marusan originals

Thanks for the info, Roger.

 

Actually, after looking at the pics again the name of the company may have been Marusan Creative at that point. It's hard to keep track of it all. I was going to write an article about this once.

A little bit more history here:

http://www.marusan-usa.com/2295.html

 

i want all of these things! filling up an entire patchi-bookshelf!

 

The reissues are cheap as all hell and they're all over the place.

 

most of the vintage standard size of mine never broke a hundred . the giant size is another story .the finger puppet or small size seem to go for around the same price as the standard size .

 

Unfortunately for us, I see the harder-to-find standards regularly breaking a hundred these days. I almost won an Ebirah for under $50, but the seller yanked the auction right before it ended.

 

This page looks to be quite interesting...

http://mononofu.hp.infoseek.co.jp/laboratory/bullmark/bm_vs_ms.html

 

That's an amazing link, akum6n!
Thanks.

 

not vintage, but i just won this lot

thanks to mark k for the heads up

 

pickleloaf, was that Ebay? they didnt show up in any of my YJA searches.

 

no it was yahoo

http://page7.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/g66873162

"Find a set of monster Marsan 9 BURUMAAKU Soft Vinyl"

 

Wow....that's a great price for that lot.

 

and i might have a bera to sell out of it

i have 3 now apparently

 

Jim did you ever find this book?

 

Rory, bigger pics, please. Are those from Sofubi Catalog 2000?

 

Oh, that book. I think it's called "Empire of Fine Figure" or something to that effect?

A black and white version of those pages is included as a flyer in the Marusan original kaiju reissues.

 

'The Great Empire of Fine Figure'

Where does the Giant Gorilla fit into things? They don't appear in the book, but do at the bottom of the b&w insert with the toys. Was it part of the original series and just appeared later?

 

fock i want all of those

 

I don't remember if the Giant Gorilla was originally part of the kaiju series or if it was sold with the One Million BC dinosaurs, and I'm not sure if it was actually repurposed afterwards as King Kong for the Toho Kaiju lineup or if that's something collectors did years later.

Jim or Mark can probably weigh in on this.

 

Here is HH Dash 6...

 

it rules that the ultraman rip-off appears to have a gut

and if someone could help me find the "kanegon," the "goji" and the two headed/4 legged thing, i would love you forever!

 

Ultra-Ace with the spare tire is one of my favorites...anytime anyone sees my collection, they usually notice and laugh at the out of shape hero

 

i need one of those guys with a snail shell on his back.