Revell Khyron's Battle Pod

[m***@gmail.com]

Does anyone know if Revell ever produced their kit of Khyron's Battle
Pod? All I know is that it was shown in a catalog, but I never saw the
kit itself. Was it ever sold anywhere? Are there any floating around?

[Stephen Bierce]

Post by m***@gmail.com
Does anyone know if Revell ever produced their kit of Khyron's Battle
Pod? All I know is that it was shown in a catalog, but I never saw the
kit itself. Was it ever sold anywhere? Are there any floating around?

I don't think that subject ever was imported by Revell. I don't think their wares included any
Zentraedi mecha. You might be confusing it with Exaxes, which while looking like a Battlepod
was in fact the Ishforn scout gerwalk from Orguss.

Testors, OTOH, had a Glaug in their series of R.O.B.O.T. (which were 1/200 scale from Nichimo).
There were about 20 kits in this series and Kay-Bee carried these in quantity at about the time
the Robotech TV series aired the first time.

When the initial Macross merchandising was done in 1982, the lion's share of the plastic models
subjects were split between IMAI and ARII. IMAI's 1/100th Glaug pod, IIRC, was reissued around
1990 by Bandai to coincide with the release of Macross II. IMAI has since gone out of business.
ARII's 1/72nd Glaug pod hasn't been seen since its first issue and is very rare now. ARII's
done reissues of their other Macross models on a sporadic schedule over the years, so if they
still have the molds, I wouldn't be too surprised if they brought it out again someday.

Stephen Bierce

[m***@gmail.com]

Thanks! So i can stop looking for it, you think? Bummer, because i
would have liked to complete my collection of Robotech kits. Guess i'll
have to go with the ARII kit...because personally, i like the bigger
scale.

[Stephen Bierce]

Post by m***@gmail.com
Thanks! So i can stop looking for it, you think? Bummer, because i
would have liked to complete my collection of Robotech kits. Guess i'll
have to go with the ARII kit...because personally, i like the bigger
scale.

Completist, eh? Well, I flirted with that a while. Are you just collecting the Robotech models
that were actually seen on the show, or do you include the Dougram and Orguss kits that were
also imported as Robotech Defenders?

http://www.draddog.com/robotech/

This site lists almost all of the Revell imports. Actual Japanese names:

Aqualo -- Mackerel
Ziyon -- Bigfoot
Thoren -- Soltic Roundfacer
Zoltek -- Dougram Jagt
Condar -- Soltic Bushman
Gartan -- Ironfoot
Decimax -- Nikick (from Orguss)
Exaxes -- Ishforn [from Orguss)
Dromedin -- Crabgunner
Sand Stalker -- Desertgunner
Ice Rovers -- Ground Search hovercraft
Terrattacker -- Native Dancer
Armored Combat Team -- Roundfacer + Bromry & Willis Combat Vehicle Set
Strike Force -- Ironfoot + Duey attack helicopter
Assault Squad -- Blizzardgunner + Instead tank
Robot Recovery Unit -- Eyevan
Airborne Attackers -- Bushman + Mavellic transport helicopter
Commando -- Tequilagunner

The Dougram series kits were all made by Takara who still has the molds. They licensed Doyusha
to repress some of them in the late 1990s. The Orguss kits, except for Nebo (ex-IMAI) were all
ARII molds.

Nebo -- Kei type Orguss
Orbot -- VF-1D
Vexar -- VF-1S
Axoid -- VF-1J Miria type
Trigon -- Emaan recovery unit Drifand Dal (from Orguss)

BTW, the 1/170th Factory Module parts, sans robots, were also sold paired with 1/144th jet
fighters as ARII's "Space Tactics" series.

There were more 2-in-1 kit 1/170th scale sets as well:
Recon Team -- VF-1S Battloid + VF-1D Fighter
Ground Attackers -- Armored VF-1A + VF-1J Guardian
Allied Forces -- Armored VF-1S + VF-1J Fighter
Sniper Squad -- VF-1D Battloid + VF-1S Fighter (this and the Search Patrol sets were IMAI kits
whereas all the others were ARII. The IMAI kits are rarer and more potentially valuable now)

And there were two more "tail-ender" Changer Valkyries:
VF-1J Blue Max
VF-1D trainer

My information comes from the Galactic Trade Commission catalog. Hope this helps.

Stephen Bierce

[m***@gmail.com]

Thanks a lot! But I'm only collecting the kits that were on the show.
Shelf space is rare these days (^_^) I'll let you know if i ever do
find one though. Looks like it's not going to happen..

[Stephen Bierce]

Post by m***@gmail.com
Thanks a lot! But I'm only collecting the kits that were on the show.
Shelf space is rare these days (^_^) I'll let you know if i ever do
find one though. Looks like it's not going to happen..

One real problem is that not everything got made in any one scale. You could, for example, get
Armos (Alpha fighters) in 1/100 or 1/72nd to go along with the various Valkyries. But the only
Southern Cross mecha I ever saw (and I own a Red Bioroid) are in 1/48th--and just the Bioroids.
There never were any injection molds of the Hovertank, Logan or Ajax. Nobody ever made an
injection-mold Monster (MAC II) bigger than the Matchbox die-cast toy (which is about 1/200th
scale)...one in 1/72nd scale would be about the size of my printer!

Anyway, best of luck.

Stephen Bierce

[Nev]

Post by Stephen Bierce
One real problem is that not everything got made in any one scale.

How true. For instance: The four Macross 'Destroids' [Tomahawk, Defender,
Spartan, and Phalanx] were all made in 1/100, but only the T, D, and S were
made in 1/72. All the Zentradie pods [Glaug, Regult Standard, Regult
Tactical, Regult Large & Small Missile Launcher] were all in 1/100, but only
the G and RS were made in 1/72.

So wanting to at least keep the 4 Destroids and their 5 Zentradie
adversaries in the same scale [for side-by-side size comparison on my
display shelf]....

Grrrrrr.

[tetsujin]

Post by Stephen Bierce
Nobody ever made an
injection-mold Monster (MAC II) bigger than the Matchbox die-cast toy (which is about 1/200th
scale)...one in 1/72nd scale would be about the size of my printer!

Not true. The Imai Monster was 1:200, and the Arii one was 1:160.

Personally, I'm going with 1:200 for the completist thing and I guess
I'll just have to scratch anything that's not available. I've got all
the Nichimo re-issues from a few years back... I figure turning a
Tomahawk into a Phalanx won't be too hard... though making
Queadluun-Rau and Nousjadeul-Ger in 1:200 would mean total
scratchbuilds... but for injection those are only available in 1:144
anyway.