Let’s look at a vintage Japanese Toy Magazine!

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I recently found this wonderful Japanese toy trade magazine from the early 1970s, it’s full of amazing toys of Ultra-Man, Kamen Rider, Spectreman and of course, Godzilla. Please join me in exploring this with little to no commentary because I can’t read Japanese!       Those GI Joe costumes of the Monster Attack Team […]

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[B-Lister]

Gorgeous stuff! I remember seeing a lot of this stuff in Nakano Broadway.

[powersthatbe]

I remember the first Ultraman toy i bought at downtown Eides early 80s. a little deformed rolling toy with sparking chest effect. And remember seeing some stuff from japan as a kid and being so jealous that it wasn't available here.

[J.B.]

That's awesome. The blue page looks like EIDAI GRIP packaging. Can anyone confirm?

[Confessional]

I can spend hours looking at Japanese toy advertising… Bullmark

[Earth 2 Chris]

Wow, that's fascinating stuff! I don't have a lot of connection to the material, but the sheer joy of it all is infectious.

Chris

[tatsunokofan]

Hi all!

That's awesome. The blue page looks like EIDAI GRIP packaging. Can anyone confirm?

It's similar in packaging style, but it's not Eidai Grip. That ad is for "Scale Model Kaiju" from Biken Corp.

James

[J.B.]

Hi all!



It's similar in packaging style, but it's not Eidai Grip. That ad is for "Scale Model Kaiju" from Biken Corp.

James

Very cool. Thanks!

[tay666]

That was so cool to look at.
Wish I had some of it.