can someone tell me the name/kanji of this guy? the body is like the blue gorilla headed monster to the lower right of this photo and i can see his head here in the center on the bottom
Garuban. There were both Bullmark and Ark versions of the character, if I remember. The particular one in that photo is a custom, I think, as the original only had two eyes. Oh, and here you go: ガルバン
the version in your original photo is actually not garuban, but sort of a riff on the character. its definitely a nod to the original, but a new character. i forget off the top of my head who made that one. garuban is a captain ultra kaiju, and there are a few vinyls out there. bullmark made a standard size and giant, and there is also a mini/pendant version (not sure who made that one). there is the diecast mentioned above, as well as a marmit. b-club also re-issued the giant bullmark, and it is one of the best toys that exists.
this photo of the bullmark is on clubtokyo this is in an auction is there something wrong with the horn things on top of the auction bullmark's head?
I see them with the "horns" broken off, pretty often, but the auction almost makes it look like something else was put there as a replacement.
There was a diecast company that made a Garuban diecast in the 70s. I have one and I believe it was Marushin something similar to Marusan. The same company made a variation of the diecast Garuban with a gorilla face if I am not mistaken. That diecast I have yet to find. The Gorilla Garuban in your first photo I believe is an Amapro vinyl. They also made a red and blue version. Marmit made a small verision of the original as well. The Giant Bullmark reissue is an awesome figure, If I can dig it up I'll take pics. Great garbage/ junk Kaiju!
Yeah! That's the one I was thinking of... it was in Take-shit's article from an old S7 issue. Couldn't remember the company, though. It is Marushin. The Amapro vinyl is named Mecha-gonilla (the original Marushin is "Mecha-gorilla")- not sure if that's a tongue-in-cheek reference to the fact that it's a patchi-kaiju version of a toy that was a rip on another toy.
Sorry for the fuzzy pic, but here is a Bullmark Garuban and the B-Club reissue. That one in the auction has been altered, for sure.
Awww! AwWWWWWW! 3x3is9 you are killin me! What a great piece! Plus these are the best pics I've ever seen of it! The Marushin Garuban is hands down one of my favorite diecasts! That Marushin Mecha-gorilla Garuban.....speechless....
I wish it was mine. I snagged those pics from Amapros website. He was showing them as what he based his guy off of. It's killing me too!
