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Toy Data Toy Name (Short):  Chikkun Original Price:  950 Char. Design:  Shotaro Ishinomori Fetish:  Cheap Toy Country:  Japan Review Content Toy Review Summary:  Doctor Bell Toy Review Content:  Chikkun Gyro is not a sandwich, it's a toy from the 1984 anime Chikkun Takkun. It features a friction motor that when spun enough acts as a gyroscope. It comes packaged in a two-part clamshell, and you have to undo four staples if you don't want to damage the packaging. Apologies for the condition of this packaging, it's filthy. Chikkun is all pl ..read more

Toy Data Toy Name (Short):  Chikkun Takkun Original Price:  980 Char. Design:  Shotaro Ishinomori Fetish:  Cheap Toy Country:  Japan Review Content Toy Review Summary:  Chikkun Takkun Toy Review Content:  The ZDC Gokin Chikkun Takkun is a partially diecast version of the titular character from the 1984 anime "Chikkun Takkun". Released in 1984 by Gakken but also bears the logo of toy maker Mark. Our best guess is that Gakken subcontracted the design and manufacture of this toy to Mark. Chikkun Takkun is actually two characters. The bird is "Chi ..read more

Toy Data Toy Name (Short):  Death Star Droid Toy Number:  VC197 Original Price:  12.99 Fetish:  Droid Protocol Droid Country:  USA Review Content Toy Review Summary:  Death Star Droid Toy Review Content:  The Death Star Droid was one of those original Kenner figures that everyone had, despite the character having minimal time on screen. We need more of that in Star Wars toys, half the fun were the background characters. This figure, issued as part of Lucasfilm's 50th anniversary, was a Walmart exclusive. It's a repaint of a 2012 release, whi ..read more

Toy Data Toy Name (Short):  Raideen Mini Card Set 2 Original Price:  10 Country:  Japan Review Content Toy Review Summary:  Raideen Mini Card Set Toy Review Content:  These are by a company named Amada, and were imported into Hawaii by Pentacon inc in the late 70s. Pentacon brought a lot of Raideen stuff into Hawaii; the most commonly found are theose kids picture books. I believe this is the second assortment of mini cards. Mini Card (ミニカード)  second (第2弾) 10 yen each, 50 for book The books are like photo albums, with clear pages for the cards. Eac ..read more

Toy Data Toy Name (Short):  R5-J2 (Ending Above Endor) Toy Number:  58 Original Price:  6.99 Fetish:  Droid Astromech Droid Country:  USA Review Content Toy Review Summary:  R5-J2 (Ending Above Endor) Toy Review Content:  R5-J2 was an imperial astromech droid. This toy depicts his appearance in Return of the Jedi. Sold as part of the Saga Collection in 2006 as number 058. The toy came packed with an exclusive hologram figure. The toy featured a removable antenna, and when the head rotates a motivator pops up (a leftover from the original mol ..read more

Toy Data Toy Name (Short):  Mode Change Battle Beetle Robot Fetish:  Cheap Toy Robots that turn into Insects Country:  Japan Review Content Toy Review Summary:  Mode Change Battle Beetle Robot Toy Review Content:  This Mode Change Battle Beetle Robot set by Tatsumiya is something you've seen before, at least something like it. Their origin goes all the way back to 1984. Takatoku The toy company Takatoku was best known for producing toys of licensed properties like Baxinger, Bryger and Sasuraiger among others. They did nice die-cast and plastic toys for t ..read more

Toy Data Toy Name (Short):  Hyper Bulldozer Original Price:  2,240 Country:  Japan Review Content Toy Review Summary:  Hyper Bulldozer Toy Review Content:  The Hyper Bulldozer is the companion piece to Hyper Chainsaw. Both are part of the Hyper Bulders line, and also compatible with the Drive Head line (both are sub-lines of TakaraTomy's Tomica and Plarail systems). For some reason, this set is very hard to find. I was only able to obtain one loose, and mine is sadly incomplete. The Hyper Bulldozer vehicle features a Tomica Drive Head Car and a base with a ..read more

Toy Data Toy Name (Short):  Menfo Toy Number:  81427 Original Price:  3,300 Char. Design:  Shotaro Ishinomori Country:  Japan Review Content Toy Review Summary:  Menfo Toy Review Content:  The DX Menfo is the UFO ship of our hero, Chikkun Takkun. It's design is based on an inverted ramen bowl. The name is a portmaneau of raMen and UFO. The box is square with attractive graphics proclaiming all the action features of the toy. It's got full color top with a plain cardboard box bottom. Inside it's packed with a cardboard ring. The paper sho ..read more