Fist of the North Star series
We bought this series back in the early 90s mainly because, at that time, there weren't any other versions of FotN we could find!
It is by Yongda Toy Corp, with the added brands of Beidoshengquan (Which Google translate says means "Peking University") and Henry on the package fronts. They are blister packs with the figures, some armor and some monochrome weapons.
The figures look to sport 10-11 POA. The sculpts are recognizable to the characters but very bland. The blister cards feature individual character art but stickers for the character names.
In fact, the sculpts almost scream bootleg but we haven't really been able to find much on the series. We don't know if this was a licensed product or not.
Either way, this set has been eclipsed by Kaiyodo's Xebec series in the late 90s/early 00s which featured much better sculpting but, surprisingly, worse articulation. We don't have any of the Xebec figures but they look great!
We saw them in one of our Japan toy hunts here:
www.flickr.com/photos/paprihaven/48111214718/
Then Kaiyodo released a new series under their Revoltech brand. This included excellent sculpts and excellent articulation. We have Shin from the Revoltech line.
www.flickr.com/photos/cmultra/38637959392/
It's funny that Jagi is included in all of the above mentioned series. His role in the story was brutally brief as he was just there to demonstrate how powerful Ken is. But, fodder villains are fun to have.
Medicom released a Kenshiro in their 1/6 RAH line. He's excellent.
www.flickr.com/photos/paprihaven/19817098965/
Fist of the North Star series
We bought this series back in the early 90s mainly because, at that time, there weren't any other versions of FotN we could find!
It is by Yongda Toy Corp, with the added brands of Beidoshengquan (Which Google translate says means "Peking University") and Henry on the package fronts. They are blister packs with the figures, some armor and some monochrome weapons.
The figures look to sport 10-11 POA. The sculpts are recognizable to the characters but very bland. The blister cards feature individual character art but stickers for the character names.
In fact, the sculpts almost scream bootleg but we haven't really been able to find much on the series. We don't know if this was a licensed product or not.
Either way, this set has been eclipsed by Kaiyodo's Xebec series in the late 90s/early 00s which featured much better sculpting but, surprisingly, worse articulation. We don't have any of the Xebec figures but they look great!
We saw them in one of our Japan toy hunts here:
www.flickr.com/photos/paprihaven/48111214718/
Then Kaiyodo released a new series under their Revoltech brand. This included excellent sculpts and excellent articulation. We have Shin from the Revoltech line.
www.flickr.com/photos/cmultra/38637959392/
It's funny that Jagi is included in all of the above mentioned series. His role in the story was brutally brief as he was just there to demonstrate how powerful Ken is. But, fodder villains are fun to have.
Medicom released a Kenshiro in their 1/6 RAH line. He's excellent.
www.flickr.com/photos/paprihaven/19817098965/