I'd love to have a modern Valkyrie Jetfire that is actually functional.

For now, I'm content with the LG and the Cyber Battalion. They both kinda scratch the itch.

I know Maverick is out there but the colors and the robot is just too off-model for me. Yeah, he has the basic elements. But the original Bandai toy isn't wispy looking and that's where my brain goes.

 

Doesn't this fit the bill?

 

I love those old commercials!

 

Fiddly and prone to breaking apparently. I don't own it and haven't seen reviews but, matches with what I know for a few Macross things

 

I’m pretty sure the reasons they don’t is the design is technically owned by Bandai, which will almost certainly guarantee a factory raid.

 

Honestly I'd even take an improved KO of the legends/T30 mold at this point

I have see a few KO Bandai Chogokin Macross bots but they seem few and far between

 

It’s definitely fiddly. But, breakage shouldn’t be much of a concern as long as it is treated like an adult collectible and not like a toy. I don’t have that specific figure, but I have one of their other figures (VF-1J) that is based on the same mold….just has a different head, different paintjob and no super parts/armor. I would recommend the KC figure if it sold for $150 or less. Prices are actually dropping at some retailers…not sure how low they’ll get, though.

 

Jetfire frustrates me as Hasbro basically blocked Robotech from having their actual Valkyrie/Veritechs from being sold in all their variants. I loved (and still love) both Robotech and G1 TF but as a child I never understood why the Matchbox toy didn't transform and why the ones that did were so small (the Joke Machines). When I saw Jetfire as a toy I immediately recognized it as Roy's fighter in different colors.

I never saw the commercial for Jetfire and had no clue who he was (did not piece together that he and Skyfire were meant to be the same until a decade later in the 90s) but was confused to why a Veritech was sold as a Transformer.

Agreed. Though by this time I see them as two different characters in my mind.

 

Jetfire has had so many cool toys, (and I'm not even counting the MP which is... a lot) but I'd kill for a something closer to the valkyrie

 

I definitely wouldn't mind a reworked Thrilling 30 Jetfire that was made a bit more solid in robot mode and had better articulation. Bonus points if they added the Classic Jetfire's guns to the fast pack.

 

I own one. It looks astounding but its too damn small. It's like a beautiful punctuation mark in a collection.

 

Scaling to Legends or MP?

 

Could you post a pic or two next to some other common figures for reference?

 

Chalk me up as another person that likes the Thrilling 30 figure - it really hit the spot between honoring both the Takatoku VF-1 and the Sunbow animation designs! (And if you're willing to use some Toyhax labels and paint, the results can be pretty darn cool  )

 

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Left to right:
Newage H45EX
Takara R-Blade
KitzConcept God of Flame
Newage H13B
G1 Jetfire
Takara Legends LG-07 with Toyhax labels

 

I personally disagree.