Legends of the Galactic Heroes... WOW!

Hello Skipsters: I just got back from GEN CON! (I'll post my POV on this
later.) While I was there I met Dean Gundberg, as well as other members of the
mailing list. Dean had made me (and Mike Miserendino) a copy of the first 8
hours of the "Legends of the Galatic Heroes" series. This is something I've
been waiting a long time to see, so when I got home after the first night I
popped it into my VCR and watched........I was spellbound! The story is
fantastic, the ships look great, and the fleet combat sequences where
breathtaking. I love this show. If only some
enterprising individual could bring it to the states, the anime/sci-fi
crowd would be eternally greatful. Right now I am pondering on ways to create
LotGH rules for Full Thrust. In fact, Musashi Enterprises (the guys who make
the Star Blazers minis and game), has LotGH minis in the works along with a
fleet combat game. If Musashi can get them out by Gen Con 98, there could be
a LotGH/FT game in the the schedule.
BTW, while I'm on the subject, I heard that there is a LotGH mailing list.
Does anyone know how to subscribe?

Later,

> Mark A. Siefert wrote:
Dean had made me (and Mike Miserendino) a copy of the
> first 8 hours of the "Legends of the Galatic Heroes" series.

> ....I was spellbound!

In Japan this is quite old and called 'Ginga-Eiyu-Densetsu'. ..... there
are 29 VHS tapes of the series in the local video rental store (!!!)........ (
all in Japanese only of course)

> The story is fantastic, the ships look great, and the fleet

There was/is a company making resin models of the ships from this
series, each from 2" to 6" long...... the prices started at 5,800 yen each (
$US50!) for the small ones.... makes metal minis look cheap.

For a short time, here is a picture of the ALBA resin kits....