I enjoyed Take-shit's column in Super7 #15 (especially that great shot of him with the same toys as a child and as an adult), and wanted to see if anyone else has information about those giant Bullmark kaiju he mentions.

A Bullmark Story (ISBN #4-87279-089-8) shows Bullmark catalog shots of the Eleking, Gomora, Jirass, and Ultraman, but I have another book about Ultraman collectibles (sorry, can't translate the name, ISBN #4-480-87280-9) that shows the Eleking with a release date of 1971 and a price tag of 98,000 yen.

There is yet another book that shows a partly disassembled Eleking and Jirass, stashed among some office furtiture (sorry, faulty brain, can't remember what this book or magazine was, I may even own it and not know it). Anyone else know what I'm talking about?

I've only seen one of these with my own eyes, the Jirass. It could be the one that Take-shit refers to, and it's in Yuji Nishimura's collection and on display at the Kodomo no Jidaikan museum in Niigata.

The one in Hawaii Take-shit mentions could be the Gomora we discussed on Toybox DX a while back:

http://toyboxst.inwards.com/phorum/read ... 6446,16466

can someone pass this information on to Take-shit? Maybe we're talking about the same ones.

Quarterly Magazine Uchusen Vol. 54 has a 2 page article about the Jirass. Unfortunately I do not read Japanese so I can't help you much more. I, too, would like to find out more about these insane vinyls.

I remember a shop had the Eleking head but that was soooooo long ago. I'd love to know more about these too. The whole idea that these were for sale is insane.

Roger, doesn't Yuji know all about these?

He probably does, and I do plan on picking his brain the next time I talk with him.