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Does the outside of the Gundam Assault Kingdom box let you know what's within? Or is that a total blind box guess?

 Kid_Kyoto wrote:
Could you be thinking of the 1/200 scale one? It was about Chimera sized.

Who makes this kit? That may be perfect for what I'm looking for.
(I'm a little behind on who-makes-what-for-Macross/Robotech)

 JohnHwangDD wrote:

 Kilkrazy wrote:
There used to be a plastic injection kit of the Monster. I think it was 1/100 or 1/72 scale.

This guy?

Unfortunately, the Bandai 1/200 scale kit has been out of stock for quite a while.

@ Fugazi that's the one I have, Bandai makes it and there was a re release 2-3 years back. Not sure how widely available it is.

Have one of those

@Kid Kyoto, thanks. I've seen that around here and there. Hopefully I can pick it up.

Looks like it's OOP again. The best prices I can see are $50+ on ebay and amazon. But you might get lucky.

Maybe I should have saved mine ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

 Kid_Kyoto wrote:
Looks like it's OOP again. The best prices I can see are $50+ on ebay and amazon. But you might get lucky.

Maybe I should have saved mine ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

If only someone would launch a kickstarter based around models and a epic scale wargame. They could call it Robotech Something Tactics and... oh.

Wargame? What is that? It would just be nice to have a set of models in matching consistent scale.

 JohnHwangDD wrote:
Does the outside of the Gundam Assault Kingdom box let you know what's within? Or is that a total blind box guess?

It's not a blind box, the model is on the front, the back has small print that says what items (like wpn and sabers) is with the model and a small display of all the models in that series (there's 4 mobile suits per series).
All models come with stands that the model can either stand or be posed in flight (fits within large skimmer bases), (stand is possible and can attach to different parts of the model).
Check them out, don't know if there is a website to order, better check Google (though it will prob be in japanese)(better check out amazon..that way you can see peeps selling previous series as well). Good hunting

Oh, cool. I'll have to look a bit.

Thanks!

Better act fast to get them though. HLJ might still have some. It seems like Bandai may be ending the line soon. There haven't been any numbered waves for quite some time. They've just been slowly releasing "EX" sets every few months and those have gone from large, unique figures like the Kshatria, Quin Mantha, and Psycho Gundam to just being repaints like the Gundam Mk. II or the Unicorns. It's a shame too, because the line was fairly decent. It even had a few choices I didn't expect to see, like the Hammarabi. Overall quality was pretty good and it was nice having a cheap, highly poseable line of Gundam figures out on the market.

I did more digging and it looks like the nominal scale is 1/240? That's quite a bit smaller than a 5" 1/144 HG kit, to say nothing of a 7" 1/100 MG. Overall, kind of like a small action figure, than a small model kit. Hm..

That would be because they are small action figures. They're about 3 inches or so tall.

I'll have to do some digging. I had one of the MacIII monsters in diecast from 25+ years ago, only the barrels were plastic. I just wish I had bought the Beta fighter from Robotech, I have the Alpha (has a broken wing), but waited too long on the beta fighter. My cousin got the cyclone motorcycle while I was away and I never saw it again .

Don't feel bad, you didn't actually miss the Beta. There was no Beta toy until the early 2000s. Gakken, the company that made the Mospeada toys never actually released the Tread/Beta. At least, never in large numbers. For years there had been rumors of it being released, but there was never any proof. It turned out that only a few samples made it out to the public and I want to say that those few samples only showed up in France of all places. The Gakken Mospeada Tread/ Robotech Beta toy is one of those incredibly rare Holy Grail type items.

In the early 2000s, CM's Corp released Legioss/Tread sets in all three color schemes as did Aoshima. Both are still findable, though the CM'S version is supposed to be of better quality.

 Theophony wrote:
I'll have to do some digging. I had one of the MacIII monsters in diecast from 25+ years ago, only the barrels were plastic. I just wish I had bought the Beta fighter from Robotech, I have the Alpha (has a broken wing), but waited too long on the beta fighter. My cousin got the cyclone motorcycle while I was away and I never saw it again .

Matchbox released diecast destroids including the Monster in the 80s, sounds like that's that you have. It's the smaller brighter Monster in this picture.

 JohnHwangDD wrote:
Does the outside of the Gundam Assault Kingdom box let you know what's within? Or is that a total blind box guess?

Yes, whats on the cover is in the box.

But be warned, I have just about all of them, and the quality varies from wave to wave. Some individual models are really nicely done, others, not so much. If you are curious about a specific one let me know, I have just about all of them.

I just dropped some money buying Sega Evangelion toys, so the AK models are going on the back burner. No biggie, thanks.

 JohnHwangDD wrote:
I just dropped some money buying Sega Evangelion toys, so the AK models are going on the back burner. No biggie, thanks.

