Anime Goodies

I've always loved giant robots, from back in the age of Mazinger and Grendizer to the more "realistic" mecha anime, such as Gundam and Macross.














Check this one: http://www.yamato-toys.com/items/detail.php?gid=114

For those familiar with the series Super Dimension Fortress Macross, this particular vehicle looks vaguely like an F14 Tomcat but is something even cooler, namely: the VF-1A Valkyrie, a vehicle that can transform! Robotech fans will probably know it best as the Veritech Fighter.

It has 3 modes: fighter plane mode, "Battroid" robot mode and an intermediate "Gerwalk" mode where it basically looks like a fighter plane with arms & legs.

This particular model is the Valkyrie model flown by Hikaru Ichijo in the Macross feature-length animated movie Macross: Do You Remember Love?

Check this entry at Macross World for a video guide on transforming the toy, and here for some more pics. Oh, and here is a review.