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                        Hasegawa's Macross series

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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, October 19, 2004 7:54 AM
                        QUOTE: Originally posted by Aurora-7
                        So there's hope...........................?Shy [8)]


                        Very little, IMO, IMAI is gone with their molds and licences being sold to Aoshima who seems to be doing NOTHING with them(see "new" Space 1999 & UFO diecast releases)
                        ARII also doesn't seem to place much eomphasis on plastic models anymore.

                        All the japanese toy-makers(Takara, Arii, Aoshima, etc) seem to be pulling out of the plastic model game(exception being Bandai of course and they only seem to care about Gundam and Studio Ghibli stuff)
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                        Aurora-7
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                          December 2002
                        • From: Connecticut, USA
                        Posted by Aurora-7 on Tuesday, October 19, 2004 7:24 AM
                        QUOTE: Originally posted by cobywan

                        Anything that has a Bandai label is made from molds bought from Imai and Arii.




                        So there's hope...........................?Shy [8)]

                         

                         

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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Monday, October 18, 2004 8:55 PM
                        The 1/72nd Regult was by Imai. Every joint on the legs were moveable. Even the little dueclaw thruster was a ball and socket joint. The Glaug was done my Arii. It had polycaps ans was really heavy with thick part walls.

                        Anything that has a Bandai label is made from molds bought from Imai and Arii.
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                        Aurora-7
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                          December 2002
                        • From: Connecticut, USA
                        Posted by Aurora-7 on Monday, October 18, 2004 2:08 PM
                        I've seen the 1/72 battlepods on E-bay go from $50.00 to $100.00. I was hopping for a Bandia re-issue back when they re-released the 1/100 scale kits. I thought I heard that Bandai acquired the Imai molds.

                         

                         

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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, October 17, 2004 7:38 PM
                        QUOTE: Originally posted by out04

                        Are they hard to get now? I did the officers pod years ago, but I've never built a battlepod.


                        Yes, they can be a bit tough to get hold off now, your best bet will be e-bay or a good 2nd-hand kit shop.

                        Most of those kits were originally release 15+yrs ago and the reissues were few.
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                        out04
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                          September 2003
                        • From: NC
                        Posted by out04 on Sunday, October 17, 2004 7:23 PM
                        Are they hard to get now? I did the officers pod years ago, but I've never built a battlepod.
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, October 17, 2004 7:14 PM
                        QUOTE: Originally posted by out04

                        I have a battroid on order right now. Who made those 1/72 battlepods?


                        Bandai did the officers pod, Arii did the Regult and other pod versions.
                        I think IMAI also used to produce a few.
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                        out04
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                          September 2003
                        • From: NC
                        Posted by out04 on Sunday, October 17, 2004 7:04 PM
                        I have a battroid on order right now. Who made those 1/72 battlepods?
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, October 17, 2004 6:07 PM
                        QUOTE: Originally posted by Mikeym_us

                        but it would be nice if they did battlepods at least in 1/72 scale


                        I build a few of the older 1/72 Battlepod Kits, not bad they can still be had at times. The 1/100 version is more common and covers more of the pod types:
                        Scout, Light attillery, Heavy attilery, Soldier, etc.

                        After having build the hasegawa Battroid, I must say while the detail was outstanding i was not too impressed with the overall kit.
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                        Mikeym_us
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                          March 2004
                        • From: Kincheloe Michigan
                        Posted by Mikeym_us on Sunday, October 17, 2004 6:02 PM
                        but it would be nice if they did battlepods at least in 1/72 scale

                        On the workbench: Dragon 1/350 scale Ticonderoga class USS BunkerHill 1/720 scale Italeri USS Harry S. Truman 1/72 scale Encore Yak-6

                        The 71st Tactical Fighter Squadron the only Squadron to get an Air to Air kill and an Air to Ground kill in the same week with only a F-15 http://photobucket.com/albums/v332/Mikeym_us/

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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, October 17, 2004 4:04 PM
                        QUOTE: Originally posted by cobywan

                        Hasegawa entered the sci-fi model genre the mid eighties with the Operation Omega line of transformable kits.


                        I remember that series, but I don't think it sold as well as it should have.
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, October 17, 2004 4:01 PM
                        Hasegawa entered the sci-fi model genre the mid eighties with the Operation Omega line of transformable kits.
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                        out04
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                          September 2003
                        • From: NC
                        Posted by out04 on Sunday, October 17, 2004 3:57 PM
                        Well I was very glad to see them. They could do a lot worse than expand the series further.
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, October 17, 2004 3:24 PM
                        Mikeym_us Is right till the first Macross kit was released they did mostly planes with a few cars thrown in.

                        I was a bit shocked when they announced that they will enter the SF genre with the Valkyries, so given their little experience in SF kits ...
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                        Mikeym_us
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                          March 2004
                        • From: Kincheloe Michigan
                        Posted by Mikeym_us on Sunday, October 17, 2004 8:20 AM
                        Hasegawa rarely makes 1/48 scale sci-Fi so maybe if you and several other people contact Hasegawa and ask them to make 1/48 scale macross items.

                        On the workbench: Dragon 1/350 scale Ticonderoga class USS BunkerHill 1/720 scale Italeri USS Harry S. Truman 1/72 scale Encore Yak-6

                        The 71st Tactical Fighter Squadron the only Squadron to get an Air to Air kill and an Air to Ground kill in the same week with only a F-15 http://photobucket.com/albums/v332/Mikeym_us/

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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, October 16, 2004 5:36 PM
                        No plans so far, but I doubt it.
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                        out04
                        • Member since
                          September 2003
                        • From: NC
                        Hasegawa's Macross series
                        Posted by out04 on Saturday, October 16, 2004 5:10 PM
                        Does anybody know if they intend to release 1/48 valkyries or battlepods?
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