Comments on: VF-1S Strike Valkyrie http://www.collectiondx.com/node/1982 CollectionDX-Japanese Toys - Toy Reviews, Toy News and Toy Collections. Soul of Chogokin, Japanese Robots | International Toy Culture en Sun, 02 Dec 2007 07:33:00 -0500 Drupal TotalFeeds Module Comments on: VF-1S Strike Valkyrie http://www.collectiondx.com/node/1982 http://www.collectiondx.com/Image-Lib/feedlogo.png 144 37 Hikaru 1S http://www.collectiondx.com/node/1982%2523comment-1076 Okay, that's the Hikaru 1A, but I want the 1S! Come on Japan, make it happen! Okay, that's the Hikaru 1A, but I want the 1S! Come on Japan, make it happen!


]]> Sun, 02 Dec 2007 07:33:00 -0500 Destroy All Podcasts DX http://www.collectiondx.com/node/1982%2523comment-1076 Yep..... http://www.collectiondx.com/node/1982%2523comment-1060 =) Now go buy me one for Christmas....ROFL. Sorry man I couldn't resist. I do plan on getting some soon and I will be doing just that. ___________________ CollectionDX Writer www.atomsantics.com =) Now go buy me one for Christmas....ROFL. Sorry man I couldn't resist. I do plan on getting some soon and I will be doing just that.

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]]> Mon, 26 Nov 2007 20:20:46 -0500 Atom http://www.collectiondx.com/node/1982%2523comment-1060 Cheapie Valks... http://www.collectiondx.com/node/1982%2523comment-1059 Honestly, what I'm waiting to see is a head-to-head comparison between the 1/100 scale Toynami Valks (well, when the super/strike armor sets <i>finally</i> come out) and these Revoltechs. Obviously, that's kinda apples and oranges seeing as how the Toynami's are designed to transform and the Revoltechs are optimized for looks and poseability in Battroid mode...but both are in the same "class" of toy (i.e., they're cheap thrills for around 20USD).<br> Atom, are you listening!? ;)<br> -- Sanjeev Honestly, what I'm waiting to see is a head-to-head comparison between the 1/100 scale Toynami Valks (well, when the super/strike armor sets finally come out) and these Revoltechs. Obviously, that's kinda apples and oranges seeing as how the Toynami's are designed to transform and the Revoltechs are optimized for looks and poseability in Battroid mode...but both are in the same "class" of toy (i.e., they're cheap thrills for around 20USD).

Atom, are you listening!? ;)

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]]> Mon, 26 Nov 2007 17:30:08 -0500 Sanjeev http://www.collectiondx.com/node/1982%2523comment-1059 Hikaru VF-1J at http://www.collectiondx.com/node/1982%2523comment-1057 Hikaru VF-1J and VF-1A (DYRL) at HLJ.com http://www.hlj.com/product/KYD01126 http://www.hlj.com/product/KYD01160 <p> I think a transforming Valkyrie, at least, would be too big and complicated for the Revoltech lin. I have Roy's VF-1S, and it has replaced my Toynami Valk as my favorite Robotech/Macross toy. Heavyarms thatsjustprime.blogspot.com addictedtoplastic.blogspot.com Hikaru VF-1J and VF-1A (DYRL) at HLJ.com
http://www.hlj.com/product/KYD01126
http://www.hlj.com/product/KYD01160

I think a transforming Valkyrie, at least, would be too big and complicated for the Revoltech lin. I have Roy's VF-1S, and it has replaced my Toynami Valk as my favorite Robotech/Macross toy.

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]]> Mon, 26 Nov 2007 14:35:44 -0500 Heavyarms http://www.collectiondx.com/node/1982%2523comment-1057 Transforming Revoltech http://www.collectiondx.com/node/1982%2523comment-1052 Does anyone here see the possibility of a transforming Revoltech figure coming out anytime soon? Or would they need to be too big for that? ------------------------------ CollectionDX Staff Does anyone here see the possibility of a transforming Revoltech figure coming out anytime soon? Or would they need to be too big for that?
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]]> Sat, 24 Nov 2007 14:35:40 -0500 EVA_Unit_4A http://www.collectiondx.com/node/1982%2523comment-1052 Re: Hikaru http://www.collectiondx.com/node/1982%2523comment-1050 I would be surprised if they <em>didn't</em> release the Hikaru-repaint ver. of the VF-1S Strike. But if they do, I'm <em>definitely</em> getting it! That was just bad-ass in the movie, but in the series Roy died before they introduced the Super armor, which was introduced after the SDF-1 left Earth in its long-term decoy mission. (Didn't Hikaru pilot the prototype models of <em>both</em> the Armored and Super Valkyries...?) ------------------------------ CollectionDX Staff I would be surprised if they didn't release the Hikaru-repaint ver. of the VF-1S Strike. But if they do, I'm definitely getting it! That was just bad-ass in the movie, but in the series Roy died before they introduced the Super armor, which was introduced after the SDF-1 left Earth in its long-term decoy mission.
(Didn't Hikaru pilot the prototype models of both the Armored and Super Valkyries...?)
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]]> Fri, 23 Nov 2007 23:01:22 -0500 EVA_Unit_4A http://www.collectiondx.com/node/1982%2523comment-1050 Hikaru http://www.collectiondx.com/node/1982%2523comment-1049 This looks really cool, but I want the Hikaru Strike Valkyrie. Has there been any kind of confirmation that's actually coming out?<br><br>-Jeremy This looks really cool, but I want the Hikaru Strike Valkyrie. Has there been any kind of confirmation that's actually coming out?

