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unknown Gorilla wind-up

Sun Jun 15, 2014 7:06 pm

i hope this is appropriate to post here. picked this fella up today at a flea market. about 5 inches tall, rubber body, metal base, only markings are "Made in Japan" on the metal base. windup feature still works, looks as though he sort of waddles side to side as he moves forward. i've inspected him all over and there are no other markings. has anyone ever seen this toy? any information would be awesome. thanks!


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Re: unknown Gorilla wind-up

Mon Jun 16, 2014 5:25 am

*edit*

I wrote a bunch of waffle and then decided to have a proper look online.
I found a Japanese blog which says its a King Kong 'Mock' . . . a bootleg Pachi toy to be sold abroad.
They make a connection to Ultra Q's 'Goro' by calling the toy 'Pachigoro'.

Cool toy!

Here's the link:
http://blog.livedoor.jp/insighter/archi ... 94786.html

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Re: unknown Gorilla wind-up

Mon Jun 16, 2014 8:42 am

Here's another two from the same line . . . .

http://blog.livedoor.jp/insighter/archi ... 97334.html
http://blog.livedoor.jp/insighter/archi ... 96857.html

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. . . and these two are larger versions from the same series.
As far as i can tell they are from the 1970's. I wouldn't mind these in my collection.

http://blog.livedoor.jp/insighter/archi ... 56556.html
http://blog.livedoor.jp/insighter/archi ... 56764.html

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Re: unknown Gorilla wind-up

Mon Jun 16, 2014 9:11 am

awesome! i knew someone on here would be able to help me out. those toys are amazing. i would really love to find that pterodactyl style one

Re: unknown Gorilla wind-up

Sat Jun 21, 2014 11:11 am

those are excellent!
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