Berttt Posted March 8, 2005 Share Posted March 8, 2005 (edited) I found this listing while cruising ebay. Kooky lookin' animal isn't it? http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...ssPageName=WDVW Berttt Edited March 9, 2005 by Berttt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
isamu_dyson Posted March 8, 2005 Share Posted March 8, 2005 i have the harrier version . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
promethuem5 Posted March 8, 2005 Share Posted March 8, 2005 I had that one in a differnt box... fun little kit. Too bad I built it when I was like 11 and totally ruined it. I would love to get anotehr to do up nicely as it is a very nice kit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewilen Posted March 8, 2005 Share Posted March 8, 2005 If the picture on the side of the box is accurate, it's pretty ugly in fighter mode. I wonder what "Megaro Zamac" is all about. It's also interesting that they took not only the Macross idea of a plane with legs, but even the name "Gerwalk". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hellohikaru Posted March 9, 2005 Share Posted March 9, 2005 Was there really a show called Megaro Zamac ? If so had it anything to do with the Holy Froaking head ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
e_jacob77 Posted March 9, 2005 Share Posted March 9, 2005 i have the harrier version . Hi all, OOOOOOHHHH!!! Post some pics of this model PLEASE!!! Is it in the box or finished?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
honneamise Posted March 10, 2005 Share Posted March 10, 2005 Hello all of you! I am new to the MW Forums and now, after some lurking around mostly on the models section, my very first posting seems to be slighty off topic considering that Zamac is of course not Macross. Being from Germany, my first encounter with Macross was in the form of about 20 or so model kits (all Imai, no Arii) our biggest toy store here in Cologne sold in- well 1983 or ´84, I don´t remember exactly. There were 1/100 and 1/72 kits labeled "Macross" and 1/144 kits labeled "Zamac". I loved them all and bought most of them but had absolutely no idea about their origin. Well over the years I learned lots about Macross but virtually nothing about "Megaro Zamac". I always regarded this as the most obscure show ever but a few months ago I learned that Zamac was no series/OVA at all! There is a Japanese site about "fake Gundams" (lost the link, just google these words and you will find it) that mentions Zamac along with a few small box art photos. Although I do not understand japanese this thing was pretty self-explanatory: Zamac is a model series created by Imai just to cash in on the Gundam craze - the license holder for Gundam was of course Bandai so Imai just made similar ooking mechas and sold them under their own made up "Zamac"label. The first five kits were produced in 1982 (so probably before Imai had a license to make Macross stuff). They all resembled Gundam or Xabungle Designs with a little Dougram flavour added to taste. All were two-legged, no Gerwalks then! In ´83 or ´84 they added four more models to the range - and these are a good proof that Zamac was just an exploitation of other show´s designs : The two Gerwalks Phantom and Harrier in 1/100 scale - sold with a sprue of Imai´s Anime figures (the same that come with the 1/100 Macross Factory kits), a 1/144 three-legged design called Run-Valam and the 1/720 (!) Da-Gards which is actually a slightly altered AT-AT! Over the years I have collected some of them (rarely found on eBay but mostly quite cheap with the exception of the Da-Gards) and I must say the ones I have are really cheapos! They look great on the box art but all the details are somewhat simplified and the finished models look very "flattened" especially when viewed from the side. The Gerwalk Harrier looks really toylike and the canopy is not even clear!! Just a solid windscreen, the rest of the cockpit simply has no cover to reveal the pilot. I fear the Phantom will have the same "feature". STILL I have a soft spot for these guys and hope to someday finish some of them. And I REALLY regret blowing up a few of them when making a "special effects"-movie on 8mm back in 1985. Zamac kits may not be regarded as collectables but with Imai gone and no anniversaries or DVD releases to celebrate it seems unlikely they will ever see a reissue. Now I hope I will get the image of the ugly little harrier posted! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeo-mare Posted March 10, 2005 Share Posted March 10, 2005 i used to have these when was younger, i had completly forgotten about these until you guys posted this, does anyone have any pics of the completed kits? i barely remember what they looked like. chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewilen Posted March 10, 2005 Share Posted March 10, 2005 I came across a picture or two while hunting for info...let's see, I found this "Run-Valam" via http://www.coolkits.de/ I think it looks pretty cool, at least in this pic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeo-mare Posted March 10, 2005 Share Posted March 10, 2005 looks alittle like soemthing from Dougram (sp?) it seems hat this series basicly just took a bunch of designs that were out there from other series and swiped it for itself. chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grayson72 Posted March 10, 2005 Share Posted March 10, 2005 Hey, thanks for the great info Honneamise, and welcome to the boards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
honneamise Posted March 11, 2005 Share Posted March 11, 2005 I found another picture of a well built Run-Valam fighting against a Martian War Machine (actually a modified Ideon, but looks right for a Wells`Martian). It is an entry for a Mars-related model competition on starshipmodeler.com. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
honneamise Posted March 11, 2005 Share Posted March 11, 2005 And here is a lousy scan of some other Zamacs from the box side of my Harrier. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Berttt Posted March 11, 2005 Author Share Posted March 11, 2005 Thanks for shedding some light on this subject. Berttt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeo-mare Posted March 11, 2005 Share Posted March 11, 2005 wow that 1/720 scale mech near the phantom in that pic of the other kits looks like a AT AT for sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
honneamise Posted March 11, 2005 Share Posted March 11, 2005 A few months ago I found this piece of 3-D artwork: This guy seems to be a Zamac fan - he really used his skills on this design instead of creating an "original" AT-AT. Unfortunately I don´t remember where this one came from...great adaptation of an adaptation though! And by the way, thank you for the warm welcome, grayson 72! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
promethuem5 Posted March 11, 2005 Share Posted March 11, 2005 I had the Phantom kit... it had colored plastic windows, but It also had an OPEN topped cockpit... like a convertible. Very silly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
honneamise Posted March 11, 2005 Share Posted March 11, 2005 And here is the Gerwalk Harrier in all its beauty. Apart from the sheer elegance of its lines, the already mentioned "convertible" windscreen adds realism and believability Imagine the success of Macross if Kawamori had based the VF-1 on this design!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Berttt Posted March 11, 2005 Author Share Posted March 11, 2005 The Harrier Cabriolet! How else are the flyboys sopposed to shoot down the Gerries and still show the world who's good lookin'. You just have to watch the helmet hair. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Berttt Posted March 11, 2005 Author Share Posted March 11, 2005 And here is the Gerwalk Harrier in all its beauty. Apart from the sheer elegance of its lines, the already mentioned "convertible" windscreen adds realism and believability Imagine the success of Macross if Kawamori had based the VF-1 on this design!! YIKES!!! I don't think we would all be here if thats the case, and macross would have gone the way of Dodo. Berttt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeo-mare Posted March 11, 2005 Share Posted March 11, 2005 ugh not quite what i was expecting, i would hate to see the phantom. i think i would be better off getting a new model plane and kit bashing it with some Valk pieces Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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