Ended relatively cheap at Y57k.

yeah, im actually sort of glad i didnt get that one, kind of pricey for one with broken teeth. thats what ill tell myself anyway .

i did manage a nice consolation prize, though.

nice consolation prize, josh.
what's his story?

I'm not sure Lion Maru would appreciate being referred to as a "consolation", Josh!

That white head is so elegant.

Definitely,still love Lion Maru more.

life is full of second chances.

Congrats?

And I'm out of my league w/ the current auction I'm watching.

This should be in the "Silly animated GIFs" thread.

some lucky bastard won this amazing giant marusan original . 37500 yen

color variant yog went to a good home for 40000 yen

I was watching this too. I was more surprised by the fact that a MIB one only got one bid a few weeks ago and sold for 40000.

Wasn't even close on that Ragon.

I love coming and checking out some of the crazy stuff that gets posted and was wondering...what section on YJA do these sorts of figs typically appear? I'm on YJA a lot checking for other stuff and will cruise through a Bullmark or M1 search just for kicks without any intent on buying, but I never see the crazy stuff like I see here.

Do you guys typically look for specific items or is there a 'sofubi' general category I've missed until now?

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jJ

Skullbrain's Very Own Roger did this a while back its a good place to get references.
http://www.collectiondx.com/node/801
I think all these people collecting these really obscure vintage stuff have been at it a VERY long time and they know exactly what theyre looking for.

Thanks!

And so concludes today's productive workday...

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jJ

Damn! Amazing condition Jupi-Ros...I had to really restrain myself on this one, just couldn't afford it right now. This went for a really fair price too!

http://page10.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/m64804674

Thanks for posting the link to Roger's references. This opens up the Japanese market for me. I hate to think how many times I've hit the language barrier when trying for a piece. Now I at least have a chance!

NP the list is tailored to that site so you can find secret base and RxH but new toy companies are not quite so easy to find unless you ask around. I've found some real steals about 400 pages into the sofubi category.

not strange, but two of them are pretty rare (for me anyway..the hunt has been fun)



so stoked. won this auction this morning and my takora collection is done!

i've been looking for monro for a year and a half. not a long time in vintage stuff i know, but still very satisfying to win

Congrats atease! After seeing these I had to look into the characters to see who they were. Looks like a fun show. So did they make the other Sea Cucumber gang members also (hera hera and shiku shiku)? Is Munro one of the rares that you mentioned?

From what I have been told by some of the long time vintage guys, this is the whole set of them in the photo.
The Jellyfish named To Ro ro and Badger named debura were not made. I think there is only one sea cucumber. (guys chime in to correct me if I'm wrong)

The two elusive ones for me were Munro the pink walrus and Chonbo the squash.
Chonbo has shown up somewhat recently, but getting them all in one shot was really great.

congrats, ed.
those are awesome.