Name of Toy Line: Kinnikuman Keshi (Kinkeshi): Super Deformed Series
Production Company: Bandai
Distributor: Bandai
Characters and Elements: Yudetamago
Years of Production: 1987
Countries/Regions Available: Japan
Size/Scale: 1.5"
Figure Trade Markings: (c) Y/S.N.T. B
Approximate # of Figures: hundreds
Details: Kinnikuman Keshi not only had many more sculpts than the M.U.S.C.L.E. line it also had size and style variations. One of the coolest and creative was the Super Deformed Series. Like standard Kinkeshi the figures were vailable in flesh:
And in orange, yellow, blue and green:
Here's Black Hole Sunshine in standard and super deformed proportions!
There were seven parts to this series containing a total of 84 sculpts.
Almost all of the figures came with an accessory attached that when detached could be placed in the figures hand. They were available in vending machine capsules and contained a pamphlet specific to the series and a sticker specific to the character, both showing some pretty nice artwork of our little super deformed friends:
Here's a look at a couple of the vending machine display cards showing some nicely painted figures and some more of that cool artwork:
Related Web Sites:
Naochin's Kinkeshi Archive
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