Hello resident kaiju experts, I’m looking for info on a Kaiju that a few toys have been made of, but I can never seem to find the suited monster or it’s origins. Listed on Mandarake, a sun guts toy labeled Tsubaraya daikaiju Eruban. https://order.mandarake.co.jp/order...69070681&ref=list&categoryCode=200104&lang=en One of my favorites, Nakayoshi Elburn, despite the name difference they seem to be the same character. Anyone have info on the origin?
Interesting question here, Joe. To be honest, I think that the original take is from Mr. Sunguts, and is a pachi monster he created in the early 2000s. You can see reference to it and a quick mention in this interview: http://skullbrain.org/bb/index.php?threads/sunguts.5653/page-8 It's also listed here on the table of Sunguts characters, http://www.sunguts.com/sunguts-kaiju-t.html The Nakayoshi (which I have often seen called 'Another Elburn') is a similar but quite different take, and carries all of the amazing Nakayoshi sculpt detail, skill, and charm. I think this one came later though. I am not sure if maybe there was a direct collaboration on the concept, or maybe Nakayoshi did this as a tribute/honor to the Sunguts pachi character. It has been available in a few different versions, definitely the above, a few versions of blue (gold chest, light blue chest, and yellow chest), and purple (in a great battle pack with Bangar). So, sorry I cannot give a definitive answer, but my impression is the later Nakayoshi (hence Another perhaps) was born from the Sunguts character. What the specific connection is, I am afraid I don't know, but would be great to find out. This blog suggests something, but might just be a reference to the colour also. http://yan.tea-nifty.com/trash/2007/10/2007_229a.html Excellent post though, about a fantastic toy. Thanks for bringing this up.
That would make sense if it was a sunguts original character. The mention of Tsubasa, which I took to be a translation Tsubaraya in the Mandarake listing threw me for a loop and made me think it was a licensed character.
I don't know the story, but the Nakayoshi one came with an unpainted version of the Sunguts Elburn. So I think it was done as a collaboration of some sort.
