Astro Boy....who made this?

This is something I bought in 1999. Just wondering which company might have made this.







If 1997 isn't vintage go ahead and move this thread.

Thanks for the help!

 

The foot says ビリケン商会 Biriken Shokai.

 

That was quick! Thanks!

 

Billiken Shokai.

 

i think the rule with vintage clothing is 10+ years is vintage. the times they are a changin!

rad astroboy

this forum should be called antique toys now

 

Billiken/Shokai make some pretty interesting vinyls ...

http://www.billiken-shokai.co.jp/billik ... chara.html

 

I still need that Kaibutsu set!

 

Which one?

 

Well, that billiken one. And the hyper hobby one. And the new wobble head one.

 

And the Medicom set?

 

Actually I have all Kaibutsu's Medicom versions and one of each of the others, except wolfman. I also have the minis. I don't have a Medicom group shot though... It would be nice to see one if you have one.

 

There are two Billiken sets and two Bounty Hunter sets that I have, I need a bunch of those Medicom ones still.

 

FWIW, the way I have always understood ket terms are:
Antique = Objects 100 years old or older.
Vintage = Objects 20 years old or older.
Collectable = Objects that are less than 20 years old.

So the collectable market is mostly full of crap that people self-define as having some future value.
The vintage market are things that will most likely become antiques since they have proven themselves to have value beyond someone declaring them a “collectible.”
Antiques pretty much will be antiques forever.

Also if you use the term “vintage“ and it is and someone complains, they are most likely pleasures to do business with and you should carve time out of each day to deal with them.

 

No!

 

Ha ha ha. Well said, MZ.

 

And the Hyper Hobby Kaibutsu kun set?

So Dennis, the second one is the finger puppet one? Is that Billiken? Or which one is it!?

Edit. I found the answer!