HMR VF-19P

[BlueMax]

This is somewhat unexpected, I’ve always thought the Emerald force would be priority, but I guess this is way more logical from a mild retooling standpoint.
 

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Edited April 3 by BlueMax

[betocc]

VF-19P HiMetal R, more news on 04/10/25.

 

 

[jenius]

Not April fools huh? Cool!

[sh9000]

Woohooo!  

[rsvictor1976]

Has Bandai released a Macross toy unexpectedly like this? Literally coming out in a week. 

[jenius]

More info in a week right? Not released in a week.

[rsvictor1976]

46 minutes ago, jenius said:

More info in a week right? Not released in a week.

That's a relief. My wallet was starting to worry.

[Chronocidal]

Bout time!  Now all the customs can begin! A little surprised that there's no 19S/F first, but I'm not going to complain.

I never got brave enough to rework my Yamatos, but the tolerances at this scale should be a little more forgiving to do some repaints, and make some custom wings to kitbash a couple of black and white VF-19Fs.

Bring it on!  I need a half dozen to experiment with.

[m0n5t3r]

Yay! One of the valks on my HMR wishlist. I hope the 3 M+ valks are next... or VF-25s. 

[Bolt]

This is great news ! I love that version!

[strikevalk]

so awesome.  hopefully the VF-17 is somewhere in the que!

[mechaninac]

This actually makes perfect sense.  Other than the head and the addition of the speaker fins on the shoulder pauldrons, the unit is identical to the Fire Valk.  I may get this but I'm really interested in the Emerald Force's S and F Blazer variants.

[MKT]

Welcome news indeed.
I guess many missed out on 1/60 VF-19P, but also great news for those who have it. 

[Sanity is Optional]

Sweet! Been wanting the Yamato for a while, but this will do instead!

[PointBlankSniper]

Not planning to get this, probably... but more pretty pics of this to flood the interwebs is great news for the eyes and wallet.

[Lolicon]

Was expecting this since the VF-19 has holes in its shoulders for the 19P speaker pods.

[Mommar]

Two, please.

[Chronocidal]

2 hours ago, Lolicon said:

Was expecting this since the VF-19 has holes in its shoulders for the 19P speaker pods.

I think they also dual-purposed them for the soundbooster mounting bracket, but yeah, this was absolutely a no-brainer.  Considering the lack of releases in the past few months, I'm surprised this didn't happen sooner.

[Convectuoso]

[sh9000]

Sweet.  Solid color stands too.  Although I'll continue to use my clear stands instead.

[Lolicon]

2 hours ago, Chronocidal said:

I think they also dual-purposed them for the soundbooster mounting bracket, but yeah, this was absolutely a no-brainer.  Considering the lack of releases in the past few months, I'm surprised this didn't happen sooner.

Oh I haven't messed with the sound booster yet so I didn't know the holes were for that. Seems kinda janky to me when pretty everything is just a copy of the Yamato 19.

[seti88]

10 hours ago, MKT said:

Welcome news indeed.
I guess many missed out on 1/60 VF-19P, but also great news for those who have it. 

yeah i missed it when it was on sale at jungle long time back. Still stings cos after that it seldom popped up and then the price climbed...

 

[Chronocidal]

1 hour ago, Lolicon said:

Oh I haven't messed with the sound booster yet so I didn't know the holes were for that. Seems kinda janky to me when pretty everything is just a copy of the Yamato 19.

I haven't either, just recalling what I read.

Thing is, they didn't copy Yamato's sound booster, they just popped out another production of the original HM version, so the Yamato bracket design wouldn't work.  They just skipped a step by never making Fire Valk-specific shoulder panels.

[Jasonc]

In a sense, I'm glad it's a Hi-metal R so that I don't feel the need to buy it. If it was their DX line though, all bets are off. It does look cool though.

[Mommar]

3 hours ago, Jasonc said:

In a sense, I'm glad it's a Hi-metal R so that I don't feel the need to buy it. If it was their DX line though, all bets are off. It does look cool though.

I don't know, it is fun to have on the desk at work.

[Chronocidal]

That's one of the big benefits to these for me, they're much easier to display in cramped spaces, and I don't feel so protective of them that I don't want to leave them on my desk at work.

It's also a lot less work to customize them compared with the Yamato.  

[mikeszekely]

I skipped the Fire Valkyrie as I prefer my valks to not have faces, but I'm solidly in for this.  Especially if the speaker pods are removable.

[Black Valkyrie]

15 hours ago, mikeszekely said:

I skipped the Fire Valkyrie as I prefer my valks to not have faces, but I'm solidly in for this.  Especially if the speaker pods are removable.

 

Agreed. 

 

[GGemini]

Pre-order starts April 11th

https://tamashiiweb.com/item/15377/?wovn=en

[sh9000]

Sweet.

[Alex GS]

man this looks sweet,  imagine a DX !

[Graham]

So happy that the HMR VF-19P is coming with a GU-15 gunpod, instead of a re-colored Speaker Pod Launcher or even worse, no gunpod.

But even though I recently re-watched Dynamite 7 on D+, I can't remember if we actually saw the VF-19P with a gunpod. Will have to have a look again.

 

[davidwhangchoi]

9 minutes ago, Graham said:

So happy that the HMR VF-19P is coming with a GU-15 gunpod, instead of a re-colored Speaker Pod Launcher or even worse, no gunpod.

But even though I recently re-watched Dynamite 7 on D+, I can't remember if we actually saw the VF-19P with a gunpod. Will have to have a look again.

Nikki would never use a gun though. He's Macross version of Batman

[Froy]

Judging by the mold of the gunpod, is there a chance of a VF-19S of F?

I don't put mi hopes on a YF-19 if Bandai doesn't comes with a descent YF-21. Releasing just a YF-19 wouldn't make any sense.

 

[Black Valkyrie]

 

Maybe they already have VF-19F & S in the pipeline .