Arii 1/20000 kits - bonus figures

[megatron-uk]

Hi,

I had a full set (all 4 models) of the old 1/20000 Arii ship kits (including doubles of two of them) sitting in my backlog of models for a good 25 years or more.

 

I finally pulled them out, opened the shrink wrap and have been assembling them over the last month or so (another post about those - the quality and fit leaves a lot to be desired; the progress in kit design in the intervening years has spoiled me!).

 

What I didn't realise is that these must have come from either a limited run or a special release as they all contain a random, sealed (a stapled opaque black bag) bonus figure (approx 4" high). They're a mix of characters; I found these:

 

Quamzin

Roy Fokker, standing, formal dress suit

Hikaru Ichijyo, standing, formal dress suit

Minmay, swimsuit

Minmay, dress

 

I have 6 kits, but one was without shrink-wrap and did not include the random figure.

I haven't been able to find a list of figures included in this run of the Zentradi ships. Does anyone know which figures were produced?

 

[Major Tom]

You can go to anymoon.com and look up Arii model section: Arii Macross 15th Anniversary VF-1 Battroid and GERWALK Toys – Scorched Earth Toys

unpainted figures come in model kits boxes and painted ones come in the toy packages: 

[Big s]

1 hour ago, Major Tom said:

You can go to anymoon.com and look up Arii model section: Arii Macross 15th Anniversary VF-1 Battroid and GERWALK Toys – Scorched Earth Toys

unpainted figures come in model kits boxes and painted ones come in the toy packages: 

There were also keychain versions of the painted ones, but I think those were sold as a separate thing 

[jvmacross]

6 hours ago, megatron-uk said:

Hi,

I had a full set (all 4 models) of the old 1/20000 Arii ship kits (including doubles of two of them) sitting in my backlog of models for a good 25 years or more.

 

I finally pulled them out, opened the shrink wrap and have been assembling them over the last month or so (another post about those - the quality and fit leaves a lot to be desired; the progress in kit design in the intervening years has spoiled me!).

 

What I didn't realise is that these must have come from either a limited run or a special release as they all contain a random, sealed (a stapled opaque black bag) bonus figure (approx 4" high). They're a mix of characters; I found these:

 

Quamzin

Roy Fokker, standing, formal dress suit

Hikaru Ichijyo, standing, formal dress suit

Minmay, swimsuit

Minmay, dress

 

I have 6 kits, but one was without shrink-wrap and did not include the random figure.

I haven't been able to find a list of figures included in this run of the Zentradi ships. Does anyone know which figures were produced?

 

https://www.macrossworld.com/macross/models/arii/arii_15reissue.htm

[megatron-uk]

I have seen those examples of the pre painted figures, but it seems to be the same set of 6 figures each time (Roy, 2x Minmay, Misa, Hikaru, Max, Miria).

 

No pictures of any other characters - at least Quamzin is in my set which leads me to believe there should/could be more. 

[jvmacross]

43 minutes ago, megatron-uk said:

No pictures of any other characters - at least Quamzin is in my set which leads me to believe there should/could be more. 

Nope...just 8

https://www.macrossworld.com/macross/models/arii/arii_main.htm

15th Anniversary 1/100 and 1/170 Factories
Arii reissues all their original 300 yen kits for the 2nd time. New box art featured, and each kit comes with a small PVC Macross character (8 unique figures total)