This is the Macross 7 variable VF-19F/S I just bought. Its basically 2 VF-19 versions in 1, its just a matter of switching the head pieces. It cost about $40AUS which is a bit heafty, but I've realised with these Bandai model kits, is that you get what you pay for. There were cheaper versions of other veritech fighters, but like the gundam kits it is very limited. If I were to pay another $20 this cool jet would probably be able to transform completely without the need to pull it all apart and rearrange. It has about 85% transformation. That 15% inludes the head, part of the chest and the legs. With a little bit of custom building, I could probably get it to work, but at $40... I don't think so. Like the previous Gundam kits I got, this one should have a paint job. It has a stack of stickers which makes it acceptable, but one day I'll have to paint it. The bad things about it? Well besides not being 100% transformable, the transfmorming process can be a bit fiddly at first and you have to line things up correctly and have joints rotated the right way for it to work properly. There are like 5 joints in the elbow which make moving the arms difficult without the arm unfolding and being twice as long as it should. This also makes holding onto the gun a bit fiddly. Apart from those minor problems this I a good model. It even has working landing gears. The fold out and the wheels turn... now why they can't put this type of detail into making the thing completely transformable... I don't know. I'd recommend this series of kits for Macross fans.

This is what I tried to do with my hako style VF-1J... SD style rules!

Some CG pics of that Sylph veritech, and above them a model of it.

These models are absolutely jaw dropping. Excellent paint job. Check it here.

These are the plastic Robotech toys that I bought in the early nineties, when the Robotech series aired on the morning kids cartoon show. I remember buying these and if I was more addicted to pop culture junk as I am now, then I would have bought the VF-1J and probably every other one as I remember they were pretty cheap... The 4 that I bought [I also have a Roy Fokker figurine] only cost me about $20!! Considering that nowadays to buy a fully poseable VF-1J would cost a lot lot more.