I'm clearly an idiot... here's the thread with the pics... viewtopic.php?f=30&t=14907&hilit=king+pluto

Ah, thanks much.

Here's a link with pictures of all the original Colorforms Aliens:
http://www.gamesandbeyond.com/cfalien/cfaliens.html

this jeeg went for around four gs

there's a new graphic novel coming out with these guys! i just stumbled across it now...
http://literatemachine.com/product/haye ... el-preview

18000 yen .

I have the one in the middle.

Sadly missing his helmet, a poorly fixed broken arm (Filled with foam and epoxied???) and he ooozes nicotine juices.

But i dig him.

All three are great esp baltan w/ toupee. I imagine them fighting this guy:

"baltan w/toupee" - on point. or perhaps "adrian zmed seijin."

damn that is sweet! never saw box before its so similar to their
'henshin' packaging. too bad there is no henshin cyborg Geag
outfit, but at least lots of other forms exist.

Thanks for all the info on the Colorforms Alien / Space King guys. So it sounds like Bullmark was granted the license to produce these in Japan, but opted to do it in vinyl form (rather than the bendy rubber form) under the "Space King" moniker. This info comes partially from a Wikipedia entry, so take it with a grain of salt.

According to the museum website, there were six total produced by Bullmark:

Uranus King ('Baltan' guy)
Jupiter King
Neptune King
King Saturn
King Venus (winged guy)
King Pluto (I think this is the blue guy)

Apparently Mars Man (aka, Alpha 7) was taken out. That's kind of weird.

I honestly thought these were bootlegs when I first saw them. The history behind them is weird, yet fascinating...

anyone have more info on this?

This is whats inside...

Looks like a model kit or something

^^^very sweet!

The inside of the box is so intriguing! I would love to see what these kits look like built.

On a related note, I posted an auction FAQ here:

viewtopic.php?f=31&t=26304&p=364239

AWESOME thanks Roger

Did you guys catch this auction of Ultraman artwork?:

http://page5.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/e86766523








According to the seller, "this SEEMS to have been used as the basis for toy packaging." Can anyone confirm? Pretty cool stuff if it's original artwork!

I missed those, but I would wager a certain S7 founder saw them. Great artwork!

Those are super cool! I hope Mark got them.

I hope he was in it as well, the originals that guy has been posting have been amazing.

Did anyone see the Astro-mu auctions? Insanity! Boxed Gold Vena for 150,000¥!

How much of this "insanity" do you think can be attributed to S7. I noticed Nakajima nodders started to go through the roof after the S7 article and now Astro Mu stuff after the mook. Not saying that facts and info are bad, but I think when attention is drawn to a formerly "obscure" line they become "the next big thing."

And this guy's original art is fantastic. I scored a Zone Fighter in his car and targets of 3 Ultraman Ace kaiju. I talked to Mark and he has scored some but not this one (which I think was the nicest of the lot behind that huge Mirrorman one). He is on the trail to try and identify the artist.

I noticed one of the highest bidder's names was Ar2convex, or something like that. Maybe the new Convex SB figures are bringing more attention to that line too.

That person has been bidding on Astro Mu stuff long before the SB figures came to market.

instant barom one collection for 500 000 yen