When you’re a niche geek within an already geeky niche you tend to do your own gift shopping. My session of retail therapy last holiday season was these: While I’m not the biggest tokusatsu fan out there, I do like … Continued
You’re not going to find better custom 1:6 scale figures and weapons than Hunter Pig‘s incredible one-of-a-kind offerings. If I was loaded, whoooo boy… HunterPig (aka IronCrossHunter on eBay) is particularly gifted in weathering and ‘battle damaged’ armor and clothing, … Continued
Let’s start a few weeks of gift-giving (or retail self-therapy) ideas for any and every ninja fan. I’ll kick things off with these 7-8″ Summit Collection resin ninja statues, a real throwback to the days of un-licensed figurines in the … Continued
Manufacturer: UNKNOWN Date of Production: UNKNOWN Lone Marking: “CHINA” Gotta think he came with a few gold-colored plastic weapons of ludicrous design and scale, and possibly a cloth cape, plastic parachute or some other type of trendy 80’s mode of … Continued
About fifteen years ago now, I purchased a small collection of Bullmark Tiger Mask vinyl figures (like these) at a toy show in Ohio. Erroneously in that batch was this 13″ Kaiketsu Lion Maru figure, vintage early 70’s. It has … Continued
Marked with neither manufacturer name nor date, these 5-6″ ceramic statues are likely from the 80’s (I remember these or a line very similar in gift shops back in the day). “Made in Japan” stickers are affixed to the bottoms, … Continued
In 1990 (about a half a decade too late) The Franklin Mint produced this rather striking 12″ porcelain statue entitled “The Shadow Warrior” sculpted by Sum Nakamura. It is rare as hell now and sells for unreasonable prices on the … Continued
Retro-styled like a kid’s vinyl toy from the 60’s, this 10″ figure of Sonny Chiba as Hattori Hanzo from Kage No Gundan (aka Shadow Warriors) is absolutely BOSS! I’m not a big fan of boutique vinyl and the high-end collector … Continued
Ninja could be found via myriad big-name properties in the 80’s, but it is the generic, no-brand ninja merch I love most from that era. This 15″ plastic kids’ bank is a personal fave. Intrigued by the TM placed beside … Continued
I have a real pet peeve – when it comes to RED NINJA I’m a total hater. I understand why comic book and toy companies use the color, I get the appeal of the aggressive hue, etc. and so forth, … Continued