Collection Appraisal

Jason’s Vintage Model Kit Collection

11 kits catalogued across 3 photographs · prepared September 15, 2026

Conservative$449

Midpoint estimate$730

Optimistic$1,010

Values are for unbuilt kits in the box condition visible in the photographs, sold to collectors (eBay/Yahoo Auctions retail). Contents were not opened or inventoried — completeness is assumed, not verified. A kit found started, missing parts, or with loose/detached decals falls to the bottom of its range or below. Figures are fair-market collector resale, not insurance replacement, and exclude shipping and selling fees.

Where the value is

"Shiho Nadeshiko" — Alpha Statue Series SSIB-002, resin garage kit

"Shiho Nadeshiko" $150–$325

UFO SHADO Mobile $60–$130

M551 Sheridan (Motorized) — Tamiya MT131, 1/35

M551 Sheridan (Motorized) $40–$120

Zollidia (HQ Mobile Suit Variation) — Bandai V Gundam #15, 1/144

Zollidia (HQ Mobile Suit Variation) $35–$90

Plate 1

4 kits · $99 – $235

MiG-25 Foxbat-A — Minicraft / Hasegawa #1130, 1/72

Minicraft / Hasegawa (1978)

Classic late-70s Hasegawa tooling boxed for the US market by Minicraft. Long-box art of a Soviet Foxbat-A. Common kit, re-released many times; the vintage Minicraft box is the collectible part, not the plastic.

Condition as photographed: Box shows shelf wear along the edges; graphics bright.

$12 – $25

Open-box and sealed examples of #1130 sit in the $14–$15 range on eBay; the broader MiG-25 kit market averages far higher only because it includes large-scale and resin kits.

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M551 Sheridan (Motorized) — Tamiya MT131, 1/35

Tamiya, kit MT131 (motorized, RE-260 motor sold separately)

Vintage Japanese-market Tamiya motorized armor — the MT-series boxing with Japanese title text and the 1100-yen price printed on the side. Motorized Tamiya armor is a genuine collector category; the static reissues are worth a fraction of it.

Condition as photographed: Older cream box, edge wear, art clean.

$40 – $120

Sealed motorized Sheridans have been offered around $150; unsealed vintage MT131 examples trade well below that. Static 1990s reissues of the same subject sell in the $30s, which sets the floor.

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T-72G/M — DML (Dragon) #3502, 1/35 Modern AFV Series

DML / Dragon, kit 3502-2200 (1990)

Early Dragon 'Modern AFV Series' T-72 from the first wave of DML armor. Well regarded in its day; superseded by later Dragon and Trumpeter T-72s, so it sells as a shelf kit rather than a rarity.

Condition as photographed: Box sound, light corner wear.

$22 – $45

Sibling kits in the same series (T-72M2 #3501, BMP-2 #3504) list and sell in the $30–$40 band; #3502 tracks with them.

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Lockheed TR-1A — Testors / Italeri #580, 1/48

Testors (Italeri tooling), kit 580, c. 1988

Big 1/48 U-2R/TR-1A spyplane in the yellow Testors box. Includes options for the two-seat TR-1B and the NASA ER-2. A large, hard-to-find-in-box kit that collectors do look for.

Condition as photographed: Yellow box has a visible crease/split across the front panel — the weakest box in the group.

$25 – $45

New-in-box examples sell at $40; the box damage here pulls it toward the lower half of that range.

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Plate 2

3 kits · $205 – $460

V2 Gundam — Bandai V Gundam #9, 1/144

Bandai, 0041383-700 (1993)

Battle Mobile Suit Collection kit #9 from the 1993 Mobile Suit Victory Gundam TV line, with the clear Minovsky-drive parts. Snap-fit, no glue. The title suit of the series, which keeps demand up.

Condition as photographed: Box bright, light shelf rub.

$20 – $45

1993 V Gundam 1/144 kits are actively traded vintage gunpla; asking prices run wild ($55–$379 on current listings) but ordinary sealed #9 boxes change hands in the $20–$45 band.

