Marusan "monster parade" con-joined windups!
Ended at 173500 JP, which I'm told is a "bargain"





Melted with cuteness when I saw them Wished I had deeper pockets
P.S. Although all 3 are really cute, that pale robin's blue egg colored Kanegon with orthodontically perfect silver teethies, is just the Bee's Knees!

P.P.S. Still haven't had my first cup of coffee yet! Thank you for the price correction Mark! Yep! That makes a difference

It actually ended at 173,500 Yen.

That parade windup is super cool! I've never seen that before; thanks for posting.

I don't know what it is about vinyls with mechanical innards, but I love it.

Thank you for the correction Mark! Daniel, I feel the same way about windups. Wouldn't it be ultra fun to have these guys zzzzzzzzz-zing all over your desk? It would be so neat to see them in action!

I think it´s a Bandai Mazinger-Z, very beautiful piece but the price is too high for me. Sold for ¥257,600 in YJP.

Only about 3" tall but so steep...
http://page.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/177752316:



Little guy is beaten up even more than I usually like, tiny as heck and went for 15k. Mebbe this is normal, but it seemed high, while I admit that I really loved it, just couldn't dig that deep.
BTW, listing said it was a Kamen villain, but it looked more like some early AM5 bad guys as far as style goes. One of you care to tell me what's up with this guy?

I can't immediately identify him, but I do see the AM5 or Mach Baron villain style there for sure. I think he is a Kamen Rider figure though, the belt insignia is giveaway as one of the KR baddies. He looks to be one of the mini figures (smaller than the standard Popy guys) from one of those packaged sets; I think I recall posting about one here a while back.

I thought the belt was a "kamen" denominator too (heh), but the weapon and face really threw me. Thanks for clearing that up, still, I had no idea that it would run so high.

I can't remember where we talked about the set, but here are a few more from the same line. These guys came from the V3 series.

Wow. They are very cool and funky little guys. Thanks again!

These KR V3 minis are very hard to get -15k is not a bad price

thats pick-axe shark from V3. In terms of villain design, I think thats my favorite rider series.

Wow! What an interesting villian Was Mr. Shark ever produced as a standard size (i.e. Chameleon rider?) .

Not that I am aware of.

You guys that know all this stuff never cease to amaze me. Just wanted to say thanks for all the knowledge.

Nope, none of the V3 villains were made in standard size, just mini and four jumbo size. Medicome made some of them in standard size recently, but no shark guy......yet.

Rare rare! ★ 56cm height Astro Boy Soft Vinyl 1960 ★

I think it's like a crossover of two different figures, the torso looks different than the extremities.

Vintage Bandai Cobraman Hand Puppet - minty in bag!
Ended at 28100
At first I thought he was a finger puppet, but an expert, pointed out to me that this is a hand puppet. Nice toy!

Oh Damn I missed that ... Ive been looking for this one for so long . only 3 in the set they originally retailed for 280yen

Can you please tell me what the other 2 hand puppet characters are? Is one of them the Chameleon Rider?
...yeppers, we definitely need to find someone to build us Mr. Wizard's way-back machine!

You can see all three at the top of this page.

^^^^
...those hand puppets are so much fun! Some one should bootleg 'em and add a torso and legs you can detach.

Thank you Wayne! Can I please ask which catalog that is?
I think I like the Cobraman hand puppet best. The snake on his hand is so cute, it's hard not to laugh, instead of being terrified (would make a great cat toy!) . Wish they made a Chameleon hand puppet, that would be ultra cute!

It's the Yuji Nishimura Treasure book, here's Wayne's pic:

I have that book! Mark K recommended it to me!
Thank you Chris, I'll have to go home and have another look through. It's just hard to not want to drool, when you flip through the pages