Wait... by fast pack do you mean super pack? I'm pretty sure Bandai is releasing both the 'super pack only' kit and 'super pack with VF-25' kit.

http://ngeekhiong.blogspot.com/2009/01/rel...i-february.html

Or did Ngee Khiong make a mistake and those packs aren't for the 1/72?

You scared me there lol. I wouldn't want to have to buy another set of VF-25F and S to get the super packs!

That DX alto with the super pack on looks way too broadchested if you ask me. I know some people prefer the fatter look of the DX over the anorexic model kit but with the super pack on that DX looks like hulk hogan.

Limited choices. There's the 1/60 DX version, which comes prebuilt. I find it really fat looking. There's the 1/72 model kits, which requires assembly. These are very accurate compared to the lineart of the VF-25. Both these 2 choices feature perfect transformation.

There's an upcoming 1/100 kit as well, but it requires part swapping for its transformation. From what I heard this one looks more like the DX as well. Fat.

If you don't mind building kits, I suggest you wait for the VF-25F with Superpack. Release date is the 19th of February.

IINM the DX's hands also need to be swapped, just like the 1/72 kit. The was a huge fuss about this on the macross world forums about how it wasn't actually 'perfect transformation'.

No, its quite a reasonable price. But! The new VF-25F that comes with the super packs included has been released, so you might want to wait for that.

Got my hands on the 1/72super pack. Got two of them actually.

First thing: You're gonna have to take apart the hip joint and rebuilt it with the provided parts. Which really sucked for my Alto unit cos I glued that part together already. Thank God I could fit my X-Acto in there and korek korek a bit until I could pry them apart.

The armor on the legs replaces the original parts. The outer covering that you can flip open to access the lock has to be removed. The small wing as well. Now to access the lock when transforming, you need to remove the entire armor.

Original chest armor is replaced as well.

The boosters on the wings are very nice, and the nozzle of the thrusters are very very detailed, and done in metallic.

The seperate box super pack is able to fit all four VFs. The colored parts are molded in white, and they give you decals to customize it into any of the four colors. Of you can paint lar.

Transformation wise, its not quite 'perfect'. You have to remove the missile packs on the chest armor and connect them using additional parts.

In plane mode, the legs of the VF-25 doesn't fit tight to the body. Instead, it hangs a bit lower to fit the armor parts. There might be a slight problem regarding the weight - its probably gonna slowly pull the legs down plane mode.

In mech mode. Well... the only complain is the damn boosters on the wings are so heavy, the mech can't stand on its own. I guess you will have to get the stands.

I only have a phone camera, and I am very VERY bad at taking pics, but I did try to take some. Posting them onto my blog, uploading is slow.

Taufufa. I got it for 90 ringgit. Also, they may call it an add on kit, but you can't really put it on and take it off easily. A lot of the parts are swapped parts, you you actually have to take the kit apart if you want to swap. Only the wing boosters are actually added on.

If you've painted and decaled the kit, then I think you'll have slight trouble attaching the parts. You're gonna have to pry the chest armor pieces off one by one, and the armor piece near the tail of the plane has to be slid on, so potential tearing there. Surprisingly the wing boosters don't seem to pose much trouble, because it doesn't actually go onto the wing, but hangs on to the sharp pointy bit on the wing.

The light gray color pics is the resin cast of the kit. The actual kit comes in dark bluish gray.

Small? 3 weeks old? You bought almost every Yamato release in 3 weeks. That's what, a cool 10+k? OMG I bow down before you.

I was keen on the DX when they announced it. Bigger, no need to self assembly/paint. When they finally released the pictures however I just said no. The chunky monkey look, they neckless Ozma, the Urkle ankles. The kits are far superior as models, but as you said, the DX is definitely a better toy. No risk of damaging the decals etc etc when transforming.

RVF-25 and VF-25G secured! Now I have all four VFs. A bit worried that they won't release the armored pack as a stand alone. I don't want to buy another VF-25S! Boo!

Urgh yes, model kits. Unfortunately I'm still building them, so no pics. Donated blood today and my arm is a bit sore, not in the mood to ship parts off the trees etc etc.

Fast pics I snapped with my camera phone. My room has terrible lighting for photography. Un-decal-ed and unpainted until I can get Armor packs.





Ignore Paris and Jesus.

Yep. Luca comes with 3 ghost. I bought the stand just to display them in flight with Luca. Very cool.

Oh nice! Something to look forward to other than guarding the chicken coop that is TFM. Will definitely hang out there.

Ah, but it would be your chicken coop, not mine. Anyway, lots of boxes, the original packaging, and constantly asking yourself what you are doing helps when packing up. Don't think of packing to go back home, or you just might burst a vein.

Snap? You mean broke? Sorry to hear that. RM255 is a good price considering the yen is not as high as when the kit first came out. Every time you think of the DX, remind yourself the kit is cheaper and looks much better.

I suppose there will be a strict 'no touching' policy in place.

psst: tell you what, I'll let you fondle my figures if you let me transform, ok maybe not transform, touch? let me see you transform? your stuff.

I was wondering the same thing as well, since I've seen that same picture on Ngee Khiong and he called it the 1/72.

The kit comes with both water slide decals and stickers.

Wolfx, question for you: did you use decal solution when you used the water slide decals, or just water? I'm curious if decal solution will help with preserving the decals during transformation. Still, when I finally get down to painting and decaling mine I'm not planning to transform them after that.