Shawn

Do you remember if they assembled the 1/55 model kit with screws or did they use glue? I wonder if it had springs for the arm shoulder ratchets? Hopefully one day we can find someone with pictures again. Thank you for all this wonderful information!

HOLD ON...Just HOLD ON... @transjet I misread your original post So the VF-1A on the left is the Model kit of the Takatoku 1/100 toy but you said the Yellow Box is a model kit of the 1/55 Takatoku!???!?? Are there ANY pics of the inside of this box!? OMG

Found some more awesomeness Arii 1/100 1997 Release. This actually says Tatsunoku on the box. Was this an official release? Some books Shitajiki another book (DYRL)

Looking through the pages, it seems these are the release years for the various valks. They continued right up to 1997! (all listed in the articles at the very bottom) https://m.blog.naver.com/PostList.naver?blogId=tenetron&categoryNo=175&listStyle=post&logCode=0

Very interesting! I had no idea Bandai might have outsourced some Gundam to Korea. That box side is definite proof that SOMETHING happened, officially licensed or not. It is fun but incredibly difficult to try and piece together history from 40 years ago from people's memories, rumors, and internet posts . There are probably bits of truth and exaggeration in every story. Using your links I found another post of that very cool Sally Robot Tek model (based on the Takatoku 1/100 toy) https://m.blog.naver.com/tenetron/220044071569 I love finding out all about the non-Japanese Macross history around the world. Can't wait to see what is discovered next. Do you know if there are any online markets where one could try and buy any of these Macross based alternative items?

@transjet - you seem to very knowledgeable on the items-what do you think of this information on this site? (it is in one of the messages) https://www.etoland.co.kr/plugin/mobile/board.php?bo_table=etohumor02&wr_id=118937 참고로 이 표절작을 만든 건 바로 스폰서 때문이다. 전작인 꼬마어사 똘이가 그다지 흥행에 성공하지 못해 낭패를 겪던 김청기에게 뽀빠이과학이란 업체에서 일본의 프라모델, 그러니까 바로 발키리 모형을 보여주며 이거 나오는 로봇 애니메이션 만들면 제작비를 대주겠다고 하여 만들게 된 것. 뽀빠이과학이 만든 이 짝퉁 모형이 파이터, 가워크 및 배틀로이드로의 완전변형은 물론, 어떤 형태에서도 스탠드의 도움 없이도 자세를 유지하는 등 당시 작품이라는 것이 믿기지 않을 정도로 품질이 우수하였고 이에 감탄(?)한 일본 반다이가 표절을 문제시하지 않기로 합의하였다...는 썰이 있다. 그리고 뽀빠이과학은 짝퉁으로 만들던 제품을 당당하게 JOON's라는 상표를 달고 발키리 제품으로 하청 수출까지 해냈다(...). 당시 구매한 이들은 어처구니없게도 일제보다 이 짝퉁판이 품질이 좋았다는 평을 남길 정도였다. 그런데 이 짝퉁완구에는 엄청난 비화가 있다. 사실 마크로스 VF-1J 완구의 원래 제작사는 일본의 타카토쿠사 인데 몇년 뒤 미국에 마크로스 애니를 로보텍으로 개명후 방영을 하였다. 로보텍 애니가 현지에서 엄청나게 인기를 끌어서 완구를 현지에 판매하기 위해 재생산을 하려 했으나 하필이면 완구 제조사인 타카토쿠가 부도가 나서 공중분해된 지 오래라 완구 판매가 불가능하여 이 때문에 마크로스 제작사가 그야말로 초비상이 걸렸다. 그러나 시기가 적절하게도 뽀빠이과학이 짝퉁을 만들어서 판매한다는 사실을 알게 되었고 관계자들이 한국으로 급파되어 현지상황을 확인한 후 표절건에 대해서는 묵인한다는 조건 하에 뽀빠이과학이 이후 직접 정식 라이센스를 얻고 로보텍이라는 이름으로 완구를 수출하게 되었다. 로보텍 이후 생산된 물량 중 내수용은 스페이스 간담V 라는 이름을 사용해도 무방하다는 마크로스 제작사의 답변이 있던 것인지 90년도 초반까지 생산된 물량은 <스페이스 간담V>라는 이름으로 계속 생산이 되었었다. 이후 SBS에서 <출격!로보텍>이 방영되었을 땐 스페이스 간담V라는 이름을 버리고 미국에 수출했던 로보텍이란 이름과 포장으로 그대로 국내에서 판매하게 되었다. For reference, it is the sponsor who made this plagiarism. To Kim Cheong-gi, who had suffered a frustration because his previous work, Little Eosaurus, was not successful, Popeye Science showed a Japanese plastic model, that is, a Valkyrie model, and said that he would pay the production cost to make a robot animation. This fake model made by Popeye Science was incredibly excellent in quality and admired that it was a work at the time, including complete transformation into Fighter, Gawwork, and Battle Lloyd, as well as maintaining a posture without the aid of a stand in any form. There is a low tide that a Japanese Bandai has agreed not to question plagiarism... And Popeye Science proudly put the brand of JOON's on the product it used to be a counterfeit, and even exported it to the subcontractor as a Valkyrie product (...). Those who bought it at the time were ridiculously enough to leave a comment that the quality of this fake plate was better than that made in Japan. However, there is a tremendous secret story about this fake toy. In fact, the original maker of the Macross VF-1J toy was Takatokusa in Japan, and a few years later, Macross Annie was renamed as Robotec and aired. Robotec Annie was incredibly popular locally and tried to reproduce toys to sell them locally, but it was a long time since toy maker Takatoku went bankrupt and decomposed into the air. . However, it was learned that Popeye Sciences made and sold counterfeits in a timely manner, and under the condition that the officials were dispatched to Korea to confirm the local situation and tolerate plagiarism, Popeye Sciences later directly obtained a formal license and acquired a toy under the name of Robotec. Was exported. Among the quantities produced after Robotec, there was a response from the Macross maker that it was okay to use the name Space Gandam V for domestic use, and the quantity produced until the early 1990s was continuously produced under the name <Space Gandam V>. Later, when <Sort!Robotech> was aired on SBS, the name Space Gandam V was discarded, and it was sold in Korea under the name and packaging of Robotec, which was exported to the United States.

