Bandai DX Chougoukin VF-25F Tornado Messiah Valkyrie (Alto Saotome ver)

Just saw this posted at Amiami, the DX 1/60 VF-25F Tornado Messiah Valkyrie Messiah of Alto Saotome from Macross Frontier the Movie. It's retailing for 12,450 or 30% off from the regular price. You can pre-order this online from their English Language site. The release date of this is late March of 2010.



HLJ meanwhile is selling this for 17,000 yen while HWJapan doesn't seem to have it up yet.

The difference of this from the regular VF-25F design is that it has the Tornado parts add-ons to the basic frame of the VF-25 Messiah. Am not particularly fond of this design however. The twin cannons make it look too cartoonish. Plus the design of the wing boosters copies too much the look of the VF-27 Lucifer's design.