This is something I have been thinking of getting started for a while now. I have pawned through the pages and pages of vintage vinyl topics, and one thing that seems omitted is a thread for markings for vintage companies (e.g. stamps, names, symbols, etc.). Considering that, aside from all the typical questions looking for prices, the vast majority of these posts seem focused on toy ID'ing, it seems this might be a good resource to help people out, particularly those new to the field.
Full props to CT and its extensive coverage, but there is still a gap for other vintage manufacturers, like Popy, Nakajima, old Bandai, and other smaller lines. And I think aside from being used as an aid to ID toys (a starting place at least) it is really interesting to see if/how companies changed their branding on vinyl through the years. It is especially useful for Japanese toys, 'cause let's face it, they aren't all Bullmark, and we can't all read kanji/hiragana/katakana. So to get the ball rolling as an example of what I am thinking, here is a vintage Marusan stamp (then carried on into the Bullmark line):
In the coming weeks I will try and snag pics of some other 'feet' and such to keep the database growing.
