Making a trek to an actual place that was featured in your favorite anime/manga is pretty common. Exactly like how some would travel to Tunisia because it was the place used as the desert planet of Tatooine in the Star Wars Trilogy. My trek was not only to watch Puroresu, but it was also places of where Kinnikuman had some of his battles. Like in my first photo of the Nihon Budokan. The sight were Kinnikuman went up against Sunigator. I’ve also been to the Korakuen Hall. That’s where Robinmask and the other Seigi Chojin’s spoke with Kinnikuman about the upcoming Chojin Tag Tournament. And I’ve also been at the Tokyo Dome. The sight where Kinnikuman defeated Buki Boy. I didn’t take any photo’s of the outside but I did when I was inside of those two places…
In Osaka, I went to the Osaka-Jo(Castle). Any hardcore fan knows this is where Kinnikuman’s Team battled the Super Phoenix Team. From the observation deck (to the right in the pic) you can see the oval roof of the Osaka-Jo Hall, the place where Kinnikuman defeated Satan Cross before making his way to the Osaka-Jo. One last photo posted that I took is of the Tsutenkaku, the famous tower in Osaka. Omegaman used this tower in the manga.
Ultraman Leo and Astra action figures finally gets some justice in the Ultra Act figure series. Okay, yes, there was the Real Action Heroes action figure series by Medicom Toy. But those are a bit out of my price range. But they were overlooked in the Action Hero Series and before that the Ultra Chogokin series.
Each figure comes with different posable sets of hands, an accessory and special effect attachments. The Ultraman Leo is a regular figure release and Astra was an UltraAct Tamashii webshop Exclusive.
From the Pani Poni Dash! anime. Becky and……Robinmask. Pretty cool.
‘Yume no Chojin Tag Hen’. My favorite story arc in the Kinnikman series. And if you bought the 29th Anniversary DVD box set though Toei Animation, you were lucky enough to get this exclusive Tournament Mountain Display Case. Which is a pretty cool display case.
An Earlier post I mentioned the Diaclone Skybase was the best play set I own. Well, the second best play set I own is this Microman Himitsu(Secret) Rescue Kichi(Base). This dome base actually lights up and the antenna spins when the top radar arm is pushed back, which is a pretty cool feature. Along with a side door that can rotate open and a launching Base Machine shoots out when you pull the string next to the bottom radar. Even the box is pretty cool. The front, sides and top are the actual photo of the front, sides and top of the base itself. The fact that multiple Micromen could fit in the base made it even a cooler set. And for those single Microman that didn’t come with a vehicle, I placed in there.
These Kinnikuman character figures are from Medicos Entertainment. The Super Action Statue series. I have to say, these figures are well done. Not only for the multiple points of articulation, but for the likeness(detail) of the characters. They pretty much capture the manga style. Especially Buffaloman followed by Robinmask and they could have done a bit of a better job with Warsman’s face. But still good enough. They also captured the correct scale of the characters. Meaning Buffaloman is taller than the other two and they got the height right. The articulation is located at points where they should be located at and not, say like the middle of their thigh where it can misalign the muscle definition when posing them.
Each figure comes with a base along with mats for the base that would have the character’s name or just a plain mat. Also included are multiple sets of different posed hands and alternate heads for Buffaloman, face for Warsman and damage & non damage on Robinmask’s mask. The figures also come in different colors. Manga Color, anime color and alternate colors for mega collectors/fans like myself.
I’m not sure why Medicos has not released The Kinnikuman Soldier and Kinnikuman Super Phoenix as of yet. It would be a bummer if they had to cancel and shelve them.
In my opinion, these are some very cool action figures from the Kinnikuman series…..Much better than the Romandoh’s original line and G-Muscle series.
The company Takara, known back in the days of making a toy line called Microman. They also had a toy line called Diaclone. Both are the prelude to a line that became Transformers in the U.S.(Which I am not a fan of, btw). But I am a fan of Microman and Diaclone…Not only did Diaclone have car, jet, train, dinosaur etc. robo’s, they also had robo base play sets. And this Skybase that is pictured. I might add this Skybase is the best ever play set that I own. Each robo and play sets come with mini figure(s) with magnets on their feet so they can stick to part of the play sets that have a thin metal floor within.
When it was brought to the U.S., the single car, train, etc. robo were the only ones brought over with one play set, which was the Battle Convoy. That ended up being O.P. The mini figures were never part of the T.F. line. What strikes me as strange, still to this day is that Diaclone was a cool line in my opinion, the fact when it died out in Japan, it eventually was brought to the U.S. After a bit of time, Takara brought the line back as T.F. and not Diaclone. Just because it was popular in the U.S. Sheesh, go figure that, aye?
