FINALLY, my first Bullmark figures!
Apr 22, 2023 10:08:06 GMT -5
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Post by Ruby Fusion on Apr 22, 2023 10:08:06 GMT -5
So, 12.5 years after completing my loose Popy collection I FINALLY own Bullmark figures!
Bullmark figures??? Let me explain in a short introduction.
In 1969 Bullmark - a japanese company - released a wrestling figure line called "World Champion Series Pro-Wrestling" for Japan Pro Wrestling Alliance (JWA was the first professional wrestling promotion to be based in Japan. It operated from 1953 to 1973.). As far as I know there are six 9.5" figures in this line: Antonio Inoki, Giant Baba, Killer X, Killer Z, Michiaki Yoshimura and Seiji Sakaguchi.
So, here they are (I'm really bad at shooting pictures, so I included the headshots from the auction as well.)
Killer X and Killer Z. Killer X might be Frank Townsend (aka The Singing Wrestler aka Farmer Boy); he wrestled as Killer X in JWA in 1963. After that tour in Japan he retired as a wrestler and continued his music career. On May 15, 1965, Townsend and his yacht crew were preparing to race the yacht, the Dorade, in Puget Sound, Washington. During the race, Townsend fell overboard and is believed to have drowned. His body was never found. He was 32 years old at the time of his disappearance.
Killer Z is a mystery to me.
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Bullmark figures??? Let me explain in a short introduction.
In 1969 Bullmark - a japanese company - released a wrestling figure line called "World Champion Series Pro-Wrestling" for Japan Pro Wrestling Alliance (JWA was the first professional wrestling promotion to be based in Japan. It operated from 1953 to 1973.). As far as I know there are six 9.5" figures in this line: Antonio Inoki, Giant Baba, Killer X, Killer Z, Michiaki Yoshimura and Seiji Sakaguchi.
So, here they are (I'm really bad at shooting pictures, so I included the headshots from the auction as well.)
Killer X and Killer Z. Killer X might be Frank Townsend (aka The Singing Wrestler aka Farmer Boy); he wrestled as Killer X in JWA in 1963. After that tour in Japan he retired as a wrestler and continued his music career. On May 15, 1965, Townsend and his yacht crew were preparing to race the yacht, the Dorade, in Puget Sound, Washington. During the race, Townsend fell overboard and is believed to have drowned. His body was never found. He was 32 years old at the time of his disappearance.
Killer Z is a mystery to me.
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