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Dr. Who
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Joined: Wed Jan 07, 2009 5:10 am Posts: 167 Location: Somerset
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'Life-Sized' Bullmark...
After stumbling upon this image from a book on an auction site a few years ago, I always wondered what happened to these giant-sized vinyl Bullmarks. From what I've gathered they have pretty much been lost, but I saw a piece from Gomora's tail in Mandarake, Tokyo (it was huge) and wondered if anyone else had seen or had pics of the elusive parts? Do complete examples still exist somewhere out there...?
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Wed Jan 12, 2011 10:10 am |
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¡DEECO!
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Joined: Thu Nov 15, 2007 9:29 am Posts: 636 Location: Westürn Måss
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Re: 'Life-Sized' Bullmark...
that would be such an amazing piece to have!!!! not that I would ever have the chance to own one...it would be great to see one in person!
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Leecifer
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Joined: Thu Dec 27, 2007 6:06 pm Posts: 2018 Location: Oaktown hills
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Re: 'Life-Sized' Bullmark...
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Wed Jan 12, 2011 11:26 am |
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Roger
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Joined: Fri Nov 25, 2005 10:41 pm Posts: 4909
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Re: 'Life-Sized' Bullmark...
Yuji Nishimura has a complete Jirass in his museum in Niigata. A while back I saw a photo in a magazine of an Eleking that was disassembled. There might still be a Gomora sitting on a balcony somewhere in Hawaii: http://toyboxdx.com/phorum/read.php?1,16446
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Wed Jan 12, 2011 12:43 pm |
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joshuajh
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Joined: Mon Oct 24, 2005 2:08 pm Posts: 2665 Location: san francisco
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Re: 'Life-Sized' Bullmark...
there is a short piece on these, mainly the gomora in S7 #15. take-shit has a nice photo comparing the standard and life-size gomoras...
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Wed Jan 12, 2011 1:16 pm |
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Geekabilly
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Re: 'Life-Sized' Bullmark...
Think M1 needs to do a reissue!
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Wed Jan 12, 2011 4:10 pm |
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Paulkaiju
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Joined: Mon Nov 28, 2005 1:40 pm Posts: 3847 Location: SD
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Re: 'Life-Sized' Bullmark...
At the Mandarake in Akihabara there's a chunk part of Giras tail in a case for sale, going for a REALLY amazing amount. it's gorgeous, believe me. I forgot the price. Anyone remember?
I think at the last S7 Tokyo tour it had us all chewing our hands off.
i do remember rumors LONG ago about a Gomora seen sitting on someone's balcony in Hawaii. But never heard any more about that.
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Wed Jan 12, 2011 10:48 pm |
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brianflynn
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Joined: Wed Oct 19, 2005 9:20 pm Posts: 2674 Location: San Francisco
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Re: 'Life-Sized' Bullmark...
There are supposedly a couple life sized running around Japan. I have seen several parts over the years, a tail section here, an arm there, but the prices were literally 5-10k per part. I can;t imaging someone building a life size through pieces. I have also heard the rumor several times of the life size in Hawaii, and it is supposedly missing the tail. Who knows? Until pictures surface, it is a rumor, but I would not doubt the sources.
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Thu Jan 13, 2011 12:21 am |
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Lalo
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Joined: Sun Dec 02, 2007 11:12 pm Posts: 4443 Location: pdx
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Re: 'Life-Sized' Bullmark...
jebus, what behemoth pulled these?!
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Thu Jan 13, 2011 7:36 am |
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Prometheum5
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Joined: Wed Apr 29, 2009 3:51 pm Posts: 2599 Location: Albany NY
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Re: 'Life-Sized' Bullmark...
I thought there was an older thread on these somewhere... personally, I would love to see the MOLDS for these!
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Thu Jan 13, 2011 7:39 am |
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jerzy777
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Joined: Fri Nov 16, 2007 2:49 pm Posts: 341 Location: Canada
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Re: 'Life-Sized' Bullmark...
Paulkaiju wrote: At the Mandarake in Akihabara there's a chunk part of Giras tail in a case for sale, going for a REALLY amazing amount. it's gorgeous, believe me. I forgot the price. Anyone remember?
I think at the last S7 Tokyo tour it had us all chewing our hands off.
i do remember rumors LONG ago about a Gomora seen sitting on someone's balcony in Hawaii. But never heard any more about that. It was $5000 for the one piece, upper tail section. When I saw that I knew vintage collecting would be Dangerous!!!!!
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Mecha
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Re: 'Life-Sized' Bullmark...
