>>6513011>Are there any of the same solid quality as this one though?> I'm a fan of the old style of valkyries more rather than the new ones though.As
>>6513062 said, your best bet are going to be the Yamato/Arcadia valks if you want to stick to the 1/60 scale. Yamato was the primary valk toy producer for a very long time. Yamato unfortunately went under, but many of their employees and molds went over to a new company called Arcadia. For simplicity I'll just refer to them as Arcadia valks. Both the VF-1J and VF-4 you see here are Arcadia releases.
Arcadia is periodically re-releasing Yamato's older molds while also making some new ones (most recently the VF-0 series, and they're tackling the SV-51 next). Even with "older" molds, Arcadia valks are excellent; perfect transformations (ie no part swapping), superb sculpt, and quality construction/material. I'm confident you would enjoy them, and the Arcadia VF-1S Strike is in-stock at retailers right now.
The main con of Arcadia's is their price. Arcadia is a smaller company and they're trying to avoid Yamato's fate (Yamato released a TON of valks and many ended up on clearance), so they produce less and charge much more. For what you get, they are much more expensive than a comparable Bandai release. That's at MSRP though, so if you can swallow the after-market Bandai prices you may be fine with Arcadia's MSRP, heh.
One other difference compared to Bandai is that Arcadia valks have fewer tampo/painted details. While Bandai goes all out with their tampos, Arcadia just sticks to the most important stuff (UN Spacy kites etc.) and leaves the smaller stuff as stickers. Arcadia has started to release "premium" valks that have more tampo detail, but the price is similarly premium as a result. This is a pro/con depending on your viewpoint.
