Arcadia VF-5000G

[no3Ljm]

10 hours ago, enphily said:

Now we know where is the head laser in fighter mode

Did they angle up a bit the booster, or it's still where it was from their first colored prototype test shots?

[PsYcHoDyNaMiX]

It appears they may have angled it up by like 2 or 3 degrees... and maybe raised/extended the standoffs/mounts by 1mm or 2mm barely noticeable...

https://hobby.watch.impress.co.jp/img/hbw/docs/1427/107/html/1.jpg.html

 

EDIT:
I was also thinking they sized down the cone of the booster by maybe 5% and/or made it shorter, or set it back.

Edited October 24, 2022 by PsYcHoDyNaMiX

[no3Ljm]

33 minutes ago, PsYcHoDyNaMiX said:

It appears they may have angled it up by like 2 or 3 degrees... and maybe raised/extended the standoffs/mounts by 1mm or 2mm barely noticeable...

https://hobby.watch.impress.co.jp/img/hbw/docs/1427/107/html/1.jpg.html

 

EDIT:
I was also thinking they sized down the cone of the booster by maybe 5% and/or made it shorter, or set it back.

Thanks!  

Hope we'll see new photo updates after the photoshoot soon as per MrK's twitter post with the photo above.  

[Bolt]

Looking forward to more!

[derex3592]

I really DO wanna support Arcadia and get this as it is something different, but that paint scheme....🤮

[Chronocidal]

As long as it's the darker scheme seen in the more recent photos, I actually really don't mind it.  A little gaudy, but nothing like the neon turquoise it used to be.

I'm just thrilled to see a NEW design after.. how many years has it been?  

[no3Ljm]

3 hours ago, derex3592 said:

I really DO wanna support Arcadia and get this as it is something different, but that paint scheme....🤮

Same here. I really wish they do other special color variants.

[no3Ljm]

2 hours ago, Chronocidal said:

As long as it's the darker scheme seen in the more recent photos, I actually really don't mind it.  A little gaudy, but nothing like the neon turquoise it used to be.

I'm just thrilled to see a NEW design after.. how many years has it been?  

If we're not going to count Arcadia's remodeling of YF-19, VF-0, and Sv-51. Can we agree that it's already been 10 years? 10 years since VF-4 and if we're going to consider VF-0D as a new design, then it's 5 years. 

[no3Ljm]

Would it be nice if Arcadia starts to include fixed posed hands starting with this VF-5000G. That would be awesome.

[scand]

Macross 7 valks are the shiznet!

[David Hingtgen]

I'm happy to see Liza has her scarf.  

[505thAirborne]

1 hour ago, no3Ljm said:

Would it be nice if Arcadia starts to include fixed posed hands starting with this VF-5000G. That would be awesome.

You'd think by now it's just a standard feature with these Valkyries. 

[Special Sauce]

Can't wait to get this.  It's been a while since I bought a Yamato/Arcadia Valk.

[ErikElvis]

Pretty excited for this one. And I think the color in the newer pictures looks good

[Falcon]

Wonder will there be a premium and standard or will they just with just 1 kind?

[Special Sauce]

2 hours ago, Falcon said:

Wonder will there be a premium and standard or will they just with just 1 kind?

It seems like they save their Premium Finish versions for the more popular hero Valks, like Roy's, Hikaru, Isamu etc.  Though the did do the Elintskeer so I suppose there's a possibility they'd do a PF for this one.

[MacrossJunkie]

6 hours ago, Special Sauce said:

It seems like they save their Premium Finish versions for the more popular hero Valks, like Roy's, Hikaru, Isamu etc.  Though the did do the Elintskeer so I suppose there's a possibility they'd do a PF for this one.

They're also doing a premium finish Tomahawk destroid with weathering.

[Chronocidal]

I'm still really hoping they do a PF VT-1.  Would love to see that one with ALL of the markings added, to match the VE-1.

[Special Sauce]

On 10/28/2022 at 1:34 PM, MacrossJunkie said:

They're also doing a premium finish Tomahawk destroid with weathering.

There's definitely hope then, fingers crossed.

[Mommar]

On 10/28/2022 at 11:34 AM, MacrossJunkie said:

They're also doing a premium finish Tomahawk destroid with weathering.

Not quite true.  They only claimed to put that out to contrast the old weathering version and "gauge interest."

[MacrossJunkie]

40 minutes ago, Mommar said:

Not quite true.  They only claimed to put that out to contrast the old weathering version and "gauge interest."

Ah. then that's too bad. It looks way better than the old weathering version. Especially if it comes with all that tampo on it which the old one didn't and one would have had to put the stickers over the weathering which would have looked odd.

[seti88]

 

[Sildani]

Looking good. 

[MKT]

Doesn’t seem to be any further along than when they last showed it, but good to see it again nonetheless.

[Slave IV]

I’m so in!

And every time I see that stand with basically a mechanical arm shoved up the rear of a Valk, I wish Arcadia would release their clear stand with storage compartments. 

[nightmareB4macross]

My wallet is waiting. And so are the customizer tools.🤗

[Mommar]

Too bad they don't have a price/release listed there.  I'd like to plan for it ahead of time.  I want at least 2.

[nightmareB4macross]

21 minutes ago, Mommar said:

Too bad they don't have a price/release listed there.  I'd like to plan for it ahead of time.  I want at least 2.

This is Macross. We don’t plan. We just wait for POs and F5 all night no matter the cost.  

[twich]

I too wish that they would have a release schedule and pricing so that I can plan ahead.  I am also hoping that this will be available for those outside Japan(specifically USA) to order from Arcadia direct, or available at US e-retailers like BBTS or Amazon.  I really enjoy Arcadia designs, but the prospect of having to pay 50000 yen plus 15000 yen shipping if I want to get a USED VF-0D Premium Finish version is just too expensive for me.

Twich

[Anasazi37]

It's just somewhat ominously listed as "Reference" when you run the placard through Google Translate. No date, no price.

[Mommar]

8 hours ago, nightmareB4macross said:

and F5 all night

Not anymore.  This isn't SDFM or DYRL, there's no reason it can't be sold domestically (other than ugly markups.)

[Bolt]

Closer look

https://www.instagram.com/p/CojQJJrOuHH/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

[Anasazi37]

5 hours ago, Mommar said:

Not anymore.  This isn't SDFM or DYRL, there's no reason it can't be sold domestically (other than ugly markups.)

Plus it's Arcadia, not Bandai, and so far I haven't seen their stuff sell out right away during the PO period. I'm sure part of the reason is the higher price they tend to charge, and they probably don't limit production runs in advance the way that Bandai does, but subject matter counts for a lot, too. I've only done the F5 thing twice with Arcadia, and both were for items sold exclusively through their website. First was that "hey we found all of these extra toys and kits in a back room of the warehouse" sale, where I managed to grab an SF-3A Lancer II kit. Second was for the plush gunpod, which remains my most-stupid-but-most-fun Macross purchase ever.

[Jasonc]

I got to see it in person. I'll be honest, it looks smaller than I imagined. I'm not talking g about it in actual scale, I just imagined it being quite large.

That said, it does look very nice. It looks like some of the colored parts were casted in that color, not painted. My photos probably suck, but here's a couple...

[Mommar]

6 minutes ago, Jasonc said:

I got to see it in person. I'll be honest, it looks smaller than I imagined. I'm not talking g about it in actual scale, I just imagined it being quite large.

That said, it does look very nice. It looks like some of the colored parts were casted in that color, not painted. My photos probably suck, but here's a couple...

The 5000 is about the same size as a VF-1.