ToyCyte: Toy Culture Collected

The Tiny Terror of Touma x Ultraseven Minifigures

Oh, Ultraseven! So many horribly ridiculous, brain-bending megamonsters you’ve given us. I’m not sure where I’d be now without such awesomeness as Gan-Q, Deathfacer and King Joe, but I’d venture it would a place with a lot less cyclopods and robots, and I don’t even want to imagine that world. Enter Bandai, who really, really ought [...]

Continue reading...

Monstrous Beasts Great Fight Ultra Panorama

With a name like that, it has to be ultra super happy awesome. Bandai is a great producer of non-ironic kaiju (remember those?), as well as some amazingly detailed gashapon of completely insane, detailed, hilarious scenes from Ultraman and various Japanese monster fighting shows. So, their newest set of Ultraman gashapon is no exception. So, I don’t [...]

Continue reading...

Mugen Pop Pop Satisfies Your Craving to Crush

Japan continues to crank out devices of replenishable mini-catharsis, so you can forget about depleting that precious roll of bubble wrap, folks. Put grandma’s Hummels safely back into storage, lovingly cradled by the unmolested pockets of protective air, because we now have Mugen Pop Pop. Not dissimilar to the previously blogged Mugen Peri Peri, this little [...]

Continue reading...

Bandai Solves Open Box Problem

I spotted this on the fantastic Trends in Japan blog this morning. I had woken up to the radio talking about economic woes and it soured me, but then I saw this. The Mugen (infinite) series of toys from Bandai Asovision has now brought us the Mugen PeriPeri, a keychain toy that aims to replicate the [...]

Continue reading...

Solid Gold Kinnikuman

TODAY IS KINNIKUMAN DAY! Remember M.U.S.C.L.E. from the 80s? Reminisce with a solid gold figure. Bandai quotes an estimated cost of ¥49,350 but notes that the actual price will reflect the current market price for gold.

Continue reading...