Hi all,
I haven't been interested in the non-superhero mates but I had to buy a couple of these when I saw them here for 499 yen in the Toys R Us in Shim-Maebashi, Gunma, Japan.
Blind-packed SFII and Darkstalkers (or as it's called here: Vampire Savior) Minimates.
My photo's leave a little to be desired so I'll tell you as much as I can about them
This is the front and back of the box. It's the familiar art-work but features the Vampire Savior logo instead of the Darkstalkers one. The Art Asylum and Diamond logos are bottom right.
The little blue star says something along the lines of "14 to collect" I guess. My Japanese is not superb, but I'm fairly sure that's what is says.
This is less exciting and very blurry (sorry!). There's a bar-code, recycling info, a recommendation that it's for over 12's and the supplier/importers name and details. It's a company called Blister Direct (webpage is www.blisterdirect.com ). If you go there you can find further details in the Diamond Select section. Amongst other things you can see that they come in a case of 24 boxes.
Again, very blurry, sorry! This is the side of the box and shows 7 different characters. I'll try to give you all their Japanese names and their ratios (yes, some are short-packed).
Chun Li 1/6
Ryuu 1/6
Don't know his name and can't read the kanji - has an ginger top-knot 1/6
Morigan 1/8
Bega (Japanese doesn't have a sound for "v" so Vega becomes Bega) 1/6
Ririsu (In Japanese the "r" sound is somewhere between "l" and "r") 1/24
Demitori 1/6
So that's 7 characters, but 14 to collect. Each character is also available in their Player 2 outfits. This has been confirmed by the Blister Direct site.
And here's the first of the figures I got. Bega in his Player 2 outfit. He comes with a purple energy blast ball.
It's Demitori in his Player 2 outfit, looking not unlike an angry Bilbo Baggins. He comes with an orange energy blast thingy.
Danny, feel free to use any of this info or these photo's on your site. Also, feel free to give me some tips to help me take less sucky photos.
Hope you all like the info.
