Bandai Super Mini Pla models, 2019/20

All of these are 1/48 scale injection-molded plastic Set 1 packaging (see an unboxing video here) Blue Knight Death Messenger Shadow Flare Set 2 packaging (see an unboxing video here) Berserga Super Execution Zerberus Wheel Dog Set 3 packaging (see an unboxing video here) Testa Rossa Calamity Dog green version...

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Volks resin kits, 1997-present

1/24 Kain McDougal Early box style for 1/24 models 1/24 Blue Knight 1/24 Calamity Dog green version 1/24 Calamity Dog red version 1/24 Funny Devil 1/24 Rectioneter 1/24 Shadow Flare 1/24 Berserga Super Execution 1/24 Testa Rossa 1/24 Testa Rossa, Votoms Fair 2 edition 1/24 Warrior 1 1/24 Warrior 1...

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Mechadoll garage kits, 1992-96

All of these are 1/60 resin kits with metal parts Blue Knight Clever Camel Calamity Dog green version Calamity Dog red version Satellite FSX-1 Satellite FSX-2 Howling Bear Grabal Grabal Knobby Gazelle Normal Dog Pot Belly Rising Tortoise Shadow Flare Testa Rossa Warrior 1 Zerberus Octova Fear Dumbbell Continue to...

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CMs toys, 2006-09

All of these are PVC plastic, somewhere between 1/35 and 1/24 scale Blue Knight Berserga Super Execution Death Messenger Funny Devil Funny Devil metallic version Calamity Dog set Scopedog, Blue Knight version Shadow Flare Warrior 1 Triple pack, weathered versions Zerberus Zerberus metallic version DX Zerberus (larger size)    ...

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Blue Knight Berserga

Armored Trooper Votoms had a built-in advantage when it came to storytelling opportunities: enormous scale. With the entire Astragius Galaxy as a backdrop, it could literally go anywhere. And it didn’t take long to figure that out; six months after the TV series ended, the first spinoff appeared. I discovered...

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Naochika Morishita art gallery

Naochika Morishita Artworks, Steel Man 森下直親画集 鋼人 129 pages, color and b&w Futabasha, 2007 Naochika Morishita Artworks 2, Steel Demon 森下直親画集2 鋼鬼 130 pages, color and b&w Futabasha, 2017 Follow the artist on Twitter here Back to the hub

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Shining Heresy video packaging

VHS Vol. 1: March 1994 / VHS Vol. 2: May 1994 VHS Vol. 3: July 1994 / VHS Vol. 4: September 1994 VHS Vol. 5: December 1994 LD Vol. 1: May 1994 LD Vol. 2: July 1994 LD Vol. 3: September 1994 LD Vol. 4: November 1994 LD Vol. 5:...

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Armored Trooper Votoms video catalog

The Votoms TV series has been released many times in just about every video format (except Beta), and when you count in all the various compilations and OVA spinoffs, there’s a LOT to keep track of. It also ascended during the heyday of home video, which meant each release got...

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Votoms Video, TV Series & compilations

Armored Trooper Votoms Vol. 1, Stories from the A.T. Votoms A one-hour compilation of the entire TV series. VHS: June 1985 / VHD: July 1985 / LD: June 1986 Armored Trooper Votoms Vol. 2, Highlights from the A.T. Votoms Another one-hour compilation, this time including all the “next episode” teasers....

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Votoms Video, OVAs

The Last Red Shoulder VHS: August 1985 / VHD: September 1985 First LD: July 1986 Second VHS: June 1991 / Second LD: August 1991 / DVD: February 2007 Big Battle VHS: July 1986 / VHD: August 1986 First LD: December 1986 Second VHS: June 1991 / Second LD: August 1991...

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Votoms Video, Box Sets

The many different LD Box sets are the most extravagant Votoms products you can get, festooned with art and the most deluxe packaging ever created for the series. Laserdiscs are now antiques, but the boxes they came in will never go out of style. Perfect Collection Toshiba, October 1990 The...

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