we saw so much cool stuff in japan! i tried not to go too bananas, but it was really hard! here is some of the stuff i came home with.


starfish shocker guy, m1 gaira, admiral puppy handpuppet, two glowing illanena mini's with flashing things inside, borg seijin, and a couple of dinsaur spaceships



zombeard, the elusive mouth demon, admiral puppy mini, jekyl and hyde tigermask wrestler, and escaregot



m1 sanda, the third illanena mini, escaregot paint test, lion maru bootleg, an unopened vintage tiger7 mini (which i opened), rocket pharaoh (actually called ultra saturn), this crazy spectreman guy, mini starfish shocker, butanohana vacuum woman, skull star, and mr. snake hands



somebody drew blood coming out of the hole where the horn broke off! amazing!

What a haul.
The colors on that Mouth Demon are nice.

awesome.

great pick ups, Josh!

Great stuff, thanks for posting!

cool scores! I like the escargot chilling in clear red w/o the body.

Wow, is that an original Masudaya Bakura (Spectreman guy)? Looks like it, judging from the paint wear. Very cool.

i like the black gaira.
That lips guy was a SF pickup that came loose?

Man! You guys in Japan are the luckiest bunch. Is it just me or there's been an unprecedented amount of cool stuff coming out lately. I've never been so broke.
Love that Spectreman Burcar especially this version with the face on the tummy. Have been looking out for this for the longest time. Is that a vintage or repro?

I've been eyeing that vacuum woman! Congrats on the haul Josh.

Amazing pick-ups Josh. I'd like to see some full collection shots!

The "dinosaur spaceships" are Skylar and Nessar from Gaiking.

Why only two Ilanena minis? Where's the third?

The third Ilanena is hiding in the 3rd pic

Nice haul Josh!
The admiral pups, the Ilanenas and Hayabusa does it for me. Yuru-kyara banzai

Very nice haul and congrats on the mouth demon.

Nice treasure trove from Japan Josh! My faves are the starfish shocker, butanohana vacuum woman, and mr. snake hands. Great selection of minis.

I'm hopin' to see the Buta piece come stateside.

I love this piece..I hope to find some nice messed up vintage pieces when I go

Here is some of the original commercials for the Butanohana Hayabusa (and also Gomira)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAw4e_obwyA

The vacuum is made by Panasonic

RAD!

If i'm not mistaken, PK has a vacuum character toy similar to this one?? Or is it exactly the same?

Great stuff you picked up from Japan. It must be hard to "not go bananas" in Japan. It's hard enough to keep away from the computer looking at toys.

That was cool to watch Gizzy, thanks. So the monster in the commercial must be "dust monster"? After seeing that video I kinda wish the Butanohana figure had wings also. I'll still have my eye out for it nonetheless.


So very true KC

I guess it's only worth going if you're able to spend a "decent" amount of cash. Imagine walking around all the toy-stores with little to no money... frustration kicks in.

Damn man, nice assortment of tasty goodies.

Great haul Josh! Is "admiral puppy" from an old show?

Very nice Josh.

I can't believe I slept in the same room with that spectreman dude...(shudder)...what color vinyl is that anyway?

Yep that's the "dust monster" who's name is Gomira (Gomi=garbage in Japanese)
As far as I know the Butanohana Hayabusa does have (mini)wings

pic borrowed from sofvi blog.



Its worth it just to look around and see all the wonderful stuff out there not to mention the country itself ^_^
But you just can't "have" everything you want, so there definitely is a decent amount of frustration hehe
Another frustrating thing is when your not in Tokyo and you see all the festivals and whatnot happening there and can't get to them is quite annoying as well