Medicom Toy MAFEX No. 145 Astro Boy Ver. 1.5 Action Figure, New And Unopened
Medicom Toy MAFEX No. 145 Astro Boy Ver. 1.5 Action Figure, New And Unopened
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Condition report
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- As Found
Every pose of the boy robot
For the collector of articulated figures.
Best for: Astro Boy and Tezuka collections
Condition notes
Unopened.
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MAFEX number 145, Astro Boy Ver. 1.5, Medicom Toy's highly articulated Atom, new and unopened.
The Piece
The MAFEX line packs a wide range of movement into figures about 15 cm tall, and this version adds expression parts, hands and flight effects to Tezuka's classic design.
New and sealed in its window box.
Medicom and Atom
Medicom Toy was founded in Tokyo in 1996, and MAFEX is its line of jointed action figures.
Astro Boy, Mighty Atom in Japan, first appeared in 1951 as a side character in Osamu Tezuka's Ambassador Atom and was given his own series in April 1952 in Kobunsha's Shonen, where it ran until March 1968. Tezuka Productions describes the 1963 television version as the first commercial animation made by Tezuka's Mushi Production and the first Japanese television animation series, broadcast weekly in thirty minute episodes.
The series opened on Fuji TV on New Year's Day 1963 and ran to 193 episodes, ending on New Year's Eve 1966; at its height it was watched by 40 per cent of Japanese viewers with a television, and 104 episodes were adapted into English for American broadcast between 1963 and 1965. More Tezuka pieces wait on the anime and character shelf.
Details
- Maker: Medicom Toy
- Line: MAFEX
- Number: 145
- Character: Astro Boy Ver. 1.5
- Status: New, unopened
- Character: Astro Boy, Osamu Tezuka, 1952
Sizes are measured by hand; please allow a small margin.
Condition
- Unopened.
- Every photograph is part of the description.
Condition grade S (new) on the Japanese scale; see Japanese condition ranks, explained.
Authenticity & Care
Maker, date and completeness are given as described and as the photographs show; nothing has been restored or altered by the house unless stated. 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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