Check out this beautiful MONSTER!
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The interior of the model is made up of 42 transparent decks with the official deck plans (as revised specifically for this model by Rick Sternbach).
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All the info that exists about this is found in a 29-second Japanese commercial. Rick Sternbach is bound by an NDA, so he is remaining tight-lipped on the subject.
By the looks of the box shot at the end of the ad, it comes pre-painted. If it looks like it does in the ad, though, that's magnificent!
Some parts of it look a little boxy, in their proportions, but overall, it's a real beaut.
The price is shown at the end of the video:
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But 790 yen comes out at less than 100 euro, which seems CRAZY cheap, so I'm guessing the symbol beside 790 is a multiplier of some sort... Anyone care to interpret that for the rest of us?
Edit: I just noticed the little (1) on the cover of the box there, and remembered who DeAgostini are! It's a magazine series - one part per issue... crikey, if this gets released over here, DeAgostini might just see some of my cash for once!
Source: Modellers, Miniatures, and Magic