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Post by greengetterguy on Sept 23, 2015 17:06:57 GMT -5
yes please!
the enquiring minds want to know!!
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Post by Deckard on Sept 23, 2015 17:32:51 GMT -5
Just got this guy today. What struck me was the size. It's small. But that coming from years of collecting 1/60 scale Macross valks and even the 1/48 Yamato's before that.  Appears to have a nice matte sheen? |
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Post by mojacko on Sept 24, 2015 6:58:03 GMT -5
Obviously the size would be smaller coz its 1/100 right? But how about the qualtiy and build? Any loose joints or fragile points we should be worrying. Just got a shipping notice from HLJ last night, So Im gueesing in a about 2 weeks time mine will arrive. Damn Im expecting 3 toys in transit mode including my long awaited Voltes V from BBTS....
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Post by OzmaLee on Sept 24, 2015 8:25:49 GMT -5
I would say it's a decent figure especially for the price. Not happy about the part swapping for the landing gear, cockpit shield, gunpod and nosecone (needs to be removed to attach armor). If you've transformed any VF-1 Valkyrie in the past, you'll have no problems with this. Not sure why it's called Hi-Metal though when there's not much on it. Another pet peeve of mine is the backpack doesn't really lock into place so when the armor boosters are attached it may cause it to droop backwards due to the weight. The figure itself is pretty light but once armored up, it has some heft to it. All the armor bits lock on pretty tight on mine except for the waist parts which tend to fall off rather easily. If you're wanting the best Armored Valkryie at this time, save up for the Arcadia Armored VF-1J. I believe collectors are snagging these because of the announced zentraedi regult battle pods and because we wanted to see what they can do with the VF-1 again.
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Post by OzmaLee on Sept 24, 2015 8:29:18 GMT -5
Just got this guy today. What struck me was the size. It's small. But that coming from years of collecting 1/60 scale Macross valks and even the 1/48 Yamato's before that. Appears to have a nice matte sheen? Sorry but it doesn't. It may be because of the lighting in my house. The plastic on the armor is the same as on the super/armor parts of the Macross Frontier valks. |
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Post by mojacko on Sept 24, 2015 9:51:14 GMT -5
I would say it's a decent figure especially for the price. Not happy about the part swapping for the landing gear, cockpit shield, gunpod and nosecone (needs to be removed to attach armor). If you've transformed any VF-1 Valkyrie in the past, you'll have no problems with this. Not sure why it's called Hi-Metal though when there's not much on it. Another pet peeve of mine is the backpack doesn't really lock into place so when the armor boosters are attached it may cause it to droop backwards due to the weight. The figure itself is pretty light but once armored up, it has some heft to it. All the armor bits lock on pretty tight on mine except for the waist parts which tend to fall off rather easily. If you're wanting the best Armored Valkryie at this time, save up for the Arcadia Armored VF-1J. I believe collectors are snagging these because of the announced zentraedi regult battle pods and because we wanted to see what they can do with the VF-1 again. Thanks for the mini review....Darnit I should have waited before I bit the bullet. Anyways its a nice addition to my VF1J herd. |
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Post by greengetterguy on Sept 24, 2015 13:32:38 GMT -5
thank you for the review!!
i agree about the name hi- metal nonsense.
there was enough metal there to tip me over tho lol. i dont ask much. you hear that 3A?
he does look good tho...real good
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Post by OzmaLee on Sept 24, 2015 15:06:32 GMT -5
Yup! He does look good, GGG! Despite its flaws, this is one thing that I really like about it. And this is for all 3 modes! I'll try to take more pics later.
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Post by OzmaLee on Sept 24, 2015 15:46:40 GMT -5
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Post by Deckard on Sept 24, 2015 18:05:47 GMT -5
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Post by OzmaLee on Sept 24, 2015 23:07:05 GMT -5
Nice SDF-1! Still one of my grails.
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Post by mojacko on Sept 25, 2015 7:28:30 GMT -5
Im on Envy mode with that SDF!!!  |
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Post by treatment on Sept 25, 2015 21:26:41 GMT -5
Charles recently posted his video-reviews of the HM-R Armored-1J in two parts.
part-1:
part-2:
Enjoy.
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Post by greengetterguy on Sept 25, 2015 21:50:08 GMT -5
thank you Charles for another wonderful review.
looks real nice. sounds like a quality figure.
yeah i really don't like the landing gear part swap either..
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Post by mecha-mania on Sept 26, 2015 7:08:24 GMT -5
Thanks for the detailed review. Very posable little fella. But dont think i will enjoy the part swapping that much when i start fiddleing with my set.
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Post by borutesfaibu on Sept 29, 2015 10:11:57 GMT -5
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Post by greengetterguy on Sept 29, 2015 10:33:21 GMT -5
thank you Boru!!!
i dont buy multibles but im going to have to make an exception on this one...
save three for meeee!
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Post by chogokinsnake on Sept 29, 2015 11:16:38 GMT -5
even I don't correct MetalR, I want this regault !
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Post by chogokinsnake on Sept 29, 2015 11:19:04 GMT -5
even I don't correct MetalR, I want this regault !
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Post by Deckard on Sept 29, 2015 18:06:13 GMT -5
Wonder what the scale difference will be with the Revoltech version? Not sure I can justify the Hi-Metal R version for myself, as Revoltech's version is excellent. The Regult's design lends itself perfectly to the Revoltech engineering.
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Might give it the dullcoat treatment, did wonders for my (lightly customized) Yamato SDF-1.
