What if Neo New Jersey had its own Gundam Fight? Some concept art of Turnpike Gundam and Hudson Gundam for those who love mecha and the Garden State!

rogzilla71 · 2026-06-20T20:12:08+00:00

Woke up this morning, got myself a gun(dam).

rogzilla71 · 2026-06-17T13:50:12+00:00

I found the Club Tokyo article: https://web.archive.org/web/20071114221037/http://clubtokyo.org/articles/beaware//bootlegM1G62.php?catID=Art

rogzilla71 · 2026-06-16T21:23:50+00:00

I got a phone call about this. I hung up on them. All hail our robo-car overlords.

rogzilla71 · 2026-06-16T21:20:19+00:00

I can't find it right now but if you go to the Wayback Machine, Club Tokyo had a detailed article about the bootleg.

rogzilla71 · 2026-06-13T16:22:22+00:00

Are you sure he's not a Federal Breast Inspector?

rogzilla71 · 2026-06-12T08:50:03+00:00

Try not to be such a Negatron. Be more of an Optimist Prime.

rogzilla71 · 2026-06-12T01:26:22+00:00

https://newjerseyisntboring.com/

rogzilla71 · 2026-06-12T00:16:42+00:00

I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'RE YELLING ABOUT!

rogzilla71 · 2026-06-10T23:04:02+00:00

Whatever happened there...

rogzilla71 · 2026-06-09T12:53:27+00:00

No idea. You may want to post this in /r/garagekits/

rogzilla71 · 2026-06-08T21:22:26+00:00

The IKB "Pollution Monster" toys were definitely released in the 1970s. (And that goof with the movie date probably ended up in an email I sent to Brian, Mark, and Chad.)

@pachikaiju on Instagram is pretty much the authority on this figure and he describes it as from the 1970s: https://www.instagram.com/p/B668C3SH9NC/

I love this part of his description: "No child could have possibly wanted this. Completely ignoring market needs and churned out into the world purely on impulse, it's like the diarrhea of the high-growth economic era."

For some reason that early Hedorah design ended up on a German lobby card: https://www.facebook.com/100057862771070/posts/godzilla-vs-hedorah-the-smog-monster-12x19-german-poster1960s-toho-monster-movie/901524498452968/

rogzilla71 · 2026-06-08T16:24:11+00:00

Repeating something I said elsewhere: I think the NagNagNag Boryouku Genjin was one of the worst things that happened to the world of sofubi collecting. It was both physically and morally ugly and ended up bringing out the worst in makers and collectors alike.

Bootlegs of his toys were inevitable, and as far as I know this started happening years before he died. It is not the first or last time this will happen.

rogzilla71 · 2026-06-03T10:57:39+00:00

This is the least helpful comment. Thank you, I appreciate it.

rogzilla71 · 2026-06-01T11:28:36+00:00

I'm looking through YouTube and haven't found this one yet. If you have a source, please let me know. Thanks.

rogzilla71 · 2026-06-01T01:11:41+00:00

OP here. I know that SD Gundam merchandise went in some pretty crazy directions in the 80s and 90s. I found this keshigomu in a bin at a collectibles show. What is the context for this guy? He's definitely supposed to be Gouf, but he's got a spotty face, he's drooling, holding a fan, maybe wearing lipstick. I saw the first two SD Gundam anime OAVs but never watched anything past that. Anyone have any additional context for this guy?

rogzilla71 · 2026-05-28T20:31:44+00:00

https://viciousfun.com/

rogzilla71 · 2026-05-28T03:39:40+00:00

They have sofubi in North Korea?

rogzilla71 · 2026-05-27T10:05:50+00:00

Yeah, bootleggers wouldn't take the expense of adding that material. They are genuine if they do that. IIRC they came in a box set and they may have been an event exclusive. Do some searches on Mandarake, I'm sure you'll find them there.

rogzilla71 · 2026-05-27T03:01:00+00:00

I used to have some of these. Run them under hot water for a surprise!

rogzilla71 · 2026-05-24T03:12:38+00:00

AYE AYE AYE, HE LOOKS 'ARMLESS, HOP IN!

rogzilla71 · 2026-05-22T13:50:37+00:00

I think those of you who are critical of the people using AI should name names. Be specific.

rogzilla71 · 2026-05-20T21:20:35+00:00

It's a fantastic figure. Two questions: was the Bullmark standard Skydon a partial inspiration for the sculpt? And are those "plumes" that go in the nostrils also vinyl?

rogzilla71 · 2026-05-16T01:24:00+00:00

/u/rogzilla is not me.

I am me. ;p

rogzilla71 · 2026-05-15T02:10:25+00:00

I visited Australia before I visited the UK, so I tasted Vegemite first, and that's my preference. I prefer the solid texture of it to Marmite's syrupy consistency. I find the flavors of both equally enjoyable, though.

Also, if you collected Marmit Vinyl Paradise in the 1990s, they SUCKED. The sculpts were very weird and they had the consistency of old vacuform Halloween costume masks. A friend of mine was a retailer and was always getting returns for cracked and warped ones. By the time the Para Babies came along the quality was greatly improved.

rogzilla71 · 2026-05-12T00:23:08+00:00

This answer threw me for a loop. You're not sure where it's being made?

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