Something like these Evangelion figures? Or the human variety?

My guess would be the fully articulated ones rhey did in the mid 90s.

Barzam is correct! I got the classic Sega Evangelion Real Model toys like these:


Point of trivia - the Sega Eva RM toys are the same scale as the Bandai Eva LM-HG kits. Except cheaper and pre-assembled and pre-painted But they don't have the rubber-covered arms.

 Kid_Kyoto wrote:
Looks like it's OOP again. The best prices I can see are $50+ on ebay and amazon. But you might get lucky.

Maybe I should have saved mine ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Get it from Amazon Japan?
http://www.amazon.co.jp/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_c_0_3?__mk_ja_JP=%E3%82%AB%E3%82%BF%E3%82%AB%E3%83%8A&url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=hwr-00-mkii&sprefix=hwr%2Caps%2C256

Yep, those are the ones I was thinking of. I think those may have been the first actual Evangelion action figures. I'd wanted to get them at the time, but never did. I'd wanted the Virtual On figures they did at the same time as well, but never got those, either. It's hard to believe that it's been almost 20 years since those toys came out and that it's been more than 20 years since Evangelion came out.

They pop up on eBay and such from time to time. If you are watching, you can score unboxed figs at good prices.

I really enjoyed playing VO way back when. It would be really cool with VO controller sticks.

Nah, no need these days. Toy and tech has improved significantly since then. If I wanted decent Evangelion or Virtual On stuff, Bandai, Kotobukiya, Kaiyodo, Wave, and even Hasegawa have all put out really good stuff. Kotobukiya scratched my Virtual On toy itch back in 2004 when they released their Virtual On One Coin action figure line, anyway.

Now, what I really want is for Kotobukiya to go back and do Front Mission kits again. Back before they became one of the big plastic kit manufacturers, back when they were a garage kit company, they had a really cool Front Mission line, very much in the same vein as their current Armored Core one. The kits looked great and they were fully modular, just like the Armored Core stuff. The plastic toyline they made was great and all, but I still really crave a nice, high quality model kit line.

Ha! I remember those FM kits.

I kinda wonder if we might get Rune Masquer kits again. They have something of a timeless quality.

It looks like Assault Kingdom may not be entirely dead after all. The toyline name definitely is, though. It seems that Bandai is rebranding the line from Assault Kingdom to Universal Unit.

The action figures are 3.34" tall, fully articulated, and apparently include some decals. It looks like the special "build-a-figure" stands are gone though. Instead, it looks like we have some higher quality sculpts and paintjobs. Decals also seem to be a thing in this line.

First wave lineup has 4 unique sculpts with two versions of each:
-RX-78-2 (The Origin style) - with bazooka and shield
-RX-78-2 (The Origin style) - with rifle and shoulder cannon
-MS-06S Char's Zakue (The Origin style) - with Bazooka
-MS-06S Char's Zakue (The Origin style) - with anti-warship rifle
-Gundam Barbatos 3rd form - with maul
-Gundam Barbatos 4th form - with cannon
-RX-78-NT1 Alex - with rifle and shield
-RX-78-NT1 Alex - with Chobham armor.

Hopefully this pic will work.


Looking closely at the pics, the Barbatos has the same ankle joint that the Assault Kingdom line used (it's very unique) which is what leads me to believe that this is basically just a continuation of it under a different name.

From what I read, they're going to be candy toys, just like Assault Kingdom. Don't know if they're blind boxed, but I doubt it. Word has it that they're going to retail for 500 yen apiece. Release is planned for July.

What amounts to an EX release, just like they did with Assault Kingdom has also already been announced. Like with the Assault Kingdom EX releases, this is going to be a bigger unit. In this case, it'll be the XI Gundam from Hathaway's flash. Retail price is expected to be around 2,700 yen or so.

Again, hopefully the pic will work.


The XI Gundam has been oddly popular ever since the Gundam Fix figure. It was largely unknown prior to that. I wonder if we might eventually see Hathaway's Flash brought into official canon via anime adaptation? I kind of hope not since it's depressing as all hell.

Well, at least they're doing more RX-78 and Char's Zaku, in case someone missed them the first zillion times around...

To be fair, The Origin's versions of those suits are actually a bit different. Apparently Bandai put out an English announcement about this line. Only two things of note, really. One is that the figures are entirely ABS plastic, which is that nice rigid stuff. No PVC, which Assault Kingdom and the Hybrid Action line before it used. The other thing of interest is that silhouettes were shown for two more EX releases: the Penelope (also from Hathaway's Flash) and the Psycho Mk. II.

Sure, I know. The Penelope is a nice design, and would look great next to an Ex-S Gundam.