Those look more like starfish than spiders to me. And they don't have 8 legs.

^^^ yeah . . . that would be more in line with the Japanese obsession with sea creatures . . . . i haven't seen the episode these are from so i don't know the story behind them. Either way they are great little figures!

Yeah, and they must be fun to pull out from the mold !

I recently came across this photo on a Japanese blog, which is from Hyper Hobby Magazine:



Looks like a catalogue for Bear Model toys . . . i have no idea how many pages it runs for but I'd imagine its a least 4 . . . . i know its from one of these issues:



Does anyone know of an online english database for Hyper Hobby? I would like to find out exactly what issue this is in so i might have a small chance of buying it.
Bit of a long-shot but I'd like to try!

Moog, might be one of their Roman Albums. I have HH Roman Album Dash 6 and it has six pages of Bear Model toy line pics. As far as were to find an english version of this info I have no idea though, sorry. I think I also tried to find this info awhile back with no luck.

Thanks for the info!

I have issues of HH going back to 2006, I beleive they are 06/07 issues. I know for sure I have the two issues on the right but not sure about the others. I remember seeing the page you are after as I recently went over my early issues - I will check for you but I won't be back in Australia (where my collection is) till mid February.

I am after earlier issues of HH myself and have been popping into second hand stores in Japan. If I see any of these issues, I will check them out and take note.

^^^ Cool . . . thanks for the help. I appreciate it

Its a shame the picture is a bit low-res so the issue numbers and year are not legible . . . that would of made it a lot easier!

Sorry if this sounds shitty of me but there's a load of old HyperHobby on ebay right now or at least there was a couple of days ago.

Here you go for 3 of them

HYPER HOBBY (ハイパーホビー) 2007年 06月号
HYPER HOBBY (ハイパーホビー) 2007年 07月号
HYPER HOBBY (ハイパーホビー) 2007年 09月号

^^^ Thanks but I cant buy from Japanese Amazon . . . . i wouldn't know where to start

I also need to figure out which issue the Bear Model catalogue is in before i start parting with cash anyway!

But now you have the number & date of the magazines.

^^^ oh shit . . . of course . . . I'm still half asleep!

THANKS

You can buy from Amazon Japan if it's being sold directly by them- they ship overseas (I've done this before). If it's an individual seller though, selling through Amazon Japan, more than likely they will not ship overseas. Look in the upper right hand corner there is always a english language link. When the page goes to english see if it's an individual or amazon japan. Shipping is really expensive though. I ordered a book that was only 1500-2000 yen and ended up costing me $60 if I recall.

Yeah, that's why I want to go to Japan, whenever I buy some small cheap toy from Japan I get killed on postage and yet Australia is only a 1k return flight from my City! Buying a $10 toy and paying $50 shipping is like paying a stripper to kick me in the balls.

Excited to get these in the post today . . .

Kumon Kaiju . . . .

Kumon Kaiju by The Moog Image Dump, on Flickr

and the painted Bakutari to go with my unpainted flesh version

Bakutari by The Moog Image Dump, on Flickr

Wow, that Bakutari is so rad! I'm gonna go have to research his orgins/ ect now...

magulah Magurah Magura Black Hole Alien "Mandarin Flower" "Mephilas II" BearModel "Bear Model"




Director's cut

Hey! There is absolutely no need to go slagging what some of us call a completely normal sexual fetish.

^^ That Simian omake at the top is such a great little sculpt . . . .


Another pic of the painted Bakutari but this time paired up with the flesh lucky-bag. Love 'em!


Bakutari by The Moog Image Dump, on Flickr

That's quite a profile!

Bakutari reminds me of some sort of weird elephant-spider-scorpion. I like it!

Apparently its based on Baku, a Tapir-like spirit

I thought I'd take stock of my Bear Model collection on the weekend . . .
it was nice to see them all together!


Bear Model by The Moog Image Dump, on Flickr

Beautiful collection Joe!