Kinnikuman London Olympics Robin Mask Sofubi

Robin Mask London Olympics ver.
Five Star Toy Flag Design Series
Limited quantities | On sale early July
5,250円 @Five Star Toy

Image Compliments of Five Star Toy

Via Kinnikuman Sofvi Kenkyuusho

Fukuoka Kinnikuman Muscle Shop Exclusive

Justice vs Demon Series Vol 1

Warsman vs Buffaloman | Red + Black blank Sofvi set
Five Star Toy x BamBam88 | Muscle Shop Exclusive
The flyer says is all!

 Image Compliments of Kinnikuman Muscle Shop

Stay tuned for a new limited Justice Choujin vs Akuma Choujin set each month.

Check out more pics over at the Muscle Shop on Facebook.

Also make sure to head over to Kinnikuman Sofvi Kenkyuusho for pics of the new exclusive Yamashiroya GITD Kamehame and Yudetamago-chan!   

Five Star Toy 15th Anniversary

Meat-kun ~ "Marshmallow ver."
Five Star Toy 15th Anniversary figure
Limited run with a textured marshmallow finish
5,250円 @Five Star Toy

Image Compliments of Five Star Toy

Via Kinnikuman Sofvi Kenkyuusho

Five Star Toy Nostalgic Sofvi Collection x TOYFUL

Ashuraman ~ Toyful Exclusive "Pink ver."
Five Star Toy Nostalgic Sofvi Collection
Limited run of 29 figures
5,500円 ~ over @TOYFUL

 Image Compliments of TOYFUL

Kinnikuman x ARISTRIST x Five Star Toy x KIN29SHOP Collab

ARISTRIST Kinnikuman Great Glossy Black Sofvi
Designed by Masahiro Chono
Features silver Kinnikuman and ARISTRIST logos
Price: 8,500円
Run: Limited to 100 Pieces
Pre-order now from ARISTRIST

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Kinnikuman Sofvi Kenkyuusho

Kinnikuman Sofvi Kenkyuusho is without a doubt the number one place for information on Five Star Toy Kinnikuman sofvi figures. 

Image Compliments of オーバードライブ!

The owner, Overdrive, is not only a super Yudekkii, but also has perhaps the largest and most complete collection of Five Star figures on the planet.  Enormous thanks to him for providing me with this exclusive picture.  I truely appreciate him supporting Nama Niku and thank him for his friendship!

Go 国際友情パワー！

Everything on his site is incredibly up to date with an extensive picture archive that will blow your vinyl collecting mind. 

Visit Kinnikuman Sofvi Kenkyuusho today!

Linda Garage x Five Star Collaboration

Linda Garage x Five Star Toy ~ Stray Devil Choujin Sofvi Collaboration:

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Stray Devil Choujin Combi set details:

• Exclusive color design "Crying Sunshine" ver
• Exclusive purple "Angry" Ashuraman (Sunshine roller accident/three missing arms) ver.
• Limited to 29 sets
• Pre-sale starts on Kinniku Day ~ 7/29
  
• 19,800円 per set

Get in on this crazy vinyl action over @ Linda Garage!

CCP x Kinnikuman @ Wonder Festival Summer 2011

Looks like some very impressive Kinsofu and fully painted vinyl figures made their debut yesterday at the CCP Wonder Fest booth:

 Translucent Green Blocken Jr. 
~ Images Compliments of CCP ~

Brocken Jr. Color variants

 The Hells Missionaries

 20 Million Powers (Digging the black Mongolman braid!)

 

Update:

 

These figures are now up for pre-order over @ CCP.

 

Brocken Jr. Bell Red Army Ver A w/LED Hand
Brocken Jr. Bell Red Army Ver B
Brocken Jr. "Rainbow Shower"

Buffaloman 

Mongolman

Neptuneman

Neptune King

 

Thanks for the info Clinton!

Watcha gonna do when Neptuneman runs wild on you!?

My Five Star Toy x Punk Drunkers  "Hulkster" color version Neptuneman finally arrived in the mail. This has got to be one of my new favorite figures!

