, rsvictor1976 said: I like this guy's reviews. Alsways shows more details than other YouTubers I've seen. Ooohh.. he transformed it without removing the legs. Why does it seem like its a lot easier to transform than the Yamato 1/48? he does know his Valks, so I think it's just his years of experiences at transforming them. compare to the current Valkyries, the VF-1 is a breeze to transform. Quote
F360 Posted December 30, 2018 Posted December 30, 2018 1 hour ago, treatment said: Yeah. Nice yt-review. It'll be interesting to see how the backpack actually holds up the eventual FAST-Packs securely. iirc, the old Yammie 1/48 has a little hook to help secure the backpack, whereas this new DX does not have it. Bandai's current trend seem to be extra clips to hold and secure joints . so the Fast-packs will most likely come with those clips Quote
Alex GS Posted December 30, 2018 Posted December 30, 2018 45 minutes ago, tekering said: About the same as your Metal Build Aile Strike, actually. Thank you @tekering , thank you for taking a bit of your time and check in this much appreciated , you have no idea how excited I'm right now because of this little extra info Quote
CF18 Posted December 30, 2018 Posted December 30, 2018 Guys, don't hate on the small shops too much on the added shipping cost. The bonus stand added 33% size to the box, but I think Bandai probably just gave everyone the regular release size data, since the re-issue will be that size with the same UPC code. Those small shop are not going to eat the cost which is not their fault. Quote
spanner Posted December 30, 2018 Posted December 30, 2018 Definitely won't be using that stupid little antenna that fits on the backpack in gerwalk.. Quote
spanner Posted December 30, 2018 Posted December 30, 2018 looking forward to feeling the heft of this thing! and posing those fully articulating fingers! going back to that antenna.. surely there was a way they could have made it a fixed but deploy-able part instead of it being loose..? Though my question is why would it be needed in gerwalk and not in the other two modes? Bit silly really. Quote
spanner Posted December 30, 2018 Posted December 30, 2018 Just now, tekering said: Vermillion Leader in the house! Nice!! so.. your impressions? Like? no like? Quote
davidwhangchoi Posted December 30, 2018 Posted December 30, 2018 3 hours ago, F360 said: some good comparisons great review! Amazon shipped mine DHL, that's insane for 1200yen i'm so excited to get this Quote
seti88 Posted December 30, 2018 Posted December 30, 2018 (edited) 1200yen DHL is utterly insane....ami is costing me abt 2250 yen for SAL....how much is amazon charging for the valk? As much Amazon is competitive, come PO day priority is securing a PO than risking not getting one... found another HK(?) youtuber with the vf-1j ... he has a panel lining vid, which i posted in the HMR thread... Edited December 30, 2018 by seti88 Quote
davidwhangchoi Posted December 30, 2018 Posted December 30, 2018 2 minutes ago, seti88 said: 1200yen DHL is utterly insane....ami is costing me abt 2250 yen for SAL....how much is amazon charging for the valk? As much Amazon is competitive, come PO day priority is securing a PO than risking not getting one... for initial pre-orders amazon charged 18000yen no one looked on amazon till a friend from another discord posted it. (Macross valks were normally was blocked to ship overseas) he wasn't even a macross fan but into TF's but liked it bc it reminded him of G1 Jetfire. hopefully, Harmony Gold doesn't try to block this goldmine of a resource. Quote
bleecher Posted December 30, 2018 Posted December 30, 2018 How does the length in fighter mode compare to other recent releases in the 1/60 dx line such as the vf-31 and the yf-19? Quote
davidwhangchoi Posted December 30, 2018 Posted December 30, 2018 (edited) 7 minutes ago, bleecher said: How does the length in fighter mode compare to other recent releases in the 1/60 dx line such as the vf-31 and the yf-19? check out the vid that @F360 posted. there's side by sides with the 31 edit: also just watched the vid @seti88 posted, at the end the dx 1j is posed next to a 19 Edited December 30, 2018 by davidwhangchoi Quote
seti88 Posted December 30, 2018 Posted December 30, 2018 7 minutes ago, davidwhangchoi said: for initial pre-orders amazon charged 18000yen no one looked on amazon till a friend from another discord posted it. (Macross valks were normally was blocked to ship overseas) he wasn't even a macross fan but into TF's but liked it bc it reminded him of G1 Jetfire. hopefully, Harmony Gold doesn't try to block this goldmine of a resource. Nice, ami's PO price is competitive, but i gotta wait till they are back before shipping through SAL starts...so your excitement and valk delivery are gonna be in synch! I gotta maintain the excitement till i get it... Amazon is turning the term marketing and distribution upside down...so perhaps this goldmine will hold for some time... Besides amazon has more than enough firepower if HG wants a fight... Quote
