Aoshima : Brief history (re-upload)

A quick look at the Aoshima model and toy company. The first upload had a copyrigth issue which I believe I have taken care of with this one.

[@David-ty1xz]

In the early mid 70s being a Navy brat, I lived in Japan on base. We had many toys. One of the ones that were very cool and from what I can remember good quality, were Micronuats. They were an all metal toy robots, shot red missiles as high velocity. Its a miracle my brother and I had any eyes left that worked correctly after our childhood. After we moved back to the States, they accidentally got all thrown away. We must have 20-30 of them.

[@fredhettesheimer404]

Great work on the History of the hobby and model kit companies

[@garfieldsmith332]

Thanks for the information. It just keeps getting better. In Canada Aoshima kits are more expensive than Tamiya even though they have the same importer. The types of kits available are not as great volume is significantly less. Some of their 1/700 waterline ships do have fit issues, and some details are not as good as the Tamiya ships.

[@kittenastrophy5951]

Got 2 kits of Aoshima circa 1995 , Toyota Hilux pickup 4WD 4drs and Toyota Hilux Surf 4wd SSR-X both in 1/24 scale. Only one built, the other is still intact.

[@Gullyrats]

After 22 years of myself in design & manufacturer of Tupperware, I appreciate the Quality of Aoshima my Favourite Manufacturer.

[@4cooey]

Man I'm loving all these videos you're putting out. What a great channel.

[@BaquePhotography]

Ive never seen a video taken down so quickly. Im glad you could re upload it.

[@THEEND123321]

I think they also did a Blue Thunder airship from the movie too.

[@madfire2087]

Aoshima: Makes boats Shizuoka companies: *You have provoked gang war*

[@FastSports-ScaleCarGarage]

Another great video! Thanks so much for all of you hard work, the passion you have for your subject really comes through!

[@maxsmodels]

u 2 sir

[@Jack2Japan]

Content: A+. Music; A+ (I was definitely NOT expecting the Japanese version; but so appropriate). These videos are GREAT!

[@calvingifford9442]

Thanks very much for this! I've always enjoyed their kits - being stationed in Japan for some years before my retirement from the military, I was able to get my hands on quite a few Aoshima kits. True, not as shake'n'bake as Tamiya but nowhere near that price point either. Still have 20+ Aoshima kits in the stash. :-)

[@hertzair1186]

Amazing how you are putting all this data together....thank you!

[@akaneko2165]

The music is priceless! Great job again.

[@13thdukeofwybourne69]

Man, am I enjoying your output right now:) Thanks! Interesting to see that Aoshima must of had a fairly large licencing deal with Gerry Anderson, and not just Thunderbirds, the "Supercar" at 1:20 was from one of G.A's first half hour kids shows, fairly sure I spotted a Captain Scarlet kit in there too.

[@garfieldsmith332]

They got the TB and Scarlet molds and licenses from IMAI when they went under. TB was a big seller for IMAI and were easily found even in Canada. IMAI Captain Scarlet not as much. Apparently, some information says, that IMAI's failure had a lot to do with Captain Scarlet not being as successful. I still have a couple of IMAI TB2 kits in my stash.

[@maxsmodels]

U did

[@seansky2721]

Build a 1/700 Waterline ship model?! YOU?! Aoshima's recent releases are light years from the 1970's originals! Give one a try. I sure would like to see Captain Scarlet's Skybase be re-released. I have one, but the years have not been kind to Her! Another fun vid! Keep up the good work! You're doing a fine job! CEO TLAR Models.

[@sugarhillsrr]

Great job again Max thank you for posting. Can't say that I have ever built an Aoshima kit either, going to look to see if I even have one in the stash.

[@MartintheTinman]

If you were on Scalemates that would be an easy task of a few clicks

[@johnhabovick7163]

I've been building model kits since the 1960s , I have good memories of building a few aoshima kits , great video!

[@REKlaus]

Ya, miss the dimmer switch on the floor, cheap and easy to replace when they died. I did duck and cover drills in elementary school, also life before Air Raid Sirens (now mostly used for weather,) and way before home computers and cellphones. You could get a mobile phone in your car but the electronics hogged up most of the trunk.

[@theneohobbyist]

Cyber Formula (that Asurada AKF-0 kit) has some amazingly beautiful fantasy race cars, and there's a progression in technology (to correspond to the consecutive seasons of the racing formulae / team merging / new designs) as the series rolls on.

[@Eatherbreather]

I do have a car with the high-beam switch on the floor! Also I have been to Dumbleyung many times for work. It's about 250km from where I live and there's a full size replica of Donald Campbell's "Bluebird" water speed record boat there.

[@Paladin1873]

As a young kid I used to watch Supercar, a British marionette show produced by Gerry Anderson (Fireball XL-5, Stingray, Thunderbirds, Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons, UFO, Space:1999). The model shown at 1:21 is a copy of the prop used in the show. I wonder if they ever made models of Stingray, the supersonic submarine, or Fireball XL-5, the rocket ship.

[@TheSilentsama]

Aoshima probably make the best car model kit

[@normanlong2191]

Oh Max i;m loving these more more more !!! Please

[@Ranalcus]

Itasha - aka "Pain cars" covered with giantic vinyl stickers of anime and game characters. Not only cars like Honda and Nissan but LOTS of Ferrari, Lambos and supercars...

[@Ranalcus]

Asurada cars are "Cyber Formula" cars from anime series Future GPX Cyber Formula (1991) Nippako-chan - (that blue haired girl) is a mascot of God Hand company (they make ultra fine nippers) and she is an anthropomorphic nipper (just look at her hair and bow) Roadranger and Mazurka MBT - Is from Techno Police 21C (1982 movie) That "parrot-fish" is a Fling Boat Falco from Future Boy Conan (1978 series) That "green space turd" is Gido-mack from Space Runaway Ideon (1980) a tv series made by Tomino and is quite brutal (kids loosing heads etc.) as Tomino started to be know as "Kill em all Tomino". It could be separated, use those 4 claws and shoot missles from central part (in anime, not sure about model kit) Jump man and Genki Machines were small "pull back" toy cars that you had to build from like 5 parts. Nissan Safari 4WD was from Police Drama - Seibu Keisatsu (1979). They also made model kits from MOSPEADA (one of the series that was "converted" into Robotech)

[@oldbaldfatman2766]

April 4, 2020---Started building models back in '74 when I came back to the states from Panama. Yeah (GASP), it was a time before cell phones, the internet, etc. existed. And people lining up for gas and screaming what a rip off that gas was being sold for 50 cents a gallon. Remember seeing my first electronic calculator and it was NOT small and ran something like $150, maybe more. But Aoshima was producing a lot of 1/72nd scale WW 2 Japanese aircraft kits, along with Hasegawa and Tamiya no one else was producing. THE hardest part about them was trying to find ANY info on them. At the time, think only Famous Aircraft of The World paperbacks were the only ones available and not that widely available. And yeah, got about 30+f them still in my reference stash.

[@davidsirett5560]

1.25 super car was a Gerry Anderson TV puppet show a predecessor of Thunderbirds and captain Scarlett

[@schristy3637]

The anime car(Asurada Akf 0) come from a show called Future GPX Cyber Formula(1991). Like the esp.

[@mrains100]

Thank you for the reload.

[@kl0wnkiller912]

I built their Mad Max Interceptor. A pretty good kit but I had to scratch build / kitbash an engine since it didn't have one. Overall quality was really decent though. I still have that Thunderbirds Auger tank kit somewhere in a box...

[@Edubarca46]

As usual, very good. Have you ever considered balsa kit companies history like Guillow, Cleveland Model and Supply co, Comet Model Hobbycraft a some others? As you know, Guillows is still in business and in the same location ever since it was founded by Paul K. Guillow in 1926. Cleveland Model is also in business but only sells plans and Comet was absorbed by Guillows. Nice histories of aeromodelling.

[@maxsmodels]

on the list

[@farpointgamingdirect]

We missed the fun of "duck and cover", but on bright side, we got Daniel Boone, Adam-12, and Emergency! 😁

[@jimpern]

How about a history video about the Japanese 1/700 Waterline series? An interesting case of model companies cooperating on a kit series.

[@bigcharliesmodelgarage296]

Cool. Thanks for sharing

[@PiperStart]

Have a look at my Aoshima Hayabusa kit on KZbin. They produce excellent kits which I recommend. I also enjoyed making 1/700 HMS Exeter by Aoshima.

