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pickleloaf
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Joined: Wed Apr 11, 2007 5:19 pm Posts: 5861 Location: durham/chapel hill
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 what is this guy? it's garuban!
can someone tell me the name/kanji of this guy?
the body is like the blue gorilla headed monster to the lower right of this photo
and i can see his head here in the center on the bottom

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akum6n
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Garuban. There were both Bullmark and Ark versions of the character, if I remember.
The particular one in that photo is a custom, I think, as the original only had two eyes.
Oh, and here you go: ガルバン
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pickleloaf
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cool thanks!
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Cralya
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Garuban is also a Captain Ultra villain and a junkheap monster.
Crowe on MSTK3 reminds me of him.
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JAY
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Joined: Thu Jul 05, 2007 4:51 pm Posts: 5906 Location: Manila, Philippines
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of course pickle would be interested in this one!! 
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pickleloaf
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Joined: Wed Apr 11, 2007 5:19 pm Posts: 5861 Location: durham/chapel hill
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gimme
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joshuajh
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the version in your original photo is actually not garuban, but sort of a riff on the character. its definitely a nod to the original, but a new character. i forget off the top of my head who made that one.
garuban is a captain ultra kaiju, and there are a few vinyls out there. bullmark made a standard size and giant, and there is also a mini/pendant version (not sure who made that one). there is the diecast mentioned above, as well as a marmit. b-club also re-issued the giant bullmark, and it is one of the best toys that exists.
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hillsy11
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Joined: Thu Dec 15, 2005 12:51 am Posts: 2981 Location: Seattle
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The guy in the top photo is MechaGonira from Amapro. A weird cross between Goro and Garuban.
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pickleloaf
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this photo of the bullmark is on clubtokyo
this is in an auction
is there something wrong with the horn things on top of the auction bullmark's head?
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hillsy11
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I see them with the "horns" broken off, pretty often, but the auction almost makes it look like something else was put there as a replacement.
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pickleloaf
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onibaba5
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There was a diecast company that made a Garuban diecast in the 70s.
I have one and I believe it was Marushin something similar to Marusan.
The same company made a variation of the diecast Garuban with a gorilla face if I am not mistaken. That diecast I have yet to find.
The Gorilla Garuban in your first photo I believe is an Amapro vinyl. They also made a red and blue version. Marmit made a small verision of the original as well. The Giant Bullmark reissue is an awesome figure, If I can dig it up I'll take pics.
Great garbage/ junk Kaiju!
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pickleloaf
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need mor garbaj vinyl plz
kthxbye
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3x3is9
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onibaba5 wrote: There was a diecast company that made a Garuban diecast in the 70s. I have one and I believe it was Marushin something similar to Marusan. The same company made a variation of the diecast Garuban with a gorilla face if I am not mistaken. That diecast I have yet to find.
The Gorilla Garuban in your first photo I believe is an Amapro vinyl. They also made a red and blue version. Marmit made a small verision of the original as well. The Giant Bullmark reissue is an awesome figure, If I can dig it up I'll take pics.
Great garbage/ junk Kaiju!

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pickleloaf
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Joined: Wed Apr 11, 2007 5:19 pm Posts: 5861 Location: durham/chapel hill
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aw sonofabitch
i have some digging to do now
thanks a lot, assholes 
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pickleloaf
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what is a good price on one of these?

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akum6n
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onibaba5 wrote: There was a diecast company that made a Garuban diecast in the 70s. I have one and I believe it was Marushin something similar to Marusan. The same company made a variation of the diecast Garuban with a gorilla face if I am not mistaken. That diecast I have yet to find.
The Gorilla Garuban in your first photo I believe is an Amapro vinyl. They also made a red and blue version. Marmit made a small verision of the original as well. The Giant Bullmark reissue is an awesome figure, If I can dig it up I'll take pics.
Great garbage/ junk Kaiju!
Yeah! That's the one I was thinking of... it was in Take-shit's article from an old S7 issue. Couldn't remember the company, though. It is Marushin.
The Amapro vinyl is named Mecha-gonilla (the original Marushin is "Mecha-gorilla")- not sure if that's a tongue-in-cheek reference to the fact that it's a patchi-kaiju version of a toy that was a rip on another toy.
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Cralya
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Sorry for the fuzzy pic, but here is a Bullmark Garuban and the B-Club
reissue. That one in the auction has been altered, for sure.

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onibaba5
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Awww! AwWWWWWW! 3x3is9 you are killin me! What a great piece!
Plus these are the best pics I've ever seen of it!
The Marushin Garuban is hands down one of my favorite diecasts!
That Marushin Mecha-gorilla Garuban.....speechless....
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3x3is9
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onibaba5 wrote: Awww! AwWWWWWW! 3x3is9 you are killin me! What a great piece! Plus these are the best pics I've ever seen of it! The Marushin Garuban is hands down one of my favorite diecasts! That Marushin Mecha-gorilla Garuban.....speechless....
I wish it was mine. I snagged those pics from Amapros website. He was showing them as what he based his guy off of.
It's killing me too!
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