Viceland Posted March 15, 2005 Share Posted March 15, 2005 (edited) Hello Everyone, I was hoping someone could help me in my quest to find the following non-Macross related items, I'll post more things later when I find where I stored the pics: 1. I grew up watching french-dubbed Anime on TV and my two favorites have always been Captain Harlock ("Albator" in french) and UFO Robo Grendizer ("Goldorak" in french). I've been looking for this poster ever since I saw it's picture the cover of a "Paris Match" magazine No.1547 (Jan.'79) my Grandfather brought back from France in the early 80's. I REALLLY want one of these... EDIT: Poster has been FOUND! Magazine cover... Actual poster... 2. I'm looking for a couple of Gunbuster resin kits. I know absolutely nothing about them (rare?, limited event only?, keep dreaming, you'll never find them?), so if you do, feel free to enlighten me. EDIT: No longer looking for Gunbuster kits, gave up searching, but here are the pics anyways so you know what I was looking for... Eltreum... Exelion... Ruxion... I had this awesome kit, but I sold it. 3. I'm looking for this Thunderbirds TB-2 resin kit by Imai, I also know absolutely nothing about this kit other than it's bigger than anything ever released made of injection plastic (I think), feel free to enlighten me about this kit too, especially the scale. EDIT: No longer looking, lost interest That's it for things I'm looking for, for now... The following are things I cannot identify, let me know any info you have on the following: 1. Anybody know what this is? or where it's from? 2. Ditto for her, I see Kaiyodo on the pics but I couldn't find her on their website. I'm gessing this is a variable figure and not a kit. Who is she and from what Anime or Manga is she from? Warning... nudity? MW member Slideshot enlightened us about this (see his posts below), this chick is SMPKo2, or Second Mission Project ko2, from artist TAKASHI MURAKAMI Here's a better shot of the "Cockpit"... sorry here's more of his work. Edited June 12, 2006 by Viceland Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viceland Posted March 15, 2005 Author Share Posted March 15, 2005 (edited) EDIT: Snipped post. No longer required due to new picture posting possibilities. Edited November 15, 2005 by Viceland Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fortress_Maximus Posted March 15, 2005 Share Posted March 15, 2005 Those are some interesting items you have on your list. Oh if you got more, add them to this existing thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orguss01 Posted March 15, 2005 Share Posted March 15, 2005 Wow shes kinda sweet , the variable gal, wouldnt mind getting one aswell, i know someone here has gotta have the scopp on these... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glane21 Posted March 16, 2005 Share Posted March 16, 2005 'dizer poster Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viceland Posted March 17, 2005 Author Share Posted March 17, 2005 (edited) BUMP... 1st post update - swapped magazine cover scan for better quality scan. glane21: Thanks for the poster pic, too bad damage meant you had to trim it, still looks great... Gunbuster Kits... With all the Gunbuster fans posting in this forum, no-one has info on these resin kits??? About that magazine, here's a scan of the first page from the article. If you focus your attention on the picture at the bottom, over Chiaki Imada's head, you can see 3 posters; 1. A Harlock poster (looks like it's from the 1978 series with the blue Arcadia, anybody have info on THAT poster?), 2. A Candy Candy poster , and finally 3. A Goldorak poster I'm looking for... cool edit: Grendizer poster has been FOUND! Still interested in the Harlock poster. Edited June 12, 2006 by Viceland Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted March 17, 2005 Share Posted March 17, 2005 Gunbuster Kits... With all the Gunbuster fans posting in this forum, no-one has info on these resin kits??? I do indeed have info on those gunbuster kits. In fact, I own one of them It took years of searching and watching Yahoo Japan Auctions for me to get my hands on my Eltreum. And even longer to even prove the existance of the Exelion kit! Those kits were made by General Products (Gainax's short-lived garage kit company) in the early 90's. Both are very rare kits to say the least. There's a 1/1000 Luxion also, but it doesn't seem to be quite as rare. They're definitely great kits, if you can ever find them. The sculpts are dead-on, and the casts are rather good for the era. By the way, where did you find those pics of the boxes? And that variable girl... haven't seen that one in years. I only saw pics in a japanese hobby mag once. It's certainly an interesting looking kit... the nose of the fighter mode is her... uhmm... well, let's just say there's a good reason why those pics are blurred out in a certain spot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kanata67 Posted March 17, 2005 Share Posted March 17, 2005 awsome chick!!! Now thats a transforming ride nobody would make fun of! