man.... I started in 87 , 88 , in PERU , everybody was crasy about the show !!! ROBOTECH , i had a cousin that was very fortunate , he had the 1/144 vf-1s valkyrie , the orguss/nikick , and a bunch of star wars figures and vehicles. i was full of envy! anyways , when i came to the states , i bought my first toy in ebay , which was a bandai/sdf-1 , with no box , but in excellent condition , and the rest is history , i now have a bunch of toys , aprox. 30 robots , cousin : 0