toyboxdx toy blog brog: is graceful art of daily expressing japanese toy  

There are many more Diapolon vinyls out there…

One toy, Two collectors, on opposite coasts, Three decades to come together.

Coming soon…

More Mecha Gojira.
Bullmark’s all-time classic.

Kyodain Power!

Any Skyzel & Granzel fans out there?

BBS

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This is what happens when you are convinced the mail is going to crush your toybox.

1. A custom order to CGA before the auction ends for UV protected acrylic case with sliding bottom.

2. An express mailing of said container to buying service in Japan. Buying service forwards to seller.

3. A followup diagram to the seller a of how to pack it properly ( without words to give away my “gaijin” status)

4. Express mail back to the buying service.

5. Additional packing and double boxing at buying service.

6. Mailed to neurotic buyer. ( with a request for preview photos before it is sent.)

Take pills and add water.

Sometimes I love this hobby.

Lunch break picture.
Finally the sun shines in germany!

Grip Hurricane Polymar Base –

This one reminds me why I love the Grip toys so much. The gimmicks here are amazing for a toy of this size.

First off, we have the excellent bubble packaging. You can display these little guys in their box and still enjoy the toy within.

Pop those virgin staples to reveal the toy in the box. The detailing is really quite excellent. Check out the fuzzy grass/foilage effect they have applied to the mountain.

Set it on the table to see the base before opening to reveal the hidden structure.

The set comes with 3 tiny diecast metal vehicles and one hero to launch from the top. You can see the garage where the vehicles launch from the spring loaded launcher triggered from the back. Those things really come flying out of there. Watch the eyes!

The top cone comes off to allow the hero to be launched via another spring mechanism. Very cool!

Here is a quick look at the catalog. I’ll try to get this scanned in later so you can check out the whole thing.

The MFVs are, unfortunately, the vinyl robots for me. The Bandai MFVs are the right size to match up against (and really, dominate) the plethora of vinyl kaiju that’s out there, and the chunky sculpts just speak to me. Getter 2 is usually a slender and spindly robot, but this rendition has a little more heft and speaks to a machine that can move, but still take and give a beating, courtesy of that fearsome drill!

This guy is also my first experience with good, proper vintage ‘smell’. The couple of Popy minis I have just don’t have much scent to them, but this guy has more than enough material to really keep a stink in him, and it’s great. Now all he needs are some missiles. Until then, he’s going to have to beat up monsters the old-fashioned way:

It’s time for some extra macrolove:
Takemi’s Blocker IV – Boss Palder from the Machine Blaster series

Paris in the early 90ties.
Smokin weed, parties, being a student, no worldwide recession.
What a great time spending daddy’s money for Ulysses 31, Captain Future,
Goldorak, Shogun Warriors and Captain Future toys. Long time ago…
On one of these trips I bought this freaky looking robot.
Valcan I from the UFO Commander 7 series. At this time I didn’t
have a clue what series he belong to, but I thought this guy must have
some other great looking companions.

Many years later.
Nonsmoker, less parties, working all day, worldwide recession.
Still spending lots of money (not daddy’s) for vintage toys
and I know much more about this mysterious Valcan I.
Unfortunately his only companion is a robot called Brain 3.
Egg 3 would be a better name for this guy. The russian Tsar
Alexander with his love to Fabergé-Eggs, would loved this robot.

What a dynamic duo.
Could it be possible that Brain 3 is the brother of Gonbesu from Kyodain?
Blue Silver is the UFO of these 2 guys. Hmmm, maybe a bit to small
for two mature robots…

Last year I found a complete set of these Shinsei UFO Commander 7
toys on german ebay. The set was a dead stock and the price
was a joke, so I bought it even I’m not a fan of intergalactic
construction vehicles. Yes, missile firing construction vehicles…

The set came in the not-so-sexy blister packaging. The japanese
boxes look much nicer I must say.

Everything is made of heavy diecast. The quality of these toys is very good.
But construction vehicles…hmmm….
Don’t be afraid of the UFO Commander 7 toys because the don’t hurt you. ;-)

More fotos in the BBS.
Tell me if you like missile firing construction vehicles!