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WAVE 1/100 VF-1S/A Strike/Super Valkyrie (Battroid & Fighter)


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For those who want 1/100 VF-1 to go with Bandai's HG 1/100 kits. Wave is releasing Battroid and Fighter modes separately which you can combine for Gerwalk mode.

VF-1S Strike Valkyrie FIGHTER (Focker/Ichijo)
June 2024 Release
Y4950

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VF-1S Strike Valkyrie BATTROID (Focker/Ichijo)
June 2024 Release
Y4950

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Strike Valkyrie GERWALK

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VF-1S/A Super Valkyrie FIGHTER
May 2024 Release
Y4500

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VF-1S/A Super Valkyrie BATTROID
May 2024 Release
Y4500

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Super Valkyrie GERWALK

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  • no3Ljm changed the title to WAVE 1/100 VF-1S/A Strike/Super Valkyrie (Battroid & Fighter)

Nice as it is to have these re-issued again, they could stand to just do a "full pack" and include every variation of head and Fast pack. Or if they're adamant about the segmentation, they should have ONLY included the S/A heads with the Strike kits, and ONLY included the J/D heads with the Super kit.

Now that I think about it, what do people think are the more "iconic" VF-1 heads? Obviously the S takes top spot, but what would be second-best known, the A or J? I think it's fair to say the D would bring up the rear... but would it, actually? Hmm...

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1 hour ago, kajnrig said:

Nice as it is to have these re-issued again, they could stand to just do a "full pack" and include every variation of head and Fast pack. Or if they're adamant about the segmentation, they should have ONLY included the S/A heads with the Strike kits, and ONLY included the J/D heads with the Super kit.

Now that I think about it, what do people think are the more "iconic" VF-1 heads? Obviously the S takes top spot, but what would be second-best known, the A or J? I think it's fair to say the D would bring up the rear... but would it, actually? Hmm...

They seem to be more dyrl than og series, so the D would be odd especially since even the og D type had some body differences. But back to these being more dyrl, the J is barely seen. They did do a standard 1J, but it had movie hands and I think it also had a movie style pilot, but oddl these all have tv style stabilizers on the legs. The 1A definitely has the movie head and they all have movie hands as well 

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On 2/11/2024 at 12:30 PM, Raikkonen said:

Huh!!! Buy 2 kits to build the third variation... So to have all 3 modes, you'll have to get 4 kits. Genius!!! 

Bandai must be furious for not having figured this out before 🤣

So like the Tomytec macross kits then?

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2 hours ago, Sanity is Optional said:

So like the Tomytec macross kits then?

Yep.

50 minutes ago, Big s said:

I honestly can’t remember who came up with that idea first between tomytec or wave

For Macross, not sure which company. But I guess this partsformer method is probably already a thing with other companies.

18 minutes ago, Raikkonen said:

I honestly don't recall them... 

TomyTec did the 1/144 VF-31 Siegfrieds back in 2016. Which you have to buy both Fighter and Battroid kits in order to build Gerwalk.

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22 hours ago, no3Ljm said:

Forgot about the VF-1's. The Siegfrieds kind of linger in my head than the other two. :lol: 

 

I only bought the VF-1 kits. There was one that wasn’t an og Macross kit, but I think it only got a fighter before the line was cancelled, but I don’t remember what it was.

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53 minutes ago, Big s said:

I only bought the VF-1 kits. There was one that wasn’t an og Macross kit, but I think it only got a fighter before the line was cancelled, but I don’t remember what it was.

IIRC, VF-31A Kairos and VF-31C Siegfried (Mirage) didn't had Battroid mode released.

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1 hour ago, no3Ljm said:

IIRC, VF-31A Kairos and VF-31C Siegfried (Mirage) didn't had Battroid mode released.

It was the 31a, I remember it being a cannon fodder looking one. If they had done the Battroid, I would have bought it

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54 minutes ago, Big s said:

It was the 31a, I remember it being a cannon fodder looking one. If they had done the Battroid, I would have bought it

Yeah. KAIROS. :wub: 

It's the only thing that saved Macross Delta. :spiteful:

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The TomyTec model Valks WERE and STILL ARE some of the best things I've EVER put together! They weren't cheap, but MAN were they extremely well done!!! I wished they had made a million more mecha from SDF all the way through Delta even! 

