Microman MyClone ミクロマン・マイクロン

Picked 29 of these up for a mere 2500yen (plus commission, plus shipping, plus... nevermind), but the astute observer will notice that there are only 23 here. 6 were doubles, so I'm going to try to sell them on ebay.

Around 2000-2001, Medicom started making "designer Lego figures" that were usually anime or something else J-themed, called Kubricks. These extremely popular figures usually came 3 to a box with accessories & stands. Some of these were sold in blind boxes as trading figures, with some like the Metal Gear Solid series having "chase figures" (like KidRobot) being in an extremely small ratio, sometimes being even as few as 1 per case. Some also were exclusive to certain stores, or were included with product sets & garnered a crazy price in shops or at auction.

There were many imitators that sought to cash in on this, and Takara was not immune. They super-deformed their already aptly-named Microman franchise from the 70s/80s that they brought back around 1999 & made blind box sets of figures from 2002 onward. There were 2 sets containing Microman, Acroyear & Henshin Cyborg, before Takara moved onto their other lucrative franchise - Transformers.

Belated Updates Part 1

For whatever reason (usually a combination of procrastination & knowing that not many people read this), I'll take pictures of stuff that I get, but not post them for a long time. In the last month or so I've gotten lotsa little one-item packages & posted em, but I didn't post the more elaborate shipment I got from my proxy bidding service. So here comes the backlog:

In Japan, the Morinaga candy/food company has a mascot Kyoro-chan that I love a lot. Somehow through random searching I found a series of "Campaign Presents" (i.e. - contest prizes) that you'd collect points from Morinaga items to enter with.

These are called Omocha no Kanzume, or, おもちゃの缶詰, which essentially means "toys packed in cans". They go back several years, and they span from cheap plastic toys packed in metal bins of different shapes, to what you see here.

This one is a wind-up music box featuring several Kyoro-chan, dressed up like various musician-in-an-orchestra stereotypes. It plays the Kyoro-chan/Morinaga theme

Close-up

Bleach Netsuke Gashapon, Ichigo & Kon

Bleach Netsuke Gashapon, Hitsugaya, Byakuya & Rukia

More Bleach Netsuke Gashapon, (my first Mayuri figure)

Bleach Soul Ring Swing Gashapon

Bleach Soul Ring Swing Gashapon (again)

Reimu Hakurei Touhou Nendo

Reimu Hakurei Touhou Nendo

Sakuya Izayoi Touhou Nendo

Sakuya Izayoi Touhou Nendo

Marisa Kirisame Touhou Nendo

Marisa Kirisame Touhou Nendo

Touhou Project Puchi Nendo Set 1

And again.

Touhou Project Puchi Nendo Set 1

Another Kanzume, from 2001

Closed up

Opened. When you turn the switch on, the column lights up with a pattern, the Kyoros whirl & dance & it plays music

A spring-loaded Kyoro-Ball candy box, kinda like a variation on the snake in the peanut jar gag

Bought a bunch of random Kyoro stuff from one seller, this huge metal Kyoro Kanzume came with it. He's like 13 or 14 inches tall, he's huge!

Touhou badges that Toranoana threw in with the box of figures you see below.

Toranoana Touhou figures, they were a lot bigger than I thought they would be, and they're very cute!

Another Kanzume, the latest, in fact. I bought it for the chest, the contents were kinda crappy, lol

Another Kanzume, the latest, in fact. I bought it for the chest, the contents were kinda crappy, lol

Another Kanzume, the latest, in fact. I bought it for the chest, the contents were kinda crappy, lol

More Kyoro stuff I bought en masse from one seller

A full set of Bleach Soundrop Gashapon

A really cool Keroro Cuckoo Clock. I was disappointed to see that Keroro only weaves back & forth & doesn't come out on the hour or anything, but still really cool nonetheless.

Had to create a shelf just for all of the new Touhou stuff!