November 15, 2001 CURRENT RUMBLE Umi-Gosh! Corey 11.15.01 This is one of those toys I saw a long time ago and thought: "That is the UGLIEST thing I've ever seen. I MUST have it!" Takatoku's diecast Umi-Bozu from 'Medaman'. I'm not sure who I think was wolfing down more tabs of acid - the producers of the show or the folks at Takatoku who then made the toys based on said show. It took a long time (and some serious internal questionings of my own sanity) to actually track one down and buy it but, thanks to some unlooked for help from the ever-friendly TBDX community, well, here it is. It takes a special approach to appreciate this toy. Let me hold your hand through this process . . . Scoot the brightly colored skateboard back and forth on the tabletop. Ponder the tiny, ugly, emotionally ambiguous cohort. Roll the inexplicable, blue, plastic marble between your fingertips. Stroke lovingly the wavy wisps of disturbing yellow hair. Fondle the pale, waxy, baby-doll arms. Tenderly press the cool weight of the diecast blue dress against your expectant thorax. Shudder as you slowly pull the inaccurately painted eyestalks, one by one, out to their full extension. Manipulate the, eerie, white lever in the back of the head in order to make Umi say: "reMARKable!"  RUMBLE INDEX  |  CURRENT RUMBLE