Seeking some expertise. What is this and where did it come from?



I know its name- Astromons- and that this sculpt is most likely that of the collaborative release from Nakayoshi, Dream Rocket and Shono Kikaku.

However, I've never seen an unpainted orange version- moreover, there is no orange base color production release to my knowledge. I bought it bagged like this, in a cheap plastic bag, knotted at the top.

The foot has a 1973 Tsubaraya copyright mark only.

Thanks for any help, and sorry for the crummy photo.

that is a really cool figure. how tall is it?

I've never seen an orange-base nor orange-unpaint of this either ... I have always wondered why there are two different-named similar critters - Astromons and the other (the name of which I'll only remember immediately after I hit Submit), both sorta rooster-monsters with a sun/starburst thing on the chest. Is this based on a traditional Japanese legend or something? It's just the fact that there are two names/two figures with the same oddball features that is puzzling me.

CC

not sure if you were looking for info on character or vinyl or both...
he's from Ultraman Taro..
http://monsterarchives.proboards38.com/ ... 680&page=1

Nakayoshi made other Ultra series figures like the Redjack which I really like,
(I have the pink vinyl version only 5 made) and a few others. The orange is pretty cool,
perhaps a test shot. I do seem to recall seeing another solid color figure of one these Nakayoshi figures on yahoo a while back.

Nice piece.

bottled- It is a standard size figure- about 9-10". K-T has some of the production releases in stock for pretty good prices.

Thanks for the link, onibaba. I've seen the Redjack in your collection- in fact, it spurred my interest in these Nakayoshi pieces. I do suspect that this may be a test shot. I remember seeing a photo of some unpainted solids on the boards, but I think the Astromons there was blue.

I really like this sculpt now that I have it in-hand. It's big and chunky and the vinyl is glossy. The arms remind me of Last Kaiju and have some tentacle-ticulation going on.

So, is there any connection between Astromons and Bemstar? Or is it just coincidence that they are both vaguely chicken-like with major geometric chestal decorations?

CC

No idea. Astromons' chest is actually a giant flower- he's kind of like the Biollante of Ultraman- giant, carnivorous plant-thing (I know that is a horrible comparison, sorry). I don't know much about Bemstar.

Just coincidence. Bemustar was from "Return of Ultraman" while Astromons was from "Ultraman Taro".