Review – Ghost Land Peg-Leg
So last summer, during one of my visits to Domy Books, I decided to break down and grab one of Super7’s Ghost Land vinyl toys. The pieces on display were neat, but in the end it was the awesome metal tin that convinced me to drop $15 on the blind boxed toy. In the end what I got was a neat toy, and I may just have to grab some more releases in the series.
Packaging
Check out that box! That’s a metal tin, and it’s not a tiny tin. 3.5-inches by 2.5-inches by 2.5-inches, the tin is durable, attractive, and was did it’s job perfectly of selling me on the toy. I know that makes me sad — I should have bought this because the toy excited me — but I’ve got to admit that I snagged it because of the package.
Peg-Leg’s Cute!
The Super7 website shows all of the releases in the series, but Peg-Leg stands out from the batch because he’s a five-legged monstrosity with a wooden peg-leg in place of one of his tentacle tips. I got lucky with my draw, because the only other release that really grabs and excites me is Blowfish (toybot studios has a great set of Blowfish pics) so Peg-Leg was a great find.
About 3-inches tall, Peg-Leg is a hollow toy without any articulation and minimal paint aps: only the eyes and mouth are painted. I ended up with an orange Peg-Leg, but if I could have chosen one I would have grabbed blue — Super7 offers a blue set for $70, but unfortunately they don’t offer singles that aren’t blind boxed.
Closing Thoughts
It’s not the most exciting toy, $15 is a little high for what you get, but Peg-Leg’s nice enough that I’m tempted to try grabbing another box. Or, if I was smart, I’d hit eBay and search for the exact design and color that I’d like.
This may technically be a Japanese vinyl toy (he was manufactured in Japan and appears in An Encyclopedia of Kaiju), but it feels more like an Americanized designer toy than it does any of the awesome Japanese toys that we regularly see at toybot studios or Kaiju Chronicle.
That doesn’t make it safe.
Philip Reed got a box in the mail today that included a Toygraph Space Trooper and a RealXHead toy. Philip is now officially doomed. Pray for his wallet.
Kinda neat. The price tag seems a tad high, but par for the course. I like the tin.
Yes! The Ghost Land series is what got me into Super7, and began my dangerous obsession with Japanese vinyl. Brian Flynn’s designs are the perfect gateway toys, they have enough Western style to appeal to new collectors, but are crafted with the same care and quality of many kaiju. At 15 bucks, that’s only a bit more than most blindbox toys and you get an awesome tin and a beautiful, clear, colorful little creature. Also, during their Black Friday sale Super7 was selling complete sets for 25 bucks. I passed because I have all the ones I want, but if they offer that deal again I might be tempted to build a little army…
I believe you can buy them non-blind-tinned, on the S7 website it says “specify character and colour”
I have two of these from S7’s lucky bags, back when they were launched and yes, it’s Americanized kaiju, but it’s done in style. They don’t have the feeling of someone trying to be “on trend” and that makes me happy.