I got a letter from a collector who usually just collects vintage I deal with sometimes who had a question I couldn't answer --- The only monster I'm personally familiar with that sounds anything like his description is the one he named - Iron Rocks - but Ive never seen a toy of this kaiju. I was hoping maybe someone here might be able to figure out both what monster and what toy he might be thinking of. Anyone want to take a shot?
Sounds like he's talking about Yamaton released by Yamanaya. Let me see if i can find a picture of him.
Niiiiiiice. Thanks,all! The board tells me it came out around '08, and there were two versions - gunmetal and green. This is all good info. What the board didn't tell me, and where my first stabs at a net search failed me, is where he's originally from... Hold my hand and tell me the show, too?
The green Yamaton was a standard sales directly from Yamanaya for 5775 yen. The second release of Yamaton was a Super Festival 46 exclusive released on April 29, 2008 also for the same price of 5775 yen.
Thanks, more good info, but I was actually wondering if this fellow had his day on the TV box. Is he a licensed monsta from a Tsuburaya show or an original creation? rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.
For some reason I kind of regret not getting one of these myself. They remind me of P-40 Flying Tiger model planes I use to build when I was a kid. Man 2008 was such a good year for kaiju!
He's a Tsuburaya licensed kaiju. He appeared in a Ultraman manga. I believe he may have also appeared in the Ultraman anime, but i could be wrong about that. Ultraman Manga:
Y'know, I coulda sworn Yamaton was actually in an Ultraman show..but I guess not... Anyway, this is pretty cool:
Oh for [yes I like toys] sake, you guys pull out the awesomeist [Wonkaberries] all the time. This is why SB rules! I think we need a random, 'hey did I mention I know this...' thread
