Comments on: Ultra-Men and Monster Maker

By: Darrin..

Darrin.. — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 04:05:35 +0000

HA! These toys were great! Ya know.. your post has inspired me to do a post on a similar toy from the late 70's called "Little Van Goes" which let you create your own custom vans!! I still have the original toy in its package. I'll have to break it out and design some groovy vans for old times sake!!

By: C. Elam

C. Elam — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 17:47:11 +0000

In that vein, my search did unearth the Ultraman Print 4000 in action. I see the date 1978, but I can't remember if that pre-dates the Mighty Men and Monster Maker or not.

By: Plaidstallions

Plaidstallions — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 16:06:24 +0000

Yeah, Captain Future was a shot in the dark, I prefer my Japanese TV to have men in foam rubber suits wrestling.

By: Lady Jaye

Lady Jaye — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 13:12:48 +0000

I was gonna say that this is definitely not Captain Future (aka Capitaine Flam). Google "Capitaine Flam" and you'll see what he looked like in the anime version.

By: C. Elam

C. Elam — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 05:33:05 +0000

Er, "shed". I should add these are called "Print 4000 series" in the ad copy.

By: C. Elam

C. Elam — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 05:30:57 +0000

The second one is named "燃えろ! サンダー 5", which is "Moero! Thunder 5" (Moero meaning "Burning" or something like that). However, I'm not really an anime fan, I don't recognize it, and a Google search for the Japanese came up empty. I didn't even get a match for the toy!

Passing this info along in the hopes someone with more knowledge can she further light!