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viceland Posted March 17, 2005 Author Share Posted March 17, 2005 (edited) Those kits were made by General Products (Gainax's short-lived garage kit company) in the early 90's. Both are very rare kits to say the least. There's a 1/1000 Luxion also, but it doesn't seem to be quite as rare. They're definitely great kits, if you can ever find them. The sculpts are dead-on, and the casts are rather good for the era. By the way, where did you find those pics of the boxes? Thanks Valkyrie, I guess I'll hafto be patient if I ever want to find those... Here's the link where I found the box pics, there's a lot of other really cool kits on that page, including an X-9 w/fastpack, and that 1/1000 Luxion you mention... http://usi.main.jp/Musium/Garage/USI_Musium_Character.html Edited March 17, 2005 by Viceland Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viceland Posted March 22, 2005 Author Share Posted March 22, 2005 Bump Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solscud007 Posted March 22, 2005 Share Posted March 22, 2005 I saw that transforming girl plane thing in Japan two summers ago does that help? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viceland Posted March 22, 2005 Author Share Posted March 22, 2005 Absolutely... now figure out a way to digitize that memory into a zip file, host it somewhere and post the link so that all can enjoy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viceland Posted April 3, 2005 Author Share Posted April 3, 2005 (edited) Bump... Here's something else I just found out I REALLY want!!!... Anybody ever seen, or have, this book? or any other WoH Artbook/Roman Album? EDIT: I have FOUND this book, I'll post some scans later I've been looking all over the web for good quality reference pictures of aircrafts from Wings of Honneamise so I can attemp to scratchbuild the main fighter and bomber, what I could find so far is less than satisfactory. Edited November 15, 2005 by Viceland Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Valkyrie Posted April 16, 2005 Share Posted April 16, 2005 Sweet mother of crap!!! I've never seen that book before! And I've been watching Yahoo Japan Auctions for Honneamise stuff for the past year! I must have it!! BTW, I have 1/72 kits of the Lonkeer and Schira-Dow that General Products made back in The Day. They're the top and bottom planes on that book's cover. There's two other Honneamise art books out there that I know of. A B-Club Special, and a This Is Animation, if I recall correctly. So far, I have neither of them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
honneamise Posted April 16, 2005 Share Posted April 16, 2005 Wow! Must have these WoH Books, never knew of them!! And I have only recently heard about the old General Products resin kits, just saw pics of the lonkeer somewhere here on MW, maybe it was even yours, Valkyrie! Sorry Viceland, can´t add any info about the books, but as for the model kits: Right at the moment there are two built-up-resin kits available from Wave, Shira-Dow Fighter and Tainer. Great models but you get a VERY litte plane (1/144) for LOTS of money. Could´t resist to buy one, though. (HLJ has them) It is the trainer and it looks good for the scale but has solid cockpit and no landing gear. Nice panel lines, though. I disassembled it and I am trying to add interior and gear but have not begun yet. Hope I won´t screw it up or all the money will be wasted... Still, I´d rather like bigger model kits but WoH does not seem to be the most popular of franchises. Maybe that´ll change when (or IF) the sequel is out...just hoping. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viceland Posted April 16, 2005 Author Share Posted April 16, 2005 BTW, I have 1/72 kits of the Lonkeer and Schira-Dow that General Products made back in The Day. They're the top and bottom planes on that book's cover. @ Valkyrie: I'd love to see pics of those!!! if you can find them in your huge Stash O' Kits @ honneamise: Thanks fro the tip, I had no clue these had been made, a little too small for me though so I think I'll pass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted April 17, 2005 Share Posted April 17, 2005 Actually, I haven't gotten the Schira-Dow kit just yet. I finally won one on Yahoo Japan Auctions a couple weeks ago, after nearly 2 years of trying (they only pop up every 4 to 6 months or so, it seems). I should be getting the kit in the next week or so. But here's the pics from the auction I won: And here's a quick pic of my Lonkeer: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slideshot Posted April 17, 2005 Share Posted April 17, 2005 That transforming and somewhat needing