Vintage Popy Ultraman vinyl

Once in a while I come across some cool little cheap vinyl. Got these guys for $20. Don't know the year but the condition and sculpt points towards vintage. I love the look of Japanese vinyl. It has a cool shiny look to it that I dont find in modern chinese Bandai vinyl. My daugter is going to go crazy when she sees these on display!

Some collectors my scoff at the idea of picking up figures in this condition, but I actually don't mind. This figure shows it was lovingly played with by a child who probably used his imagination to pretend he was fighting some huge Kaiju. This figure is about 5.5"

The back shows the Popy logo and "JAPAN" and what I can only assume is copyright info.

This is the other figure that came in the lot. It's a bit smaller, possibly 4.5". It is also well played with but not abused.

This figure also states Popy Japan.

If anyone can provide more info on these, that would be great.

New Vintage toy videos up on YouTube RocketPunchArmy channel

I've been bombarding my YouTube channel with reviews of some affordable vintage stuff. I've also done a review for each and every one. Check out the pictorials coming soon here on my blog and make sure to also check out the videos for each one.

From L to R: Windam, Sankan-Oh, MR-18, VF-1S, Gyakuten Oh, Bull Ceasar

Bandai 1991 Windam Vinyl Review:

Takatoku Sankan-Oh Diecast Review:

Popy Machine Robo MR-18 (Gobots Road Ranger):

Macres VF-1S Valkyrie (Macross VF-1S KO):

Mark Gyakuten-Oh Pocket Gokin:

Marushin Takemi Blocker Machine Blaster Bull Ceasar:

Hasegawa Ultraman MAT Update 12/22/2011

Interior is coming along nicely.

Body needs some further detailing and lamps still. Oh, and Bumpers

Here you can see the dashboard and door panels which mount on the body. That thin line around the steering wheel is a friggin water transfer decal. SO HARD TO PUT ON.

Here is a tease of what it will look like.

$$$ Ultraman BLING vinyl $$$

If you have thousands burning a hole in your wallet, you may want to check these out. From Marusan and Made in Japan.

Ultra Jewelry Collection 01 Ultraman 450 Diamond Blue

A new series of figures in celebration of the 45th anniversary of the original Ultraman TV program!

Featuring a half carat blue diamond placed in the color timer area in Ultraman's chest and packed in an amazing Ultraman/Marusan gift box along with a gold vinyl Marusan Logo and Jet Beetle this is a luxurious present worthy of any Ultra fan.

The vinyl is, of course, made by hand in Japan.
Complete Pre-painted Model
Head, Arms and Legs are poseable
Size: appx. 230mm
Soft Vinyl
360,000 JPY

Ultra Jewelry Collection 02 Ultraman 350 Diamond Blue

A new series of figures in celebration of the 45th anniversary of the original Ultraman TV program!

Featuring a half carat blue diamond placed in the color timer area in Ultraman's chest and packed in an amazing Ultraman/Marusan gift box along with a gold vinyl Marusan Logo and Jet Beetle this is a luxurious present worthy of any Ultra fan.

The vinyl is, of course, made by hand in Japan.

Complete Pre-painted Model
Head, Arms and Legs are poseable
Size: appx. 230mm
Soft Vinyl

280,000 JPY

 

Want a cheaper alternative?

Ultra Jewelry Collection 03 Ultraman 450 Swarovski

A new series of figures in celebration of the 45th anniversary of the original Ultraman TV program!

Packed in an amazing Ultraman/Marusan gift box along with a gold vinyl Marusan Logo and Jet Beetle this is a luxurious present worthy of any Ultra fan.

The vinyl is, of course, made by hand in Japan.

Complete Pre-painted Model
Head, Arms and Legs are poseable
Size: appx. 290mm
Soft Vinyl36,000 JPY

 

Ultra Jewelry Collection 04 Ultraman 350 Swarovski

A new series of figures in celebration of the 45th anniversary of the original Ultraman TV program!

Packed in an amazing Ultraman/Marusan gift box along with a gold vinyl Marusan Logo and Jet Beetle this is a luxurious present worthy of any Ultra fan.

The vinyl is, of course, made by hand in Japan.

Complete Pre-painted Model
Head, Arms and Legs are poseable
Size: appx. 290mm
Soft Vinyl 28,000 JPY

 Or hey! I got a great idea, grab one of these below and slap a piece of glass on its chest and call it a day!

Ultra Soft Series 45th Anniversary Celebration Ultraman 450 New Light Gray Soft Vinyl Figure

Soft Vinyl Pre-Painted Complete Figure
Size: Appx. 300mm Tall
Package: Paper Header + Vinyl Bag & Illustration Paper Base

7,800 JPY Now that's more like it. Seems like chump change after the previous ones.

 

VINTAGE JAPANESE ULTRAMAN SHOOTER MOC

VINTAGE JAPANESE ULTRAMAN SHOOTER MOC.   Got this bad boy on eBay. Pretty strange but a piece of Ultraman history.

The packaging is simple. Box art is not the best but fits the vibe. This was released in a time where it was OK to blind your friends.

Apparently, there are pellets included. I am not sure if they are metal or plastic. They kind of sound metal to me. Of course I could open the package, but I think this is one of those things that becomes completely worthless and loses 100% of its charm once it's open. It's probably a piece of crap toy. The blue part seems to be the wrist band.

Here is the actual shooter portion of the toy. It looks pretty bad. I'm wondering how much play value this thing has. Did anyone in Japan that owned this play with it for more than two minutes before realizing they wasted their life away fiddling with this? Or is it more pathetic to be the person who buys this many decades later only to leave it in the package? You know you want one.

