Shawn Posted December 11, 2022 Posted December 11, 2022 This the official discussion thread for the GTC Legacy Project by Wise Guys Hobbies LLC, which can be found here https://www.macrossworld.com/gtc-legacy-project-part-1/ Quote
Bolt Posted December 11, 2022 Posted December 11, 2022 (edited) OMFG!! This is a lost city of gold ! For the sake of keeping these treasures well taken care of and even built to their intended full glory, i will endeavor to acquire some of this goodness! Thank you @Shawn for linking this together for us! You too are an invaluable resource and a great guy ! (As soon as i saw that banner above, i was like WHAT is this..? ) Edited December 11, 2022 by Bolt Quote
jvmacross Posted December 11, 2022 Posted December 11, 2022 Not much of a Macross kit collector, but I can definitely appreciate the magnitude of this find. Amazing time vault of Macross history....wish the best for Wise Guys Hobby's upcoming sales! Quote
Shawn Posted December 11, 2022 Author Posted December 11, 2022 Please spread the word if you can. I don't do any social media other than this site, so if you want to tweater and facespace it, please do LOL 😛 It truly is a once in a lifetime discovery, I hope with enough support we can encourage Anthony at Wise Guys Hobbies to really dive in with many more pictures and videos. I know I've had dreams of rummaging through model kits on shelves and discovering something new...I can't be the only wacko! Going through all these cases of discovered kits would be a very fun experience! Quote
Bolt Posted December 11, 2022 Posted December 11, 2022 It's mega.. this is a time vault of the 80's sci fi kit world. Just looking over the items up on eBay , and I'm like .. Prices aren't bad, IMO. Though I can't tell you how many of those kits i once had. My kid self just didn't know.. Quote
Shawn Posted December 11, 2022 Author Posted December 11, 2022 I tried to email Hobby Japan Vintage about it. Would be awesome to see it in a magazine! I'll probably need to engage Gywn or someone for the Japanese version of the story submission. Quote
jvmacross Posted December 11, 2022 Posted December 11, 2022 8 minutes ago, Bolt said: It's mega.. this is a time vault of the 80's sci fi kit world. Just looking over the items up on eBay , and I'm like .. Prices aren't bad, IMO. Though I can't tell you how many of those kits i once had. My kid self just didn't know.. Yeah, the prices are very reasonable if not flat out below market pricing....The Wise Guys are actually being pretty cool about their pricing...they currently have the market cornered on several of these old school anime kit lines....again, best of luck for their sales Quote
Bolt Posted December 11, 2022 Posted December 11, 2022 1 hour ago, Shawn said: I tried to email Hobby Japan Vintage about it. Would be awesome to see it in a magazine! I'll probably need to engage Gwyn or someone for the Japanese version of the story submission. Great idea ! Quote
Shawn Posted December 11, 2022 Author Posted December 11, 2022 Having fun frame stepping into the videos and identifying the specific cases! From video #1, room #1, right wall Top to bottom we have From video #1, room #1, middle right wall I believe we have 6x cases of the Arii 1/100 small missile Regult around the U shape Top of the U on the right I think is the Arii 1/100 Super Gerwalk In the center is the Arii 1/100 Super Fighter and I think that says AR-327 on the box, which could be the Aroo 1/100 Scout Regult On the left wall is a Southern Cross In the hallway Imai 1/100 Tomahawk (not sure which color box) and AR-302 implies the Arii 1/100 Defender Quote
jvmacross Posted December 11, 2022 Posted December 11, 2022 On 3/6/2014 at 12:23 PM, jvmacross said: Hobby Animec #2.... On 3/7/2014 at 12:36 AM, Shawn said: 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 On 5/13/2020 at 10:27 PM, jvmacross said: TV-Kun furoku, April 1983 - Macross Kit Dioramas 3 hours ago, Shawn said: This the official discussion thread for the GTC Legacy Project by Wise Guys Hobbies LLC, which can be found here https://www.macrossworld.com/gtc-legacy-project-part-1/ The Macross Genie has decided to grant your wish! Quote
Shawn Posted December 11, 2022 Author Posted December 11, 2022 I also want a million dollars so I can buy it all ok??? Quote
pengbuzz Posted December 11, 2022 Posted December 11, 2022 That looks like a nice stash of models. Can't afford any of it; our utilities just went up again and after paying it today, wiped us out until January. Good luck on whoever buys from that. Quote
Shawn Posted December 11, 2022 Author Posted December 11, 2022 video #1, room #2, right wall Arii 1/72 Destroid Tomahawk Arii 1/500 SDF-1 Storm Attacker Imai 1/144 Queadluun Rau video #1, room #2, left wall Another 1/100 Imai Tomahawk case Imai 1/44 Nousjadeul Ger Imai 1/100 Glaug Imai 1/72 Regult Quote