[@LonMoer]

Aoshima was the ONLY option for a 1:72 P-63 Kingcobra for 25 years(!). It wasn't good, but it was the only one available.

[@meisenhu2958]

Aoshima is usually considered to be the more nationalistic model company among other Japanese ones with their battle ships, tuner and wild custom "Bosozoku" cars. They've even caused some controversy a couple years ago for releasing 1/32 scale models of Japanese right wing propaganda trucks which did upset quite a lot of people and some shops down right refuse to even sell those kits, but you can still find those on their website.

[@maxsmodels]

very interesting

[@KSFWG]

@@maxsmodels Easy there, Sgt. Schultz... lol

[@popeyeman69]

The music fits perfectly LOL

[@SueBobChicVid]

You're big enough now that the copyright creeps are stalking you. Congrats!

[@maxsmodels]

OH NO, I showed up on big brother;s radar. I'm doomed.

[@JamesSavik]

@@maxsmodels They shouldn't bother you. These model companies couldn't afford to buy the kind of exposure you are giving them for free.

[@SCSuperheavy114]

Love their ships!

[@orangelion03]

Built a few of their 1/12 scale bikes. Not as finely detailed or well engineered as the Tamiya series, but look spot on when complete. Cheaper too. Pretty sure they have an agreement or some arrangement with Kawasaki.

[@maxn.7234]

Same here. I built about six Aoshima 1/12 motorcycles and five 1/24 vehicles. The engineering of Aoshima kits are not as good as Tamiya, and there are definitely fitment issues. Sometimes the location pins don't align properly and the detailing can be muddled. However, with careful building and painting, it's hard to tell the difference between the final product of Aoshima and Tamiya kits.

[@BattleDragon88]

Aoshima sould like cyberpunk japanese megacorporation

[@nickrandles1102]

Been wanting to get into the hobby for years. Well today I saw a little roadside yard sale and I picked up a brand new Aoshima Mercedes SL65G Black series model for 5 bucks. It looks a little tough for a first build but I’m going to try it. Does anyone have any more information about this particular model? Great video as always!

[@JamesSavik]

Question, maybe worthy of a video. How did the model manufacturers decide on the scales like 1/32, 1/47, 1/72, 1/350, 1/450, 1/700??? That has always puzzled me.

[@Habu12]

The newer car kits are fantastic.

[@rCory1945]

👍

[@nikkireborn5923]

Do a review of DML brand

[@michaelnaven213]

Built a few and I liked the overall kit but still not as good as Tamiya.

[@kurthirschfield7596]

The "bad boys" in high school didn't age well. Great vid!

[@maxsmodels]

those that are still alive

[@claeswikberg8958]

All Hail Max

[@maxsmodels]

You may all be seated. :)

[@claudio743]

How about the Otaki story?

[@maxsmodels]

working on it. Not a lot of info

[@AdamMann3D]

3 and a half minutes of credits? why?

[@mrains100]

Why not?

[@maxsmodels]

just having fun

[@forrestgreene1139]

Oh no! What kind of kid builds a metro bus model??

[@maxsmodels]

A kid who rides the bus?

[@forrestgreene1139]

@@maxsmodels Seems like a good reason not to...

[@MartintheTinman]

I can't believe that you didn't show the Mad Max 2 Road Warrior Interceptor kit. It also has four versions. Especially seeing as your name is Max. I'd get one of those kits even though I don't like that version of the car but they're so expensive

[@maxsmodels]

I didn't see one darnit

[@whereisrevell]

Sir, when you do Bandai, don't make it all about Gundam. They did subjects before Gunpla was a thing, like Space Cruiser Yamato, Captain Harlock, Galaxy Express 999 and those highly sought after 1/15 scale German tanks.

[@maxsmodels]

I just did Bandai and I did cover Gunpla but it is not the heart of the history

[@usyachannel]

not A-O-shima. it is pronounced like "ah-oh-shima".

[@stever1412]

Ow - shim - ah

[@jasonpark1574]

It’s ‘Ah’ - oh-shee-ma. Not Ay-oh-shee-ma.

[@maxsmodels]

Thanks That goes in my next corrections video

[@maxsmodels]

That will go in my next corrections video

[@jasonpark1574]

maxsmodels love the content. keep em coming! 👍