The Earth Defense Forces were quickly sidelined once the Dark Nebula Empire invaded Earth in Be Forever, but they still had to be designed and merchandising followed. Many model kits were planned by Bandai, but few made it to market since there was no Be Forever TV series to extend the sales window. But fandom did what it does best, bringing neglected designs to life as garage kits.
The Yamato kits shown here are only those released during the tenure of the film. To see the entire vast catalog of Yamatos great and small, click here
Space Battleship Yamato
1/1000 model kit (reissue), Bandai
1/700 cutaway model kit (reissue), Bandai
1/700 model without internal parts, Bandai
1/500 Cosmic Model (reissue), Bandai
Image Model, Bandai
1/350 wood and metal model, Imai
Unmanned fleet, large battleship
Model kit, Bandai
See another finished version of this kit here
Star Blazers edition
1/1000 garage kit, Okayama Modelers
1/2000 garage kit, Okayama Modelers
Mechanical Collection miniature, Plex
Unmanned fleet, small battleship
1/1000 garage kit, TFD
1/1000 garage kit, Okayama Modelers
1/2000 garage kit, Okayama Modelers
1/2400 garage kit, Okayama Modelers
Mechanical Collection miniature, Plex
garage kit, unknown maker
Kodai’s patrol ship
Model kit, Bandai
See another finished version of this kit here
Presidential yacht
Mechanical Collection miniature, Plex
NOT made as model kits: EDF ground vehicles
Bonus
From the Be Forever Yamato Roman Album (1981): Bandai’s prototypes for several model kits from the film. Only those boxed in red actually went into production.
Text near the bottom reads, “These models are wooden prototypes made by Bandai to make plamo.”
