Bandai DX Chogokin 1/48 VF-1

[Lord_Of_Tetris]

To anyone that has theirs already: How necessary is it to detach the legs? Does keeping the legs attached on the bar completely negate hip articulation?

[Chronocidal]

16 minutes ago, tekering said:

No, just movie-style fists.

Ugh.. time to break out the Shapeways account again..

I know it's picking at a knit, and the hands might work perfectly fine... but those really aren't "movie style" fists.  Anything from DYRL-onward has only two finger joints.  Those hands are straight off a Gundam/Transformer.

Edited December 31, 2018 by Chronocidal

[jvmacross]

16 minutes ago, Chronocidal said:

Those hands are straight off a Gundam/Transformer.

Blasphemous! 

[no3Ljm]

Anyone planning on painting their landing gears white?

 

[davidwhangchoi]

3 hours ago, Chronocidal said:

It does make more sense than folding them over the landing gear.  

Also, when are we going to see a heatshield deployable in fighter mode?

i've been wanting that and moving intake covers for a long time. 

[DewPoint]

39 minutes ago, Chronocidal said:

Ugh.. time to break out the Shapeways account again..

I know it's picking at a knit, and the hands might work perfectly fine... but those really aren't "movie style" fists.  Anything from DYRL-onward has only two finger joints.  Those hands are straight off a Gundam/Transformer.

What if it's like this:

[tekering]

43 minutes ago, Lord_Of_Tetris said:

How necessary is it to detach the legs? Does keeping the legs attached on the bar completely negate hip articulation?

Totally unnecessary.  I've transformed mine twice now, and I've yet to even try detaching the legs.  All the transformations, poses and shots I've achieved so far have been with the swing bar attached.  There's already more articulation at the hips than any previous transforming VF-1.

Why does a Valkyrie even need a waist joint?

[DewPoint]

4 minutes ago, tekering said:

Why does a Valkyrie even need a waist joint?

I ask myself this every time someone talks about a waist joint.

[seti88]

12 hours ago, sh9000 said:

They’ve come a long way.  Pretty cool.

Nostalgia overload hearing the spring kicking the gears and doors (forgot it did doors too!) for landing gear deployment. Fingers still flinch whenever i see the front gears open.

Lets see a modern valk do that! 

 

 

2 hours ago, sh9000 said:

Ominous sign?? After/If(?) kawamori san retires, will he be able to carry on the valk designs?

Edited December 31, 2018 by seti88

[VF-Zer0S]

the new slide mechanism for the the arms is gonna make this Valkyrie fun to transform. It always felt wrong bending the plastic over the little nic on the Yamato variants. Can’t wait to see this bad boy armored though

[no3Ljm]

14 hours ago, lechuck said:

Wotafu has his review up with some good comparisons. Yaaayyyy... clap, clap, clap....

 

Just finished watching this. Looks like Wotafa forgot to slide the shoulder hinge joint towards under the wing root in Gerwalk mode.

 

[eXis10z]

On 12/30/2018 at 10:45 AM, davidwhangchoi said:

great review! Amazon shipped mine DHL,

 

that's insane for 1200yen

 

i'm so excited to get this

How much was Amazon selling it for back then?

[tekering]

16 minutes ago, eXis10z said:

How much was Amazon selling it for back then?

[eXis10z]

6 minutes ago, tekering said:

Thanks!

[Sanity is Optional]

Amazon was ¥19200 shipped to the USA as well, ¥18000 (no tax), plus ¥1200 for DHL shipping.

[davidwhangchoi]

^same 

anyone order those stupid missiles and get ripped off? 40 bucks for them... i can't wait till Bandai releases other vf-1's and forced to re-package the missiles. no way they're going to do an exclusive one and done with these missiles.

They'll either pull a movie messer and then resell the attachments in a another form of packaging which will force plp to buy even more. like when they sold the nukes with 31J anniversary then repackaged them with Mirages fast packs. 

Bandai really using fear tactics to get plp to by 40 dollar missiles. 

 

     

[Lolicon]

18 minutes ago, davidwhangchoi said:

^same 

anyone order those stupid missiles and get ripped off? 40 bucks for them... i can't wait till Bandai releases other vf-1's and forced to re-package the missiles. no way they're going to do an exclusive one and done with these missiles.

