{"id":3312,"date":"2026-09-03T14:11:57","date_gmt":"2026-09-03T05:11:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/?p=3312"},"modified":"2026-09-03T14:11:57","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T05:11:57","slug":"a-big-acquisition-of-macross-models","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/index.php\/2026\/09\/03\/a-big-acquisition-of-macross-models\/","title":{"rendered":"A big acquisition of Macross models!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;6a992641c1b85&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"6a992641c1b85\" class=\"wp-block-image size-large wp-lightbox-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" src=\"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Macross-august1-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3313\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Macross-august1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Macross-august1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Macross-august1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Macross-august1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Macross-august1-1320x990.jpg 1320w, https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Macross-august1.jpg 2048w\" 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--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>So when I went to the Winter Wonder Festival in February, my friend Adrian who works for Big West told me that they have a stash of Macross models that model companies give them as free samples. He said that I was welcome to as many as I&#8217;d like, as long as I just pay for shipping cash on delivery. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I was hoping that I might be able to meet up with Adrian <a href=\"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/index.php\/2026\/08\/30\/a-road-trip-to-yokohama\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/index.php\/2026\/08\/30\/a-road-trip-to-yokohama\/\">when I visited Yokohama<\/a> a few weeks ago, but that wasn&#8217;t possible. Instead though, he told me that day that he&#8217;d take pictures of the contents of those three big boxes of Macross kits and give me first dibs on what I&#8217;d like. So I gave him a list of models for me and some friends of mine and on August 25th, I got a big-ass box of Macross neatness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So all of these kits are by Wave. On top is the 1:100 VF-1S Strike Valkyrie. The next row down is the 1:100 VF-1S\/A Super Valkyrie &#8220;Multiplex&#8221; (it can be built as the Valkyries flown by Roy, Hikaru, and Max) and VF-1S\/A Super Valkyrie Battroid Multiplex. Under that is the 1:72 VF-171EX Nightmare Plus and under that is the VF-171EX Armored Nightmare Plus. I&#8217;ve never seen Macross Frontier, but the VF-171EX Nightmare is such an incredible fighter jet, and I now have both versions! When I first saw this Nightmare kit at the All-Japan Hobby Show, I really liked it but I figured that I&#8217;d never get this kit because it&#8217;s so expensive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;6a992641c21cd&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"6a992641c21cd\" class=\"wp-block-image size-large wp-lightbox-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" src=\"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Macross-august2-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Macross-august2-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Macross-august2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Macross-august2-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Macross-august2-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Macross-august2-1320x990.jpg 1320w, https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Macross-august2.jpg 2048w\" 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--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>This is what I sent to my friend Gary in the USA. He got another of the VF-1S\/A Multiplexes, a VF-171EX Nightmare kit as well, and Hasegawa&#8217;s Miria resin garage kit figure, Bandai&#8217;s 1:100 YF-21, and a Hasegawa decal sheet for 1:72 scale Valkyries. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;m sure that the Big West employees are welcome to take what they like for themselves. These are kits that are leftover and I figure that since they&#8217;re just taking up space at their office, I did a favor by letting Adrian offload so many onto me!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So when I went to the Winter Wonder Festival in February, my friend Adrian who works for Big West told me that they have a stash of Macross models that model companies give them as free samples. He said that I was welcome to as many as I&#8217;d like, as long as I just pay &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/index.php\/2026\/09\/03\/a-big-acquisition-of-macross-models\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;A big acquisition of Macross models!&#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,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[56,57],"class_list":["post-3312","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-modeling","tag-macross","tag-plamo"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3312","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3312"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3312\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3316,"href":"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3312\/revisions\/3316"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3312"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3312"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3312"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}