Bandai 1/60 DX Chogokin Macross 7 Fire Valkyrie

[Graham]

1 hour ago, davidwhangchoi said:

with this fire valk, it gives M7 fans the hope that Bandai will make the entire fire bomber DX lineup. 

....or they can wait till arcadia does the 5000 and steal the design

 

 

I'm a huge Macross 7 fan, have probably watched it a dozen times since it was first released in 94. I've bought all the toys, CDs art books etc.

However, stangely I've never had a burning desire for toys of the VF-11MAXL and VF-17T Kai.

I've always been far more interested in owning toys of the VF-17D/S, VF-19F/S, VF-11C/D/Full Armor, VF-22S, Fz-109F/A, 

[Graham]

2 hours ago, Chronocidal said:

I frankly do not trust anyone to even try and make the MAXL.  I don't think anyone has ever been able to justify the investment for a design that funky, no matter how long it's gone without an actual transforming toy of any type.

I think our best bet for a good looking VF-11MAXL is in Bandai's 1/100 scale, HG Shortcut Change line.

[davidwhangchoi]

3 hours ago, Graham said:

I'm a huge Macross 7 fan, have probably watched it a dozen times since it was first released in 94. I've bought all the toys, CDs art books etc.

However, stangely I've never had a burning desire for toys of the VF-11MAXL and VF-17T Kai.

I've always been far more interested in owning toys of the VF-17D/S, VF-19F/S, VF-11C/D/Full Armor, VF-22S, Fz-109F/A, 

Since Bandai has a rep of releasing repaints of the same mold, we know to expect at least a DX VF-22S as well as docker's 19 after the Kai.

I thought the yamato VF-17D was the most expensive and nicest looking toy for a while. I'm not sure if Bandai will best it.

A Bandai vf-11b or c  would be nice to see. 

I do hope Bandai does commit to making the M7 line robust now they're done releasing the Macross plus toys.   

[no3Ljm]

1 hour ago, davidwhangchoi said:

Since Bandai has a rep of releasing repaints of the same mold, we know to expect at least a DX VF-22S as well as docker's 19 after the Kai.

I hope this is true because up until now we haven't seen Max's VF-1S, Hikaru's VF-1A, Aisha's VF-19, Mei's VF-27 and Roid's Sv-262. 

[Graham]

For the DX VF-19 Fire Valk and follow on DX VF-19F/S, there are 2 things I hope:

1) Bandai don't use the stupid folding front landing gear from the DX VF-19 Advance / DX YF-19. Always hated that as it's fiddly to get in and out and the hinge joint gets loose after a while and collapses easily.

2) for a potential future VF-19F/S I hope Bandai manage to make the GU-15 Gunpod front end the correct size like Yamato and Arcadia did, rather than using the skinny front end from the DX VF-19 Advance / DX YF-19, which is one of my pet peeves as it never looks right to me.