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Zollidia (HQ Mobile Suit Variation) — Bandai V Gundam #15, 1/144

Bandai, 0042025-500 (1994)

Kit #15 in the V Gundam line, an 'HQ' high-quality mobile-suit-variation boxing with marking stickers. A late, short-run number in the series — scarcer than the hero-suit kits and the one dealers price aggressively.

Condition as photographed: Box bright, light wear at the corners.

$35 – $90

Listings range from $56.95 to $259–$263 asking. Asking prices on scarce gunpla are unreliable; a realistic collector sale sits in the $35–$90 band, with the upper end for a clean sealed box.

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"Shiho Nadeshiko" — Alpha Statue Series SSIB-002, resin garage kit

Alpha, sculpted by Yoshimasa Nakao (中尾嘉將); Masamune Shirow, Intron Depot 2: Blades

The sleeper of the group. Plain blue trade box, screen-printed in red: ALPHA STATUE SERIES SSIB-002 "獅鳳撫子" / SCULPTED BY YOSHIMASA NAKAO. A licensed resin garage kit of Shiho Nadeshiko from Masamune Shirow's Intron Depot 2: Blades artbook — roughly 1/6, ~162 mm, crouching attack pose, cast in multiple resin parts.

Condition as photographed: Box clean, unopened as photographed; resin garage kits should be checked for warp, bubbles and complete part count.

$150 – $325

Issued at over $200 retail and long out of production; Shirow resin from Alpha holds value. Range assumes a complete, un-cast-flawed kit — this is the piece most worth opening and verifying before listing. Confirm the part count against the instruction sheet.

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Plate 3

4 kits · $145 – $315

Shinohara ARL-99B Helldiver — Bandai Patlabor #4, 1/60

Bandai, 0029001-800 (late 1980s)

Original-run Bandai kit from the Patlabor OVA/TV line — the airborne-troops labor Helldiver. Vintage Japanese box art, not the 2019 Good Smile Moderoid reissue.

Condition as photographed: Box solid, small nick at the top edge.

$30 – $65

The modern Moderoid reissue sells at $53–$70, which caps the vintage kit for builders; collectors of the original Bandai boxings pay in the $30–$65 band.

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UFO SHADO Mobile — Imai B-1242-700

Imai, B-1242-700 (1980s boxing of the 1971 tooling)

Gerry Anderson UFO series tracked SHADO Mobile, Imai's Plastic Model UFO Series. Imai went under in 1993 and its Anderson licences scattered, which makes original Imai boxings genuinely hard to find.

Condition as photographed: Box clean and square; classic blue/black graphics bright.

$60 – $130

A new-sealed B-1242-700 has been listed at $124.99 and the kit is routinely described as hard-to-find. An opened-but-complete example lands nearer the $60–$85 middle.

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MS-06R Zaku II, Shin Matsunaga's machine — Bandai MSV No.14, 1/100

Bandai, 0501326-1000, Mobile Suit Variation series No. 14 (1983–84)

First-generation MSV gunpla: the white Shin Matsunaga high-mobility Zaku II in 1/100, made-in-Japan box with the unit badge. An original-run MSV box — not an HGUC, MG or P-Bandai reissue.

Condition as photographed: Box good, light edge wear, corners intact.

$35 – $80

Original 1980s MSV boxings are a collected category in their own right; modern Master Grade versions of the same subject sell at $100–$138 new, which supports but does not set the vintage price.

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Space Shuttle — Minicraft / Hasegawa #1198, 1/144

Minicraft / Hasegawa, made in USA (1982)

Early Shuttle-era kit with orbiter, external tank and boosters. The box carries the odd 'non-authentic' disclaimer of the period. Modellers rate it the least accurate of the 1/144 Shuttles, so it sells on nostalgia and box art.

Condition as photographed: Box worn at the bottom edge; art clean.

$20 – $40

Recent listings run $31–$59 before shipping; $20–$40 is the realistic sold band for an opened box.

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