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Though the Max/Myria version is not available, the VF-1S Roy Fokker Strike/Super Valkyrie is available from HobbyLink Japan.
Macross Swings like Ole Blue Eyes
Perhaps it is a thing born out of a certain age, […]

Though this exact model is not available, the Roy Foker Special Strike version is available from HobbyLink Japan.
The Jet Set
In a previous build for the SDF-1, I noted that both Kawamori Shoji and Kazutaka Mi […]

Though this kit is not available from Hobbylink Japan, there are two in the same range:
The 1/100 Led Mirage with Napalm Launcher and 1/100 Led Mirage with translucent armor.
The Ubiquity of Originality
In part […]

Though this kit is not available from Hobbylink Japan, there are two in the same range:
The 1/100 Led Mirage with Napalm Launcher and 1/100 Led Mirage with translucent armor.
That Fine Line Betwixt Genius and […]

Available from HobbyLink Japan

On the Road to Dakkar…
In the early stages of the One Year War of 0079, the Zeon forces quite clearly had something of an advantage in units, despite smaller fleets and overall […]

Available from HobbyLink Japan

Fifth Time Lucky?… Nah!
Born to runner up. That seems to be the story of my life.

I suppose it is the price one pays for working as a contract figure and model maker when one is […]

Getter Robo: Getter 1 by ThreeZero – Available from HobbyLink Japan

Made in Hong Kong
Today, we all recognize that 90% of anything we buy in the West will have been made, at least in part, in China – for reasons […]

Getter Robo: Getter 1 by ThreeZero – Available from HobbyLink Japan

Getter Thee Hence…
Getter Robo is one of the most memorable borderline Super Robot anime series created in those transition years between the […]

Cadging a Lift…
In part one, BP hinted at the influence of the NASA lifting body program in the development of this shuttle, and it is easy to see why.

Lifting bodies are essentially craft, most often […]

The Original Eagle 1B models by BP Taylor for Wonderfest 2011
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“It is difficult to say what is impossible, for the dream of yesterday is the hope of today and the reality of tomorrow.” Robert H. G […]

1/20 Ma.K. Pak Krote by Wave – Available from HobbyLink Japan

The Real Ma.K Daddies!
Ma.K is more than models, more than a narrative, it is a community built over the decades around designs which wear their […]

1/20 Ma.K. Pak Krote by Wave – Available from HobbyLink Japan

Kitbashers!
Yokoyama Kow is one of the masters of kitbashing: that noble hobby art of taking all manner of gubbins from a variety of model kits and […]

Super Robot Chogokin Giant Robo THE ANIMATION Version by Bandai – Available from HobbyLink Japan

A Child’s Toy No More
“I did not mind so much that people might have wanted to update the robots in Giant Robo. […]

Super Robot Chogokin Giant Robo THE ANIMATION Version by Bandai – Available from HobbyLink Japan

Gentle Giants
It is one of the terrible facts of fandom that, by the time he died in 2004 following a fire at his […]

Comet Impact
At the end of the 1980s, with money finally in my pocket (from actual work), I found myself beginning to pay more and more attention to the SF models, toys, and books which had been beyond my reach […]

EXTERMINATE!
Who would think that a hoard of giant condiment sets that (until the late ’80s) could not even climb stairs would turn out to be some of the most potent, and enduring SF villains?
Even in that […]

Moebius Model Kits at Hobbylink Japan

Makers of the models!
When the original Voyage to the Bottom of the sea film was commissioned as a main feature by Fox, the studio threw at it all they could in terms of […]

Moebius Model Kits at Hobbylink Japan

Master of Disaster!
Irwin Allen was a producer responsible for some of the most important Film and TV fantasy creations of the 1960s and 70s, including such legendary titles […]

Armored Core – 1/72 Type-Lahire Stasis Re-Release – Available from HobbyLink Japan

More Answers Than Questions
A direct sequel to Armored Core 4, ‘For Answer’ was released in 2008 for the PS3 and XB360, and […]

Armored Core – 1/72 Type-Lahire Stasis Re-Release – Available from HobbyLink Japan

Generation X2
As the 1980s turned to the 90s and gaming technology crept out of the 8-bit days of the NES, the one thing that […]