Vintage Kit
I was digging through a storage closet and found another of my early kit models that I bought back around 1982 or '83. I don't know the name of the figure. This kit was purchased at about the same time as my Fang of the Sun kits. Bought them all in a small shop in Little Tokyo, Los Angeles, California.
I decided to use my Poladroid app to mod the photos and give them an old school "feel". The build is old and brittle, so it's missing one of the armors on the gun side.
While being transported to the couch the weapon fell off (wrist joint broke), and eventually both legs followed.
Here's another glimpse into my past . . . I will post photos of the travel damaged build on my blog tomorrow.
Left front view (stage-right)
Right front view (stage-left)
Rear view of the legs
Close-up from stage-right . . .
. . . don't know what this is . . . shield or something . . .
Oblique view from stage-left.
If I had to take a wild guess its an old Robotech Cyclone rider suit from the origional Macross series
http://www.kent.net/robotech/mecha/ref/battler.shtml
Blowsperior. Yellow Belmont (Lancer). Man, you DO have some old stuff.
AFAIK, the US never officially imported the model kits. So you were pretty lucky to have come up with this one way back when.
I agree, having the collection of Harmony Gold's DVD's. That's definitely Lancer. Blue 'n white colors, I think. The forearm shield is actually a power sword type weapon. Worked pretty good for driving into the top of an Invid Trooper, too!! I do remember seeing a few Alpha models, back in the day, ( VF-6?, I think the Shadow Fighter was a VF-7A? ) But I never saw a model for the Cyclone except as a very small 1:35 fig. model. I think those were an old Revell/Tomy/Takara molding, but it's been so long, I don't have any now.. Good luck, and show some finished pics, please.
posted some "damaged-in-transit" photos this morning. My "original" paint was done without looking at the box or knowing what series the figure came from - it was just something to do at the time. I plan to add some battle damage.
hey, thanks for the information - I bought this about the same time as my Fang of the Sun kits in a little shop in Little Tokyo, down Los Angeles way.
Cool figure mate...
So are those thumb-prints a result of the polaroid app or actually present?
Poladroid provides the random careless fingers - good stuff, neh?? did you see the Hasselblad post??
Indeed...
No, I missed the 'Blad. Link?