>>9966959Nah. Yamato is its own lineage. Not enough die-cast to be a chunky monkey descendant. Different company, different kind of toy. Different animal.
>Almost everything that defines a modern perfect transforming VF-1 can be traced back to the 1/48 in some capacity.Convergent evolution. Yamato got there first. But Bandai's is the one that feels like it has chunky monkey in its DNA.