the Yamato Vs. Bandai battle will never end; in the early days of macross, fans prefer the Bandai "rugged" and durable valkyries. Then Yamato came up with their perfect transformation and "classy" looking valks, at the cost of questionable material used that caused breakages..
over time, during the years that Bandai have been IGNORING Macross (despite them having the license for the TV series and Macross 7), Yamato has been feeding fans with superb offerings, and finally, very solid valkyries (their v2 1/60 VF-1x and Destroids are truly a marvel).. as they say, we've been Yamato'ed, for better or worse (less 'worse' now)
then, out of the blue Bandai strikes back with Frontier and their 'durable' VF-25.. the good part is the toy is now playable without worry of breaking parts due to overplay. the bad part is they are forcing Yamato fans to choose between two undesirable options:
1. anime-accurate: then go for 1/72 snapkit
2. durable toy: go for 1/60 DX
both are undesirable for Yamato fans; both are not perfect transformation, and the one that is anime accurate is not to scale with other valkyries in their Yamato's collection. Of course, if they are rich, they can just buy all of them. but most would prefer not to have multiple copies of the same valkyries/mechas (colour variations are something else of course; but if you have 2 Alto's VF-25? that's overkill for moderate-income collectors)
Also, lots of people defends the 1/60 DX VF-25 by saying it is durable and cheap. err..it is durable but it is ANYTHING but cheap. the price of a DX VF-25 together with fast pack has already reached about RM800 (about).. If Yamato was to produce the VF-25, i think the price would be almost the same (and you get anime-accuracy and looks to boot)..
i meant no offence to DX VF-25 owners, just that i think Bandai is hoodwinking fans into thinking their product is worth the price..
i hate the Bandai DX team
..but i do love Bandai's SOC line, hehe

Absolutely agree with your points bro.....
if you are buying all those in this year bro, i salute you
well said, bro.... we have expensive hobbies

Well, too bad thats no turning back for Big Macross Fans like us bro......have to start eating Roti Kosong & Ais Kosong in order to get all Yamato Macross.....LOL!!!!!!