Picked this up for 50p in that Eastern
import shop in Basingrad I mentioned a while back, it's marked Nibariki on the base (new name in the
tag list!) and is probably/presumably a Manga or Anime character I know
nothing about, she may also be a de-packaged Gashapon type thing? [My Neighbour Totoro by Studio Ghibli]
This was 'end-of-line' in The Works, is marked to Nintendo, carried by Goldie/Goldie International in the
Antipodes/US respectively and Together
Plus (T+) in the UK and some of
you will instantly recognise it as a Super Mario character, I don't know what
he's called having avoided the whole video-game phenomena since its inception
as 'Soma for the masses'. I'm calling him mushroom man!
She may look a little saccharine-sweet but
she seems to be striding boldly around a post-apocalyptic wasteland, or Hades?
Anyone know her identity? He has a full set of marks but for Nintendo, not the
issuers.
They are from different sets, different
formats, they are both '1: No Scale', their anthropomorphism/anthropology
doesn't match, yet they look like the best of pals, happily starting a big
adventure upon which the future of the universe may rely!
This 'aura of similarity' may be due to the
fact that A) they are both PVC and B) are manufactured in several parts, welded
into one with invisible glue-joints before retail sale, leaving them both with
similar dynamic poses. Or that they're both grinning so happy they make you happy!
Package is tatty as this was literally the
last one in the shop!
If I had a shelf with all of my favourite
figures on it, next to the PC (as I know several of you do), these would both
be going there as stand-alone, 'nice' figures of interest, I don't love them,
but I do like them both - they're different!
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