With this installment, we'll be looking at the the highly sought after
Hayabusa DX Figures from Japan.
In 2004, Mogura House (a toy company best known for their Pro-
Wrestling NOAH and Rikidozan figures) released a series of
"deluxe" Hayabusa figures in four different colour variants:
The first deluxe variant is the simple, white and gold variant.
All four variants feature Hayabusa in his large Ninja-esque kimono
complete with a Japanese Kanji emblem on the front.
complete with a Japanese Kanji emblem on the front.
Character Product's deluxe Figures.
made by toy maker "Character Product/Charapro" when in fact, the
figures were made by Mogura House (see above logo) and were
licensed under Hayabusa's own "Project Hayabusa" company.
The back of the packaging lists a brief profile of Hayabusa's stats
and basic information along with a lengthy history of Hayabusa's
in-ring accomplishments all in Japanese.
The second variant is a simple repaint of the previous white and
gold variant with a simple red pattern along Hayabusa's ring tights.
Phoenix along Hayabusa's ring tights.
Taking a page from Character Product's very own DX Figures,
Mogura House also included an acrylic display base, attachable
acrylic name plate that reads "HAYABUSA" and added similar
styled leg holder rings that attach to each base with pegs.
and white colouring.
darker headband portion of Hayabusa's ring mask.
The back of the Hayabusa figures includes a beautiful soaring
Phoenix decal (that intentionally also looks like a pair of eyes)!
The final (and rarest) of the Hayabusa DX Figures is the red and
white variant. It is estimated that the red version was limited to just
500 pieces upon the figure's original release (the standard limit for
Mogura DX Figures).
Like the brown version, the red variant also includes a darker
headband.
Closing thoughts:
It's easy to see why the Hayabusa DX figures by Mogura House
are so rare and sought after. Their detail is phenomenal (the
most detailed of any Hayabusa figure released to date) and
their wicked Phoenix taunt pose is a personal highlight.
The only real downside to the DX Hayabusa figures is the
inability (and a very small one at that) to remove Hayabusa's
entrance attire.
The red Hayabusa was actually limited to 50 pieces (!), not 500. And the white with red trim was limited to 100. The white and bronze figures were the “standard” releases. Mogura House used the same sculptors and production facility as Charapro, so they essentially ARE Charapro figures as well.
ReplyDeleteI've heard conflicting numbers over the years for Mogura House's production numbers; depending on which site you visit. If memory serves correctly, the Hayabusa alternate variants were listed at 500 a piece on Wrestlefig's database while Japanese sites have varying numbers.
DeleteYes, Character Product and Mogura House used the same facility, similar packaging and were prone to even packing figures together on certain occasions.
I also believe HAO and MDK used the same facility as well.