The Energon Pub

[Black Arachnis]

I bought my GPB-01 armor set from Archonia.com though their valkyrie choice is very limited now and the VF-1 selection is depleted except for the 1/60 VF-1J Super Max type.

[pcsguy88]

I'm not sure how interested you guys are in military aviation, but those pics of the YF-21 made me think of a real plane, the YF-23 Blackwidow:










Hope you enjoy. Such a shame these beauties lost to the F-22 Raptor and will never see active duty. The fact one of them crashed during the competition prolly didn't help.

[brokendan]

i never knew bout the yf-23... i always liked the raptor tho

[pcsguy88]

I posted this before completing all 13pgs of this thread. After seeing the upclose shots on pg 4 or 5, I'm not too sure the 1/48's are worth the money when the Toynami's can be had for so much cheaper. I just want a super detailed Valkyrie that matches MP-03's size in both modes. Can anyone point me in the right direction? Maybe some side by side pics with MP-03, 160 & 1/48s?

[Air Commander Starscream]

I posted this before completing all 13pgs of this thread. After seeing the upclose shots on pg 4 or 5, I'm not too sure the 1/48's are worth the money when the Toynami's can be had for so much cheaper. I just want a super detailed Valkyrie that matches MP-03's size in both modes. Can anyone point me in the right direction? Maybe some side by side pics with MP-03, 160 & 1/48s?

The Toynami 1/55th "masterpeice" scale VF-1's are a lot cheaper then the yamato stuff (thoug not always they can go qquite high in price since their are out of production), but for a good reason. The 1/55th VF-1 is ok for its price tag, but other then that it is not very detailed, and has those hideous metal bars near the cockpit for the legs to swing out. If you are looking for a super detailed VF-1 then the yamato 1/48th is the way to go. The Yamato 1/60th is pretty good, but it doesnt have "perfect transformation", meaning it's legs need to be removed as it goes between fighter gerwalk and batroid modes.

Even though I posted this in your other thread, I will psot the comparison shots here as well. This is a comparison between MP-03 Starscream and Yamato 1/48th VF-1's. But they really only match each other in fighter mode, if you wanted a valk to match MP-03 Starscream in bot mode youd be looking at the Yamato 1/60th or Toynami 1/55th "Masterpeice figures".

[Air Commander Starscream]

I'm not sure how interested you guys are in military aviation, but those pics of the YF-21 made me think of a real plane, the YF-23 Blackwidow:

In the old thread before the board whipe (almsot 50 pages long of Macross stuff) I had posted several iamges of the various Macross stuff and how they related to real life aircraft. A lot of the designs for macross are based off of current stuff. The VF-1 is ofcourse based off the F-14, there is even a macross design based off the SR-71 and A-6 Intruder.

[Air Commander Starscream]

Yamato 1/48th VF-1A Angel Birds

[Air Commander Starscream]

[Air Commander Starscream]

Toynami 1/100th VF-1A DYRL Hikaru Ichijo





















Comparison with Yamato 1/60th VF-1A DYRL Hikaru Ichijo.

[Air Commander Starscream]

[pcsguy88]

Thank you for those pics. After some research, I found the VF-0A to match MP-03 almost perfectly in both modes. I think 1/60 YF-19 will too.

[Black Arachnis]

woohoo! I was just lurking a bit on macrossworld and the preorder for the SV-51 Gumma(that`s apperantly the SV-51`s modelname) is up at HLJ for a fairly decent price too!
http://www.hlj.com/product/YMT00063

[Air Commander Starscream]

I am defiently getting a SV-51....but I want them to do the chics... Though I have no worries about that, I mean come on were talking about Yamato here!

[Black Arachnis]

I am defiently getting a SV-51....but I want them to do the chics... Though I have no worries about that, I mean come on were talking about Yamato here!

you mean Nora`s right?yeah, we`ll see hers and some CF type deal too from the SV-51...seems to me almost every type has one or more repaint anyways, the only exception being the Koenig Monster although that can still happen...

[Black Arachnis]

woohoo! my copy of Shadow Chronicles and a DYRL 1/60 VF-1A Max type just arrived!oh, and I placed a preorder for my own SV-51.now if only we had some intel on de dang 1/100 FAST/Strike set and the price of the Legioss/Thread set from CMS...

[Agamemnon]

What do you think of Cronicles?

[Black Arachnis]

I rather liked it actually.I also watched the extra`s and they mentioned new movies and series...let`s just hope they won`t take ANOTHER 20 years to get those out.also got news my YF-19 arrived at the importstore I ordered it from, just have to wait till next week to pick it up.

[spiritofcat]

I just ran into a lego VF-1S on eBay.
A while back I saw a Lego Prime probably from the same guy.

[Black Arachnis]

I just ran into a lego VF-1S on eBay.
A while back I saw a Lego Prime probably from the same guy.

seen that on the site of that guy too.he also has a Jetfire version and you can choose for getting a full set or just the instructions on CDrom.I`ll look the link up when I sorted my system out.

[Agamemnon]

I just ran into a lego VF-1S on eBay.
A while back I saw a Lego Prime probably from the same guy.

That's pretty cool!! I'm jealous that I didn't think of it first.

Though, that's what, $200 in LEGO kits to find all the right parts? [/shot at cost of LEGO]

[Black Arachnis]

I just ran into a lego VF-1S on eBay.
A while back I saw a Lego Prime probably from the same guy.

That's pretty cool!! I'm jealous that I didn't think of it first.

Though, that's what, $200 in LEGO kits to find all the right parts? [/shot at cost of LEGO]

something like that yeah...cool though, no doubt there.

[the purifyer]

Proof that Flea Markets are still very much worth it.
I found a load of Harmony Gold robotech boxed vehicle figures and MOSC action figures.

What I picked up was:
MIB Red Bioroid figure
2x MIB Zentraedi Power armour figures (blue)
MIB MACII Die-cast Monster

MOSC action figures
-Roy
-Rand
-Zor Prime
-Miriya (Zentraedi flight suit version)
-Bioroid Terminator

all for AUD$20

[Air Commander Starscream]

Proof that Flea Markets are still very much worth it.
I found a load of Harmony Gold robotech boxed vehicle figures and MOSC action figures.

What I picked up was:
MIB Red Bioroid figure
2x MIB Zentraedi Power armour figures (blue)
MIB MACII Die-cast Monster

MOSC action figures
-Roy
-Rand
-Zor Prime
-Miriya (Zentraedi flight suit version)
-Bioroid Terminator

all for AUD$20

Now that makes me jealous...I have never ever had any kind of luck at those kind of places. Great find.

[Black Arachnis]

just picked up my own YF-19 and ordered a VF-0A and a Koenig Monster...

[Godmodule]

Not to derail anything, but these are up for grabs to anyone interested: