Gacha-nen 1/35 Ma. K. kit

In Japan, lots of things are sold in vending machines, including toys. The toys are sold from vending machines called gashapon or gacha-nen for the sound the machine makes. The toys are called "capsule" toys (for the plastic capsules the toys are packaged in) or "blind boxes" because the buyer doesn't know which toy of a particular series will come out of the machine. One of the manufacturers of capsule toys, Kaiyodo, collaborated with Kow Yokoyama to produce 3 series of 1/35 Ma. K. kits to be sold in the gacha-nen machines. This kit is from the 3rd series. 

Contents of the 7cm dia. capsule: a complete 1/35 scale Ma. K. kit, including display base, decal sheet, and instruction sheet. 

The kit consists of 8 small sprues and 3 loose parts (44 parts total), a display base with stand, a decal sheet, and instructions. The parts count is smaller, and the parts are somewhat less detailed than the Hasegawa 1/35 scale Ma. K. kits, but the Kaiyodo dacha-nen kit is about 1/3 the cost of a Hasegawa kit. 

The instruction sheet shows that this particular kit is the Fliege. The models available in series 3 are the Fliege, the Kauz, and the Raptor, each available in 3 different colors of plastic: white, purple, and yellow, and there are 3 different decal sheets in the series. 

The instructions are in Japanese, but the graphics are easy to follow. 

Parts (except for pilot) base-coated. High humidity here means several days for paint to cure enough to handle for detailing, weathering, and final assembly. 

I converted my Ma. K. Fliege from a space soldier to a space construction worker. I turned the weapon arm into a welder, and painted the suit construction yellow. 

The feet can be posed to display the figure standing or flying. I chose to display mine flying. I also snapped the base onto one half of the capsule to make a larger, more stable base.