Something I have been working on is a bit of a database to catalogue vintage toy headers here for posterity (and enjoyment of course). Surprisingly, there isn't anything on the board - at least in the VV section - yet dedicated to header art strictly for vintage toys, and aside from being a great source to identify figures, I really just think there is some fantastic art out there that should be saved and shared. They look so great, I think headers alone are worth collecting and displaying. You also get to see some history of kaiju design and packaging - a lot of which still influences Japanese manufacturers today.
To start with, here are some I was bidding on recently on YJA:
unknown maker - Fables of the Green Forest (山ねずみロッキーチャック)
Bandai - Kamen Rider
unknown maker (possibly Nitto?) - 100 Monsters/Yôkai hyaku monogatari (妖怪百物語)
Bandai - Ge Ge Ge no Kitaro (ゲゲゲの鬼太郎)
Bullmark - Return of Ultraman (帰ってきたウルトラマン)
A classic, of course. It is great to be able to see the reverse side, as B-Club reissues don't have the Takkong/Kingsaurus III matchup, with the company printing on the obverse. You also get to be tortured, as in a lot of these cases, by seeing the original price tag for these toys.
Unfortunately I didn't win any of these auctions, so for now we have to settle for the low-res pics I could copy before they disappeared. I will try to aggregate the vintage headers that I have saved and have been posted in other threads here so we have a collection in one location for reference. Feel free to share your own or contribute any extra knowledge on vintage headers here.
