The ’80s HCM series was the beginning of my collecting journey. My old high school friend was the one who introduced me into nostalgia toys. One day he brought a HCM Zeta Gundam for me, and I had been collecting since then.
I choose to collect the HCM series, not only because of my friend. Also because of their release were from the anime that I liked, such as Gundam, L. Gaim, and Macross etc. I was also amazed with how flexible and posable those HCM figures were back in those days. Therefore the HCM series is my first collection.
Unfortunately, I cannot show any of the HCM figures or other toys that I had in my earliest collecting years. Cause those are all gone as I had quit collecting for a few years. When I was back into collecting 2nd time around, one of my first series to go for again is the HCM. But this time with a “Pro” go after it. A successor of the ’80s HCM series.
The original HCM series is a 1/144 scale line, and the HCM Pro series is in an even smaller scale of 1/200. Although the figures are tiny, the amount of details in those figures are crazy. The posabilities are a day and night difference from HCM. The tampo printing is a trademark of the series.
Here are the HCM Pro Gelgoog just to shown how good Bandai’s craftsmanship can be on this tiny 4″ figure:
