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Category Archives: Yamato 2202 Merchandising

Building the Hachette Yamato, Part 2

Posted on January 22, 2022 by TimEldred
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At last, time to get down to business and actually build this beast. And what a build it is! I photographed the entire process volume by volume in such a way that you could see what it was like, alternating between smooth seas and bumpy roads. Second half added February 2022.

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Hachette design interview, May 2021

Posted on August 1, 2021 by TimEldred
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From Star Blazers/Yamato Fan Club magazine issue 11: Mecha Designer Junichiro Tamamori and Hachette Editorial Director Ken Sato discuss their collaboration on the unprecedented 1/350 Yamato and Andromeda Diecast Gimmick Models published by Hachette Collections Japan.

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Building the Hachette Yamato, Part 1

Posted on June 6, 2021 by TimEldred
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The 1/350 Yamato Diecast Gimmick Model is, so far, the largest and most complex commercially-available Yamato in history. In this series, we’ll go through it piece by piece and see what it takes to put it all together. Before embarking on this massive project, it’s necessary to lay some groundwork and get the big picture.

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Bandai model developer interview, 2020

Posted on November 28, 2020 by TimEldred
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Star Blazers/Yamato Premium Fan Club magazine Vol. 8 featured a new conversation with Hirofumi Kishiyama, Yamato’s product developer at Bandai. He focused on fightercraft and gave us some more insight into the process of creating the products Yamato fans want.

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Yamato 2202 Bandai catalog

Posted on April 22, 2020 by TimEldred
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This is a catalog of all the products Bandai and its subsidiaries released for Yamato 2202, including a roundup of the many hobby shows that took place during that time [4 pages].
Part 1: Model kits | Part 2: Mecha Collection mini-kits
Part 3: Other products | Part 4: Hobby shows

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Yamato 2202 theater goods catalog

Posted on September 2, 2019 by TimEldred
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Other than the chance to see more episodes, one of the things that fans looked forward to with each theatrical chapter of 2202 was a new round of products sold in movie theaters and online. Hundreds of items appeared in multiple categories. Here we collect all of them in one place.

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Space Battleship Yamato 2202 Bibliography

Posted on June 14, 2019 by TimEldred
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The amount of ink and paper devoted to Yamato 2202 falls short of 2199, but what we do have as a result is more focused and more precious due to its comparative rarity. Here is the 2202 library as of July 2019.

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