All those quotes had me cracking up, thanks for that David

Any time, K. It was a hoot compiling them.

More treats:

nice! whered those come from..?

Blog, silly. The green postman returns!

I wonder if it is not just a reference shot using the old Ikarus figure. While I have to admit that I dearly love the new Zarab postman, the lack of arms is kinda disappointing from a toy front. As a mini/midi it is acceptable, but (only because I am still a kid) I miss that playability of the separate arms.

wasnt popping up for me before

Steve, I'm wondering if that old postman is just there for reference too..?
autotranslate doesnt doesnt exactly confirm either way..

I dont mind the arms not being seperate, there are a few buta sculps with non articulated arms. and he needed to be holding the box like that, so....
I dig him very much as is.

Hopefully that regular ikarus gets released this round too! will be awesome to have with the postman version.

Very cool that there is a new Ikarus, as I didn't end up picking up the orange version.

Just had me another toygasm looking at all those upcoming Buta releases. I dig the Zarab postman but am more excited for a shot at the Icarus postman. And the Zazahn-hubba hubba!

Here is my wishlist list for Buta sculpts, I will keep it short and sweet: Sanda & Gaira! How flippin' cool would THAT be?!?!

EDIT: I see those on Lixx's wish list as well from a few pages back. I second that request wholeheartedly.

I'd be happy if he stayed in Tuburaya-land forever, but if he must go Toho...

Frankenstein and Baragon
Gorosaurus, Mechanikong and a licensed Kong
The Bat People from Latitude Zero

Pretty sure I've said all of the above before. Lixx style!

YES to the bat people...Oohashi can make em' crude, cuddly and creepy all in one fell swoop.

May of last year:Mechara

Did not connect Mechara to the Bat Peeps..but you are right about the resemblance. So much recycling of costumes, characters, etc. anyway from series to series, it would make sense.

I wonder what ever happened with the Gorosaurus proto Oohashi teased a few years ago?

He and Mechanikong top my Buta Toho top wants list...along with Mecha Godzilla... and King Ghidorah.

Yep, I did say it all before:

February 10th, 2011:

July 12th, 2012

And just a couple of weeks ago...I guess I have to admit that I engage in Toho pipe dreamin', too.

I thought I remembered a Gorosaurus tease as well, but all I could find was this pic of the Marusan in action:

WHOA! JAMIRA!!!

one of the best release groupings in a while.
looks like thats a confirmation of no ikarus postman reissue.

Poor little astronaut.

Yup a superstar lineup!

But is Icarus new or re-issue? That's an old color scheme but I didn't see Icarus from our database.

Yup the astronaut story was really tragic.

^ New release - first version was on orange vinyl. The colorway, however, all but perfectly matches the first Postman Icarus:

That could be where your confusion is coming from.

Not sure where Chris has them on the front page, but you can find Alien Icarus under UltraSeven, and Postman Icarus under Chibira-Kun on my page of the DB:
viewtopic.php?p=787180#p787180

theyll look soo good displayed next to each other.

Ah I see. Just that its the exact same green vinyl with dark purple spray from the 1st release. Cant' wait!!!

Yeah, it's a good match with the 2009 toy.

Since the cat's out of the bag anyway...

The yummy new row.

Wow. I just can't get over how great this line-up is! Zazahn alone would have been enough to make it one of my favorite release line-ups, but to add Zarab postman and Jamila? Amazing.



I just looked too and couldn't find it. It must have been taken down since it was definitely there.