[Machine Translation] Special Feature: Space Battleship Yamato: A Chronicle of Plastic Model Models 70s-'80s Targeting middle-aged and older generations, each issue of this model mook features products that the generation with the largest number of active plastic model hobbyists (people in their 40s and 50s) were once crazy about and that are "too new to miss. The magazine is a model mook that features a special feature in each issue, "Too Nostalgic to be New". The first series of "Space Battleship Yamato," which began airing in 1974, had a decisive impact on the evolution of Japanese character plastic models during the boom that began in the late 1970s. In this special issue, we will examine the "Yamato" series by Bandai Models (at that time), which embodied the trend from toy-like plastic models for younger generations to scale model-like nonmovable kits, a trend that has continued to the present day, and re-evaluate the advanced nature of the series in detail.