Kit Review

Straight build + Panel lining + Seals

1/72 VF-25S Supermessiah Valkyrie Ozuma Custom - Size comparison with a cigarette pack. With the Super Pack on, it's def

Size comparison with a cigarette pack.
With the Super Pack on, it's definitely quite a bit taller.

1/72 VF-25S Supermessiah Valkyrie Ozuma Custom (1/2)

1/72 VF-25S Supermessiah Valkyrie Ozuma Custom (2/2)

1/72 VF-25S Supermessiah Valkyrie Ozuma Custom (1/4)

1/72 VF-25S Supermessiah Valkyrie Ozuma Custom (2/4)

1/72 VF-25S Supermessiah Valkyrie Ozuma Custom (3/4)

1/72 VF-25S Supermessiah Valkyrie Ozuma Custom (4/4)

1/72 VF-25S Supermessiah Valkyrie Ozuma Custom - Upper body close-up (1/4)

1/72 VF-25S Supermessiah Valkyrie Ozuma Custom - Upper body close-up (2/4)

Upper body close-up

Head section

Wings and Super Pack backpack section.

1/72 VF-25S Supermessiah Valkyrie Ozuma Custom - Arms and legs. (1/3)

Arms and legs.

Super Pack leg armor.

1/72 VF-25S Supermessiah Valkyrie Ozuma Custom - With the Super Pack attached, the whole thing gets way too bulky, and t

With the Super Pack attached, the whole thing gets way too bulky, and the back in particular is so heavy..
It's really hard to get it to stand on its own. T_T
The knee joints especially can't hold up, and nine times out of ten it just topples backwards..
As a workaround, if you wedge one of the small shoulder armor pieces from the leftover parts into the gap above the knee joint, it stands up just fine. -_-;;;

1/72 VF-25S Supermessiah Valkyrie Ozuma Custom - Action poses. Articulation is pretty rough, so action poses are about t

Action pose.
Articulation is pretty rough, so action poses are about this level..

1/72 VF-25S Supermessiah Valkyrie Ozuma Custom - GERWALK mode. The wings are so heavy that holding the pose is nearly im

GERWALK mode.
The wings are so heavy in GERWALK mode that holding the pose is nearly impossible,
so I'm using leftover parts to prop up the wings.. ;;;

GERWALK mode on the Macross-exclusive action base.

Missile pod open.

Fighter mode

1/72 VF-25S Supermessiah Valkyrie Ozuma Custom - The Ozma Super Pack comes with several stickers like these, but the man

The Ozma Super Pack comes with several stickers like these,
but the manual doesn't specify where to put them — it just says to place them wherever you like.

1/72 VF-25S Supermessiah Valkyrie Ozuma Custom - Fighter mode on the action base. (1/6)

1/72 VF-25S Supermessiah Valkyrie Ozuma Custom - Fighter mode on the action base. (2/6)

1/72 VF-25S Supermessiah Valkyrie Ozuma Custom - Fighter mode on the action base. (3/6)

1/72 VF-25S Supermessiah Valkyrie Ozuma Custom - Fighter mode on the action base. (4/6)

Fighter mode on the action base.

1/72 VF-25S Supermessiah Valkyrie Ozuma Custom - Comparison with the normal Ozma unit in Battroid mode. (1/3)

Comparison with the normal Ozma unit in Battroid mode.

1/72 VF-25S Supermessiah Valkyrie Ozuma Custom - Comparison with the normal Ozma unit in Fighter mode. (1/4)

1/72 VF-25S Supermessiah Valkyrie Ozuma Custom - Comparison with the normal Ozma unit in Fighter mode. (2/4)

Comparison with the normal Ozma unit in Fighter mode.

1/72 VF-25S Supermessiah Valkyrie Ozuma Custom - Comparison with the Alto unit Super Pack. (1/3)

Comparison with the Alto unit Super Pack.

Comparison with the Alto unit Super Pack in Fighter mode.

Battroid mode straight build shots.

GERWALK mode straight build shots.

Fighter mode straight build shots.

Following the Alto unit Super Pack combo kit, the Ozma unit Super Pack combo kit has now been released. With the Super Pack already available as a separate kit, this is a pretty standard color variant that reeks of double-dipping. The only difference is that four shoulder parts have been molded in yellow to match the Ozma unit.

Just like the Alto unit with the Super Pack attached, the Super Pack itself looks pretty cool.. but the durability issues are serious — in Battroid mode and GERWALK mode, it simply cannot support its own weight, which is a pretty fatal flaw. In Battroid mode, the back-heaviness almost always sends it toppling backwards; the hip joints hold up okay, but the knee joints are just too weak and the whole thing goes down.

As you can see in the review photos, if you wedge a leftover part into the gap above the back of the knee it'll stand up just fine — but it does feel a little undignified.. GERWALK mode is just as bad; there's no way to lock the heavy wings in a horizontal position. Again, the only option is to cleverly prop them up with leftover parts.

Fighter mode at least holds together reasonably well, but if the Super Pack is already this bad, I honestly dread to think what the Armored Pack released later will be like. ^^; The Macross Valkyrie series was practically born for color variants, so there's not much point complaining about repeat releases like this — but it's a shame the design didn't account for the added weight of these extra armaments from the start..

Well, setting aside the durability issues.. it does look great. That said, when it comes to the overall crispness of the kit itself, the normal Valkyries still feel like the better deal by far. :-)

1/72 VF-25S Supermessiah Valkyrie Ozuma Custom | 2009.3 | ¥6,500

AIThis page was translated by Claude Sonnet.