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So whould I... I've seen some rather detailed descriptions of some of the toys but I think I lost access to those emails when I lost access to cnh@ti.com. I've long wished some of the Japanese collectors would get together and put out a book on the unproduced Gakken toys. If I could get my hands on them it'd be the first thing I'd want to do. Carl

There were some Invid prototypes made. I *think* I even know where some of them are today. However Gakken went under before any of them saw any sort of production. And yes... I've tried to get them and No I didn't get very far. Gakken had many Mospeada toys in the pipeline when she folded. Most are now in the hands of private collectors in Japan that won't even let them be photographed. Carl

I've seen this picture before but I'm not sure where to look for it now. Could someone post it here? Thanks, Carl

Do you want to build mine? I'll even let you keep it for a year or two if you'd like. Let me know, Carl

Cool. Thanks for the link. Carl

Oh... just wanted to ask. Will there be a raffle for this project too? Thanks, Carl

You never fail to impress. Great work guys. Carl

Thanks Noel, I was just making my best guess. You are probably more correct them I am. Carl

I believe so. I don't have the colored box myself but I believe the two kits are identical. The black and white box was just a re-release of the kit. I guess they thought they could save a little money on the box with the second release. I don't know the number of kits in each release but it sure seems like there are more of the black and white boxes out there. Carl

I haven't had the time to sit down and learn a new game in years. The last was probably XCOM and I really enjoyed that game. I'd love to play more of it and I have XCOM2 and XCOM3 but haven't had the time to get to them. My favorite game that I keep going back to is Global Conquest. I've been playing that game for 15 years now (or something like that) and it never gets old. Carl

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Yes, AlphaHX I don't believe anyone is upset with you. Cobywan, all excellent points. I'm setting up my own homepage and any future recast projects I'm dirrectly tied to will be handeled there. I'd hoped to do that with the one I'm currently tied to but I'd already held the project up for a year. Not really an excuse just a comment, Carl

I looked for it before I posted but failed to find the link. If you have it could you post it please. Thanks for the info, Carl

Not to disagree with your point but does IHP still exist? And I thought the name of the man behind IHP was Mr Sakuragawa. Am I mistaken? The last kit he made was the VB-6 and though it was released under the IHP name initially he soon changed the name to Liquid Stone. Several here at Macross World were on a pre-order list to get one and he couldn't fill that order. The reason as I understood it at the time was he went to work for Yamato and didn't have the time. I don't believe he's worked on any resin kits since then. He's now done the VB-6 for Yamato and I believe he's still working on other projects for them. I'm under the impression we've seen the last of IHP and probably Liquid Stone. If you know something I don't PLEASE set me strait. Thanks, Carl

Does he have a web page up or something? I'd love to check out what he's working on. Carl

If I know the picture you are talking about... I think I do... no it wasn't posted by me. I have posted pictures of my Megazone kits though. Carl P.S. Did some digging and found this: I've seen pictures of a scratch built kit of this that were quite good (aka I WANT ONE) but I can't seem to find those pictures now. Carl

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"The Saga is complete - May 2005". Sorry if I haven't been keeping up but does this mean Episodes VII, VIII, and IX are definately dead? I knew George didn't want to do them now but I thought there was still hope for them down the road. Carl

I'll take one. Do you know where I can get it? If this is the kit I think it is me and Shawn spotted one for sale years ago. It came in a rainbow colored box. We passed but I now sort of wish I hadn't. I haven't seen anything quite like it since... atleast till your post. Thanks for sharing, Carl P.S. Did a little digging. There is a discussion here: http://zip.4channel.org/m/ And there is some more info here: http://www.hlj.com/scripts/hljpage.cgi?KYDSMP-01 I wonder where those full-size versions are today. Anyways the best place to find this thing (not even sure what to call it) would probably be Yahoo Japan. Still not sure what I'd search for though.

I concur too. But in Vermillion One's defence he did say "I am pretty sure" not that he was certain. Looks to me like a simple case of mistaken identity. I agree he shouldn't have posted unless he was sure but I believe his intentions were in the right place. Valkfan I'd say it doesn't help your purposes that well either to get as heated as you got but at this point that would be like the pot calling the kettle black. Carl

Wow, what scale is this? That pilot looks lifesize. LOL!!! Carl

I got mine yesterday. It looks great. Thanks guys, Carl

Sorry, it was the only picture I knew of. I haven't seen the one you posted before. Carl

I had to go looking for it myself. Here you go: Carl

Hello Captain, I certainly don't have any inside information so your guess about Hasegawa is as good as mine but I 100% agree with your second point. I'm sure your take on the design would be worth it. It just might hurt Samurai Monkey if Hasegawa said they were coming out with the kit for $30 while you had half made yours. But maybe that isn't very likely. Either way if you made one, I'd get it. Excellent point and I'm certainly willing to wait. It just makes me wonder how Studio HalfEye and I.H.P made any money. I suspect it would cost as much as an original to make a recast now and what about their engineering time? Maybe that's why neither is making variable Macross kits any more. Carl