Bandai DX GBP Armor Set and VF-1J Armored Valkyrie

[Chronocidal]

Whoever that is might have gotten one of the armor-only sets as well.

As for the comment about head-swapping being "difficult" I believe that comment was only about swapping between different valks.  Mixing and matching heads between A/J/S versions isn't so simple because the necks are different, and you'd need to detach the entire swivel mount, rather than just pop the head off of its ball-joint.

Gotta admit, that bundle package is pretty darn nice though, kind of makes me wish I'd sprung for the full set, but I already have three VF-1Js.  

Edited September 14, 2021 by Chronocidal

[Shawn]

Agreed I suspect the brown box is the armor-solo...at least the box width dimensions match up
My armor parts says they will ship to me on the 17th(reseller), so I could believe they are being sent out now.
I hope @jenius didn't do Sea-Mail this time...want to see the review soon  😛

[jenius]

Sorry, I'm on the road these days, no ETA for when I'll be able to get back to doing the site.

[no3Ljm]

2 hours ago, Toonz said:

I think this must be the cover art.

You probably mean the art on the side or flap of the box and not the actual 'cover art', right? The cover art should be grand somehow.  

I have a feeling the image below is probably going to be featured somehow in the cover art.

Edited September 14, 2021 by no3Ljm

[Angesdad]

4 hours ago, Grey728 said:

A picture worth a thousand words! Thanks for the confirmation @Grey728. 

[spacemanoeuvres]

9 hours ago, Toonz said:

just came across this pic, not mine.

 

Oh heck yeah; that’s one big bwoy!

[sh9000]

9 hours ago, Toonz said:

just came across this pic, not mine.

 

 

5 hours ago, nightmareB4macross said:

It’s out??

Looks good.

[sqidd]

2 hours ago, Chronocidal said:

 

As for the comment about head-swapping being "difficult" I believe that comment was only about swapping between different valks.  Mixing and matching heads between A/J/S versions isn't so simple because the necks are different, and you'd need to detach the entire swivel mount, rather than just pop the head off of its ball-joint.

 

Bingo^^^^^

That must have been the context I was hearing about.

[no3Ljm]

15 minutes ago, sqidd said:

Bingo^^^^^

That must have been the context I was hearing about.

You got it.  

From @treatment's post back in 2019.

[borgified]

It's worth the wait to waste another $150 on plastic hollow parts on a $300 useless die cast valk right @Slave IV? 

[Slave IV]

5 minutes ago, borgified said:

It's worth the wait to waste another $150 on plastic hollow parts on a $300 useless die cast valk right @Slave IV? 

I love worthless hollow plastic so much, I bought two!

[ValkAddict]

Package looks great, but I'm happy with my old Yamato 1/48 set. Thankful that I can save some $$$. Phew.

Hope the rest of you enjoy this set - looking forward to seeing many pics!

[tjdetweiler]

I don't really pay attention much on boxes, but damn! that looks gorgeous! I can't wait for it to get shipped!

[Sanity is Optional]

Man, kinda wish I'd managed to get a set, and not just the TWE armor.

[Alex GS]

1 hour ago, tjdetweiler said:

I don't really pay attention much on boxes, but damn! that looks gorgeous! I can't wait for it to get shipped!

I'm damn scare now how much the shipping will cost 😱

[vladykins]

I'm just trying to remember who I ordered mine with now. 

[mantisfists]

1 hour ago, vladykins said:

I'm just trying to remember who I ordered mine with now. 

Me trying to scroll back through old emails to search for confirmation messages to do the same.....

I really need to learn to be more organized.

 

Edited September 15, 2021 by mantisfists

[sh9000]

I can’t wait to pose the VF-1J Armored Valkyrie.

[borgified]

From another Macross thread via Metal Box's Twitter account -  https://twitter.com/metalboxch

 

 

[Alex GS]

Believe it or not I have at least 4 DX Chogoking and keep them in mint condition in their box and so never transformed one of those, only pulled them out from its tray in fighter mode to feel the quality of the materials, and here is Bandai like: " oh so you dont want to feel the robot mode in your hands too?, so eat this full fledge DX fully transformed in robot mode!!" , and Im like "thank you Bandai"   

[Froy]

Vaca Santa!

Still can believe I landed a PO at HLJ.

Counting the days.

[Shawn]

They say "Rules are written in blood"...what happened here that then needed this warning to be added  😛

Some poor Valkyrie Engineer....

[crackpot]

12 minutes ago, Shawn said:

They say "Rules are written in blood"...what happened here that then needed this warning to be added  😛

Some poor Valkyrie Engineer....

 

Somebody took a nap inside. 

[Shawn]

Ok, do I get my Macross card revoked asking this question?
I always figured those slats under the chest and on the arms were just design features...to fill in the empty space.

Are these actually exhaust vents for the missiles when they launch out? Basically pressure release?

 

 

Cause I never see anything coming out of them if they were.

 

I guess the are..doh!

[leeboo1211]

1 hour ago, Alex GS said:

Believe it or not I have at least 4 DX Chogoking and keep them in mint condition in their box and so never transformed one of those, only pulled them out from its tray in fighter mode to feel the quality of the materials, and here is Bandai like: " oh so you dont want to feel the robot mode in your hands too?, so eat this full fledge DX fully transformed in robot mode!!" , and Im like "thank you Bandai"   

TBF it probably saves them transforming the figure into fighter mode before packaging so... Value engineering! 

[levzloi]

39 minutes ago, Shawn said:

They say "Rules are written in blood"...what happened here that then needed this warning to be added  😛

Some poor Valkyrie Engineer....

I believe the term is "Mechanical Amputation"

[Froy]

33 minutes ago, Shawn said:

Ok, do I get my Macross card revoked asking this question?
I always figured those slats under the chest and on the arms were just design features...to fill in the empty space.

Are these actually exhaust vents for the missiles when they launch out? Basically pressure release?

 

 

Cause I never see anything coming out of them if they were.

A bit can be seen here. Seems to be vents.

Edited September 16, 2021 by Froy

[no3Ljm]

3 hours ago, borgified said:

From another Macross thread via Metal Box's Twitter account -  https://twitter.com/metalboxch

Called it.  

On 9/14/2021 at 11:22 AM, no3Ljm said:

You probably mean the art on the side or flap of the box and not the actual 'cover art', right? The cover art should be grand somehow.  

I have a feeling the image below is probably going to be featured somehow in the cover art.

 

[Angesdad]

Do y'all think Bandai has somehow incorporated the "updates" on this 1J? - such as nosecone hinge with a lip, etc.. Personally I like the folding hatch on the D.

[no3Ljm]

14 minutes ago, Angesdad said:

Do y'all think Bandai has somehow incorporated the "updates" on this 1J? - such as nosecone hinge with a lip, etc.. Personally I like the folding hatch on the D.

I would assume yes since they already modified that after 1J. Unless they just went back and reused the old mold which it's going to be weird thing to do. But since this is Bandai, let's wait and see.

 

[Chronocidal]

I think the folding back hatch was a one-time thing for the VF-1D, so it could give enough room for the different shape and size of the chest plate, back plate, and canopy shield.

[tjdetweiler]

oh looks like Lunatoypark has shipped one of my GBP Armor

 

LUNA PARK

Your order has been shipped.

You can see the items that have been sent to you and track your shipment below. Thanks for shopping with us

[drumondo]

Armoured Valk shipped from Luna Park. 😍

[enphily]

First review

Edited September 17, 2021 by enphily

[sqidd]

55 minutes ago, drumondo said:

Armoured Valk shipped from Luna Park. 😍

Jelly!!!!