I found out from Bandai's Tamashii website that they have come out with a series of Macross toys, named The Origin of Valkyrie. Unlike the nice looking, high priced Yamato's Macross series, this is based on the very first Macross toys produced by the company that made it during the early 80's. I could recognize that the design is indeed the very first Valkyrie. Why? Because I used to own the original Roy Foker's VF-1S and Hikaru Ichijo's VF-1J from that time (although mine is probably fake).
I have not own any of the latest Yamato's Valkyries, so I can't make any comparison between the 2 in term of the playability. But, as judging from the design, one could see that the Yamato's Valkyries are actually more closed to the original design as compare to its counterpart, especially the VF-1J, where the mouth and chin portion are missing.
I still remember that the original Valkyrie is made with plastic and some die cast metal, of which I think they still preserve this judging from the picture. As for playability, I'm not sure whether it will still be the same. I still remember that the transformation of the Valkyrie between different mode is very solid, not fragile, and I don't have to worry that I may break anything.
The price is cheaper as compare to the Yamato's version with less goodies and smaller box. VF-1J and VF-1S are available for sell at Hobby Link Japan. Max and Miria verions of VF-1J will be released in the coming month.
