Actually, after looking at the pics again the name of the company may have been Marusan Creative at that point. It's hard to keep track of it all. I was going to write an article about this once. A little bit more history here: http://www.marusan-usa.com/2295.html
most of the vintage standard size of mine never broke a hundred . the giant size is another story .the finger puppet or small size seem to go for around the same price as the standard size .
Unfortunately for us, I see the harder-to-find standards regularly breaking a hundred these days. I almost won an Ebirah for under $50, but the seller yanked the auction right before it ended.
This page looks to be quite interesting... http://mononofu.hp.infoseek.co.jp/laboratory/bullmark/bm_vs_ms.html
no it was yahoo http://page7.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/g66873162 "Find a set of monster Marsan 9 BURUMAAKU Soft Vinyl"
Oh, that book. I think it's called "Empire of Fine Figure" or something to that effect? A black and white version of those pages is included as a flyer in the Marusan original kaiju reissues.
'The Great Empire of Fine Figure' Where does the Giant Gorilla fit into things? They don't appear in the book, but do at the bottom of the b&w insert with the toys. Was it part of the original series and just appeared later?
I don't remember if the Giant Gorilla was originally part of the kaiju series or if it was sold with the One Million BC dinosaurs, and I'm not sure if it was actually repurposed afterwards as King Kong for the Toho Kaiju lineup or if that's something collectors did years later. Jim or Mark can probably weigh in on this.
it rules that the ultraman rip-off appears to have a gut and if someone could help me find the "kanegon," the "goji" and the two headed/4 legged thing, i would love you forever!
Ultra-Ace with the spare tire is one of my favorites...anytime anyone sees my collection, they usually notice and laugh at the out of shape hero
