Rare/Bizarre Merchandise

[Earthshine]

I think you might see though the slit of the mouth but I am not sure.

I think my main issue with this mask is that it looks like it needs some major cleaning and I cannot imagine sticking my head in it.

[Shiyonasan]

Here's a page from a 1981 magazine entitled "My Anime". It shows off different Astro Boy merchandise for their magazine readers to buy. Some of you will notice the Operation game that was posted previously in this thread.

Source: Anim'Archive



EDIT: As an added bonus, I also found this page from the same magazine talking about the '80s Astro Boy anime:

[Little Brown Fox]

Neat. Some of that merch looks pretty cute.

Also, back to that mask, ikr?? I mean, who even knows how many people have stuck their nasty noggins in that thing. :T And how do you even wash a thing like that??

[Rejoyce]

The wind-up Astro is hilarious. Just look at his expression. And he has no legs!

[Little Brown Fox]

Wind up-Astro's face is kinda like :I

[Shiyonasan]

Here are some Jetter Mars [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menko]Menko[/url] cards:

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[Little Brown Fox]

That last one on the bottom right is a repeat. I know it's highly irrelevant, but stuff like that peeves me.

Otherwise, these are fairly nice and interesting.

[EyeOdyssey]

Following the whole Jetter Mars theme.

Looks good and all until you see the little figure they've tucked away in the rocket.

Get a nice long look at that face. Maybe it's for the better that they're sending him back to space. Maybe then he could make it back to the planet of which he came from.

Y'know, if someone sent me this photo claiming it to be of a little alien body that was discovered out in the deserts of Area 51... nah. I would still laugh them off.

[Little Brown Fox]

It's hard to tell for certain, but poor babby is looking kind of... walleyed.

[Earthshine]

It's hard to tell for certain, but poor babby is looking kind of... walleyed.

It's the G-Force, poor guy couldn't handle it, cheaply made as he is.