MACROSS VF-1J 1/60 ARMORED VALKYRIE ARCADIA SIGNED AUTOGRAPHED SHOJI KAWAMORI

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DESCRIPTIONSUp for sale is the Macross 1/60 scale VF-1J Armored Valkyrie collector toy by Arcadia. I bought this new and I think I have never opened it, maybe just to check the items. This item is signed by Sensei Shoji Kawamori. He is the creator, director, writer for many of the Macross series especially the original Macross anime and movie. He is also the original designer of the Valkyrie mechas. Prior to this, as a young designer, he also helped to create the design for the Diaclone mechas, which eventually became the Transformers characters such as Optimus Prime. I got his signature at Anime Expo 2016. I have no signature authentication document and they did not allow us to take any pictures. But I do have the autograph stand-by ticket with his name on it along with my expo entry badge. In the picture, the signature looks pretty decent. But if you actually see the item in hand, the signature does not look that great. He writes his signature with big strokes so the paint couldn't keep up. The signature is pretty thin and diluted with bunch of marker blotches. Above his signature, he wrote "Yak Deculture" in Japanese which came out pretty good. If you do not know what it means, look it up online. This was my first time meeting him and it was awesome for me. As for the condition of the box package, there is a bent wear on the edge read more