Ultraman GA-95 Chogokin

A diecast Ultraman...need I say much more? Even thought this one is in good shape, it's rather loose so exciting poses are out of the question...well as exciting as a toy from the 70's could pull off. I love it all the same.

He comes with three little rubber Kaiju figures that are much smaller than him.

Sort of a signature move...the best I could do without him flopping around.

He looks so vintagey. I wish I could tighten his joints but they are riveted.

I've been waiting a long time to get this guy into my collection. Now I have him. Yayyyy.

Hasegawa Ultraman MAT Vehicle Update (Mazda Cosmos)

I have not forgotten about the MAT build. In fact I just finished the interior and chassis. I have however, not gotten around to taking some pictures. Hopefully tomorrow I can get around to it and maybe do a followup video too. Stay tuned. EDIT: Video below!

Summit Haul: Popy Ultraman vinyl

So while this isn't a 70's vinyl, it sure does look like one. Right down to the Popy logo on the front. Its early 2000 I believe, and Made in Japan like any good vinyl should be. I just had to get it to annoy my wife. It's extra skinny and creepy, just the way she hates him. It's such a cool little piece of Ultraman vinyl.

2011 Chogokin Summit 08/20

Beverly, MA- So it was time once again to head over to the Chogokin Summit. It is a gathering of all sorts of robot/Japanese character fans to get together, make new friends and of course check out and buy some really cool stuff at really cool prices. No money? No problem, bring some stuff to trade. Unfortunately for me, I got to the tailgate party late at CDX headquarters because there was like 92 accidents on the way there. Took me almost 8 hours to do a 3.5 hour ride...yeah. So next morning we all headed out to pick up some stuff, have breakfast and then proceeded to the Summit. We got there nice and early before anything was really set up. We put up some tents, set up tables and chairs and the like. Since I was helping out Josh from CDX, I got a firsthand glimpse of stuff he was going to be selling and trading, so I started mentally tagging everything which as it turns out becomes nearly impossible on only 3 hours of sleep in two days. The pieces there ranged from old to new. It was real cool seeing friends and making new ones. If you ever have the chance to make it to one, I highly recommend it. So here are some shots of the fun that was had.

Incubot stuff for sale. I snagged me a white Shiroi Voltron USB (Bottom Left) All funds from the White USB bots go to help Japan.

Nice...

This is the other side of the Incubot table. There was some really cool stuff in here.

CDX Table. Josh is a great guy and gave me some good deals on some stuff he didn't need anymore.

a 1/60 scale Astro Plan fighter! Much nicer than I expected it to be. Not up to Yamato Valkyrie standards but these definitely were inspired by them.

This bot is so strange yet so cool.

Anyone have some spare parts?

I hope I never catch the vintage vinyl bug..there is just WAY too much stuff out there.

Star Wars cards!

Gin Gin Foe-Gokin custom paint.

You think this is a production toy? Guess again. This and the following other figures are one-offs! Hand prepped and painted. AWESOME.

Incubot Nekosaur Summit 2011 Exclusive Vinyl. $60, amazing finish by Matt Walker of Dead Presidents fame.

Here is Matt Walker showing off the awesomeness of his line of Monster Kolor spray paints to customize you jumbos and vinyls. The pictures do not do these pictures justice AT ALL.

Check out the hand drawn pin-stripes! The sparkle needs to be seen in person to be appreciated.

Mason's famous bacon fat burgers...I ALWAYS miss out on these. Not this year!

I'm sure there were a few droolings around this guy.

All three wonderful one-off figures side by side plus a little resin prototype.

Gin Gin Foe-Gokins by BrownNoize Productions.

Caught somewhere in time!

Baby Gin Gins

Sanjeev, the man behind the Brown Noize.

Bootleg Starscream. Just oen of the things I meant to buy but forgot all about in the end.

Bootleg Dinobot with wings. Fell asleep and someone else bought it.

These things are analog!

MIB Jetfire with no yellowing on plastic

Very rare Godaikin stand

Cool table

Nice little brown Tetsujin vinyl.

A picture a couple of hours before it became mine.

See that little Irongear behind Combattler on the left? Been on a massive search for that. Didn't notice it there for sale and missed out on owning it for $10. Darn

Nice little Ultraman Vinyl. Now part of my collection.

Rockbat

The only toy I had with me to show. Picked it up on the way up.

Here you can see the Hasbro on the left and the Takara version on the right. Which do you like more?

The header card on this says Voltron on the back. The toy is a Mazinga Z. Apparently, they also made a Voltron vinyl.

Yamato 1/60 Fire Valkyrie. Amazing little thing.

Yamato Fire Valkyrie 1/60

Isn't this just cool?

Diaclone of what would eventually become Devastator

UFO Grendizer and his Spazer

Old Japanese Pachinko machine

Something tells me this is transformed wrong. Maybe.

I paid $7 for one of these many many years ago..... $7!!!! I swapped a price sticker hehe. I win.

My Summit 2011 haul plus Hasbro Rodimus and Thundercats figures I picked up on the way up.

In the end I got most of what I was eyeballing. Of course in all the craziness, I also missed out on some cool deals but one can only buy so much, I may have gotten too much, but I will be entertained for quite a while. One thing I wish I would have noticed was a little plastic Iron Gear figure which I've been going crazy looking for. It sold for 10 bucks. One day it will be mine...MWAHAHAHA.