{"product_id":"medicom-toy-x-nakajima-seisakusho-tiger-mask-soft-vinyl-with-removable-hood-antonio-inoki-face-2015-0024","title":"Medicom Toy x Nakajima Seisakusho Tiger Mask Soft Vinyl With Removable Hood, Antonio Inoki Face, 2015","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"jp-product\" data-world=\"Japan Luxury Archive\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"jp-lede\"\u003eThe 2015 Medicom Toy issue of the Nakajima Seisakusho Tiger Mask, whose removable hood lifts to show the features of Antonio Inoki.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eThe Piece\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe figure wears the tiger striped cape with red lining, blue tights and black boots. With the yellow hood removed the strong jaw of the great wrestler appears in place of Naoto Date.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is described as unused and has been kept carefully in a private home.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eThe Hood and the Face Beneath\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTiger Mask was created by the writer Ikki Kajiwara and the artist Naoki Tsuji and serialised by Kodansha from January 1968 to 1971, first in Bokura and then in Weekly Bokura Magazine and Weekly Shonen Magazine. Toei Doga's television series ran for 105 episodes from 2 October 1969 to 30 September 1971. Its hero, Naoto Date, wrestles under a tiger hood against the Tiger's Den, the organisation that trained him, and gives his purses to the orphanage where he grew up.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNakajima Seisakusho, the toy maker known by its turtle mark, issued a soft vinyl series of Tiger Mask and the villain wrestlers sent against him, the hero's hood lifting away to show Naoto Date beneath. Medicom Toy's 2015 figure follows that pattern, and in this variant the face under the removable hood is Antonio Inoki's rather than Date's; Inoki appears as himself in the comic and the anime. More Showa character toys are gathered on \u003ca href=\"\/fr\/collections\/soft-vinyl-sofubi-toys-collectibles\"\u003ethe soft vinyl shelf\u003c\/a\u003e, and \u003ca href=\"\/fr\/blogs\/news\/showa-tin-plate-and-soft-vinyl-toys-guide\"\u003eour guide to Showa tin plate and soft vinyl toys\u003c\/a\u003e explains how they were made.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eDetails\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"jp-details\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMaker:\u003c\/strong\u003e Medicom Toy, after Nakajima Seisakusho\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eYear:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2015\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMaterial:\u003c\/strong\u003e Soft vinyl with vinyl cape\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIncludes:\u003c\/strong\u003e Removable hood and cape\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eOriginal pattern:\u003c\/strong\u003e Nakajima Seisakusho\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSeries:\u003c\/strong\u003e Tiger Mask, Kajiwara and Tsuji (1968)\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\u003eDescribed as unused.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEvery photograph is part of the description.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCondition grade \u003cstrong\u003eN (unused)\u003c\/strong\u003e on the Japanese scale; see \u003ca href=\"\/fr\/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\u003eAuthenticity guaranteed. 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=\"\/fr\/policies\/refund-policy\"\u003epublished policy\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"jp-further\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFurther reading:\u003c\/strong\u003e Look up \u003ca href=\"\/fr\/blogs\/lexicon\/sofubi\"\u003esofubi\u003c\/a\u003e in the Japonista Lexicon.\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 Luxury Archive\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"jp-cta-eyebrow\"\u003eConcierge\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLooking for a particular maker, character or edition? 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