Bullmark Triple Fighter Soft Vinyl Set, Green, Red and Orange Fighter, Standard Size, c. 1972, 23 cm

All three heroes of Triple Fighter in Bullmark soft vinyl: Green Fighter, Red Fighter and Orange Fighter in the standard size, each with a removable mask. Made around 1972, during the original broadcast, and each about 23 cm (9.1 in) tall.

The Piece

Triple Fighter was a 1972 Tsuburaya Productions series built around three siblings who combine into a single giant hero. Bullmark, the Tokyo maker that carried the soft vinyl kaiju and hero toy forward from 1969 until 1977, issued the Fighters in more than one size and alongside their SAT team members. The standard size here is scarcer than the large figures, and a matched set of all three is rarely seen together.

Each figure is moulded in a pearly silver vinyl and sprayed with its own colour at the boots, gloves, belt and chest harness, under a helmet with a crest and painted eyes. The masks lift away to show the sculpted face beneath, the feature that made these toys so prized by children of the period. Green Fighter and Orange Fighter have been kept in storage since new and show remarkably fresh paint; Red Fighter is a good example that has seen gentle handling.

Height of each figure about 23 cm (9.1 in). 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: Bullmark
• Series: Triple Fighter, Tsuburaya Productions, 1972
• Figures: Green Fighter, Red Fighter, Orange Fighter
• Size: Standard size
• Material: Soft vinyl, sprayed and hand-painted
• Feature: Removable masks
• Height: 23 cm (9.1 in) each
• Era: Showa, c. 1972

Condition

• Green Fighter and Orange Fighter: excellent to near mint, with bright paint.
• Red Fighter: good, with light paint wear.
• All joints and the raised locating lugs are intact, and there are no names or marks.
• Minor age-related changes to the vinyl may be present.

Condition grade A (excellent, light signs of use) on the Japanese scale; see Japanese condition ranks, explained.

Authenticity & Care

The vinyl, paint palette, sculpt and removable masks are consistent with Bullmark’s original Fighter figures of the early 1970s, not later reissues. Keep soft vinyl away from direct sunlight, heat and other plastics, and store the figures upright.

Delivery from Japan

The three figures are wrapped individually and packed together. 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.