They'll either pull a movie messer and then resell the attachments in a another form of packaging which will force plp to buy even more. like when they sold the nukes with 31J anniversary then repackaged them with Mirages fast packs. 

Bandai really using fear tactics to get plp to by 40 dollar missiles. 

 

     

But... but... Arcadia is so expensive!

18000 valk + 5000 missiles + probably at least 9000 for super/strike parts = a lot of money! And three shipping costs on top of that! Soooo cheap! 

Assuming you were able to get one at release. Still some peeps who didn't get one and have to pay extra on the secondary market (22k on Mandarake if you're fast!).

On a more serious note, mine's left OH and on it's way here. I really hope it gets here tomorrow (today)! I want it nooooow!

[treatment]

23 minutes ago, davidwhangchoi said:

^same 

anyone order those stupid missiles and get ripped off? 40 bucks for them... i can't wait till Bandai releases other vf-1's and forced to re-package the missiles. no way they're going to do an exclusive one and done with these missiles.

They'll either pull a movie messer and then resell the attachments in a another form of packaging which will force plp to buy even more. like when they sold the nukes with 31J anniversary then repackaged them with Mirages fast packs. 

Bandai really using fear tactics to get plp to by 40 dollar missiles. 

 

     

You know?

That reminds me.

My DX-Mirage nukes are red-tipped. 

Wonder if they're compatible with the DX 1J...

 

[MacrossMania]

4 hours ago, sh9000 said:

Awesome.

 

I'm going to start a go fund me campaign to buy all the Macross valkyries I want to buy, and I am going to be totally up front and shameless about my intentions.  Macross for me and no other 100% of the time.

 

On second thought, I'm going to do something totally selfless and benevolent and start a go fund me campaign to buy all the Macross valkyries I want to see in a museum, call it the Macross Museum, and have everything from the eighties to the present day.  Any and all members of the MM forums can contribute if they want.  We'll have it in some deserted Midwestern city like the one I grew up in.  That way it won't inflict any real cultural damage.  Every contribution made will go toward buying another centerpiece in the collection.  We'll charge admission fees of course to sustain the premises, utilities, rent etc.  And the administrators of MM World can be the administrators of the Museum.  What do you think?

 

[borgified]

4 hours ago, eggy99 said:

Plamax 1/10 scale! LOL! 

There is one up for grabs on Manda at 1/20 scale though.

https://order.mandarake.co.jp/order/detailPage/item?itemCode=1102966760&ref=list&dispCount=240&keyword=マクロス&lang=en

[seti88]

1 hour ago, davidwhangchoi said:

^same 

anyone order those stupid missiles and get ripped off? 40 bucks for them... i can't wait till Bandai releases other vf-1's and forced to re-package the missiles. no way they're going to do an exclusive one and done with these missiles.

They'll either pull a movie messer and then resell the attachments in a another form of packaging which will force plp to buy even more. like when they sold the nukes with 31J anniversary then repackaged them with Mirages fast packs. 

Bandai really using fear tactics to get plp to by 40 dollar missiles. 

 

     

Yeah i got ripped off...

Waited to see if the 19 armaments did fit, and indeed they did! However, CDJ's points made me take the plunge on the missile set so, it is what it is... 
Plus i have a choice of boxed or missile bunch too....so errr....whoopee to me...

To console myself i shall take note in the fact that i can now put the 1/48 missiles (logically speaking) on a 1/60 valk......ahem...big deal eh...

[seti88]

1 hour ago, MacrossMania said:

Awesome.

 

I'm going to start a go fund me campaign to buy all the Macross valkyries I want to buy, and I am going to be totally up front and shameless about my intentions.  Macross for me and no other 100% of the time.

 

On second thought, I'm going to do something totally selfless and benevolent and start a go fund me campaign to buy all the Macross valkyries I want to see in a museum, call it the Macross Museum, and have everything from the eighties to the present day.  Any and all members of the MM forums can contribute if they want.  We'll have it in some deserted Midwestern city like the one I grew up in.  That way it won't inflict any real cultural damage.  Every contribution made will go toward buying another centerpiece in the collection.  We'll charge admission fees of course to sustain the premises, utilities, rent etc.  And the administrators of MM World can be the administrators of the Museum.  What do you think?

 

Macross museum? HG gonna shut you down!!  Unless u call it RT museum...

