{"product_id":"showa-uran-chan-large-hand-repaint-figure-bandai-lineage","title":"Figura grande de Uran-chan de Tetsuwan Atom, repintada a mano, de la línea escultórica de Bandai, era Shōwa, 47 cm","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"jp-product\" data-world=\"Pop \u0026amp; Play\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"jp-lede\"\u003eUran-chan, Atom's younger sister, at a scale rarely encountered: about 47 cm of hand-finished presence built on Bandai's foundational Atom family proportions. A later repaint sits over authentic age rather than erasing it, leaving an object whose biography is as legible as its form.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eThe Piece\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis imposing hand-finished figure represents a rarely seen scale within the postwar Tetsuwan Atom lineage. Uran-chan usually appears in smaller commercial toy formats; large interpretations were never mass-standardized and emerged instead through artisanal, workshop-level production, display commissions or enthusiast reinterpretation during the late Showa period. The sculpt derives from Bandai's foundational Atom family proportions and expands them into an expressive, almost architectural object.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe repainting, done later in the figure's life, does not try to erase age; it preserves the honesty of long-term storage, surface wear and structural presence, in keeping with a Japanese philosophy of object continuity in which use, time and care coexist rather than being concealed. Paint thickness, surface irregularities and incomplete coverage reflect mid-period hobbyist or workshop practice rather than modern restoration aesthetics, revealing process rather than perfection. This is not a reproduction masquerading as vintage; it is a vintage object that continued to live, change and age.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUran-chan entered the Atom universe not as a combat figure but as a symbol of emotional intelligence, domestic futurism and postwar optimism, a gentler counterpoint to Atom's heroic burden. In the Showa era, when character merchandise was not yet fully industrialized, many larger figures came from hybrid practice: factory bases finished by hand, repainted for shop display or modified for personal collections. Figures like this were made for interior display, collector rooms or shop-front impact rather than play, and most were discarded, damaged or repainted beyond recognition; this one remains legible, powerful and visually commanding.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLarge Uran-chan figures occupy a narrow intersection of anime history, folk craft and outsider display culture, seldom represented even in institutional collections. The figure speaks to advanced Tetsuwan Atom collectors, Showa-era anime historians, display-focused collectors, museums, galleries and private cultural rooms, and to anyone who values object biography over surface perfection and understands that rarity is not always pristine.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eDetails\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"jp-details\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMaker:\u003c\/strong\u003e Bandai (original sculpt lineage)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCharacter:\u003c\/strong\u003e Uran-chan, Tetsuwan Atom\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEra:\u003c\/strong\u003e Showa period (hand-crafted base, later repaint)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eOrigin:\u003c\/strong\u003e Japan\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMaterial:\u003c\/strong\u003e Mixed vintage plastics with hand-finished surface\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMeasurements:\u003c\/strong\u003e Height approx. 47 cm · Width approx. 21 cm · Depth approx. 21 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eProduction:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hand-made \/ hand-repainted vintage figure\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eCondition\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAn authentic aged object with repaint history, not a restoration presented as mint.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVintage original base with a later repaint; a long-term storage item.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePaint thickness varies, with surface irregularities and incomplete coverage from the repaint, alongside surface wear.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eAuthenticity \u0026amp; Care\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe base follows Bandai's original Atom family sculpt lineage; the paint is a later hand repaint, and the figure is presented as a vintage object with repaint history. Every piece is examined and documented in Japan before dispatch and is offered with the Japonista authenticity guarantee.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eDelivery from Japan\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePacked by hand in Japan and shipped insured and tracked by EMS or an equivalent express service. Import duties and taxes, where applicable, are payable on arrival. Returns follow our \u003ca href=\"\/es\/policies\/refund-policy\"\u003epublished policy\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"jp-closing\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eConsidered offers are welcome through Send an Offer, and each one is reviewed personally. 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