RESIN PUNKS is available now on garagekit.club. 40 pages of garage kit history diving into the depths of ‘80s DIY model kit culture with fan and company profiles, translated material, and lots of photos and images. Video by @space_leech #garagekits #gunpla #resinkit #zine #anime

Demon Zine Shinjuku is available now at @garagekit.club 24 color pages of horror from the age of video #horror #horrorzine #anime #fanzine

Available now on garagekit.club! The ARTMIC Fan Book features over 50 pages about the best kept secret of ‘80s anime; the design studio ARTMIC. These were the folks behind classic titles such as Bubblegum Crisis and Mospeada (Robotech), but also had a hand in designing everything from the vehicles of M.A.S.K. to some classic Transformers. #anime #bubblegumcrisis #mospeada #mecha #animeshop #kenichisonoda #garagekit

Here’s a quick look at the first two Tamago Gundan kits. They’re multi-piece models designs for folks with some experience doing more complicated models (resin clean up, paint, and pinning will be needed) but they’re also designed to be easy to build and should be very doable for folks getting into the hobby. Egghead is four pieces (body, legs, two arms) while Frogfoot is five (body, two arms, two backpack boosters) and both stand about 2” tall. Launching next week at @wonderfestus they will later be available on @garagekit.club . #garagekit #modelkit #resinkit #mecha #gunpla

Here’s another preview of TAMAGO GUNDAN, a new line of original resin kits from Zimmerit and garagekit.club. Channeling that Showa era aesthetic, these figures will come in a few different forms including multi-piece kits and single-piece figures with a keshi-gomu form factor. TAMAGO GUNDAN will debut next week at the inaugural Wonder Festival US in Atlanta, GA (as part of Momocon) and later be available through garagekit.club. The images above are of a close combat shell with the reporting name “Frogfoot.” Credits:
Design & Artwork | @superdeformer Digital Sculpting | @lordofskulls Production | Studio Zimmerit (@space_leech and myself) #garagekit #resinkit #mecha #wonderfestival #superdeformed

For over ten years, Zimmerit has looked at the world of mecha and garage kits, now we’re making our own! Presenting TAMAGO GUNDAN, a new line of original resin kits from @zimmerit and @garagekit.club . Channeling that Showa era aesthetic, these figures will come in a few different forms including multi-piece kits and single-piece figures with a keshi-gomu form factor. TAMAGO GUNDAN will debut next week at the inaugural @wonderfestus in Atlanta, GA and later be available through garagekit.club. The images above are of a combat shell with the reporting name “Egghead” but we’ll introduce you to another design in the days ahead. Credits:
Design & Artwork | @superdeformer Digital Sculpting | @lordofskulls Production | Studio Zimmerit (@space_leech and myself) #garagekit #wonderfestival #mecha #resinkit #anime

We’ll be participating in the very first Wonder Festival US later this month! Swing by to check out our original garage kits, garage kit zines, and more. @wonderfestus is being held as part of Momocon in Atlanta, GA. Video by @space_leech and filmed at the awesome @nightowlvid #garagekits #anime #vhs #wonderfestivalus

More Japanese tabletop books, this time looking at one focused on Gundam. Tsukuda Hobby released over a dozen tabletop strategy games (called “simulation games” by Japanese gamers) of the old school, hex-and-counter variety. GUNDAM GAMES includes notes on those, plus some interviews with ZZ Gundam mechanical designers, a game replay (think old school battle reports from White Dwarf, but without the pretty pictures), and a lot of pages covering Gundam mobile suits that feel redundant and out of place. Simulation games really had a moment in Japan during the 1980s, with heaps released by the likes of Hobby Japan, Tsukuda Hobby, and others. That Hobby Japan released a book about a competitor’s games is, honestly, a little odd. Hobby Japan’s interests in the gaming world lay more with imported Avalon Hill games or original games based on historical conflicts like WW2… plus a couple of SF3D games dating to when that series was running in the magazine. #gundam #gunpla #wargame #hobbyjapan #tabletopgames

Published in 1987, D&Dがよくわかる本 (A Book That Makes D&D Easy to Understand) followed on the Japanese-language release of Dungeons & Dragons a couple of years earlier. Tabletop role-playing games had been around in Japan since at least the early ‘80s, but D&D didn’t officially arrive until 1985. The release of the original tabletop RPG did, however, spawn a number of how-to guides that explained the basics of the then-new game format to Japanese readers. Most famously, when The Record of Lodoss War premiered in the pages of Comtiq magazine in late 1986, Ryo Mizuno wasn’t trying to craft a massive fantasy franchise… he was just trying to explain to folks how to play. Published roughly a year later in 1987, Yukihiro Kuroda’s D&Dがよくわかる本 was intended to do basically the same thing. Inside you’ll find a rough explanation of the basic concepts of role-playing, a guide to creating a character, explanation of key concepts like attributes and classes, and a game session presented in a script format (which is basically what early Lodoss War looked like). There’s some neat art, including some great cover art by Kow Yokoyama [SF3D] of some dragon’s plaging D&D. The adventure inside features characters with familiar names like Darth Vader, Ben Kenobi, and Legolas. #dungeonsanddragons #rpg #ttrpg #roleplayinggame #kowyokoyama

The Japanese translation of Battletech published in the early ‘90s inevitably meant that there’d be fan publications, too. Four issues of MECH POWER recently showed up on Mandarake (and were quickly sold), but this wasn’t the only Battletech doujinshi out there. It’s worth pointing out that the mechs featured are the Shoji Kawamori redesigns as seen in the Japanese boxed set, the classic Battletech ‘mechs not being suitably for use in Japan for obvious reasons. Some of these Kawamori redesigns would later show up in the US in the Solaris VII boxed set supplement. (and in case you’re wondering, no, I wasn’t quick enough to grab these) #battletech #mech #shojikawamori #mecha #gaming

UK folks! @goshcomics has Resin Punks in stock (along with some other Zimmerit books, too!). Good way to save on shipping. #garagekits #animezines #gunpla #zines #resinkit

Back at @stapleexpoaustin ! About to run out of @space_leech ’s Demon Zine Shinjuku, too. #anime #zine #zinefair #smallpress