Over the decades sinces its premiere, modelmaking companies across the spectrum has returned to the original mecha catalog over and over to render it in 3D. Here is a comprehensive collection of Earth mecha from mainstream plamo to DIY garage kits.
Presented here is a comprehensive collection of all the Gamilas mecha that has been released in 3-D form from a host of different companies, mainstream plamo and DIY garage kits alike.
There was a huge lineup of early Yamato products for Series 1, almost none of which looked much like the anime they came from. Neverthless, it’s fascinating to look back at the standards and trends of the time and see a different take on Yamato that was all about fun.
Compared with the other villains in the saga, Desslok and the Gamilons weren’t the most powerful or even the best organized. But they endured all the way to the end and their merchandising outstrips that of all others. Here is a complete roundup. [3 pages]
Part 1: The Windup
This series covers the entire history of Yamato model kits. We begin with those released in conjunction with the first TV series, which was just a small smattering in accordance with the risk of any new and untested program.
1998 was the year Leiji Matsumoto returned to Yamato for its 25th anniversary, and the single most important event that happened under his watch was the creation of Yamato games for the Sony Playstation. In every important respect, it was what Japanese fans were waiting for all along.
“The challenge of Typing Warp begins! Enjoy a revival of Yamato’s trip to Iscandar! With new animated footage (both 2D and CG), creative games, and action-packed typing, the Typing Warp computer games had a lot more to deliver than their name might imply. Explore this one, entirely based on Series 1.
Yamato games made prior to November 2007 were played at home, but that was the month Japan’s Fujishoji Co. finally brought the saga back to a place it hadn’t been since 1983: the public square. CR [Card Reader] Yamato Pachinko was a take on the journey to Iscandar which took the interactivity to epic proportions.
Pachinko Slot (Pachislo) is the tricked-out Japanese cousin of the Vegas-style slot machine. The first Yamato Pachislo game was a comparatively simple one released in 2000. Ten years later, Japan’s Yamasa Corporation left that one in the dust with a fully-loaded, state-of-the-art coin muncher.
