The Legend of the Zentradi Stamp Kit — Part One

It is my pleasure to bring to MacrossWorld a random oddity from the depths of some Japanese guy’s basement.

Yes, it’s the legendary Macross Zentradi Stamp Kit, by Nichimo. I had never seen one in person, never saw a review or anything, struggled to find any data on it for decades, so I figured it deserved its own epic story, complete with a beginning, middle and end.

So, on a rainy day in the Asakusabashi district of Tokyo, three MW guys — Save, Bariaburu Faita and myself — sat down and made some history. Or at least recorded a video for your viewing pleasure.

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Prototype Yamato VF-4G Images Emerge

Originally from GA Graphic, forum regular IXTL posted these latest images which had me reaching for my credit card….

More pics and conversation can be found in the forums.

‘New’ Macross Podcast is LIVE!

And when I say ‘new’ I mean ‘its a few months old.’ There were some server/hosting issues that are now all worked out (thanks a bunch to EXO for all his help!) – so I should be able to get this thing posted a lot quicker in the future. Still, not only do we discuss some of the concerts that happened earlier on in the year, we also have a very special guest in the form of Tim Eldred from Starblazers.com!

As always, any feedback, suggestions or requests are greatly appreciated, so feel free to sound off over in the forums.

So sit back, pump the volume up, and remember, as Save says, ‘Who cares? Aya Endo!’

Bandai Visual: “LEND US YOUR TREASURE!”

OK, now THIS is insane.

http://b.bngi-channel.jp/macross/

As we know, Bandai Visual are including a bucketload of reproduction posters with the Macross: Do You Remember Love Blu-ray Limited Edition box, amongst a ton of other stuff. However, there are some ultra-rare things that they are still trying to hunt down -- AND THEY'VE CALLED UPON THE FANS FOR HELP.

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Hidetaka Tenjin To Attend Otakon 2012

Otakon has announced that Hidetaka Tenjin will be attending this year’s convention.  Macross fans know Tenjin as the artist who provided the gorgeous box art for all of Hasegawa’s Macross model kits (pictured above right) and the mechanical covers for  Macross Chronicle.  Tenjin has also done mechanical art for series such as Mobile Suit Gundam and Space Battleship Yamato.  Otakon 2012 will be held in Baltimore, Maryland and take place from July 27 through July 29.  For more information, please visit Otakon’s website.

OTAKON is a registered trademark of Otakorp, Inc.  MACROSS is a registered trademark of Harmony Gold USA, Inc.  HASEGAWA is a registered trademark of Hasegawa Seisakusho Co., Ltd.  GUNDAM is a registered trademark of Kabushiki Kaisha Sunrise Corporation.

Macross 7 Dynamite 15th Anniversary ‘Projects’ Confirmed

Tacked onto the end of a promotional reel for the upcoming Macross TV and DYRL Bluray Disc box sets at MACROSS: THE DESIGN at Shibuya Parco this week was a few announcements regarding upcoming projects for M7 Dynamite’s 15th anniversary. The odd thing is that these aren’t all directly related to M7 Dynamite and details are minimal at this point in time.

1) Macross 7 BD release – date/price/content tba

2)Fire Bomber Concert – details tba

3) Ozuma Meets Fire Bomber – Macross FB 7 – no details what this is as of yet – possibly a manga spinoff or an animated short? Hopefully its not an Ozuma Sings Fire Bomber tribute album.