-Jeremy


]]> Fri, 23 Nov 2007 20:45:40 -0500 Destroy All Podcasts DX http://www.collectiondx.com/node/1982%2523comment-1049 All of the armor attaches http://www.collectiondx.com/node/1982%2523comment-1030 All of the armor attaches with pegs. I kind of rushed this one out the door, but I am having a hard time coming up with new and interesting things to say about revoltech toys. They all are consistently great. ------------------------------ CollectionDX Admin All of the armor attaches with pegs. I kind of rushed this one out the door, but I am having a hard time coming up with new and interesting things to say about revoltech toys. They all are consistently great.

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]]> Fri, 16 Nov 2007 13:39:47 -0500 JoshB http://www.collectiondx.com/node/1982%2523comment-1030 How does the Strike armor http://www.collectiondx.com/node/1982%2523comment-1029 How does the Strike armor and gattling cannon pod attach to the figure? More Revoltech joints, pegs, slip-over the plastic? ------------------------------ CollectionDX Staff How does the Strike armor and gattling cannon pod attach to the figure? More Revoltech joints, pegs, slip-over the plastic?
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]]> Fri, 16 Nov 2007 12:51:48 -0500 EVA_Unit_4A http://www.collectiondx.com/node/1982%2523comment-1029 I want, I want, I want-! http://www.collectiondx.com/node/1982%2523comment-1028 <em>I want, I want, I want</em>! (Though I may wait for the inevitable Hikaru-red ver.) Those wings are proportionately tiny-!<br> How far will they go? Well, if we're talking "<em>Macross: DYRL</em>"-only, then there should be at least three more repaints of the VF-1S variant: <ul> <li>red instead of yellow (Hikaru)</li> <li>blue (Maximilian)</li> <li>green (Hayao)</li> </ul> These three all get them right after the SDF-1 returns to Earth, though only Hikaru uses his in the final battle. (Hayao dies in the first shots of the battle on Earth, and Max becomes a Meltrandi male after this same battle.) Before this, they use VF-1As in white, black stripes, and their respective colors.<br> Having not seen how the <em>Robotech</em> ver. of the series ended (I read the McKinley novels first, unfortunately), I think that only Roy and Hikaru pilot VF-1Ss through the entire series since that model (obviously, know as the 'Roy Fokker special') was passed on to the latter after the former died. Though whether any others piloted a VF-1S, I don't know for certain; they all got either commander-type VF-1Js or mass-prod. VF-1As. Hikaru, however, kept the yellow coloring in the series, opting not to change it. ------------------------------ CollectionDX Staff I want, I want, I want! (Though I may wait for the inevitable Hikaru-red ver.) Those wings are proportionately tiny-!

How far will they go? Well, if we're talking "Macross: DYRL"-only, then there should be at least three more repaints of the VF-1S variant:

  • red instead of yellow (Hikaru)
  • blue (Maximilian)
  • green (Hayao)

These three all get them right after the SDF-1 returns to Earth, though only Hikaru uses his in the final battle. (Hayao dies in the first shots of the battle on Earth, and Max becomes a Meltrandi male after this same battle.) Before this, they use VF-1As in white, black stripes, and their respective colors.

Having not seen how the Robotech ver. of the series ended (I read the McKinley novels first, unfortunately), I think that only Roy and Hikaru pilot VF-1Ss through the entire series since that model (obviously, know as the 'Roy Fokker special') was passed on to the latter after the former died. Though whether any others piloted a VF-1S, I don't know for certain; they all got either commander-type VF-1Js or mass-prod. VF-1As. Hikaru, however, kept the yellow coloring in the series, opting not to change it.
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]]> Fri, 16 Nov 2007 01:27:17 -0500 EVA_Unit_4A http://www.collectiondx.com/node/1982%2523comment-1028