MECHWARRIOR MODELS

There have been some in the past.  I recall a vinyl kit of a Mad Cat in the distant past; ARII did a few kits from Macross (the designs were ripped off and used in the original Battle Tech games) years before Battle Tech came out.  I had a few of the FASA metal miniatures back when I could actually find real people to play the game. ^^

Yamato recently released some toys from Macross that look really good...

Defender

Tomahawk

Perhaps the new video game coming out will spawn some new kits, but I doubt it. *sigh*  I'm with you, I really wish they would make some kits from the games.

m@

You might want to take a look at Fusion Models "Heavy Gear" & "Jovian Chronicles" kits. 

http://dp9.com/fusion/index.htm

http://dp9.com/fusion/scifimodels.htm

batmancustoms wrote:

great looking models.  looks like the Warhammer if not mistaken.  Loved that game.

Yes... Tomahawk = Warhammer, Defender = Rifleman

I think those were my two favorite.

m@

The old Imai(?) Macross 1/100 scale Tomahawk kit is currently avaliable boxed by Bandai.

The Tomahawk (Warhammer) and Defender (Rifleman) were available in 1/200 (Nitto) 1/100 (Arii/Imai) and 1/72 (Arii/Imai) scale kits. The "Tactical Pod Glaug" (Marauder ?) was also kitted in 1/100 by Imai) and 1/72 scale by Arii.

Bandai also put out some of the kits I believe.  Also there was Aoshima and a couple other companies that put out kits that were used for Battletech.  The series Dougram gave you the Battlemaster, Wolverine, Thunderbolt and a few others.  From Crusher Joe came the Locust and a couple others.

A couple years ago I found a Arii Monster at a contest and picked it up cheap.  This became the Behemoth or Stone Rhino.  The original design changed somewhat after Battledroids became Battletech.

very cool I love the Atlas to!

Watchmann wrote:

batmancustoms wrote: great looking models.  looks like the Warhammer if not mistaken.  Loved that game. Yes... Tomahawk = Warhammer, Defender = Rifleman I think those were my two favorite. m@

I built one of those for my kid.  Fool that I was I put a cockpit into it using a 1/32 Russian K-36 ejection seat, replaced the front of the left missile pod with a new front with empty tubes and gave it a paint job of the Blood Spirits 1st Keshek with decals from Fighting Pirannah Graphics.

There was a fit roblem with the LRM pods and I never did get them lined up quite right.

I too built the Horizon Hobby MadCat when I had my tonsillectomy and didn't have much to do but lay there and recover. Finally got it all done, In fact I even filled the entire model with hot glue I had heated on the stove and slowly poured into it. It made a really solid and nice model, and huge too!

 Then the morning train came by our house. We lived only about 50 yards or less from the train and it would shake the house even a little. Crappy rental! The vibration was just enough to shake the madcat off the computer tower it was sitting on and it nose dived into the ground and shattered into a ton of pieces. It was just to much work to put it back together. At least I have the pics of it. 

Horizon Madcat

 Lucky I still have my armorcast madcat below that I built over one christmas. I even found a glass display case at Michaels to keep it in. Love this baby, i'll never part with it :)

If you like the older Battletech mechs now "unseen" you could look for the Macross Destroid kits in 1:200/1:100 and 1:72 released by Bandai/Imai/Arii etc

http://brianscache.com/unseen/

Here is mine, A 1st Federated Suns Armoured Cavalry Marauder 3028. The kit is the 1:200 Bandai/Testors Zentraedi Officers Pod from Macross (Robotech). I used Fighting Piranha decals.

http://www.s205409446.onlinehome.us/Gal4/3401-3500/gal3452_MacrossOfficersPod_Johnson/00.shtm

Hi, does anyone have one of these to sell. I am looking for the Horizon Models Vinyl BattleTech Mad Cat model kit? Many thanks.

-Chris

Oh how i wish they would bring out all the mechs from mechwarrior

Boy that would be a hit to the wallet

Oh, man. Don't even mention it.

Usually I wouldn't even consider a $60+ model but about a year ago I bid well into $170+ for an armorcast Resin Mad Cat and lost. The winning bid was about $215

Talk about a wanted subject. I loved the PC games and read few novels. I've found that what I don't like about gundams is they look too human and what I really want is a massive machine made for war.

I think 1/100 Defender and Phalanx are available at HLJ.