RTShark Posted April 1, 2005 Share Posted April 1, 2005 Anyone have any info on these. My friend found two of them. Hikaru and Max. They appear to be the same as (or similar to) these: http://www.macrossworld.com/macross/toys/_bandai_hcmaxj.htm But have Robotech boxes and were released in the US by Matchbox, presumably in the 80s when Robotech was on the air. I have not laid eyes on them myself yet, but my friend tells me they match the picture in the link. Anyone have any more detail on these? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ido Posted April 1, 2005 Share Posted April 1, 2005 http://www.menet.umn.edu/~ngo/robotech_vf-...er_morpher.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ValkyrieFactory Posted April 1, 2005 Share Posted April 1, 2005 RTShark, You mean these? http://www.menet.umn.edu/~ngo/vf-1j_sd_max.html http://www.menet.umn.edu/~ngo/vf-1j_sd_milia.html http://www.menet.umn.edu/~ngo/vf-1s_sd.html These Matchbox SD's are nothing but Bandai SD's re-boxed as Robotech and sold in the U.S. back in the mid 80's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RTShark Posted April 1, 2005 Author Share Posted April 1, 2005 Ido... They're definitely not the Toynami models... but thanks anyways. Valkfactory... Yeah that seems more likely. Thanks for the links. I just wanted to confirm that that's what they likely were. Like I said I hadn't actually seen them myself yet. Are the Matchbox versions at all valuable/collectible? (I know that's the next question I'm going to get, might as well post it now). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solscud007 Posted April 1, 2005 Share Posted April 1, 2005 amazing how the things you already know as fact and history comes up new for some people. Anyway the Robotech version of the Joke Machine (not Bandai SD get the name right) are teh most common and easily found. There are actually 5 made by Bandai. The two missing from the Robotech set are from DYRL which is Hikaru and Max VF-1A. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
combined arms Posted April 1, 2005 Share Posted April 1, 2005 I have two of those Robotech joke machines: the "Max Sterling" VF1J and the "Rick Hunter" VF1S. They're my all-time favorite toys. As a little kid in the early 80s, I bought them with my allowance money. They're beaten up to all hell, but they've held up surprisingly well over 20 years. In fact, even though I collect a lot of Macross, Gundam, Stikfas, and TF toys now, those are the only toys a really "play" with anymore. They sit on my desk and get transformed over and over while I talk on the phone or do my grad school readings. If Bandai reissued them today it would make me happier than when I unboxed my 1/48 Yamato. Neil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JB0 Posted April 1, 2005 Share Posted April 1, 2005 I had a Max 1J when I was little. The chest plate hinge bars broke 2 or 3 times before we quit gluing it back together and threw it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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