{"product_id":"astro-boy-skateboard-deck-1980s-shop-display-piece-from-violent-grind-shimokitazawa-unridden-wood-0750","title":"Astro Boy Skateboard Deck 1980s, Shop Display Piece From Violent Grind Shimokitazawa, Unridden Wood","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"jp-product\" data-world=\"Japan Pop Archive\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"jp-lede\"\u003eAn unbranded skateboard deck printed with Astro Boy in flight, described as a display piece from the Violent Grind shop in Shimokitazawa, never sold and never ridden.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eThe Piece\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe natural maple deck has a broad fish tail shape of the 1980s. On the underside a blue monochrome panel shows the boy robot flying upward with one arm raised beneath a ringed planet, printed like a frame from a comic. The top is bare wood with drilled truck holes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt has passed through several shops and hands since, and carries scratches and marks all over from that life, though it has not been set up or skated.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eViolent Grind, Shimokitazawa\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKURO opened Violent Grind in Shimokitazawa, Tokyo, in 1987, beneath a record shop called Edison, at a time when the Tokyo skate scene was more often associated with Harajuku.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAstro Boy, Mighty Atom in Japan, first appeared in 1951 as a side character in Osamu Tezuka's Ambassador Atom and was given his own series in April 1952 in Kobunsha's Shonen, where it ran until March 1968. Tezuka Productions describes the 1963 television version as the first commercial animation made by Tezuka's Mushi Production and the first Japanese television animation series, broadcast weekly in thirty minute episodes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMore Tezuka pieces wait on \u003ca href=\"\/de\/collections\/japanese-anime-art-merchandise-collectibles\"\u003ethe anime and character shelf\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eDetails\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"jp-details\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eType:\u003c\/strong\u003e Skateboard deck, unbranded\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePeriod:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1980s to 1990s\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eHistory:\u003c\/strong\u003e Described as an in store display, not for sale at the time\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eUse:\u003c\/strong\u003e Never ridden\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMaterial:\u003c\/strong\u003e Wood\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCharacter:\u003c\/strong\u003e Astro Boy, Osamu Tezuka, 1952\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eShop:\u003c\/strong\u003e Violent Grind, Shimokitazawa, opened 1987\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSizes are measured by hand; please allow a small margin.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eCondition\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eScratches and handling marks overall from display and storage.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUnused as a skateboard.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEvery photograph is part of the description.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCondition grade \u003cstrong\u003eB (good)\u003c\/strong\u003e on the Japanese scale; see \u003ca href=\"\/de\/blogs\/news\/japanese-condition-ranks-explained\"\u003eJapanese condition ranks, explained\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eAuthenticity \u0026amp; Care\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMaker, date and completeness are given as described and as the photographs show. Examined and photographed in Japan before dispatch.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eDelivery from Japan\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePacked by hand in Japan with rigid protection and shipped insured and tracked by EMS or an equivalent express service. Import duties and taxes, where applicable, are payable on arrival. Every sale is final; please ask anything you wish to know before you buy, and see our \u003ca href=\"\/de\/policies\/refund-policy\"\u003epublished policy\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"jp-closing\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eConsidered offers are welcome through Send an Offer, and each one is reviewed personally.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"jp-cta\" data-world=\"Japan Pop Archive\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"jp-cta-eyebrow\"\u003eConcierge\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLooking for a particular character, maker or edition? 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