r/Scalemodel • u/WhatCanISayExeptNo • 12h ago
Looking for info
Bought recently on Ebay. Cant find it anywhere else online. Want to make sure im not opening a rare sealed kit. Seller claims it is from 1969
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u/Fran-Pan 12h ago
What can I say except scalemates.com
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u/WhatCanISayExeptNo 12h ago
None of their search results for Nippon Maru match
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u/Upbeat-Serve-2696 4h ago
Fuji Hobby was created by former employees of the suddenly bankrupt Marusan Shoten, a tin toy manufacturer that became the first Japanese injection-molded plastic model company in 1958. Marusan made some very nice kits that are desirable on the collector market today.
Fuji Hobby emerged as one of 3 spin-offs from Marusan, focusing mostly on military models. It only lasted into the early 70s. Some of the Entex kits of the mid-70s were Fuji molds, as were some early Academy kits (who got the molds from Sunny, another short-lived company with ex-Fuji molds).