From: Scott Swoboda
Subject: Merchandise
Ricci Ieong Sze-Chung wrote:
> Besides that, actually, in Japan, there are also calendars of
>LoGH, posters, and also battleship model. do anyone of you bought any of
>such things?
I have seen Walter's great poster, which he was kind enough to scan and
post on the UT LoGH page. Last month, I finally received about 11 kits
of the various battleships, but I still need to find more (My life will
not be complete until I have a 'Hyperion' and a 'Spartanian') I can pass
along their address to anyone who is interested (patience and lots of cash
paid in advance are necessary). At previous Project A-Kon conventions, I
have purchased the "Town Mook" of the first movie, and the TWO Roman Albums
(The second of which I actually got through Nikaku Animart). I also have
three volumes of the "visual comics" which I think Sue used to translate.
Other prized merchandise are my Free Planets insignia patches. These are
the shoulder patches worn by the FPA soldiers to distinguish organization
branches. Among them are the Rosenritters, the standard FPA insignia,
and the "Iselrone Garson Freet" with the dragon encircling the globe
of the former Imperial base. The spelling's not the greatest, so I'm
keeping the hand-embroidered patches on my hand-made costume. I cast all
of the rank badges and fleet-command pins myself, as I don't think they
are available anywhere.
One of the things I noticed with the embroidered patches, was that the
cardboard backing with them has KITTY MUSIC as the copyright holder, but
other backings have this covered over with tape. I imagine that is where
Tokuma Shoten put its foot down and asserted total control of the franchise.
> And from the LD box set, the producer have included the
>battleship and main character information.
Has anyone scanned this, or is this the information on Ming's Homepage?
Regards,
Scott Swoboda