treatment Posted December 30, 2018 Posted December 30, 2018 (edited) welp! buyers from amz-jp, check your tracking now! mine says: Looking like Monday (12/31) delivery, if customs don't hold it up... Edited December 30, 2018 by treatment Quote
nightmareB4macross Posted December 30, 2018 Posted December 30, 2018 I hope we are not going to revisit the whole fragile leg fin fiasco from the DX YF-19. Some one has already reported that the fins are sheared at the pins. BTW - Tekering those pictures look fantastic! Quote
spanner Posted December 30, 2018 Posted December 30, 2018 2 minutes ago, nightmareB4macross said: I hope we are not going to revisit the whole fragile leg fin fiasco from the DX YF-19. Some one has already reported that the fins are sheared at the pins. BTW - Tekering those pictures look fantastic! oh no!!! Quote
davidwhangchoi Posted December 30, 2018 Posted December 30, 2018 8 minutes ago, treatment said: welp! buyers from amz-jp, check your tracking now! mine says: Looking like Monday (12/31) delivery, if customs don't hold it up... wow! 6 minutes ago, seti88 said: Damm thats fast.... yeah! have 2 from amiami as well. hopefully after the holidays they'll ship fast! i initially grabbed amiami then my discord buddy shared about amazon so i got one out of curiosity then came over and posted it on MW. i was going to go with SAL as well but it wasn't too much more for DHL for group shipping 2x. 1 minute ago, nightmareB4macross said: I hope we are not going to revisit the whole fragile leg fin fiasco from the DX YF-19. Some one has already reported that the fins are sheared at the pins. i already expected this to be fragile and floppy. i also can see the connecting piece to the swing bar to come loose over time eventually making it a permanent parts former. Quote
spanner Posted December 30, 2018 Posted December 30, 2018 1 minute ago, davidwhangchoi said: *snip* (1) i already expected this to be fragile and floppy. (2) i also can see the connecting piece to the swing bar to come loose over time eventually making it a permanent parts former. (1) I certainly bloody hope not! (2) Superglue! Quote
davidwhangchoi Posted December 30, 2018 Posted December 30, 2018 1 minute ago, spanner said: (1) I certainly bloody hope not! (2) Superglue! hahaha, yeah true Quote
seti88 Posted December 30, 2018 Posted December 30, 2018 19 minutes ago, nightmareB4macross said: I hope we are not going to revisit the whole fragile leg fin fiasco from the DX YF-19. Some one has already reported that the fins are sheared at the pins. BTW - Tekering those pictures look fantastic! Noooooo...bandai ed! Quote
spanner Posted December 30, 2018 Posted December 30, 2018 hopefully it was caused by careless handling and not a design flaw.. Quote
Jwwu Posted December 30, 2018 Posted December 30, 2018 39 minutes ago, nightmareB4macross said: I hope we are not going to revisit the whole fragile leg fin fiasco from the DX YF-19. Some one has already reported that the fins are sheared at the pins. BTW - Tekering those pictures look fantastic! Urge. Why does that fin even need to fold? For the crouching poses? Quote
chyll2 Posted December 30, 2018 Posted December 30, 2018 ^ for the eventual GBP armor. Paid for amiami as soon as payment request was sent yesterday, no shipping notification. The request for payment also says they will close the store today so yeah, it will be shipped after New Year. (same for NY, I guess) Quote
jenius Posted December 30, 2018 Posted December 30, 2018 Mine is in Anchorage... Why???? FedEx, you so crazy. EMS usually goes straight to SF. Quote
derex3592 Posted December 30, 2018 Posted December 30, 2018 Mine always go through Chicago and I've never had an issue, usually lands on my doorstep the very day or the next day once I see it in Chicago, the one time mine went to SF, it took like 3 extra days... Quote
Jwwu Posted December 30, 2018 Posted December 30, 2018 23 minutes ago, chyll2 said: ^ for the eventual GBP armor. Paid for amiami as soon as payment request was sent yesterday, no shipping notification. The request for payment also says they will close the store today so yeah, it will be shipped after New Year. (same for NY, I guess) HMR’s GBP doesn’t need fins to fold. Quote
Sanity is Optional Posted December 30, 2018 Posted December 30, 2018 Mine from Amazon hasn’t hit the USA yet, but I had to update payment info so that delayed it. Looks like I’ll need to wait until after the holiday for HLJ to ship. Quote
lavinrac Posted December 30, 2018 Posted December 30, 2018 56 minutes ago, seti88 said: Noooooo...bandai ed! Anyone know why these even move? Is it for armor? I have not needed to move these fins on previous VF-1 toys. Quote
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