First Tiger Mask Action Doll Signed By Satoru Sayama, Cloth Cape And Champion Belt, Kept In Its Box
First Tiger Mask Action Doll Signed By Satoru Sayama, Cloth Cape And Champion Belt, Kept In Its Box
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Signed on the cape
For the collector of the wrestler rather than the cartoon.
Best for: Showa toy shelves and character collections
Condition notes
No conspicuous marks or stains are recorded.
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A boxed action doll of the first Tiger Mask with cloth cape and belt, described as signed by Satoru Sayama.
The Piece
The muscular figure wears the golden hood, a red lined cape in tiger stripes, a champion belt and laced boots. A signature in marker is written on the red lining of the cape.
A Hero in Stripes
Tiger Mask began as a comic by Ikki Kajiwara and Naoki Tsuji, serialised from 1968, and reached television the following year. The story of an orphan who fights under a tiger hood to support the children of his old home made the character a household name in Showa Japan. Toy makers answered at once with soft vinyl dolls whose hood lifts away to show the face beneath, tin plate vehicles and coin banks. Half a century on, complete examples with cape and hood are scarce, since both were the first parts to be lost in play.
Details
- Subject: First Tiger Mask, Satoru Sayama
- Parts: Doll, cape, belt, box
- Signature: On the cape lining, as described
Sizes are measured by hand; please allow a small margin.
Condition
- No conspicuous marks or stains are recorded.
- Every photograph is part of the description.
Condition grade AB (clean, no conspicuous marks) on the Japanese scale; see Japanese condition ranks, explained.
Authenticity & Care
Maker and period are given as the previous keeper describes them and as the marks in the photographs support. Examined and photographed in Japan before dispatch.
Delivery from Japan
Packed 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 published policy.
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