my popy

[rossoff]

as you guys are fans of popys, thought id show you my moc popy black mask figure.

..its from the tiger mask series, id love to know more about these figures and how many were in the entire series, can anyone help??.

my black mask is made in exactly the same way as the other wrestlers, articulation at arms and waist.

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[Tim Sorenson]

Abdullah The Butcher 1981 Series 1
Andre The Giant 1981 Series 1
Antonio Inoki 1981 Series 1
Bob Backlund 1981 Series 1
Dory Funk Jr. 1981 Series 1
Harley Race 1981 Series 1
Hulk Hogan 1981 Series 1
Mil Mascaras 1981 Series 1
Stan Hansen 1981 Series 1
Terry Funk 1981 Series 1
Tiger Mask Muscle Men 1982 Popy Muscle Men


Those are from the Database. Nice figure!,

[Ruby Fusion]

Your Popy is a cartoon character, appearing in the cartoon series "Tiger Mask II world".
Popy released merchandising around this cartoon in 1980: 5.5" figures (like yours), 11" (animated) Tiger Mask II, 10" articulated (animated) Tiger Mask II (with 2 smaller figures in red and blue), 14" (animated) Tiger Mask II, some smaller blockier articulated (animated) Tiger Mask II and a kids belt.

Anyway, I guess we're more interested in the 5.5" line... This line was released as single card figs or double packs with a mini ring (more to use as a pedestal). I believe about 16 figs were in this line.
The ones I know off: (animated) Tiger Mask II, Byakuma (yours), Puma, a 'winged' mask guy, Seidou (one that later clearly inspired the creators of Street Fighter Blanka (he looks about the same but a blue version)), Piero, Silber (a green yeti-like creature).

In 1981 Popy received a licence from booking agent Don O'neil to produce wrestling figures.
They would make ten 5.5" figures in the "super professional wrestling series": Abdullah The Butcher, Andre The Giant, Antonio Inoki, Bob Backlund, Dory Funk, Harley Race, Hulk Hogan, Mil Mascaras, Stan Hansen and Terry Funk.

[rossoff]

really great knowledge, many thanks guys!

..ive got such a hard task to find these figures, i wish japan had e bay instead of yahoo auctions then maybe it would be easier to get these figures.

[Ruby Fusion]

While it's somewhat easy to find Popy toys on ebay, sadly this isn't true for wrestling related Popy toys...

The Tiger Mask II world figures are pretty easy to get on Yahoo! Japan Auctions and usually cheaper than the wrestling figs by Popy... ofcourse it requires a bidding agent which brings extra costs...

Then again: collecting Popys is a challenging hobby