Bolt Posted December 11, 2022 Posted December 11, 2022 (edited) Just a tiny sliver of what's on his ebay store.. It goes on and on.. Edited December 11, 2022 by Bolt Quote
Chronocidal Posted December 12, 2022 Posted December 12, 2022 Holy cow.. I.. kind of want to grab a pile of the old Testors/Nichimo 1/200 VF-1s, just because I think one of those may have actually been one of my first model kits ever. I remember playing with it at around age four. That is just an insane pile of awesome. Quote
geck Posted December 12, 2022 Posted December 12, 2022 Usually you see these kits...once and a while...here and there...like on eBay or some flea market. What an incredible inventory and time capsule! Not only extremely rare kits...but brand new and shrink wrapped in some cases. That name...GTC...jogged my memory and I hadn't seen that in probably 35+ years! Incredible. I miss the 80's quite a bit. What a incredibly creative time that was. Quote
nightmareB4macross Posted December 12, 2022 Posted December 12, 2022 What a treasure trove! To see so many classic model kits in their pristine and original condition is amazing. Makes me think there could possibly be others out there like this with more model kits and toys. Quote
nightmareB4macross Posted December 12, 2022 Posted December 12, 2022 @Shawn would be nice to get full three sixty pics of those boxes. They would look great as part of any collection or display. Quote
Slave IV Posted December 13, 2022 Posted December 13, 2022 Wow, incredible! Some of those pics remind me of how my storage spaces look. 😄 Quote
MKT Posted December 13, 2022 Posted December 13, 2022 I don't really build model kits, but I can imagine how amazing this find is.. what a time machine experience. Quote
Big Posted December 13, 2022 Posted December 13, 2022 Wow, thanks Shawn for bringing this to us! GTC, Galactic Trade Commission, i still have the 1994 catalog, feels like 1994 all over again. Looking forward to Feb 2023. I noticed that the video-links in the post only play audio. Can't wait for part 2. Thanks again for the blast from the past! Quote
Shawn Posted December 13, 2022 Author Posted December 13, 2022 I was going to ask around if anyone had an earlier catalog to share, would love to see more of the earlier items. You might want to try a different browser? The videos are there in a desktop browser And I just checked my my phone-they play in CHROME, but Firefox is not seeing them Interesting! Open CHROME Quote
Big Posted December 13, 2022 Posted December 13, 2022 Hi Shawn, I opened the iste via Chrome, i attached a screenshot, i was able to download the video manually. Quote
Shawn Posted December 13, 2022 Author Posted December 13, 2022 Ok...think I fixed it I did not know Firefox (or other OSes) might have an issue with HEVC videos...converted to H264 and re-uploaded Please refresh and confirm they work Shawn Quote
Valkyrie 1999 Posted December 13, 2022 Posted December 13, 2022 When things like this come to light, always makes me wonder what else is still hidden away, just waiting to be (re)discovered... Quote
Big Posted December 14, 2022 Posted December 14, 2022 8 hours ago, Shawn said: Ok...think I fixed it I did not know Firefox (or other OSes) might have an issue with HEVC videos...converted to H264 and re-uploaded Please refresh and confirm they work Shawn HI Shawn, work confirmed, videos now visible on chrome, safari and firefox. Thanks, George Quote
Shawn Posted December 14, 2022 Author Posted December 14, 2022 Anthony from Wise Guys sent over another video today, I'll get it uploaded tonight. Its an awesome mini-tour of the warehouse where they will be setting things up. Stay tuned! S Quote
Shawn Posted December 15, 2022 Author Posted December 15, 2022 Anthony from Wise Guys Hobbies sent over a new video of the warehouse, and did a quick tour https://www.macrossworld.com/the-gtc-legacy-project-part-2-warehouse-introduction/ Quote
Bolt Posted December 15, 2022 Posted December 15, 2022 11 hours ago, Shawn said: Anthony from Wise Guys Hobbies sent over a new video of the warehouse, and did a quick tour https://www.macrossworld.com/the-gtc-legacy-project-part-2-warehouse-introduction/ Massive thumbs up ! Quote
Shawn Posted December 16, 2022 Author Posted December 16, 2022 Just noticed something interesting https://www.ebay.com/itm/255845435462?hash=item3b91938846:g:kScAAOSwW4JjgDNV I got both my monsters from Ron @ GTC back in the day (same set of stock, from TCI) The whitebox has a Tatsunoku sticker, while the blue has the standard big west The ones in Japan have the bigwest sticker. Just stupid info for the nerds Quote
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