Bandai Flashman DX Chogokin Flash King, Super Sentai, Period Issue
Bandai Flashman DX Chogokin Flash King, Super Sentai, Period Issue
- Dispatch
- Prepared and sent from Tokyo within 7–14 days, often sooner, or as arranged
- Arrival
- Vereinigte Staaten · usually 4–7 days after dispatch, insured and tracked Check the Shipping Flowchart here
- Import
Duties and customs · View the estimate
A guide for this piece: about $39, based on the 10% US charge on the declared value of goods made in Japan.
The final figure is set by US Customs and depends on where the piece was made and the kind of object it is. Many antiques over a century old carry no ordinary duty; most jewellery and leather goods add a single-digit rate.
With EMS, any charge is collected by your postal service on delivery. For pieces of significant value we can often arrange duties prepaid before dispatch.
How the estimate is reached · Ask for a figure on this piece
- Character
- Ornate 7.5 of 10 ·
- Replies
- Within one Tokyo business day · Ask the curator team
- Guarantee
- Authenticity guaranteed · How we grade
Every piece is measured by hand, in centimetres as Japan measures. Please allow 1–2 cm (about ½ inch) for the give of the material and the hand that held the tape.
Where each figure is taken · View the plate
Object, sculpture and ceramics
Verfügbarkeit für Abholungen konnte nicht geladen werden
All sales are final. Please read our refund policy before purchase.
Considered offers only. The Desk replies personally to figures made in good faith; those set far below the asking price receive no reply.
Examined in Tokyo, one price, insured to your door. How buying from Japonista works · Join the Circle, free
Flash King, the combining robot of Choshinsei Flashman, in period Bandai DX Chogokin, shown here in robot form and in its vehicle modes, without the rocket punch or the spare weapons.
The Piece
Choshinsei Flashman went out on TV Asahi in 1986, and Flash King was the team’s first giant robot, formed from a tank, a jet and a shuttle. Bandai issued this DX Chogokin during that broadcast: a die-cast and plastic figure that separates into the three vehicles and locks together as the standing robot, with a red chest chevron, blue shoulders and white limbs.
The rocket punch and the other weapons are not with this example. The stickers and paint show scratches and lifting in places, as expected on a played-with period piece, and the chest panel opens as designed. Every measurement is taken by hand, with the piece laid flat and the tape read by eye, so please allow a gentle margin of about 1–3 cm (0.5–1 in) for the natural give of fabric, handwork and the human hand.
Details
- Maker: Bandai
- Line: DX Chogokin
- Character: Flash King, Choshinsei Flashman
- Material: Die-cast metal and plastic
- Era: Showa, 1986, original broadcast period
- Production: Original period piece, not a reissue
- Note: Rocket punch and spare weapons are not included
Condition
- The rocket punch and the other weapons are missing.
- There are scratches, rubbed paint and areas of lifted or missing sticker, visible on the robot and the vehicles.
- The joints still hold a standing pose, and the three vehicles separate and combine.
Condition grade B (good, with obvious signs of use) on the Japanese scale; see Japanese condition ranks, explained.
Authenticity & Care
Sculpt, colour and the combining scheme are consistent with Bandai’s DX Flash King of 1986. Keep die-cast and old stickers from damp and direct sun; lift the robot at the torso, and avoid forcing worn joints.
Delivery from Japan
The figure is wrapped and packed as a fragile toy. It ships from Tokyo, insured and tracked, by EMS or an equivalent express service; import duties, where due, are payable on arrival. Please ask anything before you buy, and see our published policy.
Further reading: Look up chogokin in the Japonista Lexicon.
Considered offers are welcome through Send an Offer, and each one is reviewed personally.
Continue with the tokusatsu collection and the soft vinyl and toy collections.
Bandai
Searching for a particular piece? Begin a Hunting Salon™ request.
Collectors also search: Bandai DX Flash King · Flashman Chogokin · Super Sentai combining robot · Showa sentai die-cast
Chosen for you