Shipped with a Punk Drunkers "Eagle's Claw" Eco Bag

 Header Card Front

Card Back complete w/Punk D mascot Hulkster mustache

 Neptuneman's Cape ~ Nod to the Comic + Punk D Characters

Limited to a run of 100 Figures total

Cross Bombers a plenty

Ichiban!

Five Star Toy x Yamashiroya Buffaloman Sofvi

Fresh from the Five Star Toy Nostalgic Sofvi Collection  ~ Buffaloman "Satan Version 2" with Glow in the Dark buffalo horns!!!

Image Compliments of Yamashiroya

This color scheme was custom made for Yamashiroya with the figure being exclusively offered through both their online and flagship stores!

Kofu Muscle Museum Display ~ Image Compliments of Five Star Toy 

Also be sure to check out the exclusive Yamashiroya purple Buffaloman BamBam88 collaboration T Shirt ~

Image Compliments of Yamashiroya

Pre-orders are up now @ 7,140円 for the Sofvi and 4,200円 for the T ~ 肉

Five Star Toy x Kinnikuman ~ 真の友情パワー ~ Japan Relief Figure

Attention all Yudekkii!  Here's your chance to support the Japanese earthquake and tsunami relief efforts in classic Kinnikuman style... Go GO 友情パワー!!!

 

Image Compliments of Five Star Toy

Five Star Toy announced this week they they will be releasing an extremely limited, glow in the dark, "True Friendship Power" Kinnikuman sofvi, with 100% of the proceeds going to charity.

The meaty bits:

真の友情パワー/True Friendship Power Kinnikuman Sofvi (Flag Version 2)

Glow in the Dark Vinyl

Height: about 26 cm/10.24 inches

Made in Japan 

Price: 5,000円 (Think of it as a very well spent donation!)

Keep in mind that this figure will be offered for a limited time only!  Pre-orders started on 3/25 and run through 4/22. 

Email Five Star directly if you want in on this noble sofvi offering.  

P.S.

I heard back from Five Star today, and they are unable to take overseas orders at this time.  I would suggest using a Japanese shopping deputy service to get your hands on one of these ~ 肉

Punk Drunkers x Five Star Toy Sofvi Neptuneman Collaboration

To all my little Nikumaniacs out there, say your prayers, take your vitamins and check out this exclusive, "Hulkster," version of Neptuneman from Five Star Toy and Punk Drunkers!

Image Compliments of Punk Drunkers

Bronzed Choujin vinyl never looked so good!  This has got to be one of my favorite Sofvi color schemes, and I have to give major props to Punk Drunkers and Five Star for busting out such a fun twist on one of the greatest characters in the Kinnikuman universe.

 Image Compliments of BamBam88

The figure is priced at 9,240円 and ships out later in June according to the product order page.  Next up is a companion piece of sorts, depicting Neptuneman getting his Hulk Hogan on...

 Image Compliments of Punk Drunkers

Black or White in sizes S -XL @ 4,935円 a pop over @ the Punk Drunkers product order page.

Turns out the peeps over at Punk Drunkers also have a facebook page so be sure to check that out as well ~ 肉

金 Collection Friday ~ Nama Niku Collection Update

New this week ~ Five Star Toy Sunshine Sofvi via international shipping from Ganking ~肉

Maybe it's just me, but I really dig that Made in Japan, fresh out of the bag vinyl Sofvi smell...

Yudetamago Present ~ ゆでたまご先生 GO Fight!

Shimada-sensei's role in getting this blog off the ground cannot be understated.  As always, I have to give him many thanks and major props for his friendship and kindness.

Around mid-2010 we began exchanging Twitter messages and emails discussing foreign Kinnikuman fan sites. We covered the overseas Kinniku fan phenomenon, custom made Kinkeshi, as well as the history of M.U.S.C.L.E. and other overseas Kinnikuman items that he was previously unaware of.  

A few months back he indicated that he would be sending me a "present" for my help and dedication to the global Kinnikuman effort, and yesterday one of my greatest Kinniku dreams came true...

