Bandai DX - Movie version VF-31J Siegfried (Hayate Immelman machine) [Fold projection unit equipment]

[jvmacross]

Movie version VF-31J Siegfried (Hayate Immelman machine) [Fold projection unit equipment] Dedicated Discussion Thread........

There is already a general thread about the VF-31 DX, however, if you'd like....you can use this thread to coincide with the general direction that re-started with the DX VF-1D...of trying to create dedicated threads for each future release of a Macross toy...

Or, feel free to keep posting in the general DX VF-31 thread.....let the MW community decide I suppose....

 

PO info has been listed in the MW PO Thread.....so at minimum keep PO chatter contained there as has been requested by @Shawn.....the site owner

https://www.macrossworld.com/mwf/topic/49032-macrossworlds-po-thread-upcomingcurrent-pos-movie-version-vf-31j-siegfried-hayate-immelman-machine-fold-projection-unit-equipmentgbp-armor-set-2nd-round-open-post-links-to-available-pos-and-keep-discussions-on-pos-here/

 

 

 

 

https://tamashii.jp/item/13624/

Edited May 24, 2021 by jvmacross

[mechaninac]

Wow!  Talk about embodying the Malibu Stacy meme... 

[Guyffon]

Easy pass for me, I wish I could somehow just get the mission pod though

[jvmacross]

  On 5/24/2021 at 3:22 PM, Guyffon said:

Easy pass for me, I wish I could somehow just get the mission pod though

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  On 5/24/2021 at 8:34 AM, mechaninac said:

Wow!  Talk about embodying the Malibu Stacy meme... 

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I will get one.....but yeah....the extra bit would have sufficed...would be funny if they offer it later as a TWE...

 

I guess this one will be the one to really try and get.....

[no3Ljm]

Reposting official photos here:

[spacemanoeuvres]

Hmmmm...probably going to get one

[jvmacross]

[Anasazi37]

  On 5/24/2021 at 8:34 AM, mechaninac said:

Wow!  Talk about embodying the Malibu Stacy meme... 

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Yeah, they really embraced the meme this time. You literally stick this on top of the valk. Like a hat.

[Mommar]

They definitely put a lot of work into making the speakerpod look good but I still don't want another one of these.  Should have been a stand-alone without the Valk.

[MKT]

Every time I see these speaker pods, this image comes into my head:

 

[Bolt]

  On 5/24/2021 at 9:34 PM, jvmacross said:

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LOL

 

[Lolicon]

Damn pod should have been included with the original release or in the super parts set.

F***ing Bandai and their blatant double dipping. They did the same crap with all their Marvel figures.

[Anasazi37]

  On 5/25/2021 at 4:12 AM, Mommar said:

They definitely put a lot of work into making the speakerpod look good but I still don't want another one of these.  Should have been a stand-alone without the Valk.

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[Guyffon]

  On 5/25/2021 at 4:41 AM, MKT said:

Every time I see these speaker pods, this image comes into my head:

 

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Now I can’t unsee that…

Maybe they should release a TWE pack of 5 for all 5 valks, that I will buy

Edited May 25, 2021 by Guyffon

[no3Ljm]

  On 5/25/2021 at 4:41 AM, MKT said:

Every time I see these speaker pods, this image comes into my head:

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Close.  

For me that image comes to mind everytime I see this.  

 

[F360]

for me those fold projection pods reminds me of the Bird Human from Macross Zero

 

 

Macross 7 , speaker pod =  Listen to my song

Macross Delta , Fold Projection Unit = watch my Music video?

 

 

[borgified]

Hell... Might as well post this here. From Stone Cheung on Facebook (Looplaza mag I take it?)

For those that want it, here ya go. 

 

[no3Ljm]

Those were probably scans from Figure Oh magazine.

 

[Bolt]

Mmmeh..

[seti88]

Only if bandai packed this with super parts, that would be a crowd puller...

The projection units were used in space, so a full pack would be accurate!

Edited May 26, 2021 by seti88

[davidwhangchoi]

Delta still alive?

[Anasazi37]

  On 5/26/2021 at 2:22 AM, davidwhangchoi said:

Delta still alive?

