Marmit Skull Head Butt Brain X Soft Vinyl Figure, One Off Painted Example From A Custom Paint Event
Marmit Skull Head Butt Brain X Soft Vinyl Figure, One Off Painted Example From A Custom Paint Event
- Dispatch
- Prepared and sent from Tokyo within 7–14 days, often sooner, or as arranged
- Arrival
- United States · usually 4–7 days after dispatch, insured and tracked Check the Shipping Flowchart here
- Import
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A guide for this piece: about $76, based on the 10% US charge on the declared value of goods made in Japan.
The final figure is set by US Customs and depends on where the piece was made and the kind of object it is. Many antiques over a century old carry no ordinary duty; most jewellery and leather goods add a single-digit rate.
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- Character
- Resplendent 8.5 of 10 ·
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- Authenticity guaranteed · How we grade
Every piece is measured by hand, in centimetres as Japan measures. Please allow 1–2 cm (about ½ inch) for the give of the material and the hand that held the tape.
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Object, sculpture and ceramics
Condition report
Very Good
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- Mint
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- Good
- Honest Wear
- As Found
The only one painted so
For the collector of single examples.
Best for: Designer toy and kaiju shelves
Condition notes
No conspicuous marks or stains are recorded.
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A Skull Head Butt figure by Marmit in a one off paint scheme, bought at an event for single painted examples.
The Piece
The exposed brain and plated body are sprayed in green, red and blue over dark vinyl, and glow under ultraviolet light as one photograph shows. It was kept in a glass case.
Independent Soft Vinyl in Japan
Soft vinyl, the hollow moulded plastic of the monster toys of the 1960s, never left Japan. A generation of independent makers took over the old factories and the old methods, pouring small runs by hand and painting each figure with spray and brush. Releases are sold at events in Tokyo or by ballot, often in runs of a few dozen, and a colourway is rarely repeated. That scarcity, and the visible hand in every painted example, is why these figures are followed so closely by collectors abroad.
Details
- Maker: Marmit
- Model: Skull Head Butt, Brain X
- Paint: One off, 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 edition are given as the previous keeper describes them and as the marks and header card 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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