1/55's revisited

[Shawn]

I was wondering, once sticker-fest is completed, has there ever been any thought to how these things were packed from the factory?
Meaning the stickers went here, the catalog there, the heatshield in styro hole X, the VE-1 antennas in slot Y
I know its probably impossible to ever know, having box opening videos on youtube wasn't a thing in the 80s ha

Hmmm...now THERE is a fun experiment to do with these AI video generators!
Walk into a Japanese Toys-R-US and see the shelves filled with Super Ostriches and you take it home for a box opening video!

[nightmareB4macross]

1 hour ago, Shawn said:

I was wondering, once sticker-fest is completed, has there ever been any thought to how these things were packed from the factory?
Meaning the stickers went here, the catalog there, the heatshield in styro hole X, the VE-1 antennas in slot Y
I know its probably impossible to ever know, having box opening videos on youtube wasn't a thing in the 80s ha

Hmmm...now THERE is a fun experiment to do with these AI video generators!
Walk into a Japanese Toys-R-US and see the shelves filled with Super Ostriches and you take it home for a box opening video!

I have put in some thought on where certain items were originally placed, but can honestly say it was never consistent. Many times even the contents provided were slightly varied. Even the sticker sheets would be packed in the Battroid tray folded in half, above the missiles, sometimes under the instruction sheet. Other times the sticker sheet is played flat and free roaming in the box. Or sometime folded in half and slight nudged into the longer crevice near the legs of in some instances in the strike/super pack tray und the bagged missile cluster clips with Minmei.  It was all very different.

[Shawn]

Right...but that's the point. All the valk boxes we ever open have been put back together by the previous owners who did it their own way.

The closest thing I've seen were those case fresh strikes from 15 years ago.

Just find it hard to comprehend that of the well over 1 million 1/55 toys that were made finding MIB sealed doesn't exist. Maybe in another 20 years when all the Japanese gen x start having their estates sold by their kids we will see some, but I'll be gone too!!

 

 

 

[jenius]

While I'm sure there's plenty of 'who knows how the first buyer put it back in the box' I think there's also 'it was the 80s and the only rule at the factory was that all the contents had to be in the box.' 

[nightmareB4macross]

25 minutes ago, Shawn said:

Right...but that's the point. All the valk boxes we ever open have been put back together by the previous owners who did it their own way.

The closest thing I've seen were those case fresh strikes from 15 years ago.

Just find it hard to comprehend that of the well over 1 million 1/55 toys that were made finding MIB sealed doesn't exist. Maybe in another 20 years when all the Japanese gen x start having their estates sold by their kids we will see some, but I'll be gone too!!

 

 

 

I am very sure they do, but have yet to surface.

it seems there are a few collectors who have stashes of Takatoku items in sealed cases. Last example known was from last year when a buyer/seller from AZ was selling case fresh exemplar items of Orguss in two scales amongst other gems. I mean mint, real mint, Ruth out of a master case kind of throng.

While it seems we may not know the answer know, rest assured time will deliver on what we seek. Just not soon enough or fast enough.

Really hoping AgentGHQ was around to chime in.

[nightmareB4macross]

21 minutes ago, jenius said:

While I'm sure there's plenty of 'who knows how the first buyer put it back in the box' I think there's also 'it was the 80s and the only rule at the factory was that all the contents had to be in the box.' 

This may be true but also inconsistent. Many “mint” items always seem to be “missing” original items from catalogs of the correct time, stickers, and instructions.

It’s just a matter of time.

[Shawn]

I'm certainly not the Takatoku guy 'round these parts, my middle name is 'Sprue'
But when I went through my hundreds of model kits before ebay and the like appeared (meaning all store bought) I never had a missing decal or instruction sheet.
In fact the Nichimo kits often have an 'inspector' label in some of the boxes.

I'll be the first to say my world is a SUPER small sampling, and might not even be directly comparable, since the model kits all come in sealed bags thrown into boxes vs Takas that have all loose pieces layered and taped in, but I don't think the Japanese manufacturers in the day were as careless as we may think looking at the current, often 'frankensteined from various sources' inventory found in the markets today. Just my 2 cents!