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這模型是來自橫山宏的 SF3D 系列，亦即是在八六年因與 Hobby Japan 鬧翻而被迫在九十年代末易名為 Maschinen Krieger ZbV 3000 的那個系列。橫山宏與 Hobby Japan 的恩怨我在英文介紹中已略說過，而且不少中文讀者亦知之甚詳，故不再在這裡細表了。當年日東生產的 SF3D 模型在香港甚為吃香，當時自己正開始迷上砌模型，所以已有留意行情。日東出產這二十一款模型中（見下表），有幾款只見過一次半次便再也找不到，更有幾款是連見的機會也沒有。其實就算找著了也沒有錢買，一來那時是求學階段，零用錢有限，二來這系列的售價偏貴，近千日元買來一個四吋高的「機械人」，這不是很多中學生會選擇的玩意。也許是當年那可望而不可就的情意結，亦可能是圍繞 SF3D 的版權官司令整個系列更添蒼桑，故此 SF3D 以 Ma.K. 的名義重出江湖時，著實令人興奮過一陣子。只不過這十年當中日本的經濟滑落，又加上金融風暴，十年前劃時代的模型到今日早被同行趕過，至令日東這系列模型銷情蕭瑟矣。但多年來橫山宏一直把 Ma.K. 撐下去，雖然老拍檔日東黯然退下火線，但他仍能找到模型生產商。繼 Modelkasten 和 Wave 之後，2008 年末長谷川宣布於 2009 年推出這部反重力裝甲機 Falke。
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This model design comes from a Japanese sci-fi series called SF3D, which was renamed in the late nineties as Maschinen Krieger ZbV 3000, or simply Ma.K. In the early eighties, Kow Yokoyama published a series of original sci-fi dioramas on Hobby Japan. The series told a story of an armed conflict on a nuked Earth over eight hundred years in the future. Yokoyama built the models using vast amount of parts from various models and other raw materials but they were put together skilfully with his own style. The series was an instant hit, and Nitto was licensed to release some designs as model kits with injection moulded and metal components. Although Nitto was a small company, the engineering designs were innovative and the products were manufactured with high quality at the time. This is the golden age of SF3D. A copyright dispute erupted in 1986 between Yokoyama and Hobby Japan. This decade-long legal case forbade Nitto from selling any SF3D models, which then became collector items. After the dust settled in late nineties, Nitto was allowed to re-release the models under a new name: Maschinen Krieger ZbV 3000. Unfortunately there are damages on some moulds over the years and not all 21 original kits (see the table below) were re-released. On top of that, the new brand name never performed as good as the old one and the sale did not meet expectation at the time of Asian Financial Crisis. Thus, Nitto retreated from the scene and Wave is now mostly responsible for releasing the Ma.K. models, sometimes using the old Nitto moulds, sometimes tooling new ones and sometimes using both. Eager to establish a footing in the highly profitable sci-fi market, Hasegawa acquired a licence (but not an exclusive one) from Yokoyama in 2008. Its first Ma.K. model kit is this ¢D6200 Antigravity Armoured Raider Pkf.85 Falke in 1:20 scale.
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