BANDAI Macross F (Frontier) VF100's VF-25S Messiah Valkyrie Ozma Type (Japan Import)

What the product description doesnt tell you is that this is a PRE-ASSEMBLED model kit. The toy is a fairly durable plastic, but most of the articulation points are snap off ball joints. The plastic sockets will eventually wear out, but what I got out of the box seemed fairly sturdy and tight to allow for posing and display.While this model is already assembled, here is the big catch: Transforming the kit between any of the three modes requires removing of parts and adding others. This can be quite a chore and takes a bit of time, especially since the instructions are in Japanese, though it has pictures that are not difficult to follow. There are many parts that need to be swapped out when changing modes. Landing gear, different gripped hands, and other components are all in the box and easy to loose if not careful.There is no need to do any painting or applying of decals, which was nice. I actually was expecting to do a lot more work with this kit to get it displayable, but other than the transforming process, I didn't worry about it.Overall, I love this thing. I was a fan of the anime and wanted one of these for my collection (hopefully the first of many). Just keep in mind that this isnt something that you will play with much. Its more for display and cool factor.

Small, delicate, fiddly, and far too many parts! Conversion between Battroid, Gerwalk, and Fighter modes requires disassembly and heavy parts swapping. Mine has stress marks on the shoulders after just transforming between the three modes once.Unless you really feel the burning desire for a 1/100 scale version of the VF-25S, save your money to buy one of Bandai's far superior DX Chogokin Renewal toys.

Got my package and the first thing I noticed was how small and... plastic this Valkyrie is. The head broke off within a minute of opening the package. The instructions illustrate dismantling the Valkyrie to change modes, but it just isn't durable enough to survive. All I did was move the arms and twist the head and SNAP! Looks gorgeous and I had high hopes for this as particular collectible, but it just wasn't worth it.

First rate

Sorry about that , a little delayed, but got the toy!!! Great job , don’t need to file a claim

very good!

Thank you.

I agree with the other two reviews. This is a beautifully intricate figure, allowing the owner to replicate the VF-25S in any of its three modes with great attention to detail; but frankly I am amazed I managed to transform it without breaking it. This is a smaller figure than I expected (about five inches tall), and almost all of the hinges (and there are many!) are ball-in-socket between two pieces of plastic, requiring more force than I was comfortable with to disconnect and reconnect them (as was required, frequently, when transforming the figure). Even now, brand-new, there are so many moving parts and not enough friction in the joints that it's difficult to pose the figure; it tends to slouch awkwardly. (Meanwhile the wrists, knees, and ankles don't bend enough; they look stiff when posed.) I imagine that much more fiddling would wear down the joints or break something, so I'm going to leave it in Gerwalk mode. The instructions are entirely in Japanese, with each step illustrated by a low-constrast black-and-white postage-stamp-sized picture. With patience, I was able to figure out what they were telling me to do.Really, I have to emphasize that this is a beautiful figure with no detail forgotten; for example, in fighter mode, there are "closed landing gear doors" pieces and "landing gear extended with open doors" pieces, and for the rear gear both the closed and open doors have SMS001 lettering on them. It's just a shame that so many pieces need to be swapped out when transforming it: mostly the piece where the legs attach, the pieces to which the shoulders attach, the hands, the head, and the tailfins. The engine intakes have tiny ball-socketed pieces which kept falling off for me. I kind of wondered why they bothered having any of this figure preassembled at all (the cockpit is connected by an overly clever set of hinges); this might fare a lot better as a kind of Lego set.

プロポーション以外に良い所、無し。漏れはここのレビューみて今の値段で買ってるからまぁ、いっか?で済んでるが発売当初コレを定価で買った人は、さぞやお怒りだったろう。可変させる度にボッキリ折れそうな間接、異常なまでに多い差し替えパーツ、しかもブラブラして安定性に欠ける。ガゥォークに至っては別売りのディスプレイ台がないとダメ!?これから買おうと思う人、よーく考えてお決め下さい。

発売後、3~4年経っているので、定価以下で購入ならありかも。関節は問題ありですが、形は良いです。変形というより3つの形態から一つ選んで、飾っておくなら良い商品です。

友人が購入したアルト機の惨状を見て、「だめだこりゃあ…」と思っていたんですが各モードの格好良さは、ピカイチだった訳で…迷っていたんですけどねぇ(-_-;)「この価格なら…」と思う所まで来たので購入しました。各モードへの組み換え毎に、まるでＭＧガンプラの関節を組んでいるかの様な感じ‥さらにバラして組んでの繰り返しにはかなりストレスを感じるとおもいます。（あぁスケール同じですねぇ、並べてみよ〜♪）バトロイド、ガウォーク形態はふらふらクタクタ感はありますが、アルト機よりは改善されていて好印象でした♪自立が困難なガウォーク形態ですが、付属のディスプレイジョイントの穴の径が３ミリなので、figmaやリボルテックのスタンドが流用できますぞ。ファイター形態はかなり安定感が増していて、しっかりしてまいすよ(^_^)全長18センチ強のサイズは、手にして眺めるには丁度良いですね♪関節などが詰まっているので重さもあり変形もできる戦闘機の塗装済み完成品スケールモデルとみると納得かもです。（バトロイド形態はロボット魂待ちしてもよいですしw）扱い難い玩具である事を理解したうえで、納得の出来る価格で購入できたので、自分的には良いお買い物であります(^_^)…蛇足…やっぱ戦闘機はグレーやね♪

関節はミハエル機ほどではないが調整されているし塗装などの酷さもなかったので入手した発売済みのものの中では一番良かったです。ファイター用のガンポットの形状はあいかわらずですが