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  • B-Lister
    Eccentric Weirdo
    • Mar 19, 2010
    • 2922

    Popy WGSH question.

    In addition to Battle Fever J, Ultraman, Kamen Rider, and Gatchaman, Popy released Batman, Superman, and Spiderman.

    Were the Popy WGSH on the same body as the Battle Fever J, Ultraman, Kamen Rider, and Gatchaman figures, or was it a Mego body?

    What are the 'tells' that a Spidey, Supes, or Bats is a Popy release?
    Looking for Green Arrow accessories, Doctor Who Sonic Screwdriver, and Japanese Popy Megos (Battle Cossack and France, Battle of the Planets, Kamen Rider, Ultraman) and World Heroes figures
  • glimpy
    Loco Chango
    • Feb 5, 2012
    • 682

    #2
    They are pretty much mego style bodies type 2. Nothing different.
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    • glimpy
      Loco Chango
      • Feb 5, 2012
      • 682

      #3
      Btw, I've noticed Batman's paint on his cowl is darker blue and so is his cape. I don't know if that's the way Japan received them or if it's just a coincidence. Maybe the production Center they dealt with sent them that way.
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      • PNGwynne
        Master of Fowl Play
        • Jun 5, 2008
        • 19444

        #4
        Is the Japanese Batman head molded in fleshtone? Or is it darker-blue vinyl like the late-release US Batmen?
        WANTED: Dick Grayson SI trousers; gray AJ Mustang horse; vintage RC Batman (Bruce Wayne) head; minty Wolfman tights; mint Black Knight sword; minty Launcelot boots; Lion Rock (pale) Dracula & Mummy heads; Lion Rock Franky squared boots; Wayne Foundation blue furniture; Flash Gordon/Ming (10") unbroken holsters; CHiPs gloved arms; POTA T2 tan body; CTVT/vintage Friar Tuck robes, BBP TZ Burgess Meredith glasses.

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        • glimpy
          Loco Chango
          • Feb 5, 2012
          • 682

          #5
          Darker blue vinyl like the late released.
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          • B-Lister
            Eccentric Weirdo
            • Mar 19, 2010
            • 2922

            #6
            Originally posted by glimpy
            They are pretty much mego style bodies type 2. Nothing different.
            So not the same popy bodies as Kamen Rider, and Ultraman?

            So it's pretty much just the boxes that set them apart?
            Looking for Green Arrow accessories, Doctor Who Sonic Screwdriver, and Japanese Popy Megos (Battle Cossack and France, Battle of the Planets, Kamen Rider, Ultraman) and World Heroes figures

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            • cjefferys
              Duke of Gloat
              • Apr 23, 2006
              • 10180

              #7
              Originally posted by B-Lister
              So not the same popy bodies as Kamen Rider, and Ultraman?

              So it's pretty much just the boxes that set them apart?
              Pretty much. Popy Supes, Bats and Spidey are on normal type 2 bodies, while the rest of the "TV Hero" series are on a different style body. I always wondered why Popy bothered with a new body, as the Mego ones were obviously available to them. I'm not aware of Popy making any other 8" figures where they could have used that body.

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              • B-Lister
                Eccentric Weirdo
                • Mar 19, 2010
                • 2922

                #8
                Thanks for the info.
                Looking for Green Arrow accessories, Doctor Who Sonic Screwdriver, and Japanese Popy Megos (Battle Cossack and France, Battle of the Planets, Kamen Rider, Ultraman) and World Heroes figures

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                • XXXPHOENIX
                  Veteran Member
                  • Feb 26, 2008
                  • 437

                  #9
                  Here they are... some Popy WGSH family pics




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                  • B-Lister
                    Eccentric Weirdo
                    • Mar 19, 2010
                    • 2922

                    #10
                    Thanks!

                    To be quite honest, Bats, Supes, and Spidey are the last Popys I plan to buy. Not that I don't love them, but I want the Japanese characters first.

                    So, I'm assuming that the only real difference is the Box? These are all just standard Type 2 figures?
                    Looking for Green Arrow accessories, Doctor Who Sonic Screwdriver, and Japanese Popy Megos (Battle Cossack and France, Battle of the Planets, Kamen Rider, Ultraman) and World Heroes figures

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                    • XXXPHOENIX
                      Veteran Member
                      • Feb 26, 2008
                      • 437

                      #11
                      Yes... they are just standard late type 2 figures, identical to the figures sold anywhere... but their boxes are among the best ever made for a Mego!

                      Originally posted by B-Lister
                      Thanks!

                      To be quite honest, Bats, Supes, and Spidey are the last Popys I plan to buy. Not that I don't love them, but I want the Japanese characters first.

                      So, I'm assuming that the only real difference is the Box? These are all just standard Type 2 figures?

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                      • B-Lister
                        Eccentric Weirdo
                        • Mar 19, 2010
                        • 2922

                        #12
                        Anybody have pics of a 'naked' Popy body?
                        Looking for Green Arrow accessories, Doctor Who Sonic Screwdriver, and Japanese Popy Megos (Battle Cossack and France, Battle of the Planets, Kamen Rider, Ultraman) and World Heroes figures

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                        • SeattleEd
                          SynthoRes Transmigrator
                          • Oct 24, 2007
                          • 4350

                          #13
                          Originally posted by B-Lister
                          Anybody have pics of a 'naked' Popy body?
                          Here you go.

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                          • B-Lister
                            Eccentric Weirdo
                            • Mar 19, 2010
                            • 2922

                            #14
                            Thanks very much.
                            Looking for Green Arrow accessories, Doctor Who Sonic Screwdriver, and Japanese Popy Megos (Battle Cossack and France, Battle of the Planets, Kamen Rider, Ultraman) and World Heroes figures

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                            • jimbutsu
                              Memory *is* RAM!
                              • Apr 11, 2002
                              • 4158

                              #15
                              I'm a little uncomfortable with the one in the back wearing nothing but boots, not sure why.
                              "If you take a dog which is starving and feed him and make him prosperous, that dog will not bite you. This is the primary difference between a dog and a man."

                              - Mark Twain

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