KOG Water Dragon Posted October 11 Posted October 11 Interesting. From the info cards, it sorta looks like the VF-1A Max and VF-1A Kakizaki battroids will be separate releases, unlike the fighter kits. The battroids are more or less all TV versions so far - I wonder if they plan to do any in movie colors, since there are movie color fighters. Or if they are skipping those since the battroids really look more like TV version. Quote
Big s Posted October 11 Posted October 11 2 hours ago, KOG Water Dragon said: Interesting. From the info cards, it sorta looks like the VF-1A Max and VF-1A Kakizaki battroids will be separate releases, unlike the fighter kits. The battroids are more or less all TV versions so far - I wonder if they plan to do any in movie colors, since there are movie color fighters. Or if they are skipping those since the battroids really look more like TV version. I guarantee that the movie stuff is coming. They’ve already done movie fighters and ones with movie strike and movie super packs coming, plus they teased square hands and movie style1A head. It may be a few months down the line, if not a full year though because they got a lot coming up soon. But they’re coming for sure. Quote
KOG Water Dragon Posted October 11 Posted October 11 18 minutes ago, Big s said: I guarantee that the movie stuff is coming. They’ve already done movie fighters and ones with movie strike and movie super packs coming, plus they teased square hands and movie style1A head. It may be a few months down the line, if not a full year though because they got a lot coming up soon. But they’re coming for sure. Right, forgot about the movie head being shown. As long as they come with movie hands, I'll be happy. I guess we may still see Max and Miria VF-1J battroids and fighters too. Quote
Big s Posted October 11 Posted October 11 1 minute ago, KOG Water Dragon said: I guess we may still see Max and Miria VF-1J battroids and fighters too. I’m pretty sure they’re gonna get around to those as well, but they might be giving a bit of breathing room for hasegawa since they had a couple of this recently. Quote
KOG Water Dragon Posted October 11 Posted October 11 4 minutes ago, Big s said: I’m pretty sure they’re gonna get around to those as well, but they might be giving a bit of breathing room for hasegawa since they had a couple of this recently. True.... but the Max battroid was movie type and the max/miria fighters were from quite a while back. Quote
Big s Posted October 11 Posted October 11 Just now, KOG Water Dragon said: True.... but the Max battroid was movie type and the max/miria fighters were from quite a while back. They just had a Miria tv type. It had the slightly updated parts Quote
KOG Water Dragon Posted October 11 Posted October 11 1 minute ago, Big s said: They just had a Miria tv type. It had the slightly updated parts I know. I was just listing the ones that wouldn't directly compete if PLAMAX did a new max/miria TV kit. The Miria super is the exception. Quote
Convectuoso Posted October 11 Posted October 11 20 hours ago, GMK said: I wish the HMR VF-1As would have had this colors Quote
GMK Posted October 12 Posted October 12 20 hours ago, Convectuoso said: I wish the HMR VF-1As would have had this colors Max’s blue is perfect. Quote
GMK Posted October 19 Posted October 19 (edited) Boxart for the VF-1D Battroid is out. ETA: beaten to the punch Edited October 19 by GMK Quote
Bolt Posted October 20 Posted October 20 On 10/16/2024 at 12:19 PM, sh9000 said: Box art. Looks like a photo that's been played with. On 10/19/2024 at 6:40 AM, GMK said: Some images of the finished kit: Looks great! Quote
GMK Posted November 25 Posted November 25 Was in Japan last week & saw an assembled PLAMAX VF-1J Battroid for the first time. Really like the lines, look, & feel. Quote
Big s Posted November 25 Posted November 25 29 minutes ago, GMK said: Was in Japan last week & saw an assembled PLAMAX VF-1J Battroid for the first time. Really like the lines, look, & feel. They’re definitely worth a purchase Quote
Bolt Posted November 25 Posted November 25 53 minutes ago, GMK said: Was in Japan last week & saw an assembled PLAMAX VF-1J Battroid for the first time. Really like the lines, look, & feel. It would look really cool with that yellow lion Voltron head on it ! Quote
Big s Posted Thursday at 06:52 AM Posted Thursday at 06:52 AM Preorder just went up tonight for Max’s 1A Looks like a tease for Kakizaki, but might just have number decals to repaint it Quote
Bolt Posted Thursday at 07:23 AM Posted Thursday at 07:23 AM Saw that. It's worth getting these for the Max figure alone. Quote
Big s Posted Thursday at 09:38 AM Posted Thursday at 09:38 AM 2 hours ago, Bolt said: Saw that. It's worth getting these for the Max figure alone. Yup, the only thing missing here is a certain jacket and cap Quote
Chas Posted Thursday at 12:18 PM Posted Thursday at 12:18 PM Pre-order in! Love the figures with these! Quote
Big s Posted Thursday at 02:49 PM Posted Thursday at 02:49 PM 2 hours ago, Chas said: Pre-order in! Love the figures with these! Same here, can’t wait to get Kakizaki and a Mirya to get the whole team. And then there’s still the movie versions as well Quote
