Look at the toy of the monster where these are cool!
Japanese toys. They’re commonly small, blind-packed (which makes them “collectible”) and bizarre in the eyes of most Americans.
I recently purchased these four figures in a blind pack from a vendor in Japan. It’s a small set made by TOMY. I’m not sure how old it is, and i’m not even sure what these characters are. Careful though. The toys depicted on the package are different than the ones i got upon opening the box (the ones in the box were actually better).
The only thing written in English that can be considered a description of these B-list creatures is something i found written on a label: “Daiei Tokusatsu Series 2 Soda Pop Candy.” That’s no help to me.
To spice things up, maybe I can use the Masters of the Universe naming conventions to describe these guys.
First we have, Bould-Ear-Dash - the furry, rock-headed ear doctor (notice his otoscope)
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Next we have Duk-N-Cuvr (or Quaktor) - a cross-dressing duck warrior
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And here we have Crumblor - the gingerbread samurai warrior
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Lastly, we have Cumulos - a reptilian bird man (Stratos’ evil brother most likely)
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September 16th, 2007 at 4:32 pm
Wonderful! What did the box look like?!?!?
September 24th, 2007 at 9:39 pm
Those are awesome! Gotta peruse more….
October 1st, 2007 at 11:42 am
The box was nothing much to look at. Maybe I’ll photograph it and post it here before I throw it away.
November 26th, 2007 at 10:43 am
Thanks for the kind words. I’m glad someone out there likes this stuff
December 28th, 2007 at 2:08 am
those are not the names of the characters..
April 13th, 2008 at 8:30 pm
Hey,
I’ve enjoyed the hell out of your blog and I instantly recognized the Japanese figures. These characters come from the 1968 Daiei film ‘Yôkai daisensô’, better known as Spook Warfare. It was recently remade in 2005 although I have not seen that version. It’s kind of a kid’s horror movie, dealing with the common Japanese belief that every individual object has its own spirits. It’s set in historic Japan and all the spirits are guys in rubber suits.
“Bould-Ear-Dash” is a spirit, not sure is exact purpose, one of the good
guys.
“Duk-N-Cuvr” is a water spirit, one of the good guys.
“Cumulos” is a vampire, the bad guy of the movie.
**”Crumblor” on the other hand I don’t think comes from Spook Warfare but instead another Daiei movie from 1966 called Daimajin. This is a giant monster movie series like Godzilla but also set in historic Japan. It’s hard to say though because he’s not gold in the movie, but it is by the same company so is most likely Daimajin. “Daiei Tokusatsu” series means “[Company Name] Special Effects”, so it’d be like a “Disney
Animation Series” toyline.
Keep up the good work.