DX Chogokin VF-19 Advance from Macross Frontier Updated
In a surprising move, Bandai is making a full DX Chogokin figure celebrating Isamu Dyson's brief cameo in the second Macross Frontier movie! He came blazing on screen for a few seconds in souped up VF-19 Advance which is meant to resemble the prototype he flew in Macross Plus. Comes with upgraded VF-25 style Super Packs. Includes, gun pod, shield, pilot figure, Pin Point Barrier Punch effect parts, and a display stand. Proportions were overseen by Shoji Kawamori with Hidetaka Tenjin advising Bandai on the tampo markings. Coming May 2015 for 23,000 yen (without tax).
On the web: http://tamashii.jp/item/10905/
More: Bandai / Chogokin / Gokin / Macross / Robotech / News /
Comments
6 comments postedI thought Isamu was flying another yf-29 Durandal, hence why we got the Isamu release(which I just bought). Did I miss something?
It was a blink and miss shot, but it was definitely a VF-19 in his classic tan colors.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGEJvW6Y6D8
This looks amazing, but shame it's so expensive! Why can't we have nice, affordable Macross things?!?!
I think some confusion arose when Isamu's YF-29 made its debut in the video game included on the Wings of Goodbye blu ray. In the movie itself he is shown with the VF-19 you see here. Bandai seems to have found a loophole to produce something very similar to a Macross Plus toy but under a difference license.
Yeah, when I first saw The Wings of Goodbye, I thought it was the YF-19, but then I saw they were releasing the YF-29, and started to scratch my head. I mean, in the shot in the movie, the 19 and the 29 look almost identical. Especially with the Super packs on the 19. Thanks for clearing it up though!!!
Bandai put up a special article going slightly more in depth with the design and even have some pics of the YF-29 so you can compare them.
http://tamashii.jp/special/macross/vf-19advance/
I'm looking forward to this release. Should give arcadia some stiff competition, especially since they don't have anything at this proposed price point. And super parts to boot.