japan's pocket heroes

[starsky]

wanted to share some of japan's version of pocket heroes made by popy back in the early 80's . the figures come in little boxes similar to the way vintage 3 3/4 inch star wars figures were packaged.

http://img165.imageshack.us/img165/5222/pocketheroestc1.th.jpg (http://img165.imageshack.us/my.php?image=pocketheroestc1.jpg)

http://img165.imageshack.us/img165/1733/pocketheroes1ft0.th.jpg (http://img165.imageshack.us/my.php?image=pocketheroes1ft0.jpg)

[toys2cool]

those are great bro,I didn't know they were from the 80's :grin:

[cjefferys]

Cool Ultraman figures. They look to be a part of the same series that included the Star Wars figures Popy released during Empire Strikes Back (same "Pocket Hero" logo on the box and all). I wonder if Japanese kids were playing with those Ultraman figures along with their Boba Fett and Darth Vader figures. :grin:

[gort]

Great collection! I've been looking out for these for over a year now and all I've managed to find is Ultraman 80.

Popy put out a lot of figures in that style packaging, both Japanese stuff like Ultraman, Kamen Rider and re-packaged western figures like Star Wars, Captain Power etc.