Gargamel header question

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  1. Crab Rangoon

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    The new Pocket trio came with a character depicted on the back that has me scratching my head. Maybe Mightyn in a screaming/action pose or something. I'll probably be embarrassed when I find the answer to be something obvious, that just slipped my mind - but I'd rather know than be left wondering. Anynow, refresh me, who's this on the left:
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    and more importantly why does it have an Obitsu logo?
     
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    Yeah, that struck my mind too - but this is the first time I'd purchased any Pocket's MIB, so I couldn't really judge if that were new or not.
    (and on many of my older headers, "Deathra / Zagoran / Smogun" aren't in plain English)
     
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    Obitsu casts the vinyl for Gargamel
     
  5. Joe

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    Looks like this dude.
    Marusan Original? Ganburiya?

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    Could be a new character which would be kind of cool.
     
  7. Joe

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    We did see the Rokuron come to fruition.
     
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    i believe that marusan original is somewhat based on ymir from a harryhausen movie, cant think of which off hand.
     
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    @Joe- I had the same thought when I saw that silhouette.

    That would be weird if Gargamel used a Marusan toy as source material. I guess they wouldn't be the first.
     
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    20 million miles to earth
     
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    I thought of this thread(and had to look it up) when I noticed that the rokuron sillouette is on the back of the header for the clear yellow GID Zag. This zag came out 2 years before Gargamel released their Rokuran if I am thinking correctly. It is also a sillouette of this original figure. Sorry for the stolen pic ;)
    Is this a common thing for gargamel to do? None of my other Zags have this header so I can't check them.
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    Smogon was on some header cards before Gargamel made him too. Seems less likely that gargamel would make a marusan character though since they're still around.
     
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    The header is not new, the same header can be seen on some of the earlier releases.
     
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