Shawn Posted April 22, 2022 Posted April 22, 2022 I had found a b&w pic of the Imai VT-1 prototype in an old Hobby Japan mag in the link below to the legacy unreleased section of the main site. Imai lost the Macross license and sold off their molds to Bandai just before its release. Tonight while rummaging through some old Model Graphix magazines I ran across a color picture of it. It looks fantastic! It almost looks like it was transformable....but hard to tell..they really completely redid their molds for this one. Was in the Shizuoka 85 model show. And to think we would have had some Takani box art to match. Someone mock it up for us in the old Imai box art style..use some Tenjin art. LOL https://macrossworld.com/macross/unreleased/unreleased.htm Quote
Bolt Posted April 22, 2022 Posted April 22, 2022 (edited) That looks really good ! What a treasure you found ! Edited April 22, 2022 by Bolt Quote
ChristopherB Posted April 23, 2022 Posted April 23, 2022 Amazing find, would love to have one, wish it was released! Quote
P.W.Royce Posted May 1, 2022 Posted May 1, 2022 Awesome find, I love this sort of hobby archeology. How many pieces do you think they would have had to retool to make this a reality. Forward fuselage halves, cockpit tub, new glazing, throw an extra pilot figure in the box. Not to mention the wings and packs. New head. New decals. 20 individual pieces pieces maybe. 25? 35? It would have cost them a small fortune. I want one! Quote
nightmareB4macross Posted May 2, 2022 Posted May 2, 2022 Wow! Great share! That backpack and tail fins are all kinds of wonky. Quote
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