DX Chogokin VF-171EX Saotome Alto Custom from Macross Frontier UPDATED WITH NEW PICTURES
SOURCE: Tamashii Web
DX Chogokin VF-171EX Saotome Alto Custom.
Price: 14,000 (14,700 w/ tax) Yen
300 mm tall in Battroid mode
ABS and Diecast construction
Includes:
Alto Saotome pilot figure
Three sets of hands
Gun pod
Display stand
Release date: June 2012
The VF-171EX from Macross Frontier is a tuned up version of the VF-171, which itself is an upgraded and streamlined version of the VF-17 from Macross 7.
This is sorta like when a girl shows up at a party and then another girl shows up in the similar dress with different colors? I bet Yamato and Bandai are feeling kind of funny right now.
NEW clearer pictures
SOURCE: Tamashii Nation product page
On the web: http://tamashii.jp/t_item/t_item.php?eid=00089
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4 comments postedOoh, nice! I wasn't aware of a VF-17 that was repainted in "MF". But as I am a fan of the -17, and the Ichijo livery, I'd be willing to get this one as well as the traditional all-black version.
Even for a Macross show that's a lot of missiles.
I'd imagine the mass produce teal ones will be a web exclusive. It's like I said, toy makers would rather hedge their bets on the machine associated with a main character despite its more limited screen time.
Must be Bandai's typical super limited number for the first run. Pre-orders for the vf-171ex were closed up crazy fast.
I know the vf-171 is technically not the same valkyrie as the vf-17, but I wonder how this offering will stack up to the more expensive vf-17s released by Yamato.