The Hobbylink Japan homepage (http://www.iac.co.jp/~hlj/) has a product
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announcement, with photos, of 4 Arii kits of alien warships from the
"Macross" anime- All of VERY large vessels, in 1/20000 scale ranging
from 14 cm to 19 cm long, so they'd make good superships. 500 yen each, and
they
each include a 1/20000 (6 cm long) Macross. I've never used HLJ, but
I'm sorely tempted by these.
http://www.iac.co.jp/~hlj/pages/arii/ariscifi.html#Macross
cheers Rob
> The Hobbylink Japan homepage (http://www.iac.co.jp/~hlj/) has a
productannouncement, with photos, of 4 Arii kits of alien warships from
the"Macross"
> anime- All of VERY large vessels, in 1/20000 scale ranging from 14 cm
I Think that these are reprint model kits...
I seem to have a few just like those in a toy box up in the attic.
go figure.
There are few other star ship types models avalible besides Robotech. I picked
up some of the old Captain Harlock ship.
I'll see if I can't find out where they got them.
CMC
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> rpaul@worf.molbiol.ox.ac.uk writes:
> The Hobbylink Japan homepage (http://www.iac.co.jp/~hlj/) has a
It is apparently the 15th anniversary of Macross and there are a whole
lot of kit re-issues in the toy and hobby stores at the moment. I
don't think it is actually that popular in Japan at the moment thought.
Probably just a nostalgia trip like Thunderbirds was a few years ago...
The smallest kits aren't very accurate either, more your plastic toy, than an
accurate model kit.
On a related note, the original videos in Japanese of what you call 'Legends
of the Galactic Heroes' start going on sale here from November 21st. This
Anime was done in 1989, and recently a SEGA game based on it has been
released.