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3 hours ago, derex3592 said:

The TomyTec model Valks WERE and STILL ARE some of the best things I've EVER put together! They weren't cheap, but MAN were they extremely well done!!! I wished they had made a million more mecha from SDF all the way through Delta even! 

Definitely great little kits, but I doubt that we’ll be seeing more unfortunately. So for now it’s moving slightly upscale to the 1/100 hg kits from Bandai and the rereleases from wave for small scale Macross battroid partswappers

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20 minutes ago, TMBounty_Hunter said:

Macross Modelers webcast didn't exist when these kits first came out 😛

Honestly, I can’t understand anything in their videos, so I just look at the pretty images 

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As I'm getting further into HMR... I suddenly find myself keen in the plane mode of these... At least one is needed. 

The latest video with the release schedule reminded they're around the corner now. 

 

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7 hours ago, Raikkonen said:

As I'm getting further into HMR... I suddenly find myself keen in the plane mode of these... At least one is needed. 

The latest video with the release schedule reminded they're around the corner now. 

 

They actually got rereleased yesterday for the wave kits, at least the super set, maybe the strike as well, I wasn’t looking at those last night 

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Strike set is listed for June, so probably end of next month, but the supers are up currently
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On 5/31/2024 at 12:14 AM, Big s said:

They actually got rereleased yesterday for the wave kits, at least the super set, maybe the strike as well, I wasn’t looking at those last night 

Didn't know they're a rereleased concept... watched some videos on the builds and look to have quite a bit of work involved... Maybe I'll just continue holding out for a re-re-release DYRL HMR... 

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3 hours ago, Raikkonen said:

Didn't know they're a rereleased concept... watched some videos on the builds and look to have quite a bit of work involved... Maybe I'll just continue holding out for a re-re-release DYRL HMR... 

they’re something like 15 or 20 years old at this point and they aren’t Bandai, so expect more work. Seams on most parts and such

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12 minutes ago, Big s said:

they’re something like 15 or 20 years old at this point and they aren’t Bandai, so expect more work. Seams on most parts and such

Thanks for this. Easy pass then. 

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7 hours ago, Raikkonen said:

Thanks for this. Easy pass then. 

They’re definitely not gonna be a simple build, but not exactly difficult either. Wave kits have a pretty good fit, but often still need some touch es of glue and paint. The seams need some filling since they usually go straight down the middle and I haven’t built the super or strike versions, but I’m pretty sure they need some drilling for attachments. Even the wave Votoms kits require some minor drilling for weapon attachments and I figure these pack probably do as well 

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I saw official Wave fighter and Battroid samples on display at Yodobashi in Akihabara two weeks ago. They looked really good, just like the example photos above. They had the Hikaru VF-1A Super Battroid kits for ¥4950. I assume they had just been released, because I don’t think I saw them at any other stores. They look really good, a huge step up from the old transformable kits. I’ve never really been interested in 1/100 but would certainly get a bunch of these if I wanted to model in that scale.

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3 hours ago, VF-1A Grunt said:

I saw official Wave fighter and Battroid samples on display at Yodobashi in Akihabara two weeks ago. They looked really good, just like the example photos above. They had the Hikaru VF-1A Super Battroid kits for ¥4950. I assume they had just been released, because I don’t think I saw them at any other stores. They look really good, a huge step up from the old transformable kits. I’ve never really been interested in 1/100 but would certainly get a bunch of these if I wanted to model in that scale.

The only major complaint that I have is the cost for displaying all three modes since you need to buy two battroid kits and two fighter kits, so four kits to display them all. They do also have a bit of a thick look in the body as well as the 1S head. I personally prefer their 1A head. The Gerwalk is also a bit of an odd one since the joints are weird and the knee covers have to be left off. Also , with the TV Skull1 in Roy’s old colors, they only have movie hands and a movie pilot. Definitely not as fun as Plamax, but more fun than Hasegawa. 

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39 minutes ago, Bolt said:

Looks really good, but it's an easy pass for me. Just not my scale. And I've got so many VF-1's I already need to build..

It’s totally understandable. But it is pretty good for 1/100 builders even though it’s almost a 10 or more year old kit. It probably would have done better if it got this kind of attention on its original release 

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