clothing girl apparently isn't from an anime/magna, but is actually a sclupture poking fun at Japanese otaku (don't ask me how). She's called a SMP ko2. Anyhow, here's a Press release by some place that was displaying it in 2000. I think there are little versions a person can buy, but they were sold out at this place http://www.wakaba.net/murakamifigure.htm I'll search around for some more. Takashi Murakami. Second Mission Project ko2 17.9. - 5.11.2000 P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, 22-25 Jackson Ave. , 11101 Long Island USA Participating Artists: Takashi Murakami (Long Island City, NY, September 8, 2000) – P.S.1 is proud to unveil Second Mission Project ko2 (SMP ko2) in its newly completed entirety. The three-part sculptural installation by Takashi Murakami depicts a life-sized adolescent girl running at full speed, transforming, and taking off as an airplane. All three stages of the "transformation" process are being shown together for the first time as a long-term installation at P.S.1. Second Mission Project ko2 is curated by P.S.1 Senior Curator, Klaus Biesenbach. As a studio artist at P.S.1 in 1994-95, Murakami created and exhibited menacing inflatable giants. These creatures, were derived from Mr. DOB, a cartoon character patented by Murakami and developed into several bodies of work including a line of Mr. DOB products. Murakami’s manipulation and critique of mass-market appeal runs throughout his work including SMP ko2, which is also available as a small do-it-yourself model kit. In addition to being and artist and curator, Murakami is a scholar of contemporary Japanese culture. In 1986 Takashi Murakami became the first person to receive a Doctorate in Nihon-ga from The Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music. Nihon-ga was a style of painting artificially created and sanctioned by the Japanese government in the Meiji Era (late 19th century). Nihon-ga fuses traditional Japanese styles of the Eudo Era with western painting styles. Nihon-ga continues to play a strong role in Murakami’s exacting compositions and the precision of his painting technique. There is a simulated freedom in the expressive gestures of Milk and Cream, (both 1998) which appear to be splash paintings, when on closer inspection they are meticulously rendered. These paintings depict an expulsion of body fluids and set a backdrop for two of his earlier life-sized otaku dolls: Lonesome Cowboy and Hiropon. Hiropon (Heroine) is also the name of Murakami’s studio/factory that created the figures in cooperation with master sculptor BOME. Over-ripe with sexual potency, Murakami’s figures morph licentious otaku anime (Japanimation) dolls into perverse reflections of themselves. In these recent works, Murakami subverts the seductive intent of otaku cartoon imagery to create aggressive super-human adolescents. Second Mission Project ko2 is a continuation of Murakami’s critical look at Japanese otaku culture. Although American audiences may not recognize his gesture as scandalous, to inflate and further exaggerate the sexuality of otaku dolls unmasks the perversity of this new Japanese otaku aesthetic. In this way, the triumphant super-girl of Second Mission Project ko2 becomes the conqueror and antithesis of the discomfort and humiliation experienced by some members of the otaku society as they react to the work. The newly completed phase of SMP ko2 shows a girl in the midst of becoming an airplane. The explosive take-off happens against a reflective backdrop: one of Murakami’s signature splash paintings depicting an ecstatic burst of body fluid. Speaking of PKO2, the prototype for SMPko2, Murakami states, "PKO2 originally started as a project, by expressing a girl valkyrically transforming into an airplane to somehow define a kind of current Japanese sexual complex, which equals a girl, which equals an airplane..." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viceland Posted April 17, 2005 Author Share Posted April 17, 2005 @ Valkyrie: Congrats on the auction win!! and thanks for sharing your pics. I would love it if you could make me some good scans of the parts layout sheet & instructions for those 2 kits, if you ever find the time to do me that favor. @ Slideshot: I really appreciate you sharing that link and that article, thanks!! It would be even cooler if you could find one for me , do you think it'll ever get re-released? - Viceland Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slideshot Posted April 17, 2005 Share Posted April 17, 2005 @ Valkyrie: Congrats on the auction win!! and thanks for sharing your pics. I would love it if you could make me some good scans of the parts layout sheet & instructions for those 2 kits, if you ever find the time to do me that favor.