Just saw this yesterday at HobbyLink Japan, the recently announced no-paint kits of the 1/60 VF-1A, VF-1J and VF-1S by Yamato Toys up for pre-order already and will be available by October. The toys cost about Y6500 yen at its pre-order price. I looked around at the other Japanese based online hobby shops and didn't see them posting any pre-order details yet. These kits come unpainted and unassembled.
I personally feel that Yamato Toys should make this a full blown product already instead of just a limited release. Building this great toy by myself would make it more memorable and meaningful. Because whenever I look upon it will hold a higher value because of the effort I put into it.
Pre-order pages at HobbyLink Japan can be found here:
1/60 VF-1S Transformable Unpainted Kit (with Optional Parts)
1/60 VF-1J Transformable Unpainted Kit (with Optional Parts)
1/60 VF-1A Transformable Unpainted Kit (with Optional Parts)
The kits also come with Optional/Bonus parts that include a seat and side thruster and back covers. The side thruster and back covers were already included with the 1/60 GBP-1S Armored parts kit.
Another bonus that only comes with the VF-1J is the Komilia pod which in the anime was where Max and Milia Jenius baby, Komilia, was housed when riding Milia's VF-1J.
Test shots of the optional parts were posted at the Yamato Toys blog. This is a picture of the seat assembled and side thrusters mounted on a 1/60 VF-1A of Hikaru Ichijo from Macross DYRL (sold separately)
This is the runner for the side thruster and the parts needed to assemble the seat.
More details can be found at the Yamato Toys website: here, here, here and here.
