Showa Unlicensed Parody Soft Vinyl Figures, Ultra Mother Undressed Version with Pink Horned Father
Showa Unlicensed Parody Soft Vinyl Figures, Ultra Mother Undressed Version with Pink Horned Father
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A Joke the Studio Never Made
In the Showa toy trade, unlicensed makers answered the hero boom with their own figures, and some answered with a wink. Here the Mother of Ultra has taken off her helmet and opened her costume, beside a pink horned Father, a parody sold without any studio blessing.
Best for: Collectors of Showa bootleg soft vinyl and tokusatsu parody
Condition notes
Period pieces with light marks and rubs to the paint, small dark specks on the pink figure and scuffs on the silver gloves, as seen in the photographs. Offered as found.
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Two unlicensed parody soft vinyl figures of the Showa era: the Mother of Ultra with her helmet off and costume opened, and a pink horned Father.
This piece belongs to the private room of the house and is shown to adults only.
The Piece
When the Ultra heroes filled Japanese television in the 1960s and 1970s, licensed soft vinyl was matched by a busy trade in unlicensed figures, known to collectors as pachi. A few of these makers went further than copying and turned the heroes into jokes. Collectors call this family Erotraman.
This pair is offered as such a period piece. The Mother figure stands in her red costume with silver gloves, but the helmet has come off to show a woman's face with short black hair, and the costume is pulled open at the chest, the undressed version, as collectors name it. Beside her stands the Father, his horned head and torso cast in pink rather than the expected silver, a pun on the word for father that collectors will recognise. These are unlicensed parody figures, never an official product of any studio.
Details
- Type: Two unlicensed parody soft vinyl figures
- Subjects: Mother of Ultra, undressed version; Father of Ultra parody in pink
- Material: Soft vinyl with painted details
- Maker: Unknown; unlicensed
- Period: Showa, offered as a period piece
- Height: Being confirmed against our archive records; please write to the Desk
Condition
- Light marks and rubs to the paint, consistent with age.
- Small dark specks on the pink figure and scuffs on the silver gloves.
- Offered as found; every photograph is part of the description.
Condition grade B (very good) on the Japanese scale; see Japanese condition ranks, explained.
Authenticity & Care
Offered as unlicensed Showa period parody figures; they are not licensed, endorsed or produced by the rights holders of the characters, and the maker is not recorded. Keep away from heat and direct sun.
Delivery from Japan
Both figures are wrapped in tissue, boxed with padding and shipped insured and tracked by EMS or an equivalent service. Any import duties are payable on arrival. Every sale is final; please ask anything you wish to know before you buy, and see our published policy.
Considered offers are welcome through Send an Offer, and each one is reviewed personally. Further pieces of the kind are kept in Shunga and Hidden Arts and among our soft vinyl toys.
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