@ Slideshot: I really appreciate you sharing that link and that article, thanks!! It would be even cooler if you could find one for me , do you think it'll ever get re-released? - Viceland This is what I have found out so far from googling various terms connected to the female/plane so far. This figure is outside the "action figure" area and more in the "sculpture/fine arts area." It is called Second Mission Project Ko2, because it is a variation on a prior Ko2 figure she made that resembled a anime waitress. Three variations were produced, i think. The first was the original, and was life sized, and on display at various art galleries. The artist who made it, Takashi MURAKAMI, also designed something for louis vuitton (search for her name on ebay , and a ton of vuitton purses come up). Two other scales were offered, a 1:3.5 and a 1:6:5, each containing three statutes, one in "human mode," one in mid transform, and one in plane mode. They were constructed at her facility called hiropon factory (whose web page has since dissappeared). Each was also limited to 200 made, back in 1999-2000, which means that the prices on these things are somewhat insane. One of the 1:6 were going for around 1800 on ebay - this was more than 90 days ago, as I could only find it through google's cache feature One of the 1:3.5 were expected to fetch somewhere between 500,000 to 800,000 yen at an auction a few months ago, but didn't sell. Like I said, fine art. Here's a picture of what the 1:6's contained (came with the resin pieces for the 1:6 statues, and two t shirts) http://www.kaikaikiki.co.jp/smpkosb/smpko-box/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted April 17, 2005 Share Posted April 17, 2005 (edited) I did some digging through my many directories of resin kit pics (I save a LOT of them from Yahoo Japan Auctions), and I found these First, an alternate box of the Schira-Dow. Looks like the one I got is probably the earlier version. Edited April 17, 2005 by Valkyrie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted April 17, 2005 Share Posted April 17, 2005 And a better shot of the kit's parts. Notice that it comes with cockpit parts for both the single and two-seater Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted April 17, 2005 Share Posted April 17, 2005 And the Lonkeer box that I should have. All of the early GP box art is merely taped to the boxes, so it's not uncommon for it to be missing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kanata67 Posted November 15, 2005 Share Posted November 15, 2005 repost the pic of the transforming girl please. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viceland Posted November 15, 2005 Author Share Posted November 15, 2005 Hey, I forgot about this thread... I was hosting the pics on my ISP supplied web space, 5 measly stinkin' megs, and I had to remove them so I could host some pics of stuff I was selling on evilBay. I guess I can upload them to MW now, so one half-naked transforming girl for Kanata67, coming up! Go back and check my original posts for the pics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viceland Posted June 12, 2006 Author Share Posted June 12, 2006 (edited) Well, I'm resurrecting this little thread for some updates even though it's more than a year old. 1st post update: Grendizer poster FOUND! Honneamise book correction: Bump...Here's something else I just found out I REALLY want!!!... Anybody ever seen, or have, this book? or any other WoH Artbook/Roman Album? EDIT: I have FOUND this book, I'll post some scans later [see pic in post #13] SNIP Actually, my scanner is too small to scan this book without damaging it, so no scans for now.Sweet mother of crap!!! I've never seen that book before! And I've been watching Yahoo Japan Auctions for Honneamise stuff for the past year!I must have it!! BTW, I have 1/72 kits of the Lonkeer and Schira-Dow that General Products made back in The Day. They're the top and bottom planes on that book's cover. There's two other Honneamise art books out there that I know of. A B-Club Special, and a This Is Animation, if I recall correctly. So far, I have neither of them 283645[/snapback] @ Valkyrie: I was going thru some of my stuff tonight and decided to flip thru a few books. I couldn't find the WoH book I apparently "found" (see pic in post #13) and I was getting pissed. So I started flipping thru my WoH B-Club Special when I realized something, the Royal Space Force Mechanical Report isn't a stand alone book, it's IN the B-Club Special!, at the back, or the front, Japanese books are so confusing. I didn't think of your post at the time and never got around to letting everyone know, well now you do. So other than the B-Club Special, and the This is Animation (which I also own), I don't know of any other WoH books either. Edited June 12, 2006 by Viceland Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kanata67 Posted June 12, 2006 Share Posted June 12, 2006 no luck with the sweet girl robot? I was hoping you had found one so you could tell me where and how much Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viceland Posted June 12, 2006 Author Share Posted June 12, 2006 no luck with the sweet girl robot? I was hoping you had found one so you could tell me where and how much 407282[/snapback] Nope, but if I ever come across one of those sets in either 1/3.5 or 1/6, I'll let you know for sure, you perv! