{"id":516,"date":"2022-09-29T15:03:43","date_gmt":"2022-09-29T06:03:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/?p=516"},"modified":"2025-10-02T18:22:16","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T09:22:16","slug":"armored-valkyries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/index.php\/2022\/09\/29\/armored-valkyries\/","title":{"rendered":"Imai 1:100 Armored Valkyrie plamo kits"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I&#8217;m currently building Hasegawa&#8217;s 1:72 scale Armored Valkyrie Battroid kit and featuring it on my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/stevethefishdotnet\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/stevethefishdotnet\">YouTube channel<\/a>. Although I may not buy them, Hasegawa is already releasing variants on this kit, which is cool. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Imai did the same back in the &#8217;80s. I have their standard VF-1J Armored Valkyrie kit in 1:100 scale, but they made others. from Macross. The artwork on these old model kits from the &#8217;80s were fantastic and unfortunately once built, these models never really look as great as the box art. I found these box scans on <a href=\"https:\/\/macrossworld.com\/macross\/_main_menu.htm\">the old legacy Macrossworld site<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;69d579f151ba3&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" class=\"wp-block-image size-full wp-lightbox-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"442\" height=\"651\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-async--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on-async--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-async-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" src=\"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/macross-armored-vf-1s.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-517\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/macross-armored-vf-1s.jpg 442w, https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/macross-armored-vf-1s-204x300.jpg 204w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 442px) 100vw, 442px\" \/><button\n\t\t\tclass=\"lightbox-trigger\"\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\taria-haspopup=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\taria-label=\"Enlarge\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-init=\"callbacks.initTriggerButton\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-on-async--click=\"actions.showLightbox\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--right=\"state.imageButtonRight\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--top=\"state.imageButtonTop\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" fill=\"none\" viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\">\n\t\t\t\t<path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M2 0a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v2h1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h2V0H2Zm2 10.5H2a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5V8H0v2a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h2v-1.5ZM8 12v-1.5h2a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5V8H12v2a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H8Zm2-12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2h-1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H8V0h2Z\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Imai 1:100 scale Armored VF-1S Valkyrie Battroid. Macross fans will notice that an Armored VF-1S was never seen in either the TV show or the movie. This is an original design. Check out the cool &#8220;nose art&#8221; on the leg! I don&#8217;t have this kit, so I cannot confirm if it comes with a decal for that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;69d579f1520da&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" class=\"wp-block-image size-full wp-lightbox-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"582\" height=\"864\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-async--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on-async--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-async-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" src=\"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/macross-armored-vf-1a.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-518\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/macross-armored-vf-1a.jpg 582w, https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/macross-armored-vf-1a-202x300.jpg 202w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 582px) 100vw, 582px\" \/><button\n\t\t\tclass=\"lightbox-trigger\"\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\taria-haspopup=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\taria-label=\"Enlarge\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-init=\"callbacks.initTriggerButton\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-on-async--click=\"actions.showLightbox\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--right=\"state.imageButtonRight\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--top=\"state.imageButtonTop\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" fill=\"none\" viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\">\n\t\t\t\t<path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M2 0a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v2h1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h2V0H2Zm2 10.5H2a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5V8H0v2a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h2v-1.5ZM8 12v-1.5h2a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5V8H12v2a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H8Zm2-12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2h-1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H8V0h2Z\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Another design not seen in the show or the movie: a VF-1A Armored Valkyrie. Neat stuff.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m currently building Hasegawa&#8217;s 1:72 scale Armored Valkyrie Battroid kit and featuring it on my YouTube channel. Although I may not buy them, Hasegawa is already releasing variants on this kit, which is cool. Imai did the same back in the &#8217;80s. I have their standard VF-1J Armored Valkyrie kit in 1:100 scale, but they &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/index.php\/2022\/09\/29\/armored-valkyries\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Imai 1:100 Armored Valkyrie plamo kits&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6,4,3],"tags":[56,57],"class_list":["post-516","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-anime-manga","category-modeling","category-science-fiction","tag-macross","tag-plamo"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2422,"url":"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/index.php\/2025\/08\/11\/the-old-legacy-glaug-model-kit-from-macross-by-imai\/","url_meta":{"origin":516,"position":0},"title":"The old, legacy Glaug model kit from Macross by Imai","date":"2025-08-11","format":false,"excerpt":"I took this old Imai\/Bandai Macross Glaug kit to work on while staying at the in-laws' place for a 4-day summer holiday weekend. 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