fifbeat

Nice. I used to go to Spencers in the 80s as well (who didn't, right?), and I DO NOT remember seeing this stuff at all. The thing I remember about Spencers is mainly their sex stuff and the posters at the back end of the store (I'd spend a lot of time flipping through them trying to find the perfect poster of a Tomcat or Lambo) lol This is why I like them, especially carded. It reminds me of being at drug store in the 80s. Holding these things in your hand is like going through a time warp.

Me too. I remember these hit the shelves the same time ROBOTECH was on TV. And I was like "They got the names wrong... wtf!?" =)

Thanks for the exploration. Really cool. The first time I'm seeing this stuff.

Awesome stuff. What' the deal with this color variant? ...

I don't think it would be a bad idea to make a Thread dedicated to just catalogs/flyers/marketing material (for all "robot" toys).

Another great set of photos. Very surprised nobody has been commenting on these rare marketing pieces.

Amazing. Thanks very much for posting this. I'm a die hard fan for any "marketing material" when it comes to this stuff.

Recently stumbled upon this rare flyer:

Looks like these are the Convertors of the UK!

@sh9000 Holy crap, No I have it, but for some reason it's not in the photo lol I'm thinking it's on the far left (wall covering it up, next to the Millia). At least, it better be !

New addition.

Thanks for the explanation. lol Great. Oh well. You know, maybe I will get it since I came this far. Cheers. Looking forward to your coverage on it.

Does anyone know if this make/model appeared in Flash Back 2012? Or was it only the other released one? If it wasn't in the series, it does't go in my collection (ie Messer Color Ver.). That's my Filipino standard.

Heres' a few Convertors you don't see too often...

And the Filipino saga continues....

It's just a closet with those shelves built in (white door closes it all in) lol But thanks. This will have to do until I get a display case I really want.

Breetai has arrived!

A few new members to the low budget CONVERTORS family: Originally designed by MARK JP for their 'Gokin Robo' line. I can't seem to find the Japanese version of ZOOM (binoculars dude)... Gotta get my hands on COLT (aka Colt Robo):

Thank you for the update Very cool.

This video is about a year old, but thought I would add it to the thread.

Do you have the OJ Simpson comic book, Beach Boys biography and Bruce Lee action figures, too?

He's Elvis. I'm an Elvis impersonator. Exactly. I've never seen Macross Frontier, so it doesn't really excite me. Same with the missile effects 'n stuff (looks like whipped cream to me!) Not so much restraint (okay, maybe a little!), but it's more so having the time and budget to put together a "display" I really want. I should mention that I have opened a few boxes, took some out of the boxes, etc. Then after a few minutes, they went back in. Originally I had 'em displayed by binder (tightly, as you mentioned), but I wanted to mix it up. Yeah, stuff like this was unobtainable to me. I only remember having a handful of "Macross" products (I wanted Jetfire ONLY because it was a valk). We weren't poor, but my parents had other priorities.

Grabbed another couple of these from Ebay. One of them is the rare FIRST TRACK, which was probably a typo, so it was released again as FAST TRACK, but this time it was MADE IN KOREA, as opposed to the one I received, which was MADE IN JAPAN. =)

One of these days I'll get a display case and actually open them. (there's a Arcadia Premium Finish SDF in the top right hand corner, which is in a black box).

When is the event anyways? Thanks in advance.