Pro-Gressa Black Sofubi figures review

Folks, we're back in black with another rarely-known figure set from Japan. For those that haven't
been keeping up to date with our previous instalments, we've been delving deep into the wonderful
world of Japanese toymaker Pro-gressa and their short-lived Michinoku Pro-Wrestling figure series'

Blog #200 covers the Pro-gressa Black Michinoku Pro-Wrestling sofubi figures.

These soft vinyl figures were released in 2002 by Japanese toymaker Pro-gressa. On the left is The Great Sasuke and on the right is Tiger Mask IV.

Both figures stand at 25cm (9.8 inches) tall; which easily towers over most Japanese Pro-Wrestling
figures!

Tiger Mask IV's figure was autographed by the Wrestler himself.

The figures come with a tag that reads each Wrestler's respective names along with:

"©みちのくプロレス      (©Michinoku Pro-Wrestling
プログレッサ ®                    Pro-Gressa®

2002. 8. 18."                                               
スーパーフェスティバル 25"    Super Festival 25)


The description basically means the The Great Sasuke and Tiger Mask IV clear black
figures were event exclusives that were only available at the Super Festival 25 toy summit
in Japan.

The Super Festival 25 event was held on August 18th, 2002.

Interestingly, the tags show fully-coloured versions of both Wrestlers in figure form. I wonder
if the photos were unreleased prototypes?

Design-wise, these figures are made to resemble the popular soft vinyl Pro-Wrestling figures
currently released by Medicom these days.