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So I see the initials or abbreviation "DX" a lot looking at these toys and others on YJA. What does it mean or stand for?


Sat Nov 26, 2005 6:06 pm
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I always thought it meant "deluxe".


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How about Kaiju and Kaijin? I thought Kaiju was a general term for vinyl or a style of vinyl. Then I find Kaijin...


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to be 100% honest?

i'm screwed on the whole hedorah and hedoran thing. but i know i'm not a hedoran fan.


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I thought Kaiju meant monster but maybe I am wrong.


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Kaiju are giant monsters, like from the Toho movies. Kaijin are more human based monsters, like mutants from the TV shoes I guess.

And DX is an abbreviation for deluxe, courtesy of ToyBoxDX's glossary.


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Cheers for that Lapin.


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My girlfriend said "kaiju" literally translates to "monsterous beast", thats sounds cool, MONSTEROUS BEAST!!!!!!!!

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^ yeah, that's what i get everytime i translate some auctions from yahoo jp: "mounstrous beast" :D


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Laffin Lapin wrote:
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Kaiju are giant monsters

I think kaiju are just monsters. Giant monsters are daikaiju.


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What are Medium sized monsters called? That's what it says at the beginning of Tetsuo the Iron Man.


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Hedorah is the real toho monster from the godzilla films.
Hedoran looks a lot like Hedorah, but for all copyright issues is slightly different from Hedorah so that it can be made without a license.

Kaiju means monster.

DX meand deluxe. Usually used to refer to the Deluxe vs. Standard (ST) die-cast toys by popy and bandai.

Geek and nerd can be used in place of each other at any time.


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How about spazz?


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oh no, spazz is a special case by case basis word.


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Dork?


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keep that dirty talk to yourself.


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