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 Zollmen Database- updated 10/21/12 
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^ Wow, now that's a price I can get behind. Preorder sent, Thanks! :D

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here is what I saw when I click on the envelope icon, a pop-up window, only CLOSE, nothing else! anything wrong ? anyone can help ?


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EDIT: Thanks for help! guys

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Thanks for the heads up! Missed out on the first round of these, so I'm glad to see them again.

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How do these pre-orders work? Can you order multiples or is the order for a set?

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These silhouettes all look new right? Maybe 1 or 2 are the same but it looks like all new to me.

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I think all new!A new set !

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How do these pre-orders work? Can you order multiples or is the order for a set?


The order is for one zofbie and you can order as many as you want.

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These silhouettes all look new right? Maybe 1 or 2 are the same but it looks like all new to me.


I think all of them are new imo...

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Finally got a chance to snap a pic of this guy. Definitely one of my favorites right now.

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Nice! Got mine couple of days back from mandrake too.


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Galtan + new baltan head = Gaikotsu Baltan. looks good!
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I like them !

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The green one is my choice between, but either are great.

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<3<3<3<3

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I saw the ad for the new Medicom releases and was wondering if the Baltan Galtans would include at least the heads of the Galtans pictured behind them... anyone know?

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The Galtan head is under the Baltan mask, I suppose!


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The Galtan head is under the Baltan mask, I suppose!


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Unmasked I can only agree with Ted's reply. The purple skull does look better, such a hard choice now. Even if one is only and exclusive.

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I love love love that the baltan masks covers the cobra hood.

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GALTANS. And my story.

One of the first toys I bought when I started collecting. Definitely within my first 10. It was the KingBee release, I won the lottery (it was easier back then). I was thrilled. I remember it being the first "big" sized toy in my collection; standard sized I would later learn... Beforehand I stuck to minis and fight figs. But for this, I had to make an exception. The process it took to acquire this Galtan was so worthwhile. I came across KingBee's page while surfing other collecting stuff online, totally random. There was some info posted on the front page, and it just so happened a lottery was gonna take place a day or two or few later. But I made a note of that, and marked my calendar. Sent my one single email, and waited. Definitely later freaking out and having the newbie nervous breakdown of thinking if I had filled out my lottery form correctly. I had never done it before, it was my first lottery. Obviously we know what happens. Thank the toy gods no one leaked the lottery info on SB. The next KingBee release, Zudon, some twat newb(?) posted lottery info a day before it took place. It was a reminder to many, that a Zudon lottery was taking place, and also the rule that YOU DO NOT FUCKING POST LOTTERY INFO. Being a newb, I learned that the easy way, by sitting back and seeing how the organism known as Skullbrain exists, watching someone else get reamed. While others were going "Oh yeah!" others were going "Sshhh!!"

Looking back, I love being new at collecting. I remember the earlier packages I received in my collecting career were the best, because these toys were so alien to me. I pretty much had no fucking clue what was in the box, I had never held a toy like this before in my life. Prior I was collecting 3 3/4 in. Star Wars, Transformers, and Kubricks. My hunting grounds were Target and TRU, but god damn I am ever glad I ever came across a little website named Mandarake. And Galtan was one of the few neo-kaiju Japanese vinyl that got me hooked.

I fucking fell in love with this freak. This mish-mash abomination of a number of different creatures. Galtan has the face of death, the limbs of Ultra monsters, and Exohead is Dr. Frankenstein. And produced by none other than the world-class Zollmen. It has the embodiment of Exohead's humanoid style sculpt. While being a quirky kaiju that represents bootleg. I always thought of Galtan as the pachi kaiju mascot. And it being a bootleg of a pachi kaiju painting, the more bootleg it looks, the better. Which is why the Zollmen version is my favorite interpretation. The design of it is excellent. The proportions are perfect. An ugly, over sized bobbling skull, and stubby little legs, are married with a torso that is just right. The design of the original illustration is so successfully translated into toy form. Although Exhohead's mini is regarded as more accurate, his Zollmen version serves me better as a toy.

In reality I feel Galtan was never really popular to begin with, or at least with western collectors. Definitely a niche figure. Aside from six7777, who by the way had a pretty hardcore Galtan collection himself, I'd see a few Galtans strewn around randomly in collection photos. It seemed like a number of people had at least one version, a favorite I hope. But I'd imagine Galtan would have a better Japanese audience. Though for some reason they just all popped through Mandarake and yj, one by one, sometimes in bunches, for an extravagant discount. A great toy that nobody really wanted, for cheap. For being a Zollmen toy, it had very little appeal to collectors. Which is why it was so easy for me to track down so many of them. All of them in fact, well nearly. I'm still missing one, and now these upcoming releases. So three, and I'm praying for a secret version. In my opinion, an underrated toy that flew under the radar for years. And I am through the roof that they're doing another release! It's been too long, to be honest I thought the sculpt way retired, fuck it eh. I don't mean to hype it up, or shoot myself in the foot for future releases, but Galtan was a toy way ahead of it's time and I'm glad he's gaining some popularity. And for this release, it being Medicom, I'm hoping it will be made to order, Zollmen seems to be following that plan as well.

I hope you all can appreciate the photo of my collection of Galtans, and hope it can serve as a checklist for those interested, as six7's flickr was mine. Since the beginning, Galtan has been the toy I have been actively hunting for; constantly keeping an eye out. It's been five years and counting to get this far, and it was a long and arduous journey that makes collecting the most fucking fun I've ever had by barely having to do anything. It's brought me into contact with some pretty cool collectors, a very special thanks to bansheebot, six7777, and phatomfauna. Don't know if you'd all care or not, but you've all helped me acquire the trickiest, hard to find, and shit I did not even know existed Galtans. Zapatoloco, I have an illustration of yours of the Galtans on a boat! It is fucking rad!

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And this is the last skull I need to bring apocalypse to the world. Garimpo B version. Please help me attain it.... Funny story about this. I could have had this one by now. Two chances; too slow on Mandarake, and the other slipped out of my fingers. I was at a place, and at this place I was watching an ebay auction on my phone for this very Galtan. Watching the count down because I'm a d-bag sniper. I wait a little too near, fumble because I needed to put in a password again; takes a little longer, loading etc.... Err, incorrect password, I'm fucking up.... and as the seconds come close to the end of the auction for the LAST Galtan I need, one of the single biggest moments of my life occurs, and I have no reason but to put my phone away. Poof.
And while we're here, I dream of one day owning an MVH custom Galtan, and any protos/unpainteds (gid, I know it exists).

Thank you for letting me share.

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Thanks for the story and the pics. Always great to read how someone put some much dedication into a toy.
Congrats for the collection.

I like Galtan too, but I try to avoid collecting multiples, so I stick perfectly satisfied with my Kaizine version, which happens to be one of my favourites.

This new version looks really nice with a smaller skull. Not too sure I'm interested in the Baltan head though. Hope it will be made available to overseas.

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Yea for sure! I know people are into completing Boogies, fight figures, Zags, etc.... I guess my thing was Galtans. And S7 Zombies :lol:

And I love the new Baltan gimmick, pretty cool melding the bootleg with licensed kaiju it was made off of. And judging from how it goes over his gills, the Baltan head is HUGE.

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Not for gaijin... :cry:

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Not for gaijin... :cry:



Im really bummed about this too. I had seen their previous blog post on that and the fact that it was in English gave me some hope.


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Spectacular collection! And thanks for sharing your story. Hope you find the Galtans you need to complete your obsession. ;)
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