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Post by Deleted on Feb 4, 2013 17:52:12 GMT -5
I'm pretty new to collecting so I wasn't there when they released to 1901 ad series. I just got the Hong Kong version of mazinger z.
What a incredible and creative take on mazinger! Everything from the face design to the smaller scale and the way the pilot gets in.
I'm not craZy about articulation and his high heels, but overall great design.
What inspired this line? If anyone knows the background is love to hear it
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Post by krimpov on Feb 5, 2013 18:32:51 GMT -5
I don't know much about how the line came to be. I know it was designed by Yusushi Nirasawa, the same artist who designed Fewture's own Devilman figures. He does some great, but somewhat creepy stuff - google him. The sculptor, Taku Sato, went on to design the much more successful Getter Robo and Mazinger 1969 EX Gokins.
It's an original Fewture concept; it wasn't based on an obscure alternative Mazinger manga one-shot or anything like that.
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Post by robonutter on Feb 5, 2013 21:31:26 GMT -5
Can i ask what you gave for it cause i bought these a while back and seems like prices skyrocketed on them.
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Post by xiombarg on Feb 5, 2013 22:22:34 GMT -5
If I was to guess... I think it's sort of based upon a Frankenstein type dynamic, or of some combination of the old world mechanical era with mad scientists etc, but that's just my impression. It's sort of steampunk-ish, especially when you look at the villains, but it's not exactly typical of that genre of design.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 6, 2013 3:20:29 GMT -5
I paid 45 about 6 months ago. Prices vary from 2-300 then the occasional 45 dollar one. The Garada is the most expensive sometimes 700-1000.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 6, 2013 3:21:35 GMT -5
I wish fewture would reissue this as a diecast. What a waste of a really nice mold.
Thanks for the info ill google those guys. Thanks!
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Post by krimpov on Feb 6, 2013 17:07:22 GMT -5
The Garada is the most expensive sometimes 700-1000. W-w-w-w-w-what? Are we talking about an actual sale here, as in "someone actually PAID $1000 for one", or just the usual eBay scalpers club going fishing? Because if someone is really ready to pay a grand for a Garada, I got your poison, baby! ;D |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 6, 2013 21:57:41 GMT -5
Lol...not a sale, I just saw it FOR sale for that amount. Yea, insane but hey hong kong men need to feed their families yknow??  |
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Post by mildred on Feb 7, 2013 11:50:06 GMT -5
there was a 2-pack and a 3-pack, iirc (maz, garada and aphrodite) - with complete nitro scrander... shouldn't this thread be in the 'soc, src, fewture, brave gokin section'?  |
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Post by mildred on Feb 7, 2013 11:54:05 GMT -5
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Post by krimpov on Feb 7, 2013 17:25:39 GMT -5
there was a 2-pack and a 3-pack, iirc (maz, garada and aphrodite) - with complete nitro scrander... shouldn't this thread be in the 'soc, src, fewture, brave gokin section'? That other section is for diecast figures. This line is %100 plastic. |
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Post by mildred on Feb 8, 2013 11:42:48 GMT -5
schooled!  |
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Post by xiombarg on Feb 8, 2013 12:37:55 GMT -5
I bought the three pack from Japan about five years ago and it cost me $75. I remember thinking that seemed like a lot! I wonder how much I could get out of that now? At around that same time I picked up three Garadas back when they were going for around $25 each because I just had that feeling that someday they would be sought after, and they were so cheap anyway. I've sold two of them so far for $200 and $250.
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Post by mildred on Feb 9, 2013 5:36:55 GMT -5
i find it peculiar that the 'standard' (blue & gold) version appears to be harder to find than the repaint versions -- unless the repaints were produced in more numbers...
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Post by xiombarg on Feb 9, 2013 14:17:17 GMT -5
i find it peculiar that the 'standard' (blue & gold) version appears to be harder to find than the repaint versions -- unless the repaints were produced in more numbers... I'm pretty sure they did. I think they kept producing them in China until the demand was gone. The hardest one to find is the original yellow one, which doesn't look as good as the red, but they are fairly rare to find these days. |
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