Friday 9 March 2018

Ultraman Rabbit Panda Toys by Paul Kaiju

Hi Woodsy

I have been on a Rabbit Panda craze. 

The car is from Ultraman Taro. It was built from a HONDA Vamos.

This is a model of a Vamos by Nichimo.



 This baby rider below is Takatoku. My girlfriend helped me restore the missing decals.


My group shot below is 

Top row left to right: : Bullmark wind up, Imai wind up model kit, 

Bottom row left to right: Grip,  Bandai wind up, Takemi (chrome one)



Funny story about the little chrome Takemi one [above far right]

These are from a series of vehicles from Ultraman Taro that were sold individually with a launcher. 

The Big Base set comes with all of them, but is very pricey.

I noticed a few boxed individuals turned up on Yahoo Japan but one had the launcher flipped in the box window so I couldn't tell the contents.

So I went for it. Once I received, I opened it up and lo and behold it was the Rabbit Panda!

I also have a Marusan kit (unbuilt), the Takemi big friction (I'll send a pic!) and an unopened Grip "Bemurida" vehicle, which has a tiny Rabbit Panda inside it.

Paul Kaiju

USA


Imai Wind-Up and girl

2 comments:

  1. Ok, I know that Ultraman is like grand-grandfather of all Japnaese tv series
    But those designs are hmm... they look tacky

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    1. ha ha, I like them Ran! I know what you mean, they look like a clown's car but somehow it works for me! A bit like the comical look of the Mini Moke from my childhood in the Sixties.

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