Shinsei Archives - PS https://plaidstallions.com/reboot/tag/shinsei/ Reboot Sun, 08 Sep 2019 18:49:35 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 207447804 UFO Commander 7 https://plaidstallions.com/reboot/ufo-commander-7/ https://plaidstallions.com/reboot/ufo-commander-7/#comments Tue, 20 Nov 2018 05:00:00 +0000 http://plaidstallions.com/reboot/index.php/2018/11/20/ufo-commander-7/ As a kid, my grandparents gifted me a Jeek Tunneln for Christmas, on that side of the family I was one of eight, so I always ended up with surprising gifts I initially would question and later treasure, none so much as this toy. The vehicle had no backstory but me being inspired heavily by […]

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As a kid, my grandparents gifted me a Jeek Tunneln for Christmas, on that side of the family I was one of eight, so I always ended up with surprising gifts I initially would question and later treasure, none so much as this toy.




The vehicle had no backstory but me being inspired heavily by daily doses of “Star Blazers” had a crew and a full story arc that summer.


I was shocked to discover that Japanese toy maker Shinsei actually did an elaborate comic book for each vehicle, describing the back story and what everything did. I didn’t see this as a kid but would have enjoyed it.

I think I have a new obsession.

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]]> https://plaidstallions.com/reboot/ufo-commander-7/feed/ 4 6145 UFO Commander Series https://plaidstallions.com/reboot/ufo-commander-series/ https://plaidstallions.com/reboot/ufo-commander-series/#comments Tue, 12 Apr 2011 04:08:00 +0000 http://plaidstallions.com/reboot/index.php/2011/04/12/ufo-commander-series/ I’m guessing this picture might solve a lot of mysteries for folks here. Released in 1976, these wonderful diecast spaceships were readily available when Star Wars hit theatres. As a kid, I had the Jeek Tunnelin vehicle, still have it here in the office. I knew even at 8 that this was some funky toy from […]

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I’m guessing this picture might solve a lot of mysteries for folks here. Released in 1976, these wonderful diecast spaceships were readily available when Star Wars hit theatres.
As a kid, I had the Jeek Tunnelin vehicle, still have it here in the office. I knew even at 8 that this was some funky toy from Asia and wanted to know more about it. It doubled as the Argo when I played “Starblazers” in the back yard, good times…

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