Secretbase Big Scale Astro Boy #5 Soft Vinyl Figure, Grey and Black Mecha Face, Sealed with Sticker
Secretbase Big Scale Astro Boy #5 Soft Vinyl Figure, Grey and Black Mecha Face, Sealed with Sticker
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The Machine Beneath the Boy
Number five of the Big Scale run strips Astro Boy back to greys and black and lets you see through his face to the machine inside. It reminds you that Tezuka's hero was always a robot first. Sealed, it is a piece for a collector completing the numbered series.
Best for: Big Scale completists and sealed-box collectors
Condition notes
New and unopened in the original box, with the sticker.
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Number five in Secretbase's Big Scale Astro Boy series: Tezuka's robot boy cast in grey and black soft vinyl, with a clear head that lets the mechanism show through his face. New, sealed in its box, with the sticker.
The Piece
Secretbase, the Tokyo studio behind some of the most collected soft vinyl of the past two decades, built its Big Scale line around one idea: Atom at the size of a small child's companion, sculpted with the round cheeks, clenched fists and twin points of hair of Osamu Tezuka's original drawings.
This edition drains the colour away. The body is a soft grey, the trunks and hair a deep black, the boots a smoky grey, and the head is moulded in clear vinyl so the mecha skull, wiring and amber lenses beneath are visible, a nod to the cutaway drawings that showed Atom as a machine.
The piece offered is new and unopened. Because the box is sealed, the first two photographs show the edition itself; the third shows this box, kraft card printed with the series name and Made in Japan, with its sticker.
Details
- Maker: Secretbase
- Model: Big Scale Astro Boy #5
- Character: Astro Boy (Tetsuwan Atom) by Osamu Tezuka
- Colourway: Grey and black, clear mecha head
- Material: Soft vinyl
- Height: about 45 cm (17.7 in), as given for the series
- Packaging: Original sealed box, sticker included
- Made in: Japan (per box)
Height as given for the Big Scale series; please allow a gentle margin of about 1 to 2 cm (0.5 in).
Condition
- New and unopened, as described, with the sticker.
- The box is shown in full; every photograph is part of the description.
Condition grade S (unused) on the Japanese scale; see Japanese condition ranks, explained.
Authenticity & Care
Offered as genuine Secretbase production. Keep soft vinyl out of direct sun and heat, which can cloud clear vinyl, and store the box upright.
Delivery from Japan
Packed by hand in Japan, box within box, 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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