MARUSAN
Thought some of you may enjoy some dinosaur toys. These four were first release only in Marusan lucky bags at Super Festival. Marusan now sells them individually for 4,000 yen (approx $49) only at the toy shows they appear at. They are vintage reissues by Marusan from the late 60s. Marusan first reissue these as unpainted flesh vinyl before the lucky bags.
Diplodocus
Triceratops
Stegosaurus
Sea Turtle
1974 Mechagodzilla Set of 3. M-Pop Series. Cost 10,500 yen (approx $130). Height 24 cm. Release date September 2011.
There are other future releases by Marusan that I am to lazy to list. Please check out their offical website for those releases at:
http://www.marusan-toy.com/home/index.html
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HAZAWA GUMI
GMK Godzilla. Cost 4,620 yen (approx $57). Height 16 cm. Clear purple vinyl with glitter. Painted with gunmetal and gold. Sales opened August 11.
GMK Godzilla. Cost 4,620 yen (approx $57). Height 16 cm. Clear purple vinyl with glitter. Painted with blue, violet, and silver. Sales opened August 11.
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U.S. TOYS
Pagos. Cost 2,100 yen (approx $26). Length 8.5 cm. Made in Japan. Will be released on September 25, 2011 as a Super Festival 57 show exclusive.
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ARTSTORM/FEWTURE
Gomez with Litra Set. Cost 8,000 yen ($99). Gomez height 27.5 cm and Litra height 10 cm. Will be release first at the Super Festival 57 show on September 25. And then offer for sales directly from Artstorm on September 27.
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X-Plus
These are all slated for October 2011 release:
Red King. Cost 9,800 yen (approx $121). Height 23 cm. The Rick Boy limited edition comes with a toy rock so you can bash those annoying Pigmon toys you have, lol.
Teresdon. Cost 9,800 yen (approx $121). Height 23 cm.
Gorubagos. Cost 10,300 yen (approx $127). Height 23 cm. Rick Boy exclusive only!
Magma which everyone already knows is a future release. So i'm not going to bother with a pic and info.
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BANDAI
"Monsters of Ultra Q" T-shirt to celebrate the 45th anniversary of the show. Cost 3,500 yen (approx $43). September 25 release for Super Festival 57.
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UPDATED AUGUST 20, 2011
M1GO
M1 original offer these 3 figures for sale at the Summer Wonder Festival which were limited to a total of 50 each. M1 is reoffering a total of 50 each for direct mail order sales from them now which will be shipped out in September.
Ultra 7 Mini Piggy Bank limited edition of 15.
Garamon limited edition of 30.
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RESTORE
Restore first release of their character shrunken head named "Dry Head." Made in Japan. approx 1.5 inches in height. Japan sales thru Popsoda for 1,050 yen and US sales thru Lulubell for $20. Seriously what kid doesn't want an ultra cool mini shrunken head for their kaiju toy to play with?
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MAX TOY COMPANY
Kaiju Dualos update. Limited edition of only 50 hand painted by Mark Nagata president of Max Toy Company. Soon to be release. Order now thru Lulubell.
Negora update. First release was an exclusive only to Max Toy club members which sold out already. Clear yellow vinyl that comes in a special bag designed like a cat nip bag.
These Max Toy Company toys are all made in Japan from Shimizu-san vinyl factory in Japan. For those that do not know who he is, he has been manufacturing kaiju vinyl toys since the 60s.
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UPDATED AUGUST 24, 2011
MARMIT
Special gallery event held to celebrate the 45th Anniversary of Ultra Q was held at the Parco Logos Gallery in Shibuya Japan. Opening was on August 24 and will run until September 7th. Marmit had 3 exclusives available at this event. One of them was a very limited production secret color version of the standard limited Kanegon exclusive at this event.
Yuriko Edogawa. Cost 5,250 yen (approx $65).
Kanegon. Cost 5,250 yen (approx $65). Height approx 25 cm.
Secret Kanegon version is made of clear yellow vinyl with gold glitter. Cost 5,250 yen (approx $65). Height approx 25 cm.
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M1GO
Goga. Released at the Parco Logos Gallery in Shibuya for the 45th Anniversary of Ultra Q. Limited edition of only 34 made. A few set a side for future sales at the upcoming Super Festival 57 on September 25th. Cost 5,250 yen (approx $65).
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UPDATED AUGUST 26, 2011
CHIKYU BOUEIGUN
Orga polystone resin statue. Cost 13,000 yen (approx $161). Height 18 cm. November 2011 release date.
This will be my last update. I assume no one is interested anymore in this topic. Just a FYI anyone who wishes can also add updates for future releases. This topic is not exclusively for me.