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They are old school menko cards - just google menko - most likely from the late 50's early 60's. Not very valuable, maybe 200-300 yens each, as they are quite abundant in Japan. You can pick up a pile of them at yahoo Japan for a few thousand yens. I wouldn't describe them as bootlegs, as the whole ...

The 80's series with Japanese audio and English subs represents Astro in his true form according to me.

mobsix: That one is a true beauty. Did you pick it up in Japan?

Yes, it is original, no worries there.

I discovered astro boy when I lived in Osaka for a year in 2000/2001. I just loved the clean aesthetics so I bought an Astro boy alarm clock and some other astro related stuff (when I got home to Sweden, the astro boy and tezuka toy collecting continued and has been out of control ever since :) . I ...

Thanks for the welcome, they are the real deal for sure, as far as I can see at least.

Hi there, dito many thanks for alerting me to these. I just picked them all up on ebay as well for a very decent price and am really looking forward to start reading. Here's the link if anyone else is interested. http://search.ebay.com/search/search.dll?from=R40&_trksid=p284.m37.l1313&satitle=Edu-Ma...