In the 1990's, gaming giant NAMCO was no stranger to releasing
collectibles ahead of schedule to promote the company's upcoming
titles as they made their ways to arcades across Japan.
Our next figure coverage looks at a rare collectible that promoted
the upcoming release of Tekken 3 (and the forthcoming Tekken
Animated movie): the Tekken Cool Prize Series 1/6 Scale Nina
Williams coin bank.
collectibles ahead of schedule to promote the company's upcoming
titles as they made their ways to arcades across Japan.
Our next figure coverage looks at a rare collectible that promoted
the upcoming release of Tekken 3 (and the forthcoming Tekken
Animated movie): the Tekken Cool Prize Series 1/6 Scale Nina
Williams coin bank.
The Nina Williams coin bank comes in see-through plastic
packaging along with NAMCO's classic logo and an image
of the King of Iron Fist trophy in the top left corner.
packaging along with NAMCO's classic logo and an image
of the King of Iron Fist trophy in the top left corner.
The most interesting aspects of the package are the images themselves.
The two separate images of Nina were lifted from arcade renders of
Nina's appearance in the previous title Tekken 2 (which first hit
arcades two years prior in 1995) while the figure of Nina is based on
her inclusion in Tekken 3 (which would appear in arcades in 1997
and is set 15 years in the future from the previous Tekken tournament).
The other figures from the set depict Kazuya and Heihachi Mishima
as they also appeared in Tekken 2; making the timeline for this lineup
The two separate images of Nina were lifted from arcade renders of
Nina's appearance in the previous title Tekken 2 (which first hit
arcades two years prior in 1995) while the figure of Nina is based on
her inclusion in Tekken 3 (which would appear in arcades in 1997
and is set 15 years in the future from the previous Tekken tournament).
The other figures from the set depict Kazuya and Heihachi Mishima
as they also appeared in Tekken 2; making the timeline for this lineup
rather confusing.
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| An ad promoting the home console release of Tekken 3 with an image of Heihachi Mishima from 1998. |
The bottom of the package reads Tekken 1/6 Cool Bank (鉄拳1/6 かっ
こいい貯金箱) in both Japanese and English.
For those unaware, the "NAMCO COOL PRIZE SERIES" were a
number of collectibles that were only available as prize items in
こいい貯金箱) in both Japanese and English.
For those unaware, the "NAMCO COOL PRIZE SERIES" were a
number of collectibles that were only available as prize items in
Japanese Arcades and never available in stores!
The inside of the packaging contains a third render of Nina
Williams lifted from Tekken 2.
Williams lifted from Tekken 2.
The Nina Williams coin bank statue is based on Nina's 1st player
catsuit attire from Tekken 3 and comes with a black base.
catsuit attire from Tekken 3 and comes with a black base.
This busty bank is painted in great detail with a clean paint job
and stands about 5 inches tall (15 cm); the smallest in scale of
the three Cool Bank figures.
and stands about 5 inches tall (15 cm); the smallest in scale of
the three Cool Bank figures.
As a "Cool Bank", the back of the Nina coin bank contains a slot
to store coins and arcade tokens.
to store coins and arcade tokens.
The bottom of the base features a removable cap used to withdraw
any coins or tokens that were stored.
any coins or tokens that were stored.
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| My own custom coin bank based on Nina's Tekken Tag palette swap attire. |
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