Big s Posted Friday at 03:46 AM Posted Friday at 03:46 AM So unfortunately Kakizaki is a web exclusive through the goodsmile online shop according to taghobby. Quote
Big s Posted Friday at 04:13 AM Posted Friday at 04:13 AM 19 minutes ago, Bolt said: The ole web exclusive. Weird. Yeah, I’m a bit disappointed by that news. I hope that doesn’t happen often, especially with the movie versions Quote
Graham Posted Friday at 04:58 AM Posted Friday at 04:58 AM I'm not really a model builder, but the sculpt and articulation of the Max & Kakizaki TV VF-1A actually look really good. I might have to pick one up, just to mess around with, especially as they look like they won't need much if any paint, just some panel lining to look good. Quote
Big s Posted Friday at 07:25 AM Posted Friday at 07:25 AM 2 hours ago, Graham said: I'm not really a model builder, but the sculpt and articulation of the Max & Kakizaki TV VF-1A actually look really good. I might have to pick one up, just to mess around with, especially as they look like they won't need much if any paint, just some panel lining to look good. Honestly, most of the builds I’ve seen of the 1J were done without getting rid of the seams. They put them in hard to spot ways and you kinda have to really look at pictures to notice what has or hasn’t been done. I highly recommend these kits for those that do put in the work and for those that just slap em together Quote
VF-1A Grunt Posted Friday at 11:40 AM Posted Friday at 11:40 AM (edited) 8 hours ago, Big s said: So unfortunately Kakizaki is a web exclusive through the goodsmile online shop according to taghobby. It looks like it’s regionally restricted too. It says “Japan Only” in the product info. When I’m not logged in, I can see the Kakizaki Battroid product listing, but as soon as I log in (with my U.S.-based account), it doesn’t show up in the product search (nor does the Max Battroid). I can’t add either of them to place a preorder. PLAMAX PX13 1/72 VF-1A Battroid Valkyrie Hayao Kakizaki Unit I may have to create another account and have it sent to family in Tokyo. Edited Friday at 12:27 PM by VF-1A Grunt Quote
Chas Posted Friday at 12:38 PM Posted Friday at 12:38 PM This is rather disappointing news. Being unfamiliar with Goodsmile regional web exclusive releases, is it worth hoping for a possible wider general release at a later date? Quote
Papa Rat Posted Friday at 03:06 PM Posted Friday at 03:06 PM On 12/18/2024 at 10:52 PM, Big s said: Preorder just went up tonight for Max’s 1A Looks like a tease for Kakizaki, but might just have number decals to repaint it Preorder in. Thanks for the heads up! 👍 Quote
Big s Posted Friday at 07:28 PM Posted Friday at 07:28 PM 7 hours ago, VF-1A Grunt said: It looks like it’s regionally restricted too. It says “Japan Only” in the product info. When I’m not logged in, I can see the Kakizaki Battroid product listing, but as soon as I log in (with my U.S.-based account), it doesn’t show up in the product search (nor does the Max Battroid). I can’t add either of them to place a preorder. PLAMAX PX13 1/72 VF-1A Battroid Valkyrie Hayao Kakizaki Unit I may have to create another account and have it sent to family in Tokyo. The Max is pretty easy to find at the usual hobby places, but not sure what to do about Kakizaki. It would kinda suck not to be able to complete the team. I know bbts sometimes puts their web items up for sale, but at a slightly higher price, but I’m not sure with this region block going on 6 hours ago, Chas said: This is rather disappointing news. Being unfamiliar with Goodsmile regional web exclusive releases, is it worth hoping for a possible wider general release at a later date? I kinda doubt it. I don’t think any of their web releases have become general releases. I’m hoping I’m wrong though. Quote
KOG Water Dragon Posted Saturday at 05:19 PM Posted Saturday at 05:19 PM On 12/19/2024 at 7:46 PM, Big s said: So unfortunately Kakizaki is a web exclusive through the goodsmile online shop according to taghobby. So it's a similar annoying situation as the max/miria 1/72 VF-1 variables from Bandai. Quote
Gabe Q Posted Saturday at 09:19 PM Posted Saturday at 09:19 PM On 12/19/2024 at 7:46 PM, Big s said: So unfortunately Kakizaki is a web exclusive through the goodsmile online shop according to taghobby. What is the best way to secure my copy? Quote
Big s Posted Sunday at 12:14 AM Posted Sunday at 12:14 AM 6 hours ago, KOG Water Dragon said: So it's a similar annoying situation as the max/miria 1/72 VF-1 variables from Bandai. Yeah, unavailable at their U.S. version and doesn’t seem to ship outside Japan 2 hours ago, Gabe Q said: What is the best way to secure my copy? i wish I knew. I haven’t really had an issue with their website before and even the majority of the Bandai stuff seems pretty easy to get these days. Maybe some of the sites the toy buyers are using might have them at a markup Quote
Shawn Posted Sunday at 05:14 AM Posted Sunday at 05:14 AM So with that pose for Kakizaki, does that mean a Britai figure is coming soon?? Quote
Bolt Posted Sunday at 05:33 AM Posted Sunday at 05:33 AM 17 minutes ago, Shawn said: So with that pose for Kakizaki, does that mean a Britai figure is coming soon?? lol. Good catch Quote
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