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viceland Posted June 13, 2006 Author Share Posted June 13, 2006 (edited) Ok, to recap, the old stuff I was looking for from previous posts... Grendizer "grail" poster: Found General Products Gunbuster kits: Gave up, no longer searching Imai TB-2: Lost interest, no longer searching WoH book: Found ...stuff I'm still looking for... General Products 1/72 WoH kits (Lonkeer & Schira-DOW): Still searching. Did GP make the bomber too? Captain Harlock poster in Paris Match magazine picture (post #6): Still searching. ...and now some new stuff... 1st: Marmit 45cm diecast Grendizer. To be released in November '06. Mail order limited offer in Japan and Hong Kong only. Production run of 300. How the hell am I gonna get one? I don't know yet... and paying twice as much for it on eBay is not an option. Yeah, I realize it's expensive, but it's limited, and 45cm... DIECAST! Anyways, when I look at some of the guys here that spend 4 or 5 figures on 1/48's alone, I don't feel foolish spending this much on a collectible at all Let me know if you can help. 2nd: I'm thinking of starting a small SOC collection. I definitely want the UFO Robo Grendizer and variants (GX-04, GX-04B, GX-04S, GX-04X), but may want the other Go Nagai Super Robots, and variants, in this series as well, such as; GX-01 Mazinger Z GX-01B Mazinger Z Black GX-01R Mazinger Z Re-design GX-01RB Mazinger Z Re-design Black Chrome Version GX-01RG Mazinger Z Re-design Gold GX-02 Great Mazinger GX-02B Great Mazinger Black GX-02R Great Mazinger Re-design GX-06 Getter Robo GX-06M Getter Robo Training GX-07 Mazinger Z OVA Version GX-10 Bossborot GX-10B Bossborot Black GX-18 Getter Dragon GX-19 Getter Liger GX-20 Getter Poseidon Will most likely get most of these on eBay, but let me know if you own any you want to unload at a fair price. 3rd: Looking for Hot Toys Astro Boy figures, regular, Xmas, and Zing (chrome) versions, got leads? 4th: Looking for Macross Plus poster, the same image that's on the movie guide, but I don't know if one was ever made, do you? or More to come... Edited June 14, 2006 by Viceland Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valk009 Posted June 13, 2006 Share Posted June 13, 2006 PM'ed you in regards to the 45cms Marmit! As with the SOC collection, many of them are slowly being re-issued, so better make sure you do not get burnt Hot Toys Astro Boy figure, well, was a limited edition and sold for around US$65 initially. Don't think you will find any less than $100 nowadays Last but not least, the Mac + poster. Not sure if they ever released that pic you have as a poster but I do know they had the DVD promo poster using that same image with Isamu using his hands as the YF-19! If you are interested I will see if I still have that poster in my collection! Andy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viceland Posted June 13, 2006 Author Share Posted June 13, 2006 (edited) Hot Toys Astro Boy figure, well, was a limited edition and sold for around US$65 initially. Don't think you will find any less than $100 nowadays 407493[/snapback] Yeah I know, I figure that's what I'll hafto pay. Last but not least, the Mac + poster. Not sure if they ever released that pic you have as a poster but I do know they had the DVD promo poster using that same image with Isamu using his hands as the YF-19! If you are interested I will see if I still have that poster in my collection!Andy 407493[/snapback] Sure, let's see it! Edited June 14, 2006 by Viceland Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valk009 Posted June 16, 2006 Share Posted June 16, 2006 (edited) Pic of the Mac + promo poster, measures around 40 x 60 cms! Edited June 16, 2006 by Valk009 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viceland Posted July 7, 2006 Author Share Posted July 7, 2006 @ Kanata67: Hey buddy, fellow member Mowe found us a link to a MIB set of SMPko2 figs on Yahoo!Japan, got $1400? http://page5.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/e52731258 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kanata67 Posted July 10, 2006 Share Posted July 10, 2006 @ Kanata67: Hey buddy, fellow member Mowe found us a link to a MIB set of SMPko2 figs on Yahoo!Japan, got $1400?  http://page5.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/e52731258 414303[/snapback] whats that in us? pay the car payment or... I soooooo wan't it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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