Paulkaiju wrote: i do remember rumors LONG ago about a Gomora seen sitting on someone's balcony in Hawaii. But never heard any more about that. its too bad no one snapped a pic for you Paul. i bet it wouldve been a hilarious pic to see a behemoth of that size just chilling out, enjoying the Hawaii breeze.
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Thu Jan 13, 2011 1:18 pm |
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Dr. Who
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Joined: Wed Jan 07, 2009 5:10 am Posts: 167 Location: Somerset
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Re: 'Life-Sized' Bullmark...
I think it would take a pretty die hard collector to buy that $5000 chunk of tail.
Also a difficult purchase to justify to the other half:
"You paid $5000... for that!?"
"Yeah, but It's the top section of the tail of a giant sized Gomora!!"
"What's a Gomora?"
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nefasth
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Joined: Tue Jan 01, 2008 1:46 pm Posts: 3505 Location: Morgoth
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Re: 'Life-Sized' Bullmark...
Dr. Who wrote: "Yeah, but It's the top section of the tail of a giant sized Gomora!!" "What's a Gomora?" "Your mom's cousin"
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Fri Jan 14, 2011 5:38 am |
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XVivaHateX
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Re: 'Life-Sized' Bullmark...
Came accross this on a Japanese fan site. Eleking store display, says its around four feet tall if I read it correctly.
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Mon Jan 17, 2011 9:51 am |
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Shirahama
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Re: 'Life-Sized' Bullmark...
XVivaHateX wrote: Came accross this on a Japanese fan site. Eleking store display, says its around four feet tall if I read it correctly. I think thats pretty close from the other pictures I have seen. I remember the head only being in a shop about 10 years ago or so, insane.
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Tue Jan 18, 2011 7:40 am |
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Dr. Who
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Joined: Wed Jan 07, 2009 5:10 am Posts: 167 Location: Somerset
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Re: 'Life-Sized' Bullmark...
Would be cool to see this Eleking (or any large size Bullmarks) in situ, kinda hard to judge the size.
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Tue Jan 18, 2011 7:50 am |
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jerzy777
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Joined: Fri Nov 16, 2007 2:49 pm Posts: 341 Location: Canada
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Re: 'Life-Sized' Bullmark...
Life size if your a kid...
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Tue Jan 18, 2011 8:16 am |
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Roger
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Re: 'Life-Sized' Bullmark...
The pose of that Popy Red King store display always struck me as really weird, like they had different people sculpting different parts of it. Making a delivery to the museum in Niigata: And here's the Jirass they have there: I didn't get a shot of the back of the thing, it's damaged somewhat. These things weren't really meant to last.
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ted kopper
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Joined: Sat Aug 09, 2008 2:48 pm Posts: 2490 Location: Los Angeles
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Re: 'Life-Sized' Bullmark...
^^ wow, seriously cool!
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Wed Jan 19, 2011 12:36 am |
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Dr. Who
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Joined: Wed Jan 07, 2009 5:10 am Posts: 167 Location: Somerset
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Re: 'Life-Sized' Bullmark...
Thanks Roger for posting these pics, really amazing! Know what you mean about the popy, always thought something was a bit warped about him. So cool to see the giant sized Girasu though, great job! Roger wrote: The pose of that Popy Red King store display always struck me as really weird, like they had different people sculpting different parts of it. Making a delivery to the museum in Niigata: And here's the Jirass they have there: I didn't get a shot of the back of the thing, it's damaged somewhat. These things weren't really meant to last.
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Wed Jan 19, 2011 2:29 am |
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Shirahama
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Re: 'Life-Sized' Bullmark...
Maybe someone in LA can confirm, but I think when Pony Toy was open in the Japantown there they had one of the Jirass.
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chimmychazz
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Re: 'Life-Sized' Bullmark...
Jirass Lives!! this pic is from @funnyara's instagram he posted it about a month ago:
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jojo the dog faced boy
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Joined: Thu Jun 28, 2007 9:03 am Posts: 2007 Location: Melting in the desert....
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Re: 'Life-Sized' Bullmark...
NICE! That is completely awesome! Thanks for shaing that image.
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ultrakaiju
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Re: 'Life-Sized' Bullmark...
So great that this threas has been resurrected. I just wish all the pics hadn't died out. I know Koji also posted a vintage shot with the life-sized Jirass (which I thought I had reposted here as well, but must've been another discussion). Anyway, that is such a fantastic piece of monster beauty. I only wish we could see some more shots of it from different angles and in detail as well. Toy pr0n if ever there was some for me; I could stare at it for hours. I can't even imagine what checking it out in person must be like.
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