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  1. Thanks for posting all these jvmacross, it made my day. One of my favorite aspects of collecting the old Imai/Arii kits has been finding the catalog inserts and various ephemera in the boxes. To see them all in one place is quite a treat!
  2. So, all the offers I submitted were accepted. The individual item prices weren’t bad, but as the shipping wasn’t combined, I ended up paying a bit more than I would have liked to ship a few small model kits domestically. I picked up a few vintage Nichimo and Imai kits to fill in some holes in the collection. Now to sit back and watch Bandai reissue all this stuff over the next few years…
  3. I’m still waiting on my HLJ order (kit and decals) and I reserved it pretty early on. As for the scale, I’m kind of a sucker for anything Macross in 1/100. I will reserve judgement until I have the thing built and displayed. At 1/100 scale and smaller things can get out of proportion pretty easily, just ask anyone that collects 1/144 fighter jets…
  4. Wow. That is great work. I remember picking up a copy of this kit off Amazon, but I went with the basic green soldier type. Who produced the resin parts? You really went the extra mile on this one. Reproducing a set of decals would have stalled a project like this indefinitely for me. Bravo.
  5. This is incredible! Incredibly dangerous… I started searching the ebay listings yesterday after having a few cocktails…
  6. That's some nice work Jasonc! I went through several revisions with mine, trying to get the drape of the tent and the opening just right. I did try to integrally print the paracord or cables or whatever Hikaru used to string the thing up with. It didn't work very well and cleanup of the print would have been a nightmare. My final solution: thin strands of PLA, pulled by hand directly off the printer's nozzle. I cut the 8 best looking ones to length and glued them to the tent perimeter, and then to the central cable that was part of the tent part. The bundle of cables at the top was a little bit messy, but it's hidden behind the Valkyrie's head as it crouches over the tent anyway. I made mine using tinkercad, so it was ultimately a pretty simplistic design, but if anyone wants more info on the tentl or the little LED "campfire" just ask!
  7. Awesome collection. I recognize the Arii kit from the display stand, and is that the Macross Quarter toy in the back? Are the others garage kits? Scratch builds? I bought my first battle fortress last month (a busted up example of the original '84 Bandai toy I'm fixing up). I realized how ridiculous it was to not have an example in my collection. It would be like calling yourself a Star Trek fan and not owning a single starship Enterprise. You sir, are an inspiration!
  8. Awesome find, I love this sort of hobby archeology. How many pieces do you think they would have had to retool to make this a reality. Forward fuselage halves, cockpit tub, new glazing, throw an extra pilot figure in the box. Not to mention the wings and packs. New head. New decals. 20 individual pieces pieces maybe. 25? 35? It would have cost them a small fortune. I want one!
  9. I see some classic Lego greeblies (greeblies?, nurnies?) along the edge of the flight deck. Really amazing work. I'm jealous!
  10. Thanks guys. I'm pretty proud of it. Here are some pics of all the parts. Cults3D has a hand CR2032 battery holder I printed out and attached the LED and a little slider switch to. It just barely fits under the tent!
  11. Hope everyone had a great Christmas! Just before the Holidays I treated myself to the high metal super ostrich, as It has always bugged me that I don't own any depictions of it. It's great, and I love the little pilot figures it comes with, but it just needed one more accessory, so over to my ancient 3D printer to whip up a little tent to display it with. The final result is pretty cute, and it has an LED firelight feature! IMG_3182.mp4
  12. Hello there, do you still have BP-8 part for sale?

  13. Ah yes. Very good. Got my Millia type VF-1J in the mail and I see how the parts break down works. Wonder why the standard types were never re-released? Bandai/Arii dispute? Lost molds?
  14. I can't really be of any help regarding box variations, but I still collect the 1/100 scale variables. I'm just not very diligent about it. I just recently aquired one of the non-super/strike versions after a looong time looking. Does anyone know if these are one of those cases of an injection kit's molds being permanantly modified to produce the up-armored kits?
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