More than you think will meet the eye! Kabaya Transformers Gum kits!

[Faust]

One of the great parts about being a modeller is being able to embrace the more esoteric subjects, or kit makers or even kit formats so that the hobby never gets stale. With the explosion of Japanese Sci-Fi and Anime kits in the past decade or so, this has never been more true. However, not every kit made for the the Japanese home market is intended to make it across the oceans to us here in North America.

Just like in the early days, when mech kits were little-known and something of a niche, there are mech kits that, even today, remain largely unknown and unavailable. A perfect example of this are “gum kits”, which straddle the line between a mega-fancy Kinder Egg toy, and a full-on model.

Pushing these even farther are the Kabaya Gum Kits from the G1 Transformers Franchise! Recently, I got my hands of a few of these, and I thought I’d take a look at the God Ginrai kit from a modeller’s perspective, rather than form the point-of-view of a Transformers Fan (which, of course, I also am).

So, for something totally different that you won’t find on too many shelves, check out the kit below, and prepare to wish we had drugstores like Japan does!

https://adamrehorn.wordpress.com/kabaya-transformers-gattai-dx-gum-kits-super-ginrai-godbomber-oob/

[Mike 1017]

My son has a sxxt load of Gundam's. At 30 years old he still builds them. Every year there is always a couple of on his Santas list.

In my neighborhood back in the 60's the local drug store Kutzas sold models and supplies. I just wished that they sold Jo-Han kits

Mike

[Faust]

Heck, I've got over 350 Gundams (unbuilt, and about 110 built) and I still build them!  Just picked up four more today! 

I remember Zellers and K-Mart selling models and supplies, but I never saw a drug store do that up here.