Hi Woodsy,
For Halloween, here is another company history from maxsmodels, on the Japanese firm Marusan.
They produced the first plastic kit in Japan, the Nautilus submarine in 1958, pre-dating all the better known Japanese brands.
They did a lot of monster kits, including Godzilla, and various SF craft. I had heard of this company, but had no idea they were so important, or produced so many kits.
Their last plastic kit was in 1975. As always, Max does a great job on these company histories. There are many others on his You Tube channel.
Yours Sincerely,
Paul Adams from New Zealand
Marusan is one of my fave Japan model brands. In the day, I had several of their excellent model aircraft kits, and I still own the Marusan Ultraman model, released in 1968 in the U.S. by Universal Powermaster Corporation, the coolest import company of the 1960s, until Paramount Hobbies came long.
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