There's no small amount of national pride behind Bandai's decision to release this beautiful completed model of the "Hayabusa" MUSES-C probe that became the first man-made object to successfully land on an asteriod, then bring a physical sample back to Earth in June of 2010.
Carefully crafted using photoetched detail parts for realism, this model has several features, including movable solar panels, a red LED to simulate the craft's laser range-finder, a remote control to turn on and off the LEDs behind its ion engines to simulate four different thrust patterns, a removable asteroid particle sample canister, a stand that allows it be positioned in virtually any position, and four different "photo sheets" to decorate the top of the display base.
Please note that the photos shown are of a prototype; the production version may vary.
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