Shawn

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)

I've had the pics on the legacy models page for 20 years...yes the B variant is CONFIRMED 😛

Anything on the Large Missile at the top? LOL

Wow-I never noticed the lack of wheels on the Takatoku 1/3000 proto-nice catch (only been 40 years)!!

Still waiting on my BOOK...but that could be for Imai #33-the Generic Zentradi Soldier It was scrapped for the VF-1A Gerwalk in its place (#33) but then later reborn as Quamzin #79?? With Artwork by Takani this time?

Hold on...just hold on Max was 95 or something in the last Frontier whatever WWM release right? Now he is in preschool for this release? Someone please work out the timeline. Or is it Max's Father's VF-0D... Or as stated above, Max is a vintage collector (we saw he had his own Cobra from the M3 game painted blue) and does valks as well soooooo weird these releases! LOL

Now THAT is an easter egg I can appreciate!!!

Yeah...I heard the express cargo plane flying over my house heading to yours as their first priority drop off point. I think it was being escorted by a squadron of F-18s Mine are stuck in Los Angeles...yay