Review: Taito Super Mechanics Arcadia from Space Pirate Captain Herlock

So here is the Taito TV version Arcadia from Space Pirate Captain Herlock. It's made of pretty good plastic material and measures roughly 40cm long. I am sure you are aware that this is the product line of UFO catcher prizes that Taito also sells in limited quantity, I got it at the original retail price of 1500 yen.


It came pretty much complete, all you have to do is to slide in the wings, and the antenna in the front, there's also a jack knife that can be attached to the front tip for executing that special pirate surgical move in battle...It also comes with a stand for display.

It's a pretty good item especially when you take into account of the price, but you can see it's lacking some details and could use an upgrade. I am planning a few simple enhancement on this and the next time you see posting of this ship it will look, hopefully better.

If you missed out on the original release, you can find it on eBay for may be $35 to $50 USD. However, I've got a feeling that the three Taito releases from Captain Herlock (this TV Arcadia, movie version Arcadia and Emeraldas' blimp) will be re-released with lighting...It's just a hunch, cause Taito did the same thing with Yamato and Galaxy Express 999. So if I were you, it may be wise to wait a bit. Also, the Taito releases are all made of plastic, don't confuse them with Aoshima's New Century Gokin version when shopping on eBay. I mentioned this cause I saw a Taito Yamato being sold at $150 USD, when you can get the Chogokin from Bandai for about $200.