{"id":1378,"date":"2012-10-29T01:54:28","date_gmt":"2012-10-29T01:54:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/anymoon.com\/blog\/2007\/03\/23\/yamato-160-vf-1-gbp-accessory\/"},"modified":"2014-07-11T05:38:53","modified_gmt":"2014-07-11T05:38:53","slug":"yamato-160-vf-1-gbp-accessory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anymoon.com\/blog\/?p=1378","title":{"rendered":"Accessories for Yamato 1\/60 Version 1 VF-1 Toys: GBP Parts"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Observations\u00a0& Critique: Those are some awfully big hands<\/p>\n

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This post contains observations on the version 1 1\/60 stand-alone GBP accessory kit\u00a0(not to be confused with the more stellar 1\/48 versions, or 1\/60 V2).\u00a0 The accessory kit is packaged like all the other version 1 Yammy 1\/60 VF-1 products… in a flimsy, over-sized, box.\u00a0 The art is decent enough and the box does its job but don’t expect to be bowled over by the goods inside.\u00a0 You’ll get the accessory kit, gigantic fists, instructions, decals, and that’s it.\u00a0 It would have been nice to see some new posed hands, maybe some that could accomodate the gun, or any new tidbits that were only available through the purchase of this accessory.\u00a0 Check out how big the new fists are compared to the stock ones that come with the toy.<\/p>\n

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Released in May of 2004 for an MSRP of 9,800 Yen as a giftset with a Hikaru VF-1J or 3,900 Yen for just the GBP, this product essentially seemed to crash and burn.\u00a0\u00a0The major deal-breaker today\u00a0is the obvious superiority of the 1\/48 VF-1 GBP accessory (released December of 2005 for 12,600 Yen) and the 1\/60 V2 GBP accessory (released December 2009 as a gift-set for 16,800 Yen).\u00a0 This product came out late in the 1\/60 life cycle and was almost immediately supplanted by the 1\/48 valks so demand was just never there.\u00a0 In quite an interesting move Yamato only released the Hikaru\u00a0VF-1J in a giftset with the armor and as a super variant… so if you didn’t purchase the Hikaru with the GBP you would then need to buy a Super Hikaru VF-1J to accomplish your goal and you’d then be left with excess super parts that only fit on a few of the Yamato 1\/60 releases (essentially all the 1\/60s that came with their own parts).\u00a0 Basically, it only makes sense to put the stand-alone GBP on the first DYRL releases which further\u00a0limited the number of people looking to pick this up.<\/p>\n

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The color of the GBP is a bit too dark and the proportions seem a little off in a few places but otherwise it\u2019s a fine effort.\u00a0 For some reason the fully-dressed valk just isn\u2019t quite as intimidating as it ought to be.\u00a0 The missiles in the compartments could have looked a lot better.\u00a0 The cartoon-style fists are also too large and make the whole toy look a little silly.\u00a0 There is obviously a lack of painted on detail here and the bar has been raised high by subsequent GBP releases.<\/p>\n

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This accessory deserves some bonus credit for being the first GBP to feature all the right opening missile bays.\u00a0 The missile bays also incorporate smart hinge designs that largely conceal said hinges for a better overall look (in contrast to the Takatoku toy which made clear concessions for the hinges).\u00a0 The backpack boosters also attach in such a way that it won’t matter if they’re attaching to a second generation Version 1\u00a01\/60 VF-1 or a first generation which is a very nice touch (albeit very similar to the Takatoku method).\u00a0 Unfortunately the manner in which they attach seems to promote the boosters getting a bit crooked but overall they were surprisingly sturdy for how delicate it seems the method could be.\u00a0 The 1\/48 accessory improved upon this toy by adding individually removable missiles, removable grenades on the hips, and removable grenades on the forearms.\u00a0 The 1\/48 also added an additional part to each leg armor to remove the seam that runs down the front of the leg.\u00a0 Takatoku deserves some credit for not requiring the shoulder sleeve that Yamato has included with all of their GBP accessories since the Takatoku toys have beefy enough shoulders that the sleeve is unnecessary.\u00a0 The GBP accessory fits all single seat version 1 toys.<\/p>\n

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The crotch section of this GBP does fall off, a lot.\u00a0 I have heard of people resorting to all manner of methods to keep the crotch on their GBP.\u00a0 Really though, beyond that and the sloppy fit of the rear boosters the toy\u00a0is\u00a0sturdy and comes together relatively well.\u00a0 The fact the V1 1\/60 toy has a functioning waist swivel meant that Yamato had to compose the diaper out of a lot of different parts but for the most part, other than the crotch pieces, the parts tend to stay on the toy.\u00a0 While the version 1 1\/60 VF-1 toys contained a lot of diecast, the accessory parts don’t contain any metal (which is a good thing given the nature of the parts).<\/p>\n

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This toy gets points for having so many opening and closing panels.\u00a0 No, you don’t get the individually removeable missiles like you do with the 1\/48 version and the grenades on the hips and above the wrists aren’t removeable either.\u00a0 You also will lose some mobility at the swivel point near the knee which is more than a minor bummer as demonstrated above.
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