[Chaos]

3 hours ago, seti88 said:

Macross museum? HG gonna shut you down!!  Unless u call it RT museum...

But if you call it the Robotech museum, HG will expect royalties and creative control.

[davidwhangchoi]

6 hours ago, Lolicon said:

But... but... Arcadia is so expensive!

18000 valk + 5000 missiles + probably at least 9000 for super/strike parts = a lot of money! And three shipping costs on top of that! Soooo cheap! 

Assuming you were able to get one at release. Still some peeps who didn't get one and have to pay extra on the secondary market (22k on Mandarake if you're fast!).

On a more serious note, mine's left OH and on it's way here. I really hope it gets here tomorrow (today)! I want it nooooow!

 so true about arcadia.  rips you off with tampos.

 damn, i need a set of the missiles but so tempted to wait...

6 hours ago, treatment said:

You know?

That reminds me.

My DX-Mirage nukes are red-tipped. 

Wonder if they're compatible with the DX 1J...

 

hmm. interesting.  i need to dig out my mirage supers 

5 hours ago, seti88 said:

Yeah i got ripped off...

Waited to see if the 19 armaments did fit, and indeed they did! However, CDJ's points made me take the plunge on the missile set so, it is what it is... 
Plus i have a choice of boxed or missile bunch too....so errr....whoopee to me...

To console myself i shall take note in the fact that i can now put the 1/48 missiles (logically speaking) on a 1/60 valk......ahem...big deal eh...

i'm about to order a set myself 

i knew bandai would do this, i'm so used to it after getting all the metal build attachments:

- Avalanche exia weapons plus pack, you have to buy the entire 400 set to get that one extra sword attachment    

-Seven Sword GN Sword II Blaster. 40 bucks for a single piece of plastic!!!! http://us.p-bandai.asia/tamashiiwebshop/item-1000000917/

Stupid Bandai

 

 

 

Edited December 31, 2018 by davidwhangchoi

[dragonstar1982]

Woohoo fhl just dropped off my vf-1j!!. Dam it got delievered in3 and a half days, thats not bad at all

[dragonstar1982]

Dhl

[Matt Random]

Mine is in the destination city, but DHL still says 1/8. Looks like my request for a delivery address update was ignored.

[Tober]

Wishing everyone a happy new Valkyrie for 2019!

 

[spacemanoeuvres]

Wooo, my DX from amazon is out for delivery. Happy new year

[rdrunner]

Very jelly from an amiami preorder customer... happy new year guys!

[davidwhangchoi]

1 hour ago, Tober said:

Wishing everyone a happy new Valkyrie for 2019!

 

you too!

1 hour ago, spacemanoeuvres said:

Wooo, my DX from amazon is out for delivery. Happy new year

that's awesome

 

[Mac]

Still no email for payment from HLJ. Anyone else order from them in the month of October?

[davidwhangchoi]

whoa! just checked after @spacemanoeuvres post and mine is out for delivery too!!

[Matt Random]

Such a simple thing, but I love that Bandai added the pins to easily attach the strap to the gunpod. Yamato used tiny split rings with PITA hookup points which made it such that the strap wasn't easily removed.

[Lolicon]

She's here! Yay!

Opened her up and took a few quick pics. She's a beautiful bird alright.

As noted before, plastic is a greyish-white like the HMR versions and not bright white like the Yamato. Some dirty spots and mold release agent here and there, which is par for the course for Bandai stuff.

Feet are solid die cast.

Did someone say the box would be the same size as the DX 31? 

Contents (not including the stand trays)

Showing off the lovely tampo printing.

I'm with the peeps that don't care for the wing flap gimmick: it's not realistic and it leaves an unsightly gap in the wings.

Wish Bandai didn't tampo print UN SPACY right over the leg vents like that (will look unsightly with a wash).

Compared with the Yamato 1/60 version.

Yeah, we got HMR'd on the pilot size. And no ejection seat markings.

First impression overall is that she's a fantastic looking (and hefty) bird. Definitely a big step forward from the old Yamato 1/48. Though not sure I will want to replace my entire 1/60 squadrons with these 1/48s, but I'll cross that bridge if Bandai ever builds it. At the very least I'll want Focker's ride.

Will tinker with the transformation later when I get back home. I'm going to want to panel line and add some extra decals too. And paint the landing gear!