Kitahara World Toy Collection

Purchase Location : Yodobashi Camera 

Purchased Price : 350 Yen

Seller : ZACCAPAP

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. 

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!

Manga Heroes

Purchase Location : MINISTOP

Price : 210 Yen

Maker : ZACCA

It is common for convenience stores in Japan to carry toys. Many of these toys are not only for children, such as this character from a spin-off series of the famous Japanese manga and animation series called Tensai Bakabon. This Animation is so famous that there is even a English Wikipedia page about it (link here).

This plastic figure’s name is Atarou. It is one of a set. The name of this set is Manga Heroes. There appears to be twenty-four different characters, plus a special one, in this collection.

Even though I am not a big collector of plastic figures I was really hoping to get one the characters from Tensai Bakabon called Unagi-Inu (“Eel Dog” in English).

To see more of the character figurines of Tensai Bakabon (and the spin-off series) available from this toy maker take a look at this link.