Revenge of the Retro Japanese Toy Adverts

Yeah, interesting to see Japanese sculptors takes on Western properties.

 

Slot racers? Outstanding!

 

So much variety. Overwhelmed, speechless even. Hence, sentence fragments.

 

Microman spread is juicy. Bottom right, that two pack was released... but all the colors were changed for production with the two figures and all the outfits/accessories for the set. Squeeeeee

 

Some great minis there. 3rd photo down especially. I tried for years to get some of them, but they were hard to get and relatively expensive even before it was cool (to be hugely expensive that is).
The twin prop bike was cool too!

 

ウルトラ怪獣 レトロソフビコレクション 1966-2024

 

So many very fine pages as always. But what is the big gold metallic Kanegon with the full size purse snaps at the mouth corners? Chunky and bold!

 

It's a pure gold 24 karat figure, about 10mm high. It's got a little display box, bottom left of the page.

 

Good grief, can't believe I missed that, Definitely for the collector who has everything!

 

Thanks for posting; all of it is great but the vintage UFOs really caught my eye!

 

An old ad for Cosmo Knight Alpha. I wonder where ads like these ran?

 

Maybe Hobby Japan or Figure King?

 

Exactly. There are also similar ads in both editions of Yuji Nishimura's "Kaiju and Heero Appraisal Catalog".