Writer/Producer interviews, 1997

Both of these interviews were recorded during a Votoms event held at Sunrise Studio on November 14, 1997 Writer Soji Yoshikawa It’s not Evangelion, but I think it was ahead of its time Interviewer: Please tell us what made you decide to do Votoms. Yoshikawa: I worked on Mr. Tomino’s...

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Max Factory & Wave garage kits, 1980s/90s

1/24 Blue Knight (vinyl kit) 1/24 Shadow Flare (vinyl kit) 1/24 Zerberus (resin kit) 1/24 Testa Rossa (resin kit) Wave products 1/35 metal figure set 1/35 Blue Knight (resin kit) 1/35 Funny Devil (resin kit) 1/35 Warrior 1 (resin kit) 1/35 Testa Rossa (resin kit) 1/35 Zerberus (resin kit) Full...

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Other garage kits

Presented alphabetically by manufacturer 1/6 Kain McDougal (resin kit), A•TO•RI•EX 1/8 Ronni Shatrait (maker unknown) 1/35 Funny Devil (resin kit), AAS/Junk Box 1/35 Wheel Dog (resin kit), AAS/Junk Box 1/35 Grey Berserga (resin kit), AAS/Junk Box 1/35 Iron Man 1 (resin kit), AAS/Junk Box 1/35 Death Messenger (resin kit), AAS/Junk...

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Kotobukiya One-Coin figures, 2005/06

all of these are PVC plastic, approximately 1/48 scale Set 1 packaging Blue Knight Zerberus Testa Rossa Funny Devil Shadow Flare Death Messenger Set 2 packaging Berserga Super Execution Calamity Dog green version Octova Warrior 1 (two versions) Rectioneter Rising Tortoise Continue to next gallery Back to article

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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 Grabar Grabar 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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