Yamato Announces 1/60 VF-19 Kai Fire Valkyrie From Macross 7

Yamato announced that their next project for Macross is the 1/60 VF-19 Kai Fire Valkyrie! Now this is no mere repaint with minimal retooling of their 1/60 YF-19, not at all, as the design requires a predominantly new mold. It’s reminiscent of the differences between the YF-22 prototype and production F-22A Raptor; the latter looking significantly different by production time.

The VF-19 in Macross 7 was shown in 3 different varieties:

Flown by protagonist Nekki Basara, the VF-19 Kai Fire Valkyrie differed from previous “hero” valkyries by sporting a face, and was armed with minimal conventional weaponry. Instead, the pacifist Basara preferred to use his speaker pod shells and fire them at enemy and ally alike, in order for them to stop fighting and “listen to his song”!

Being that this is an all new mold, don’t be surprised to see the Blazer Valkyrie from Emerald Force follow not too long afterwards. The 1/60 Fire Valkyrie will be the 1st modernized, perfect variable toy of the VF-19 Kai to hit the market, as the last one made was Bandai‘s original DX 1/65 VF-19 Kai Fire Valkyrie from the mid 90’s(and their later VF HI-METAL version doesn’t count since it does require parts removal/swapping)!

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