Vintage Tiger Mask Large Display Figure With Removable Head And Striped Cape, Showa Era Character Doll
Vintage Tiger Mask Large Display Figure With Removable Head And Striped Cape, Showa Era Character Doll
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A guide for this piece: about $158, based on the 10% US charge on the declared value of goods made in Japan.
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Condition report
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- As Found
Too big for the toy box
For the collector with room for a centrepiece.
Best for: Showa toy shelves and character collections
Condition notes
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A large standing figure of the comic hero with a removable tiger head and a striped cape, offered as a period piece of the Showa era.
The Piece
The figure stands on a metal support, bare chested in blue trunks with a red cape at the shoulders, and the yellow tiger head lifts away from the body. A second cape in tiger stripes travels with it. No maker is recorded and the size is not stated; the photographs give the best sense of scale.
A Hero in Stripes
Tiger Mask was created by the writer Ikki Kajiwara and the artist Naoki Tsuji and serialised by Kodansha from January 1968 to 1971, first in Bokura and then in Weekly Bokura Magazine and Weekly Shonen Magazine. Toei Doga's television series ran for 105 episodes from 2 October 1969 to 30 September 1971. Its hero, Naoto Date, wrestles under a tiger hood against the Tiger's Den, the organisation that trained him, and gives his purses to the orphanage where he grew up.
No maker is recorded for this large figure, and it is offered on what the photographs show. More Showa character toys are gathered on the soft vinyl shelf, and our guide to Showa tin plate and soft vinyl toys explains how they were made.
Details
- Subject: Tiger Mask
- Parts: Body, removable head, two capes, stand
- Maker: Not recorded
- Series: Tiger Mask, Kajiwara and Tsuji (1968)
Sizes are measured by hand; please allow a small margin.
Condition
- Marks and wear are recorded and can be seen in the photographs.
- Every photograph is part of the description.
Condition grade BC (visible wear) on the Japanese scale; see Japanese condition ranks, explained.
Authenticity & Care
Maker and period are given as the previous keeper describes them and as the marks 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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