Shawn

Will do, thank you!!

Wow-never seen them built before, except in the original promo ads. Fantastic job!!

Just watched the RLM video...dammit wish I had not, I think they nailed a lot of things correctly.

I called Bandai going super scale 15 years ago http://www.macrossworld.com/macross/fun/ebay2050/_ebay2050_vf-19kai.htm http://www.macrossworld.com/macross/fun/ebay2050/_ebay2050_pgvalk.htm I cannot wait to get this, the detail looks fantastic in some of those close up pics! Wow wow wow. S

Incredible! That video was first heart wrenching(the failures), but once they got it going I yelled out Yahoo! So cool.

I wonder how many people in the world can say they have a COMPLETE Macross Takatoku set...that is just crazy what you've done over the years! We'll need to give you an entire section on the main site for your collection! Congrats again! That takes a lot of patience and motivation.

Yahoo!!

Promo video showing some scenes (DVD v Blu) I love all the extras they are including. Awesome

Just watched the entire video. Never seen anything like this before. Your attention to function and detail is mind-blowing. Thank you for sharing this project with us here! WOW WOW WOW!

Here is another Takani Style VF-1J http://www.fg-site.net/archives/3305008

I like the idea of the hangar where you could walk around some valkyries, but that sounds like a lot of work! Walking around the dyrl city would be pretty cool, like the concert hall or humburger popo. Would leave a little creative license for you to fill in the blanks. I have the 1st dev kit-are you make it for v1 or v2?

They have a link to another build up too! Click on each of the 13 title entries for more details. http://dog1958.blog89.fc2.com/blog-category-13.html S

Agree-wish the pics where larger too! I love how they cherry-pick the best parts of the Club-M and the Hasegawa 1/48...truly an incredible hybrid.

Stumbled across this-incredible build!! http://plaza.rakuten.co.jp/sukebeningen/diary/?ctgy=12 Make sure to see all 5 pages throught the link at the top. My favorite kit of all time! Shawn

Not sure if anyone mentioned this, but at the MWCon this year, Tenjin was very impressed with the one that was on display. He said he wanted one!

xstoys...I heard you picked up a super rare Legioss cel cut-away too

My family and I are bringing a bunch of stuff this year...so please come over to the vendor area and say hi! Some items include a 1/48 Low Viz, 2 1/60 VF-Xs, two 81 issue complete Chronicle sets, complete set of SV-51s', 3 DYRL BluRay sets, 1 Wave SDF-1, 2 Club-M 1/48 Ultimates, and bunch of misc books(Macrosss the First, Gold Books), vintage(Out/Animage) and newer magazines(like a 16 set of New Type Ace with the entire Document of Macross booklets), and other items at what I think will be attractive, competitive prices. Last year we sold almost everything which was fantastic. We are not looking to make a profit, just recover the original item costs + make up the big yearly server host fees...it ain't cheap. Best of all no shipping overhead! Can't wait to see the turn out this year, going to be another incredible Con. Kirik and team deserve our great thanks for all the hard work they are doing...again. Literally without them the Con would not exist! Shawn

Absolutely awesome!!!! Can you ship it to us for the MacrossWorld Con to display! LOL Great job on that. I love the blue you chose...really nailed it.

Just received my Valkyrie in the mail-wow is it intricate!!! You did a fantastic job on this kit!! Also, any chance you have a higher resolution image of that 'design process' you posted above? Thank you! Shawn

Server hiccup, but everything should be restored again now! Shawn

If I ever get a time machine, I am going to rent a VERY LARGE TRUCK and back up to the Imai loading dock and take EVERYTHING!! Shawn

Wow-now that is a flashback! I still have one of their catalogs around too. Bought many of my first books from them in the 80's. They used to go to the San Diego Comic Con back when it was in the hotel. Huge tables full of Macross books! I can't believe you guys still have your membership cards!!! Shawn

More like 10 years late! LOL http://www.macrossworld.com/macross/contests/_contests_legtransform_2001.htm Awesome to finally see a variation of this implemented! S

The gallery should be back to normal now. Please let me know if you encounter any issues! Shawn

Ever since I was 14 years old and first discovered Macross, the one thing that I've always enjoyed most was the model box art. I never thought of myself as collecting plastic model kits, I always thought of it as collecting ART! I remember going every week to a San Diego hobby store called "Models Emporium", and walking past the jets and the tanks and the soldiers to get to the treasures...the Macross kits! On the back wall there was everything...the Imai 1/72 Variable Valkyrie with its striking black background, or the VF-1J with the full size fighter on blue. 1/72 Regults and Glaugs. 1/5000 Macross. Of course at the time those larger kits were well beyond what my meager allowance would allow. Scraping up all my lunch money I could afford some 1/170 Imai or 1/200 Nichimo kits though! (To satisfy my 1/72 addiction I did find some solace in the Revell Robotech Changers from K-Mart for $9.99. Yes on the box it had backwards legs and a crazy name, but "I" knew what it really was! Ha!) Over the decades my appreciation for this box art has not waivered, much to my family's disappointment. The one downside to collecting this 'art' over so many years is that it is so BULKY! Whenever I have moved, I find myself with a couple dryer sized boxes that weigh a net 5 pounds each. You can see many of the items in the Macross World Legacy Models pages. But back to the main story...One of, if not THE best box art artist, is Yoshiyuki Takani. You could always tell his art from other artists, usually just at a glance. The shapes were somehow "mechanically organic' and always had something,not sure what the word is, but I will call it 3D 'weight' to them. Go get one of his many books and you'll soon appreciate his work as much as I have over the years. Even newer generations of artists, such as the incredibly talented Tenjin(who should have is own section!), are creating their new art in Takani's famous style. Browse the Macross Chronicle magazines and you'll immediately see the tribute to the past. In 2011, a large lot of Takani's original paintings appeared on the Yahoo Japan Auction site, where they were picked up by Japanese collectors anywhere from $500 to $3000 each. There were items from Macross, Orguss and the Galvion series to mention a few. This was a once in a lifetime event! I do not know the story behind how or why these works appeared, but if you happen to have some insight, please shed some light for us in the forums. Over the months I saved off many of the jaw dropping auction pictures, and thought I'd share them with you if you missed some of them. Enjoy!! Shawn [gallery link=file" orderby="title] Read the full story here