Character Product Atsushi Onita Clear & Bronze Type figure review

In 2000, when toymaker Toukon Shop (who, up until then, worked

exclusively for New Japan Pro-Wrestling) went into business for
themselves; the company renamed itself "Charapro" (later lengthened
to "Character Product" a year later) and set out to make figures for
rival promotions such as RINGS, PANCRASE, WAR, Michinoku
Pro-Wrestling and FMW.

Blog #78 covers some of the earliest figures released by Character
Product: the limited edition Atsushi Onita Bronze Type and Clear
figures.

                                    

The Atsushi Onita "Bronze Type" figure is one of two limited
edition variants that were released by Character Product.

The top left corner of the packaging contains a glossy, gold
sticker which reads "発売記念ブロンズタイプ限定1000体"
(Release Commemoration Bronze Type Limited to 1000 pieces).


                                  

The back of the Bronze Type Onita figure contains Onita's bio, stats
and a special sticker in the top left portion of the packaging which
reads "(C) EVILWAYS" (Onita's licensing company) along with an
individual serial number (the above figure just so happens to be
numbered #929 out of the 1000 pieces that were created).

The second limited edition is the clear variant (I just love how this
variant blends in with the exploding background graphic).

In a similar fashion, the writing on the sticker of the clear variant
reads ""発売記念クリスタルタイプ限定1000体" (Release
Commemoration Crystal Type Limited to 1000 pieces).

Just in case you were wondering, the "[5]" in the top right corner on
the back of the packaging represents that Atsushi Onita was the 5th
action figure in the series released by Character Product (all four
variants feature this number - including the standard black t-shirt
and white t-shirt Onita figures).

More figure reviews are on their way!