The Thirteenth Hour Podcast #425: Robotech Veritech Bootleg Unboxing and Review

Part 2/2 of a miniseries of making Bandai 30 Minutes Missions robot model kits with my brother.

The Thirteenth Hour Podcast #425: Robotech Veritech Bootleg Unboxing and Review

https://archive.org/download/podcast-425/Podcast%20425.mp3

This week on the show, I talking about a robot I found on Aliexpress. 

If any of you grew up in the 80s and watched the show Robotech, you might recall the first season had an iconic jet that could transform from a plane to a bipedal robot to a hybrid that could hover. One of the Transformers at the time, Jetfire, had basically the same exact design. There were Robotech toys made at the time, but oddly enough, I don’t think they transformed. So if you wanted a Veritech, you had to get a Transformer, and those guys were expensive. They are even more expensive now!  So I recently picked up this bootleg Robotech Veritech fighter and decided to open it and discuss here.  If you were a Robotech fan or ever wanted an original Jetfire Transformer but didn’t have one and don’t want to cough up the exorbitant cost for one now, this is a pretty good option!

Thanks for listening!

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Check out the growing line of Thirteenth Hour toys and other products on the Thirteenth Hour Studio Etsy store (https://www.etsy.com/shop/ThirteenthHourStudio).  There are a number of custom figures from retro films being sold for charity that available there as well.  For example, the hunter action figure from A Shadow in the Moonlight is now done and available on Etsy!

There is also a growing collection of Thirteenth Hour stickers on The Thirteenth Hour Studio store on Redbubble!

Check out this collaboration with past show guest Jeff Finley on handpan: 

Follow along on Spotify!  There is also a growing extended Thirteenth Hour playlist on Spotify with a growing number of retro 80s songs.

Check it out!

As always, thanks for listening!

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