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November 12, 2010

All hail the king!

Filed under: Co. BULLMARK,Daily Money Shots,Erik Sjoen — erik sjoen @ 1:32 pm

King Joe (キングジョー)

November 8, 2010

Where had all the legs gone to

Filed under: Co. BULLMARK,Stephan Halder,Toy Love — chogoman @ 6:17 pm

NO, this is not a “Looking for, Wanted, Need”  a few legs for my Daibaron Brog.

I’m just asking myself, if maybe someone has a theory or answer why always
the legs are so hard to find. It was a pain in the ass to get a boxed Volt Frigate
for my Voltes V. Still got no legs for my Eidai Grip Daibaron…and now
the legs for the Daibaron DX…

Where are all the legs, please tell me?

A Daibaron without legs sucks, even when he costs 2400 yen   ;-)

November 1, 2010

I’ll cut you too!!!

Filed under: Co. BULLMARK,Daily Money Shots,Stephan Halder,Stoopid — chogoman @ 4:08 pm

Bullmark Big Blazer circa 1975 meets Cold Steel

Blazer gonna kick Robocon’s fat ass!

;-)

October 23, 2010

Bullmark: Diapolon & Legger Mini Sofubis

Filed under: Co. BULLMARK,Stephan Halder,Toy Love,Toy News — chogoman @ 4:39 pm

Back of the header card.

September 23, 2010

侘寂

Filed under: Co. ARK,Co. BULLMARK,Daily Money Shots,Josh Fraser,Regan Miller — Josh Fraser @ 9:28 pm

Aged to perfection

September 13, 2010

Kindness, Karma, and Completion.

Filed under: Co. BULLMARK,Mike Parisi,Toy News,Warren Schwartz — Mike Parisi @ 5:16 pm

What can I say about Warren Schwartz that hasn’t already been said? How about, we are lucky as Hell to have a guy as hardcore yet so effortlessly generous among us. This little story starts here:

http://toyboxdx.dsri.xyz/brog/?p=6738

As usual, I’m floored by the sheer density of super rare, high quality stuff Warren possesses. Pretty much every pic is a work of art and Josh, of course, does a stellar job describing an experience many only dream about. This time however, I’m a bit *more* excited than usual because of this one little unassuming photo:

http://toyboxdx.dsri.xyz/brog/wp-content/uploads/2009/mechamachine-zaboga-loose1.jpg

Today, with the Mecha Machine-Zoboga parts I already had, this lovely creature is now in it’s full-glory existence once again. Thanks to really great fellow collector, Warren Schwartz.

August 29, 2010

Sofubi head case

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August 28, 2010

Mechanikong sighting…

Filed under: Co. BULLMARK,SUMMIT,Toy Love — Sanjeev @ 7:41 pm

What can I say? Ben inspired me with his Mogera pics.

So…more Bullmark love for y’all!

As you may or may not know, I scored this guy from Alen in a monumental Summit trade a few weeks ago. Monumental because it’s started me down the path of vintage Bullmark kaiju…something I’ve feared (and thus avoided!) for years now.

No longer! The Bullmark cherry has been popped!

Bullmark: UFO Diapolon Motorbike

Filed under: Co. BULLMARK,Stephan Halder,Toy Love,Toy News — chogoman @ 2:30 pm

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A few weeks ago I found this Bullmark UFO Diapolon motorcycle on Yahoo.
I couldn’t resist and bought it directly. The combination of Diapolon
and a Honda 750 four is pure 70ties funk…could only be topped by
a Blazer & Honda ;-)

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Diapolon comes in a nice box with the “usual” friction-drive & sparkling-engine
motorbike. No more gadegts. A missile firing feature would have been cool, like the
Blazer & Zaboga version of this bike. But nobody is perfect.

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The handlebar and the other metal parts of the bike had
been tarnished. I polished them, but didn’t get the full “bling” back.
But the bike still looks cool…no wonder – its a Honda (wow, cool rhyme)

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Diapolon has a date with his biker-buddy Blazer…

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Here’s a little overview-shot of Diapolon’s on motorbikes/trikes.
The big trike is from Aoshin, the rest is Bullmark.

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I really like bots on bikes, even when it makes no sense.

More fotos in the BBS.

August 26, 2010

The Bullmark for Me- Moguera

Filed under: Co. BULLMARK,Toy Love — Prometheum5 @ 11:38 pm

I’ve looked at vintage kaiju longingly for a while now, but I decided early on that I was going to be very particular about the vintage figures I’d pick up. I knew that my number one priority was a Bullmark classic, the 1957 Moguera, released way back in 1970. Collecting modern vinyls, they are very much made for adult collectors in a style reflective of the vinyl toys of old, but if I was going to pick up any real vintage figures, I wanted them to reflect that plaything aspect, and one of the biggest aspects representative of these being toys for children is writing on the foot. Many vintage figures have a kid’s name written on the bottom of the foot, so that those kids could keep track of their figures during the most chaotic of sandbox battles. I searched high and low for months for just the right Moguera: unbroken, in played with condition, and proudly emblazoned with something on the foot. I was expecting ‘the one’ to have a kid’s name on the foot, but a remarkably unique specimen popped up on YJA that I just had to have. Instead of a child’s name, this Moguera had the character’s name written on the foot. The marking is clearly vintage, and adds a unique bit of character to the toy. Who knows why ‘Moguera’ is written on its foot… perhaps the child owner couldn’t remember all the characters names?

When the figure finally came, it was pure bliss. I finally got to experience the ubiquitous Bullmark smell, and I could swear there was vintage sandbox sand stuff crusted into some of the deeper details of the figure. The actual figure is also fantastic. There are spots on the figure where you can still make out tool marks from where the original sculpt was only cleaned up ‘enough’. These were designed for kids, and, while handcrafted, were effectively pumped out the door. Everything about the figure has a utilitarian charm… effective but simple paint, chunky detail, and tons of dorky character.

This is my Moguera… here’s to forty more years of fun!

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