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I’m a 60-year-old Aspergic gardening CAD-Monkey. Sardonic, cynical and with the political leanings of a social reformer, I’m also a toy and model figure collector, particularly interested in the history of plastics and plastic toys. Other interests are history, current affairs, modern art, and architecture, gardening and natural history. I love plain chocolate, fireworks and trees, but I don’t hug them, I do hug kittens. I hate ignorance, when it can be avoided, so I hate the 'educational' establishment and pity the millions they’ve failed with teaching-to-test and rote 'learning' and I hate the short-sighted stupidity of the entire ruling/industrial elite, with their planet destroying fascism and added “buy-one-get-one-free”. Likewise, I also have no time for fools and little time for the false crap we're all supposed to pretend we haven't noticed, or the games we're supposed to play. I will 'bite the hand that feeds', to remind it why it feeds.
Showing posts with label Justen. Show all posts
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Thursday, February 14, 2019

J is for Japanese TV Characters

As with the previous post I've lost the full note (or source) for these, but they are pretty self-explanatory and it's a short post of half a set, most of whom are damaged, so it's really just a bit of a box-ticker! We'll return to them if the rest ever turn-up!

Atom Boy; Atomic Boy; Division Sales; Japanese Toy; Justen Products; Manga Characters; Marks International; MMPR; Power Rangers; PVC Figurines; PVC Vinyl Figures; Rubber Figurines; Sci Fi Figurines; Sci Fi Toys; Science Fiction Figures; Science Fiction Toys; Small Scale World; smallscaleworld.blogspot.com; Space Warriors; Space Woman; Spaceman; Spacemen; Vulcanised Rubber Toys;
Branded to Justen Products (of Itasca, Illinois (?)) they were further credited to a Division Sales and/or/of/for Marks International, they seem to be called 'Iron Troops' and there should be six poses in the set.

Both the standing ones have lost weapons from their hands, I don't know if that is due to play, age, or something more deliberate.

Atom Boy; Atomic Boy; Division Sales; Japanese Toy; Justen Products; Manga Characters; Marks International; MMPR; Power Rangers; PVC Figurines; PVC Vinyl Figures; Rubber Figurines; Sci Fi Figurines; Sci Fi Toys; Science Fiction Figures; Science Fiction Toys; Small Scale World; smallscaleworld.blogspot.com; Space Warriors; Space Woman; Spaceman; Spacemen; Vulcanised Rubber Toys;
They look to be Japanese TV serial characters along the lines of Ultraman, Atomic Boy, Zone Fighter, VR (?) or those early Superheroes who fight some of the Godzilla monsters - I don't know enough about the Japanese end-of-things! It's not clear either (in part due to the faces being similar to other characters) whether they are robots or androids or something.

Manufactured in a dense black PVC or vulcanised-rubber, with good moulding/detail and an overall, overspray with a flat or silk aluminium colour, the kneeling one is wearing a different outfit to the other two (who both look a bit female?) and it may be that the full set is three each of two 'sides'?