Yup. I'd mentioned wanting an original black/grey Warsman before...but when one finally popped up on Y!J, it went for over 30k! So it's a bit of bummer that anime/manga versions of these sculpts won't be reproduced...but that's how it's gotta be I guess...

Re-releasing all of them unpainted in caucasian vinyl ( ) would be cool though! That's how my Sunshine is, and I absolutely love it. Great for interacting with actual MUSCLE figs!

Too funny mate

I blame the Japanese for that one though. The actual term for "flesh" tone with Kinkeshi and vinyl is 肌色 or hadairo (lit flesh color).

And in other Kinnikuman vinyl news... Warsman Unmasked...



Ships 6/29

http://item.rakuten.co.jp/toyful/100043 ... =rm_263429

Are there US shipping options from the Rakuten site? Cant seem to discover them if so.
As much as my wallet says no, this toy is saying yes yes yes.

Holy crap, that's awesome!!

Is it me, or do the pics look like photoshop jobs? I mean, that's fine--they may not have them painted up yet. It just looks a bit TOO crisp, y'know?

Anyway, I've already got too many Warsmans! It's gonna take some determination to resist this one!

Drats!!! Its sold out?!

they all sell out... Fast. Im kicking myself for not grabbing the neptuneman and akuma shogun i saw while i was at mandarake.

Shit--sold out already??

I broke down a couple minutes after posting above and contacted my agent to place the preorder. Luckily, I got it in in time!

While TOYFUL does not offer a US shipping option, many Rakuten sellers do. You can search their US/English site and all those items default in search.

Rakuten also gives you the opportunity to create an account with a Japanese forwarding address. Basically I go on there, place an order directly with my credit card and then have the items shipped to my TENSO forwarding address. I then pay TENSO via PayPal a small handling fee and actual shipping cost to forward the item from Tokyo to the US.

It ends up being a lot cheaper than a third party shopping service as I am doing the shopping and payment myself.

TENSO also partners with Rakuten once a month or so to run 1,000 Yen EMS shipping discounts. Basically if you order anything from Rakuten, TENSO will only change you 1,000 Yen for shipping fees up to 5,000 Yen. An incredible value (when they run it).

Cool thanks for the info!

Yeahh I was prepping my PayPal account selling a few toys so I could buy this guy. Bummer for me:(

Got my 8-Style Gold Robinmask in the mail today! I jumped the gun and bought through yja via celga and paid for it and 8-style still has them at retail... but it was totally worth it! Next I gotta find Buffaloman unpainted (Probably that new set with Warsman and Buffalo man in red and black), then neptuneman, etc, etc...



whoo!

Phil

AMAZING! That gold looks so cool. Those three colors actually looks really good together as well.

Kinnikuman London Olympics Robin Mask Sofubi

BamBam88 will have their Five Star Toy Blank sets on eBay starting 6/29. Direct overseas shipping with PayPal. I will post a link here as soon as I get the store URL.

Warsman vs Buffaloman
Terryman vs Ashuraman
Kinnikuman vs Akuma Shogun

Whoo Hoo!!! Warsman vs. Buffaloman here I come!

Classic match-ups...these are such a cool idea!

It's almost a shame I've stopped collecting blanks...

Kinnikuman "Nama Niku ver."
Pink Vinyl | 1/1
Custom Painted by Jon of Rampage Toys

Jon did a great job on this one! Really nice!

Thank you buddy!

And thanks to Mr. Niku for sharing! This was one of the most fun toys I've had the privaledge of painting! Great size and shape!

Yudetamago really liked it and tweeted the pic a few times. The Five Star guys thought it was pretty cool as well.

Totally awesome!

Yep - I had my moment of Kinnikuman fame on the Japanese web. That must be what it feels like to be a rockstar - or at least something similar

Great price over at Mandarake for this mxmxm Warsman if anyone is looking for one:



http://ekizo.mandarake.co.jp/shop/en/item_s-715607.html

Haha...did I call it or what??



There's a killer painted version, too...but I can't find a pic of it on their website...