Nakajima Corporation Plush figures review

While we're on the subject of plush figures from Japan, I felt there's no time like the present
to talk about FMW's plush offerings. Let's head back to the glory days of Deathmatch
Puroresu for Blog #226 which explodes with the Nakajima Corporation FMW
plush figures.


Medium size figures

Listed as (M) on their tags, these plush figures stand about 13 inches (35cm) in height.

First up is FMW star Atsushi Onita.

Atsushi Onita is crafted in his early 1990's FMW-era ring attire and posed in Onita's
signature "FIRE!" taunt.

While the overall design is minimal when compared to Rollertron's plushies, the likeness
to Onita is still quite recognizable.

Onita comes with his iconic bandage over the Onita plush's left eyebrow.

Interestingly, the Onita plush also contains some stitching on Onita's left shoulder. A nod
to all of the injuries Onita sustained over the years for his numerous hardcore matches.

The Atsushi Onita plush stands 35cm (about 13 inches) tall.

The front of the tag on Onita's right boot reads "FMW" and "Relax²".

The back of the production tag reads NAKAJIMA CORPORATION as the manufacturer.

The front of the attached card tag. Relax's logo is also visible once again.

Onita's name and (M) for medium size is shown on the back of the card tag.

Relax and Nakajima's logos are present once again.

The card tag opens up to reveal two pages worth of Wrestler illustrations. These illustrations served
as the figures available in the FMW plush line.

The first three figures are: Megumi Kudo, Atsushi Onita and Combat Toyoda. The first three
tags read:

Megumi Kudo                                       Atsushi Onita  
 
Height: 162cm                                       Height: 181cm
Weight: 62kg                                         Weight: 105kg
Finishing move: Flying Neck               Finishing move: Thunder Fire
                            Breaker Drop            Powerbomb

Combat Toyoda

Height: 168cm
Weight: 80kg
Finishing move: Powerslam






The second page of the card shows three more Wrestlers from the plush line. The corresponding
profiles read:


Ricky Fuji                                     Tarzan Goto              

Height: 177cm                               Height: 178cm
Weight: 98kg                                 Weight: 120kg
Finishing move: Front Block       Finishing move: Facebuster
                             -buster


Sambo Asako

Height: 180cm
Weight: 130kg
Finishing move: Kneel Kick

Going back to the plush figures themselves, next up is Combat Toyoda.

Toyoda is most famous for her legendary 1996 No-Rope Electrified Barbwire Deathmatch
against Megumi Kudo (a match that is revered by many as the greatest Women's deathmatch
of all time).

Toyoda contains a single bandana tied on her right pant leg, recognizable eyeshadow
and wild hair colours.

A packaged example of Nakajima's Megumi Kudo medium size plush figure.



Thanks to Dylan Sharek at wrestlingfiguredatabase.com for the excellent photo.

The complete set of medium size figures. From left to right: Sambo Asako, Ricky Fujim
Tarzan Goto, Atsushi Onita, Megumi Kudo and Combat Toyoda.

Since I've never seen Tarzan, Fuji or Sambo in any other photos, I'll assume that the above
photo features prototypes that may not have made it out of development.

Small size

Beyond the medium size plushies, Nakajima Corporation also released small size (S)
figures, too.

                       

The (S) size Atsushi Onita figure is a smaller copy of the medium variant; right down to
the identical pose.

At a smaller scale, it seems the small version doesn't include the stitching in Onita's left
arm or the laces in Onita's boots.

                             

The small scale Onita plush looks to be no bigger than 7 inches in height.









Keychains

If you thought collecting the same figure twice was gruelling enough, Nakajima
Corporation also released plush keychains of their FMW figures, too!

Megumi Kudo and Atsushi Onita.

Megumi Kudo looks more like 80's WWF legend Wendi Richter.

Strangely, Onita's kneepads are aqua green instead of blue in keychain format.


Closing thoughts:

During FMW's heyday in the early to mid 1990's, there was a slew of merchandise
released. Posters, keychains, model kits, t-shirts, music CD's and even a video game
on the Super Famicom.

More figure reviews coming your way!