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Believe it or not, this one was supposedly spotted in Russia in 1989. Regardless he is so cute with his three red eyes wanting you to take home! Cool as!! By Bandai in 2003, 7 inches tall.
Kim took this pic, we were taking shots for a kaiju story but decided not to include the mushroom men
Character: Matango
Company: M1号
Manufacturer: M1号
Series: Toho Kaiju Series Lucky Bag Set
Made In: Japan
Material: Yellow Vinyl
Height: Approximately 20.8 cm
Number of Parts: 6
Released: August 20, 2000
Original Price: 15,000 yen (Lucky Bag Price)
Limitation: 500
Packaging: Bag
Additional Info: This unpainted yellow sofubi Matango was release as part of the Toho Lucky Bag Set exclusive for Wonder Festival. It was released with these four other unpainted figures, 1973 Godzilla (flesh sofubi), 1975 MechaGodzilla (black sofubi), Manda (GID sofubi), and Jet Jaguar (flesh sofubi). All the figures were placed in a red paper shopping bag with the Japanese kanji 福袋 (translation: lucky bag) printed on the bag. A limited production run of 500 lucky bags was released.
The Matango prototype sculpt design by Masami Yamada. Originally the design was offered to Marusan, but was turned down by Marusan as they thought the added eyes to the Matango came off as creepy for a children's toy. The sculpt was then passed on to M1, who released it in 1997.
Left foot markings:
M1号
1997
Right foot markings:
©東宝
Yoshiki Takaya Kadokawa Edition limited production pre painted and fixed pose vinyl figure. Originally came with the comic book as a set but I only bought the figure. Original sculpted by Max Watanabe in 2003. 1/6 scale and 12.7 inches tall.
Character: Yamitsuki
Company: Iru Iru
Manufacturer: Iru Iru
Series: Aaban Series
Made In: Japan
Material: Clear Vinyl
Height: Approximately 5.8 cm
Number of Parts: 1
Released: January 9, 2011
Original Price: 800 yen
Limitation: Super Festival Limited Edition
Packaging: Header Card with Bag
Additional Info: Iru Iru toy company makes their debut at Super Festival 55 held in Tokyo Japan. Akihiro Sakaguchi owner and toy designer of Iru Iru was on hand at the show. One of their toy line introduction is the "Aaban Kaiju" series. 2 different types of Aaban Kaiju characters were made available for sale. Shown here is the Aaban Kaiju named "Yamitsuki". There were 5 color versions to choose from of Yamitsuki. These can be obtained in 2 ways at the show. You can buy them individually for 800 yen or purchase the display board which came with a total of 8 Aaban Kaiju for 6,400 yen.
Written in Japanese on the display board is "daininki aaban kaiju" which translates as "popular urban monsters". Also on the display board and the back of the header cards contains illustrations of the characters available in the Aaban Kaiju series. The characters are Yamitsuki, Shinpi, and Musabori. Even though Musabori is on the display as artwork, it was not produced as a vinyl toy for Super Festival 55 show. Musabori did not make it's debut as a toy until 1 year later at Super Festival 58 held on January 9, 2012.
Back markings:
JAPAN
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