Imagine being awakened by a knock at the door with a postman bearing a package from Yudetamago - I kid not, an actual honest to goodness express package all the way from Tokyo.  I was nervous as hell opening the package so slowly and carefully; palms sweating and letting a few expletives slip out in excitement and wonder.  With the tape off, and everything now ready to go... this was the first thing out of the bag...

The New Crown Jewel of my Kinnikuman Collection ~ 肉

It may sound a little dramatic to say so, but what I was holding in my hands almost brought tears of joy to my eyes; a personalized, hand drawn color image of Kinnikuman signed by Yudetamago.  

For those of you who watched the recent Muscle Summit you will know how these portraits are created.  Basically Nakai-sensei draws and colors Kinnikuman, with both Nakai-sensei and Shimada-sensei signing and merging their individual signatures into the singular "Yudetamago" signature.  It gave me the chills when I saw one of these created live at the Muscle Summit, and it gives me chills now to actually have one of these in my collection.

Next up was a BamBam88 bag clearly filled with goodies and untold Kinnikuman wonders...

What came out next was also special beyond belief.  Two exclusive, BamBam88 T shirts only available from Yudetamago.  These suckers are not for sale, and cannot be found in any store.  They are extremely limited in number and are only given out by Yudetamago in special circumstances.  Shimada-sensei was kind enough to send one along for me, and one for my wife as well!

Incredible Full Color Design BamBam88 Ts!

On the Back!

Absolute Nama Niku Insanity!

Also included in the package was a sweet Kinnikuman postcard and a very nice hand written letter.  Thank you Yude-sensei for sharing Kinnikuman with the world ~ GO GO 友情パワー!

ゆでたまご先生 , プゼントありがとうございました！

Join the Dark Side of the Sofvi...

More from the country where the Collabo is King comes the Animic Style EX x Five Star Toy Friendship Collaboration.  These Seigi Choujin look like they just joined the dark side of the force by sporting these spiffy blacked-out paint jobs... but I have to admit that they look pretty damn good ~ 肉

Image Compliments of fivestar-toy.net

Limited to only 29 sets, each figure comes paired with a matching Animic Style ring and a 21,000 円 price tag.  The sets were released in conjunction with this week's 肉の日 (Niku Day) celebration and were on display for the first time at the Tokyo Wonder Festival (which also went down this week).

 Image Compliments of animic.jp

Five Star Toy also dropped a very well sculpted Flesh Akuma Shogun at Wonder Fest that sold out in less than an hour according to the Five Star blog...  They also revealed a "Clear Lamé" version which should be hitting the web later this year.

 Image Compliments of fivestar-toy.net

Get the rest of the juicy bits over @ Five Star Toy

A Very Niku Christmas!

Happy Holidays to my Nama Niku readers!

Santa was rather kind this year to Ol' Mr. 100ton on the Kinnikuman front...

 Nostalgic Sofvi Muscle Brothers Monochrome Collaboration Set

I have not been this excited on Christmas morning since I was nine years old and opened my first pack of M.U.S.C.L.E..  I think I'll stick to ordering my own presents again next year over the alternative of getting surprise crappy socks and sweaters ~ 肉

The Nama Niku Christmas Haul: Medicos Robin Mask, Sofvi Set, Romando Robin Mask/Mariposa Set, M.U.S.C.L.E.

Collaboration Mania Part II - アレキサンドリア・ミート

Check out the new Alexandria Meat figure from the Monochrome Five Star Toy + Kinnikuman Muscle Apparel + Mangart Beam T Collaboration. This is your chance to get the first ever Five Star release of ミート sporting the famous "MEAT" logo shirt!

Image Compliments of Beams T

As with previous Beams T Onlineshop figure exclusives, a T Shirt is sure to be in the mix. Here we have the Kinnikuman Muscle Apparel and Mangart Beams T ミート君 Shirt!

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 Image Compliments of Beams T

Visit Beams T Online Shop for complete details and ordering information.