{"id":1455,"date":"2024-04-28T17:22:16","date_gmt":"2024-04-28T08:22:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/?p=1455"},"modified":"2024-06-19T17:37:53","modified_gmt":"2024-06-19T08:37:53","slug":"hasegawas-big-172-macross-queadluun-rau-model-kit-spotted-in-yodobashi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/index.php\/2024\/04\/28\/hasegawas-big-172-macross-queadluun-rau-model-kit-spotted-in-yodobashi\/","title":{"rendered":"Hasegawa&#8217;s big 1:72 Macross Queadluun Rau model kit spotted in Yodobashi"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;69ea10a3e47a5&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" class=\"wp-block-image size-full wp-lightbox-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"978\" height=\"720\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-async--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on-async--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-async-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" src=\"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/me-with-Q-Rau-model.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1456\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/me-with-Q-Rau-model.jpg 978w, https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/me-with-Q-Rau-model-300x221.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/me-with-Q-Rau-model-768x565.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><button\n\t\t\tclass=\"lightbox-trigger\"\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\taria-haspopup=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\taria-label=\"Enlarge\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-init=\"callbacks.initTriggerButton\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-on-async--click=\"actions.showLightbox\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--right=\"state.imageButtonRight\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--top=\"state.imageButtonTop\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" fill=\"none\" viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\">\n\t\t\t\t<path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M2 0a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v2h1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h2V0H2Zm2 10.5H2a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5V8H0v2a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h2v-1.5ZM8 12v-1.5h2a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5V8H12v2a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H8Zm2-12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2h-1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H8V0h2Z\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Yesterday I went to Yodobashi Camera in Utsunomiya with my friend Lou who is visiting Japan. Here is me in the Macross section of the model department. This is the first time seeing the new Q-Rau model in-person. Wow, what a big box! I have enough Yodobashi points that I could have walked out of the store with this kit without paying for it, but unfortunately I have to buy my daughter a crappy Chromebook for her schoolwork and I will need to use those points on that instead.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday I went to Yodobashi Camera in Utsunomiya with my friend Lou who is visiting Japan. Here is me in the Macross section of the model department. This is the first time seeing the new Q-Rau model in-person. Wow, what a big box! I have enough Yodobashi points that I could have walked out of &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/index.php\/2024\/04\/28\/hasegawas-big-172-macross-queadluun-rau-model-kit-spotted-in-yodobashi\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Hasegawa&#8217;s big 1:72 Macross Queadluun Rau model kit spotted in Yodobashi&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6,4],"tags":[56,164],"class_list":["post-1455","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-anime-manga","category-modeling","tag-macross","tag-modeling"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2422,"url":"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/index.php\/2025\/08\/11\/the-old-legacy-glaug-model-kit-from-macross-by-imai\/","url_meta":{"origin":1455,"position":0},"title":"The old, legacy Glaug model kit from Macross by Imai","date":"2025-08-11","format":false,"excerpt":"I took this old Imai\/Bandai Macross Glaug kit to work on while staying at the in-laws' place for a 4-day summer holiday weekend. 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