My trip to the Bandai Museum in Japan (circa 2005)

[cjefferys]

Holy thread bump! Sorry, lots of pics are missing on my original post now. I must have done some house cleaning on my pic hosting site.

Ed, pics were no problem. The place was practically deserted, the only employee I saw on that floor was the lady that took our admission tickets. After that, I had free reign to take photos of whatever I wanted. I don't even know if the location it moved to is still there, maybe not. That would be a shame, because this place was literally a history of Bandai/Popy, etc all on one floor. I'd love to go back in time and take a hi-def video of the whole place.

[Iron Mego]

Doing a Google search for Jumbo villains and stumbled on this old thread and just had to resurrect it! So many awesome pics!!

[cjefferys]

Glad you found it. Sorry, a few of the pics ended up getting deleted from my original post.

This is still my favourite pic of the bunch, rarest toy I ever stood next to (albeit with glass separating us):

[Iron Mego]

Yeah, he's the holy grail of Jumbos.

[Bruce Banner]

Spectacular photos. What an awesome place.

[VinMan]

Pumped! I want to go to Japan now. I have been thinking of getting into those old Mattel Shogun Warriors. LOVED them as a kid.... THis just further wet my appetitie....

[Iron Mego]

Pumped! I want to go to Japan now. I have been thinking of getting into those old Mattel Shogun Warriors. LOVED them as a kid.... This just further wet my appetite....

They are all over eBay, but the prices seem to be going up right now. You have to be patient to find a good deal. The later versions tend to be cheaper, because they are considered less desirable, but if you just want a massive toy to display they're perfect. Once you get into the original Popy versions you are talking $$$$$.

[cjefferys]

If you are patient, you can get the Mattel ones for a nice price, there are tons of them out there. But yeah, the Popy ones keep on increasing in price and demand. Most boxed ones go for prices in the four figures, if you can find them at all. That makes me sad, because I'd love to have a bunch of them.

[hedrap]

Save Kamikaras and Megalon, I have every G bandai from the 80's through early 2k's, when they changed scale.

I'd love to get a Popy Shogun Godzilla to put next to Rodan.

Still strange to think Rodan wasn't produced for the Japanese market.