Both endearing and enduring, the Aurora classic monster model kits refuse to die!

Trigore is ugly and weird and charming in his way.

Revell to re-release classic monster model kits in 2009.

When I turned 15 years old all those years ago, some friends of the family had bought me for my birthday Revell’s Robotech model kit of Orbot, the USA re-boxed version Imai’s variable VF-1D Valkyrie. Due to many circumstances I was finally able to complete the model kit a week ago, which just happened to be my 34th birthday! This is the saga of one VF-1D, changing modeling skills and one of the greatest Macross model kits series ever.