#1 JUL 9, 2013 · 12 yr ago
I posted this on Action Figure Archive but nobody seems to care, maybe you guys will find this interesting.
Very few collectors have ever seen any of these figures or know about them outside of Brazil. So I present to you the Brazilian adaptation of the Japanese Metal Hero 'Jiban'
This toyline from Glasslite utilized a mixture of the original Japanese toys from Bandai and the re-used bodies of Monkian (for exclusive figure 'Morfus') and Vultureman ( for exclusive figure 'Abumaru') from LJN's Thundercats line. These were released in 1990 when Jiban was very popular and aired on Brazil Television! Anyone else ever find them?[LEFT]
Morfus MOC uses repainted Monkian body with exclusive(?) head mold.
Morfus Loose
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Abumaru Loose uses repainted Vultureman body with exclusive(?) head sculpt.[LEFT]
Abamaru Close-up Head Shot
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Even though created for Jiban, I feel these figures fit in well with the original LJN Thundercats (The characters never actually appeared in the Jiban TV show) and are very, very rare to come by! Most of the diehard T-Cats collectors Ive spoken with, including some top dog everything T Cats & prototype collectors have never even seen or heard of these before!
A brief background explanation - 'Mobile Cop Jiban' was an excellent Japanese Metal Hero show which ran from 1989-1990. Outside of Japan the show was aired in Brazil where it became a smash hit, so GLASSLITE decided to release a toyline using original Japanese Bandai figures (dont know if these were legally licensed or casts of the production Japanese figures...they seem to be of much lower quality compared to the Bandai originals), All original vehicle designs not released in Japan, and of course the two exclusive LJN Thundercats repainted bodies with new head sculpts pictured above. The character Abamaru (Rhino headed guy with Vultureman's repainted body) was also released through the rare 'Spielvan' toyline from Glasslite (not 100% positive but the figure is shown in a rare Glasslite commercial for this series: http://youtu.be/PmOkIoRSQRI). These two Thundercats repaints/hybrids are the rarest of these Brazilian 'Jiban' toys and to date I have only found/seen 3 Morfus (2 loose, one on card) and only a single Abamaru loose which is pictured above, this is after about three years of constantly searching mercadolivre and having Brazilian contacts hunt for them. Some of the rarest and possibly the only Thundercats foreign variations (extremely different...I know about silver hammer Ben Gali, etc.) in existence. Anyone else know about this line or happen to own one or both of these figures?
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Very few collectors have ever seen any of these figures or know about them outside of Brazil. So I present to you the Brazilian adaptation of the Japanese Metal Hero 'Jiban'
This toyline from Glasslite utilized a mixture of the original Japanese toys from Bandai and the re-used bodies of Monkian (for exclusive figure 'Morfus') and Vultureman ( for exclusive figure 'Abumaru') from LJN's Thundercats line. These were released in 1990 when Jiban was very popular and aired on Brazil Television! Anyone else ever find them?[LEFT]
Morfus MOC uses repainted Monkian body with exclusive(?) head mold.
Morfus Loose
[/LEFT]
Abumaru Loose uses repainted Vultureman body with exclusive(?) head sculpt.[LEFT]
Abamaru Close-up Head Shot
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Even though created for Jiban, I feel these figures fit in well with the original LJN Thundercats (The characters never actually appeared in the Jiban TV show) and are very, very rare to come by! Most of the diehard T-Cats collectors Ive spoken with, including some top dog everything T Cats & prototype collectors have never even seen or heard of these before!
A brief background explanation - 'Mobile Cop Jiban' was an excellent Japanese Metal Hero show which ran from 1989-1990. Outside of Japan the show was aired in Brazil where it became a smash hit, so GLASSLITE decided to release a toyline using original Japanese Bandai figures (dont know if these were legally licensed or casts of the production Japanese figures...they seem to be of much lower quality compared to the Bandai originals), All original vehicle designs not released in Japan, and of course the two exclusive LJN Thundercats repainted bodies with new head sculpts pictured above. The character Abamaru (Rhino headed guy with Vultureman's repainted body) was also released through the rare 'Spielvan' toyline from Glasslite (not 100% positive but the figure is shown in a rare Glasslite commercial for this series: http://youtu.be/PmOkIoRSQRI). These two Thundercats repaints/hybrids are the rarest of these Brazilian 'Jiban' toys and to date I have only found/seen 3 Morfus (2 loose, one on card) and only a single Abamaru loose which is pictured above, this is after about three years of constantly searching mercadolivre and having Brazilian contacts hunt for them. Some of the rarest and possibly the only Thundercats foreign variations (extremely different...I know about silver hammer Ben Gali, etc.) in existence. Anyone else know about this line or happen to own one or both of these figures?
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