Kaiyodo Mega Soft Vinyl Gamera 1996 from Advent of Legion, Yuji Sakai Sculpt, New in Unopened Shipping Carton
Kaiyodo Mega Soft Vinyl Gamera 1996 from Advent of Legion, Yuji Sakai Sculpt, New in Unopened Shipping Carton
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The Guardian Against Legion
The 1996 Gamera is the leanest and fiercest of the Heisei designs, and a large-scale soft vinyl lets its musculature and shell read properly. Unopened, it is the collector's ideal: untouched since it left the maker.
Best for: Heisei Gamera and Kaiyodo collectors
Condition notes
New and unused; shipping carton unopened. Figure not inspected outside the carton.
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Kaiyodo's Mega Soft Vinyl Gamera 1996, the guardian of Gamera 2: Advent of Legion in a large-scale soft vinyl sculpt credited to Yuji Sakai, new and still in its unopened shipping carton.
The Piece
The 1996 film is the middle chapter of Shusuke Kaneko's celebrated Heisei Gamera trilogy, in which Gamera defends Japan from the insect swarm of Legion, and its monster design is one of the most admired of the era: lean, upright and muscular, with a high, ridged shell and a fierce, almost avian head. Kaiyodo's Mega Soft Vinyl line exists to do such designs justice at a size that fills two hands.
As the maker's own photograph shows, Gamera stands in a fighting crouch, jaws open on a red mouth lined with pale tusks, arms flexed and claws spread. The hide is a deep blue-green worked with darker shading through every fold and plate, the shell is ridged and scuted, and the plastron and claws are picked out in warmer tones. The sculpt is credited to Yuji Sakai, among the most respected names in kaiju modelling.
This example has never been opened: the figure remains inside its maker's shipping carton.
Details
- Maker: Kaiyodo
- Line: Mega Soft Vinyl
- Character: Gamera (1996 design)
- Film: Gamera 2: Advent of Legion (1996)
- Sculptor: Yuji Sakai, as credited
- Material: soft vinyl, painted
- Size: large scale; please ask the Desk for the exact height
- Packaging: unopened shipping carton
Condition
- New and unused; shipping carton unopened.
- The figure itself has not been inspected outside the carton.
- The figure photograph is the maker's own; every photograph is part of the description.
Condition grade N (new, unused) on the Japanese scale; see Japanese condition ranks, explained.
Authenticity & Care
Checked in Japan before dispatch. Once displayed, keep soft vinyl away from direct sun and heat, and dust with a soft dry cloth.
Delivery from Japan
Packed by hand in Japan, carton intact, 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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