Collection Set - History of JMSDF Submarines

Purchase Location : Sakuraya

Purchased Price : 319 Yen

Scale : 1/700

Maker : TAKARA TOMY

Star Wars Vehicle Collection 1

Purchase Location : Yodobashi Camera

Purchased Price : 370 Yen

Scale : 1/144

Maker : F-Toys

Here is another great collection set from the maker F-Toys. This is the same company that makes the Star Trek Fleet Collection set that I posted earlier. Now if only this company would make a Stargate collection set!

This Star Wars Vehicle Collection set comes with one (each box) of the six following models in it. 

1. X-WING STARFIGHTER
2. AT-ST and SPEEDER BIKE
3. TIE FIGHTER
4. NABOO N-1 STARFIGHTER and DROID STARFIGHTER
5. ETA-2 JEDI STARFIGHTER (2 pieces)
6. Secret Item (TIE CRAWLER)

As you can see above my box contained the ETA-2 JEDI STARFIGHTER (2 pieces).

If you look at the F-Toys website you can see that they are releasing a new Star Wars Vehicle Collection 2 set. 

Yamato - Cosmo Fleet Collection

Purchase Location : Yodobashi Camera

Purchased Price : 380 Yen

Maker : MegaHouse

Space Battleship Yamato, also know as Star Blazers outside of Japan,  is one of the classic Japanese animations. 

This collection series based on the animation includes the following space craft:

1. Okita’s Battleship
2. Supersize Battleship
3. Space Battleship Yamato Mechanic Ver.
4. Middlesize Carrier Naska
5. Supercarrier Valsey

Even though Space Battleship Yamato is rather old, its popularity still remains. More information about this classic series can be seen on Wikipedia’s Space Battleship Yamato page.

Jet-Black Stealth - Scale Model

Purchase Location : Yodobashi Camera

Purchased Price : 350 Yen

Scale :  1/144

Maker : DOYUSHA

It just amazes me how many scale models you can find in Japan. Of course there are a lot of model kits, but what is surprising is the amount of pre-assembled collector series models available.

This “collection figure” series is called “Shikkoku No Suterusu.” In English that would be “Jet-Black Stealth.” It is a collection of five types of F-117 Nighthawk models and one “Special” F/A 22” model.

I was wondering, what exactly should these type of models be called? I never really thought about it until I started posting about them. technically they are not model kits because the come pre-painted and partly assembled. On this particular model maker’s home page they are called “collection figure.” I personally thought calling them scale models sounds more correct. 

Star Trek Fleet Collection 01

Purchase Location : Yodobashi Camera

Price : 370 Yen

Scale : 1/5000

Maker : F-Toys

When I was milling around the other day in my favorite store Yodobashi Camera I came across this collector’s set of Star Trek ships.

There are six different ships in this collection of pre-made plastic models. When you buy one of these boxes you are taking a chance on what Star Trek ship you will be getting. Even if you buy several boxes they might all have the same ship in them.

The six different ships in this collection are as follows:

01  [1/5000]  U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701-D         

02  [1/2500]  Enterprise NX-01                               

03  [1/2500]  U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701               

04  [1/2500]  U.S.S. Defiant NX-74205                      

05  [1/2500]  U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701 (Refit)   

06  “Secret Item”

As you can see, In this box was the U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701-D. I’m not disappointed, but I was really hoping that it would be the U.S.S. Defiant. Deep Space 9 was my favorite out of all the Star Trek series. 

The quality of this model is quite surprising at such a reasonable price. I guess I will just have to play the “plastic model lottery” in an attempt to get all the ships in this collection!