Wow-I love seeing these old Hobby Store videos! Thank you for posting that!!

Wow that catalog is awesome, thank you for posting it! I would love to find these kits!! So crazy.

A live(?) shopping site with some other angle pics The website is tricky to navigate around...sometimes it sends you to the m. mobile site-so you need to remove the m. prefix to get the enhanced pics http://totoy.com/product/detail.html?product_no=281&cate_no=1&display_group=3

@transjet....would you happen to know anything about these Korean Joke Machine toys? They are pretty wild! (the website I downloaded the images from now says 404)

Thank you for clarifying that! I found the website difficult to navigate in google translate and entirely missed that it was fan made...very cool work they did!

Dang I don't have that one....need one

yes please grab the close up pics if you can. What is the mini Orguss poster?

I guess we need to get a Twitter account so we can tell them we have a lot of resources here for a future volume!

I don't have Facebook-do you mind sharing any pics shared there? I am visiting the warehouse in a few weeks-looking forward to seeing all the stuff in person!

What am I looking at? What is the context of the mountain? Special event somewhere? Need details please.

THOSE are the next two items I want from Arcadia or Bandai.

Is that the Variable Glaug up there in the corner? If so YAY-love that thing Just put in my pre-order to show some Tenjin support!

ah..but that is the Suzuki monster on the poster. In the book check out the Takani monster 2 pack I think it said the no detail one might have been used on the side of one of the boxes.

He was also suspected of doing the detail- up on Takani's 1/160 Monster...at least that is what the note on the pic said. I hadn't ever noticed there were 2 variants before.

I never knew about this...the Robodatchi Pitstop model kit was based on the Imai 1/100 Factory...uhmm WHAT https://ameblo.jp/smynnn/entry-12143122749.html

Suzuki sadly passed away in 2020, but they have an interview with his son. When I read this except it broke my heart a little. Yes Takani's art is always highly regarded and first mentioned, but Suzuki's talent was truly incredible and appreciated. One example(my favorites of his)-you cannot look at a the Imai Legioss packaging and not have your draw drop. These pictures are unmatched.

For anyone on the fence about spending the 5500 yen + 3000 in shipping....DO IT. I got mine from Amazon Japan. This is not just a rehash of the same old line or cels we've seen so many times before in a 'New Macross Book coming', this has real-honest-to-goodness new items never seen before. There is a comprehensive list of modeling promotional materials and the kits themselves, most with little bits of information. There are multiple engaging interviews and lots of information-and you don't need to know Japanese. Grab your phone, point the Google Translate app at a paragraph, rinse and repeat. Auto-Translate has come a long way-and this book is a great 'read'. This is the book I've personally been waiting for since I became a Macross fan, I can't recommend it enough. You will not be disappointed!

Well Ron from GTC did mention the A&B types were released in the US only, so it is understandable they are extremely rare in Japan. I remember my friend Seiichi who used to run all the sales here in the early 2000s was also very surprised to see them He was the original Macross Otaku King, so I was shocked he had not seen them before, as he had seen everything released. They are still quite hard to find here!

In the Package Variation section, and later in the release section the Imai 1/5000 was not just considered or is unconfirmed. It was released! We know at least 2 boxes exist...the one in the catalogs that was on display at the trade show in 84, and this one below that showed up on YJ in 2018 (I lost-this was the pic from the auction)