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[arpadokay]

Hi everybody.

 

Just wanted to drop by and let you know I got some great new finds in the Ultraman action figure/kaiju monster toy department. The cream of the crop:

 

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1983 Kanegon

 

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1989 Satan Beetle

 

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1994 Powered Dada

 

As always, all figures are $10 each and available to ship to the US via

http://etsy.com/shop/hollywoodmirror

This lot makes it over 30 tokusatsu action figures in the shop. Plenty of other stuff too- just posted some more anime soundtrack vinyl, Toei plush, etc. Cheggitoot.

Edited by arpadokay, 26 June 2015 - 10:54 AM.

[steverotters]

Hey, do you have access to any of the Takara Tomy / Panda Ana gashapon figures from Japan?

 

Fruit Zombies

Fat Cute Soldiers

Green Green Army

Statue of Liberty

The Thinker

Zoo Zoo Zoo

 

 

There's about 6 or 8 others.

Edited by steverotters, 26 June 2015 - 11:02 AM.

[Draznar]

Satan Beetle? Is that for real?

Because if so, that is awesome.

[bachamn]

ultra-kanegon.jpg

1983 Kanegon

I have a keshi version of this dude, now I know his name

[arpadokay]

TBH I don't see much contemporary stuff, a little bit of TOMY bust mostly BANDAI odds n ends. I put about a tenth of what I go through online and the rest goes in the brick & mortar store.

 

That said my boss is always looking for new stuff to import so I will talk to him about gashapon toys (he has mentioned wanting to get a machine for the store) and if I make any headway I will post it on LRG.

 

Satan Beetle is totally canon. Ultraman monsters have bonkers names and even more ridiculous backstories. Oh the things you'll learn doing this job.

[steverotters]

Gan Q for president!

[TinyPink]

Great stuff, dude.  Good ol' goofball Kanegon.

 

Love that Satan Beetle design.

 

I'm negotiating now for a lot of around 50 Ultra kaiju from Japan.  Here's hoping!  

[BaltanII]

That Satan Beetle is actually from the long ago era of 2007. Vintage 6" Satan Beetles are either bright orange with white sprays on the limbs, a darker grey body with chrome sprays on the limbs, or the more recent all-black with chrome gold sprays on the limbs. The reason for the confusion is that Bandai's vinyl molds more or less remained in use for years. Every so often, certain ones get retired, but Bandai is fond of bringing them up. At least, until Bandai decided in 2013 their Ultra vinyl lines would get a downgrade to the Ultra Hero 500 and Ultra Monster 500 lines in their smaller 5" scale.

 

Similarly, the Kanegon isn't a 1983 original but I can't pinpoint the exact release as closely. It's most likely one of the late 90s or early 00s figures given the appearance and the use of more than one metallic spray.

[TinyPink]

That Satan Beetle is actually from the long ago era of 2007. Vintage 6" Satan Beetles are either bright orange with white sprays on the limbs, a darker grey body with chrome sprays on the limbs, or the more recent all-black with chrome gold sprays on the limbs. The reason for the confusion is that Bandai's vinyl molds more or less remained in use for years. Every so often, certain ones get retired, but Bandai is fond of bringing them up. At least, until Bandai decided in 2013 their Ultra vinyl lines would get a downgrade to the Ultra Hero 500 and Ultra Monster 500 lines in their smaller 5" scale.

 

Similarly, the Kanegon isn't a 1983 original but I can't pinpoint the exact release as closely. It's most likely one of the late 90s or early 00s figures given the appearance and the use of more than one metallic spray.

 

You know your stuff, man.  

 

I still have a few of my childhood monsters, purchased from Circus World in the early 80s.  Black King, Bemster, and a few others.  There is a lot to love about the rudimentary earlier Bandai sculpts, but they really started knocking it out of the park as the years went on.  The best part?   Most of those Tsuburaya monsters can easily be had for $5-$20 each!  Even deeper discounts for guys like me, that don't mind some paint loss and in some cases Japanese kids' initials.  

 

"Warning sir please!  Monster haves some paint damages old playtime please know this things!  Yes, OK?"

[arpadokay]

I am just going by the date stamped into the foot. My experience is that the represses will have an original date on one foot and a repress date on the other foot. Since all these fellas only had one date stamped into them, I figured they were the real thing. That would explain why I have multiple paint jobs of Alien Metron with the same mold and same year stamped on them. Is it an affront to collectors if I feel that $10 is a fair price for any pressing of the toy?

[BaltanII]

Unsolicited though it was, I only provided my commentary for the sake of information and assistance in better identifying your wares, nothing more. It's nothing to do with calling your prices into question.

 

Bandai has an alternate means of distinguishing the press of a figure in recent years, which you will probably see on one of Satan Beetle's feet as one or more dots, up to four in a diamond pattern. Satan Beetle's been around the block long enough that there might only be one. I don't think I own a 2007 Satan Beetle to check myself. Kanegon might or might not have the same markings, depends how old he is since I don't know when Bandai started using that system.

Edited by BaltanII, 27 June 2015 - 12:26 AM.