The toy is packaged in Fighter mode, so that's where we will start. Please note: The stand shown in the following photos is NOT included with this toy, it is sold separately. The Valkyrie is packaged in the standard Yamato window box and comes with the following accessories: I'm going to show you what's different about this one. No, I'm not shooting video for this either, as it's essentially the same toy. The Yamato 1/60 VF-1D Trainer continues the excellence set forth by the prior releases in the line, which have been covered here ad nauseum. Now, I've got the new Yamato version, and it is very very cool.
Sure, Yamato put out one in their previous 1/60 line, but numerous QC issues made me pass. Because of these memories, and the lack of a Takatoku 1/55 version, the VF-1D has always been on my wish list. I also want to tell you that the VF-1D is important to me because I remember it fondly from the days of the Robotech kits made by Revell in the 80s. No, the VF-1D plays an important role in the Macross saga, and the toy designers at Yamato know this and have added in some cool things to the toy because of it. I tell you all this because I wanted you to know that the VF-1D is not just some silly paint variation of an existing design. Roy uses a feature of the VF-1D to remove the entire nosecone of the VF-1D and place it on the arm of the Valkyrie and return the two to safety. Hikaru's VF-1D is now damaged beyond repair, and is also in the death grip of the fallen Zentradi. The battlepod opens and a fatally wounded Zentradi soldier emerges, stumbles a bit, and then is killed by Roy Focker in his VF-1S Valkyrie. The VF-1D lands again, and then has an encounter with a Zentradi Battlepod, which Hikaru destroys. While in flight, the arm is shot off, and Hikaru opens the cockpit and drags Minmei inside. Roy talks him through the battle but he is forced to land in Macross city, crashing through buildings until finally coming to rest in front of the Chinese Restaurant that Lynn Minmei works at.Īs the battle reaches the city, Hikaru rescues Minmei and takes off in the VF-1D, carrying her in the hand of the Valkyrie. Hikaru takes off and joins the battle, and this is his, and the viewer's, first glimpse of the iconic Valkyrie mecha in action. Unfortunately for Hikaru, this is no ordinary fighter - this is the VF-1D Valkyrie. Rick, I mean, Hiakru, seeks refuge in the cockpit of fighter plane. During the ceremony, all hell breaks loose as the Zentradi attempt to capture the SDF-1 and an all-out battle ensues. The March entry for the timeline says that at the conclusion of the First (Stellar) War, the number of confirmed survivors were several hundred thousands to a million.Hikaru Ichijyo was a young stunt pilot who was invited to attend the launch ceremony of the SDF-1 by his Senpai Roy Focker. Hence I believe that all Zentrans who didn't get killed eventually ends up joining the UN. The UN policy regarding Zentrans is to assimilate them. As I recall it, one of Macross 7 OAVs also featured an encounter with a remnant Zentraedi fleet. There must be, since humanity captured those factory-fortress-satellite from someone. Added to that there are mentions of other Zentran fleets who surrendered soon afterward before or during the Megaroad colonization phase. Even if we assumes that billions of Zentrans died in the war, there are still billions left. The 118th Boddole Main Fleet had 7.5 billion Zentrans at the beginning of the First Space War.
I made a guess based on the initial numbers mentioned in the Macross Compendium, who I trust when it comes to things Macross. The number of Zentran survivors are not mentioned anywhere. I think it's second-hand anyway, but I believe ultimately it's from one of the Japanese books for either Flashback 2012 or DYRL. I don't remember where I got the number of Terran survivors.
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