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Yep. New movie coming out later this year. This is hopefully the first of several toys tied to it. If it's the only one Bandai releases, I'll be a very sad panda.

[ValkAddict]

  On 5/24/2021 at 3:22 PM, Guyffon said:

Easy pass for me, I wish I could somehow just get the mission pod though

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^ Ditto. Gotta save the $$ for the Bandai 1/48 DX VF-1D.

[jvmacross]

[davidwhangchoi]

  On 5/26/2021 at 2:41 AM, Anasazi37 said:

Yep. New movie coming out later this year. This is hopefully the first of several toys tied to it. If it's the only one Bandai releases, I'll be a very sad panda.

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is Messer coming back from the dead? we need a new 31F

[borgified]

  On 5/26/2021 at 1:50 PM, davidwhangchoi said:

is Messer coming back from the dead? we need a new 31F

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Messer died in Kaname's hands after being exposed to the Var in the first movie @davidwhangchoi. So unless you have Windermere/Borg nano-probes in your blood stream, then yes you can be raised from the dead. 

[Anasazi37]

  On 5/26/2021 at 6:03 PM, borgified said:

Messer died in Kaname's hands after being exposed to the Var in the first movie @davidwhangchoi. So unless you have Windermere/Borg nano-probes in your blood stream, then yes you can be raised from the dead. 

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Maybe they'll do some kind of reborquel with the next movie and bring Messer back so Bandai can sell us more stuff

[Dirtyboy]

I never picked up a VF-31J, this might be a good reason now

[ValkAddict]

  On 5/27/2021 at 3:13 PM, Dirtyboy said:

I never picked up a VF-31J, this might be a good reason now

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The VF-31 is great valk - worth having at least one in your collection IMHO.

[no3Ljm]

  On 5/27/2021 at 3:56 PM, ValkAddict said:

The VF-31 is great valk - worth having at least one in your collection IMHO.

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Out of the Delta franchise, I believe VF-31A is the one worth having.  

 

[valhary]

Honestly I'm surprising people are exciting  with this when @Xigfrid made it a long time ago nobody cares

Personally prefer a cannon POD (that also @Xigfrid already made) 

That Bandai should offer in any case is a POD package with all the variants that a multipurpose container unit allow

In my understanding is a desperate strategy to sell VF-31 that only make me wonder the acceptation of Delta like an anime series by the toy collectors independently of the success of the musical group that seems to be out of the question at least with the Nippon audience

Edited June 4, 2021 by valhary

[Slave IV]

  On 5/28/2021 at 3:30 AM, valhary said:

Honestly I'm surprising people are exciting  with this when @xigfrid made it a long time ago nobody cares

Personally prefer a cannon POD (that also @xigfrid already made) 

That Bandai should offer in any case is a POD package with all the variants that a multipurpose container unit allow

In my understanding is a desperate strategy to sell VF-31 that only make me wonder the acceptation of Delta like an anime serie by the toy collectors independently of the success of the musical group that seems to be out of the question at least with the Nippon audience

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While I appreciate looking at customs, I enjoy owning a packaged figure with the accessories it comes with and don’t like trying to rig it into something it wasn't made for. Sure, it would have been great if the toy came with alternate pods to begin with or the pods came with a previous super parts set but they didn’t.  So, it’s not preferable but these are toys that I enjoy so I’m not worrying about buying more of them too much. 

[Sanity is Optional]

I designed one of the alternate pods. It's still a lot of work to do the painting and detailing, not to mention sanding+filling on some of the 3D printed parts.

It's nice to just have something in a box that's already assembled, painted, detailed, and probably has a better fit as well.

 

I think I ended up spending over $100 on high quality resin prints of the pod I designed, and it still needs to be painted and glued together...

[derex3592]

If Bandai wanted my money for a repaint, they should do THIS scheme! Total instabuy! Pic from Japanese model Twitter page 

[seti88]

  On 5/27/2021 at 5:29 PM, no3Ljm said:

Out of the Delta franchise, I believe VF-31A is the one worth having.  

 

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Yeah the 31A is military -ish and closest looking to the chronos...my next fav's are the 31S arad/ 31F messer...