their extremely popular line of Soccer figurines) released
their first set of figures based on Japanese Pro-Wrestlers.
Through a special partnership with New Japan Pro-Wrestling
and Japanese figure maker EPOCH, Corinthian would create
a number of figures for their popular Headliner line; dubbing
the spin-off series "Professional Wrestlers HEADLINERS".
Let's take a look at some of the figures:
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Corinthian-style base.
This Corinthian likeness predates a lot of Jushin Liger's figures
and depicts Liger ready to perform a "Shotei" strike attack!
Unfortunately, the Corinthian figures do not feature any
articulation or head movement (like a Bobble Head figure).
Next up is The Great Muta complete with gold facepaint.
From Muta's Kanji scrawled facepaint to the designs along
his ring pants, this Headliner is ready to fight!
Collectors should note that New Japan only released two Great
Muta figures with gold facepaint.
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| Scaled next to a Keiji Mutoh Mini Big Head and Yoshihiro Takayama Mogura House figure. |
Scale wise, the Corinthian figures stand about 3.5" inches
tall.
"HEADLINERS" is written in both English and Japanese as ヘツド
ラナーズ on the front of the packaging along with Jushin's ring name
also in both styles.
The bottom right corner also features the EPOCH logo (who handled
creating the Japanese Soccer and Pro- wrestler licenses for Corinthian
in Japan).
The back of the packaging lists the eight original Headliner figures.
This particular Liger Corinthian figure is one of the rare alternate
color chase figures not featured on the back of the packaging!
Other chase figures from the Headliners line include two Tiger
Mask (standard & red base variants) as well as a special red paint
Muta figure!
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