Hiriyu Posted June 14, 2004 Share Posted June 14, 2004 Ran across this while browsing Ebay. This is an old boot in 1/100. I had one of these back in the old days circa 1984 - it was actually my first valk toy, though I had many of the old plastic model kits. Lots of diecast, but some of the plastic parts were pretty poor. The shoulder and back hinges were quickly broken on mine, within a week or two as I recall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neova Posted June 14, 2004 Share Posted June 14, 2004 (edited) Did Hikaru steal that gun from a Zaku II? Nifty pose though... Quality looks just like my VF-19 Kai/Blazer Bootleg. Edited June 14, 2004 by Neova Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EXO Posted June 14, 2004 Share Posted June 14, 2004 That was my first valk too! I always wondered where they got that gun, Thanks Neova. It was a really good boot with die cast parts. Even the boot legs were better back in the 80s. They sold them for $5 in the swap meet. I bought them even though I didnt know what Macross or RT was yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blaine23 Posted June 14, 2004 Share Posted June 14, 2004 (edited) Diecast makes anything better. Even poorly made bootlegs. I dig those shiny feet! Edited June 14, 2004 by Blaine23 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EXO Posted June 14, 2004 Share Posted June 14, 2004 Even most toys today couldn't compare to the quality of the toy above. *cough*MPC*cough* There was plenty of die cast parts on that boot. The lower legs, the chest and back plate, IIRC. I don't remember the feet on mine being die cast though. But hell, that was yikes! 20 yrs ago... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GRAND CANNON Posted June 14, 2004 Share Posted June 14, 2004 ...Nifty pose though... Yeah......Looks like he's doing the "moonwalk". Definitely '80s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewilen Posted June 14, 2004 Share Posted June 14, 2004 Yup, that was my first, too, except that I think I had a 1S. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EXO Posted June 28, 2004 Share Posted June 28, 2004 Well, I bought it... I wanted this one especially cuz it had that white gun, just like the one I had when I was *gulp* young... it's funny how much smaller it is than I remember. I knew what scale it was, it's just weird to compare it to memory when my hands were a lot smaller. Great bootleg! Nice quality... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeo-mare Posted June 28, 2004 Share Posted June 28, 2004 got any pictures of it along side a 1/48 i would like to see the size of it. chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EXO Posted June 28, 2004 Share Posted June 28, 2004 I'll take pics for you when I get home! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeo-mare Posted June 28, 2004 Share Posted June 28, 2004 thanks i look forward to seeing one of these. it does not look to bad for a bootleg particiarly with all of the diecast, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hiriyu Posted June 29, 2004 Author Share Posted June 29, 2004 I'd like to see those pics too. Congrats on the score, EXO. Definitely hardcore nostalgia material. Thinking about it now, I believe that mine was the 1S version too. Might I ask where the auction ended $ wise? It was about $10.00 when I saw it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EXO Posted June 29, 2004 Share Posted June 29, 2004 I'd like to see those pics too. Congrats on the score, EXO. Definitely hardcore nostalgia material. Thinking about it now, I believe that mine was the 1S version too. Might I ask where the auction ended $ wise? It was about $10.00 when I saw it... $10.50 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zentrandude Posted June 29, 2004 Share Posted June 29, 2004 i saw that on ebay too. to bad it has a funky gun. from the bid history looks like exo did a good bid snipe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EXO Posted June 29, 2004 Share Posted June 29, 2004 Here's the pic... Fits right in, I'd say! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hiriyu Posted June 30, 2004 Author Share Posted June 30, 2004 Cool, thanks - neat to see it again, albeit in a less 'Saturday Night Fever'-esque type pose What did you use for the panel lining on the 1/48? Looks great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phatslappy Posted June 30, 2004 Share Posted June 30, 2004 I guess I must have been spoiled. my first valk was a 1/55 Takatoku VF-1J. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EXO Posted June 30, 2004 Share Posted June 30, 2004 Cool, thanks - neat to see it again, albeit in a less 'Saturday Night Fever'-esque type pose What did you use for the panel lining on the 1/48? Looks great. That's good old gundam markers and alcohol swipies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gerwalk25 Posted July 2, 2004 Share Posted July 2, 2004 I had one of those when I was young. Got mine at the good old swapmeet for 5bucks. My boot valk was pretty sturdy and of decent quality (but not as great as the original HCM's) and I played with it often (luckily not breaking it) touching down on my buddies USS Flagg. Sheeyat, bootlegs don't get diecast nowadays just crappy plastic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CID Posted July 3, 2004 Share Posted July 3, 2004 I had several of those items when I was young. I think I got it from swap meet also. Actually, there were more cheaper ones that were made of 99.9% plastic. This one was what I used to think of as being better made Anyhow, here is some interesting incident I had with this item. Last year around this period, I posted my last plastic and the posted photo one on EBay. Normally, I started the auction at $9.99 and described the items as being made in HK and condition etc...... Anyways, there was this bidder in Japan, who was bidding thru one of those Rinka or bbidding service. I think it was Rinka, so I am going to call it RInka as the bidding service. Thye would email me and ask if I would send it to Japna, the codition, country it was made in, various questions. Well, guess how much the Japanese bidder bought the item for. It went well over $120...... To me it was not worth more than $5. However, there must have been another Macross collector that needed to have everything. ANyways, the payment was received and nice feedbacks were exchanged. TO me it was one of those interesting Ebay experience. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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