Thanks, Paul! And thanks to the dollar-yen exchange rate for making it all possible!



Nope, no noticeable physical differences in the two releases of the pink Hedorah. Like you said, this particular figure's provenance has been established: I guess the person who originally purchased it at retail bought it in Japan...and decades later, sold it to the store I got it from. The store manager made it a point to emphasize that.

It's not the mintiest specimen ever, given the paint wear, but that pink vinyl is super-vibrant. I really need to take better pics...without the silhouette of my melon reflected in the background.

On Monday I will have something very exciting to share...!

No hints?

Is it Kamen Rider?

^ Hey, get back to work!

Nice Michael, judging from the important sacrifices you made, I can picture something pretty special coming.

LOL. One paper is done just have to do the bibliography proof read etc. The other one is shorter and not due till Monday.

BTW I got a 47 on my 2nd Physics hour test. Fucking brilliant right? Part of it is my complete loathing of the subject matter, how the teacher refuses to go over examples in class, won't show useful formulas, claims we either get the concept or fail! The teacher literally has Hitler tirades every day and a majority of the class completely disconnects from any teaching he might do. Thank fuck he drops the lowest grade but that's all he does. I'm doomed in that class.

Anyhow toys keep my sanity so please someone post some Vintage Toy Porn for me...Looking forward to your score Michael.

Sorry to hear about that ass of a teacher Lixx. At least the grade will be dropped though. I can't oblige with much new pics, and flickr has been down for me all day, but here is a fairly new (to me) guy. Not sofubi per se, but great vintage rubber toy joy. Love his goofy grin.

Alright, here are a couple more for you, nothing too special here just some 'junked' Bandai figures, but hopefully a little something to count towards sating that vintage need you are jonesing for.

Came in the mail today

awesome new arrivals everyone- and to hint at my pick up- it is indeed a kamen rider kaijin. just missed the post office closing by an hour so i will have to wait until monday as expected. my nerd anxiety is racing and i just want to rip open the box already

I could probably stare at that Gezora picture all day...

I like your Gezora Jordan. He looks pretty cool washed out like that actually. So of course every time I see a vintage Gezora I think of how M1 corrected the leg problem when they reissued them. Having a few of those (reissues) I always wonder is it hard to stand the originals?

He has no problem standing at all.

Glad to see you got a Gezora, Jordan. It's funny how we were talking about how both of us needing to score one right before you left SoFla. Now I've got to find me one too!

Thanks.
There's one for sale here
viewtopic.php?f=9&t=45668

even though this is my most recent purchase, it is my favorite toy in existence of toys.

Todogirah, the stellar sea lion kaijin. Yellow vinyl with metallic blue and silver sprays, perfect combination of absurd and crude head sculpt with a smooth body sculpt, and vampire teeth!

Vintage bandai can do no wrong in my eyes.

Nice addition to your collection Michael. I agree with your love of vintage Bandai. They really did kick ass back then.

Great photo, wonderful figure ...definitely one of my favourites !

Awesome find Michael. That was definitely worth the tease, and I am happy you scored him. I really like the blue paint on that cream body, and like you said, the silver just notches it up further. Beautiful example of these Bandai villains; really got to get back on hunting them myself when I can afford it.

They really had some vivid imaginations back then. Good stuff michael!

yeah- i cant stop staring at this toy. notice where the scratch on the front of the leg is- above that there is some weird vinyl deformity/texture/who knows what. theres strange little textured bits on the legs. when the sun comes out ill take some detailed pictures and post accordingly.

in the meantime- enjoy the character from the show with his weird pinhead!

very nice michael.
the eyes are still clean and black

yeah- besides a scratch or two and some surface marks, im really happy about the condition- especially the fact that the silver hasnt gone dull or anything. i am very excited to own this toy!

Bandai Raideen I picked up not too long ago. Pretty awesome to have one these robos in a standard size (he is around 23 cm) and soft vinyl. Usually you get the detailed smaller versions or plastic jumbos. Looks like he may have had a weapon, but the 'hole' might have been made after, I am not sure (and it was not listed among those at the TBDX here).

Great score on this one!!