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Posted by tatsunokofan on 04-05-2015 at 18:53:

Hi all!

Yes, itā€™s a real shame that theyā€™ve never made figures of Katse. Except for all those times when they did.

Yujin Gashapon figure

Banpresto keychain

Bullmark Soft Vinyl

Banpresto plush

Lawsons Tatsunoko Hero

Pokka Coffee Giveaway Figure

Circle K Gatchaman Figures

Diamond Select Battle of the Planets Figures

Bootleg Fuerza G Figures from Mexico

Musashiya Gatchaman Garage Kits

These are just the ones that came to me off the top of my head, so there are probably a few Iā€™ve missed. And this doesnā€™t even get into non-figure items like the charm, the bust, the cosplay outfit, and the ton of Katse-themed items that came as a result of his popularity in Good Morning Gatchaman. So, if you want Katse items, theyā€™re certainly out there to find!

If anyone has a right to complain, it would be the fans of Gel Sadra and Egobossler. Even Nambu and Red Impulse have more merchandise than they do!

James

Posted by ChrisW on 04-05-2015 at 20:15:

I misread it first as figures too, James, but she said figmas. Smile I've never seen some of those so that was educational, though!

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Posted by Transmute Jun on 05-05-2015 at 13:15:

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Originally posted by Victoria
Ah yes. It's never Katse, is it? Well, I can't say I'm surprised. It's just... I wish there was a figma of Katse-sama. I'd give my entire monthly wage to get that one (seriously), but I know it's not going to happen. -_- And not only that. It's difficult to live in the boonies completely out of reach of couriers.

You know about the Diamond Select figure, right?

http://www.toymania.com/columns/spotlight/botp2.shtml

Note that the version with the interchangeable heads was never officially released. But the regular one (with the Turtle King) is available on EBay.

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Posted by ChrisW on 05-05-2015 at 15:09:

I've seen the one with the interchangeable heads on eBay.

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Posted by KT1972 on 05-05-2015 at 15:26:

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Originally posted by ChrisW
I've seen the one with the interchangeable heads on eBay.

Me too, in fact I missed out on winning a bid for one when the auction ended about half an hour before I got home from work one evening......

I have got the Turtle King Katse BNIB instead though Smile

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Posted by Transmute Jun on 07-05-2015 at 13:28:

Really? Wow, I have never seen it! I should get looking...

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Posted by tatsunokofan on 08-05-2015 at 03:11:

Hi all!

quote:

Originally posted by ChrisW
I misread it first as figures too, James, but she said figmas. :) I've never seen some of those so that was educational, though!

Ahh, you are correct, of course. My mistake. Of course, since Figma hasn't released any Gatchaman figures, not even of Ken, it's doubtful that they'll be dong a Katse anytime soon.

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Originally posted by Transmute Jun
Note that the version with the interchangeable heads was never officially released. But the regular one (with the Turtle King) is available on EBay.

As others have noted, the Katse with interchangeable heads was indeed released. The only figure that was never released was the helmetless version of Tiny.

James

Posted by Becky Rock on 10-05-2015 at 17:30:

On the keychain, Katse looks like he's/she's singing opera.

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Posted by tatsunokofan on 20-05-2015 at 16:24:

Hi all!

Sentinel has released a short promotional video for their Ken figure, with a small mention of the Joe figure at the end. It can be seen here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_ZUdGvoHKc

James

Posted by ChrisW on 20-05-2015 at 16:40:

I like that a lot of the poses they show echo poses in the actual series. Smile

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Posted by Transmute Jun on 21-05-2015 at 12:39:

I agree with Chris, they certainly worked to get some in-character poses! I find it interesting that the wings can apparently shift position,

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Posted by tatsunokofan on 22-05-2015 at 07:12:

Hi all!

Sentinel has now posted a number of pictures of their upcoming Joe figure.

You take see more of them here:

http://ameblo.jp/sen-ti-nel-info/entry-12028425920.html

James

Posted by Redbird on 22-05-2015 at 11:23:

Just an FYI: The Condor Joe figure is up for pre-order on CD Japan:

http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/product/NEOGDS-141809

He's lookin' good! Thumbsup

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Posted by ChrisW on 22-05-2015 at 23:59:

*rubs hands together*

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Posted by CyberShadow on 25-05-2015 at 04:47:

He is also up for preorder at Anime Export (where I got my preorder in).