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Would you mind opening the head to see the inside? I wonder if these were recasted resin. It has a very different finish from the body. And the green head version does as well. Finally, I can now rest assured I did see a VF-1A Blue and Red Joon’s. Years ago I had seen the listing on eBay and figured the heads were custom colored resin so I passed them up. The pictures I saved are on an old hard drive that crashed years ago. I was able to recover thousands of pictures but have never been able to locate the ebay listing. Many times I have made mention of those VF-1A and no one recalls them until now. This is so vindicating for me.

Holy cow! That’s amazing!!

So, here is an interesting tidbit. Joon’s was an importer of goods located in Koreatown in the 80s and 90s. Joon was actually the name of the owner. He and his wife had a stall in swap meet inside a former Jon’s Market on Western Avenue in Los Angeles. The items were produced by another company with name JOON’S on the box (Could be Popye Corp Toys). The original VF-1J set in grey, red, blue, and green all were released at the same time mid 80s. 1996 is when the AngelBird-esque VF-1J came to market. During their release there was a proposal made to Joon to create the VF-1S and VF-1A head with the original four color schemes. Head of a VF-1A sculpt was handed to Joon, but it cannot be confirmed if they were ever made or commercialized. Long story short. Joon was just an importer who had no idea what Macross was with an over seas friend who had access to these molds in S. Korea. All he new was he could make money selling these for 20 bucks each at that time. This just blew my mind when I heard the in depth story, first hand.

Pretty cool. Fits here.

The fun never stops.

It’s what KO is known for.

But of course. I got rid of my Paro Valkyries and needed a quick reference. Without a ruler reference I had no idea just how oversized these were. 😜

QFT. 😆

Time to check these out.

Just a side note. Some company in Taiwan decided to oversize these. Just not sure of exactly when. But all signs currently point to late 80s early 90s. And yes the heads and weapons on these are from Transformers jumpstarters.

I have no idea when these were released, but they are Made In Taiwan. They were released in the 80’s, and have pullback motors like the originals.

ParoValkyrie Oversized.

Great group shot! Don’t forget there is the Toynami 1/100 version as well.

The V2 did not come with gun straps. Those were custom pieces made and sold here.

So maybe we’re seeing the color Bandai has chosen for a possible upcoming release of Kakyzaky in DX form.

I have a few extra VF-17, and one is for a T version but haven’t gotten to to it…yet.

How about some love for an old bird.

On FB feed. And we thought the VF-19Kai had certain Mcresemblence.

Can even hold the figure.

Not much of a pose, but I find the 1/48 Yamato can double as a flight stand for the Tiny Sessions figures.

So darn adorable!!

Finally arrived. Looks promising and I hope all goes well when I pull it from the box. I just placed the Tiny Sessions there as a precursor pic for upcoming Father’s Day. Happy Mother’s Day all!

Arad has landed, but I have yet to take any pics. Such a neat line.

I would only buy this if it came with a giant tuna with removable head.