Maschinen Krieger • 1998 - Present

Ten years after the demise of SF3D, Ichimura-san began to realize that in his travels abroad, he often saw the kits represented at hobby events. Simultaneously, Yokoyama-san was receiving a stream of SF3D fan letters from abroad, and magazines were featuring the kits. When he connected to the Internet for the first time, Yokoyama-san was amazed to discover SF3D fan sites in Japan, USA, and Australia.

Coincidentally, Nitto was trying to resurrect itself, and asked Yokoyama-san to reissue the kits. He agreed, but Hobby Japan refused. A court decided that Yokoyama-san held the intellectual rights to the designs, but the name "SF3D" was registered to the magazine. Some faithful fans abroad were contacted, and a new name was coined - Maschinen Krieger ZVB3000, which was a term used previously in the series, with the "ZVB3000" added. This name is usually contracted and appears as "Ma.K." (It is also a nod to the Macintosh Computer, which the Ma.K. designers use).

By the late 1990s, Maschinen Krieger, or "Ma.K." was back. Nearly all of the kits saw re-release, and the Internet helped greatly with the series' exposure. Fans outside of Japan relied on Hobby Link Japan and Sentai to get the kits again, and eBay was always a source for the originals. Fast forward to the year 2006, and MaK fans found themselves a little nervous at the sudden lack of kits available. It seems as if Nitto is no longer releasing MaK kits, but I have been told that Wave will be releasing MaK kits from now on - completely retooled, and sequentially, starting with the AFS! Does this mean that we will see everything redone, including rare designs and unreleased designs? No one can say for certain, and I am assuming that it hinges upon how popular the kits are, and how strongly they sell. We are hopeful and eager to buy the new releases, and in the meantime, garage kit enthusiasts continue to produce exceptional kits, and Model Graphix continues to support Ma.K. by showcasing new designs and reports on upcoming kits and figurines in their monthly magazine.