Mogura House Mitsuharu Misawa GHC Championship belt (beard and Elbow Strike ver.) figure review

Welcome back to the largest source of Japanese Pro-Wrestling collectibles
on the web. Blog #97 features a Puroresu essential in it's own right, our next
figure review is all about Mogura House's Mitsuharu Misawa GHC Championship
belt figure (beard version).

                                  

The packaging for the Mogura House Mitsuharu Misawa figure features
modern graphics of the legend with (in Pro-Wrestling NOAH fashion) a
crashing wave effect.


                              

Out of all of the ring-attire Mitsuharu Misawa figures, this version features
the Pro-Wrestling NOAH GHC Heavyweight Championship and facial hair.


                                 

The back of the packaging features Misawa's stats and a short bio. The graphic in the background
is an inverted close-up of Misawa's face (also used on the front of the packaging).

UPDATE: 7.31.2021:

Going through my archive, I managed to find some photos I took of an opened example.
Let's take a look:

The most noticeable feature of this particular variant is Misawa's right elbow which is
sculpted in an elbow strike pose.

Other than the elbow pose, there really isn't any other noticeable difference.

Closing thoughts:

Japanese toymakers Character Product and Mogura House were famous for their wide assortment
of figure variants. Switch out a bit of paint on a Wrestler's ring attire and add a new hand mould
and you have one extra figure to buy.

Outside of Mitsuharu Misawa figures, Mogura House also released closed fist and chop variants
of Kenta Kobashi, too. So, next time you're browsing at some of Mogura House's figures, pay
extra attention to the figure's hand sculpts. Chances are, you may be looking at one extra figure
you don't already own!

Mogura House Mitsuharu Misawa DX figure (glitter ver.) review

One of the rarest figures released by Japanese toy maker Mogura House
for the Pro-Wrestling NOAH promotion comes in a limited edition
release of only 500 pieces - released exclusively in Japan.

Blog #96 is all about Mogura House's Mitsuharu Misawa DX figure
(glitter ver.).

                            

This Mogura House Mitsuharu Misawa figure comes in an updated DX
(deluxe) packaging complete with acrylic display base and attachable
figure foot holders and nameplate.

The acrylic display base is the same square-styled ones that were packaged
with Character Product's (Charapro) line of deluxe figures in the mid
2000's.

Besides the deluxe packaging and included display base, what really makes
this figure variant extra special is the glitter finish on the grey and white
portions of Misawa's ring tights.

It's small, barely noticeable features like this that make collecting figures by
Mogura House all the more exciting.

The attachable acrylic nameplate reads "三沢 光晴" (Mitsuharu Misawa) in
Japanese.

The back of the deluxe packaging features an updated graphic of Misawa
along with his stats and a brief NOAH-based bio.

As a limited edition variant, there are only 500 pieces of the glitter finish
Mitsuharu Misawa figure in existence.

Collectors should also look for the even harder to find clear-green version
(also in deluxe packaging), too which is also limited to just 500 pieces!

Mogura House Mitsuharu Misawa & Yoshinari Ogawa GHC Tag Team figure review

Our Mogura House figure marathon continues with blog #90 which takes
a closer look at another stand out two-pack: the Mitsuharu Misawa and
Yoshinari Ogawa GHC Tag Team figure set.

                             

The text on the packaging reads "THE 8TH GHC TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS"
referring to Mitsuharu Misawa and Yoshinari Ogawa's Pro-Wrestling NOAH 

GHC Tag Team Championship victory on January 10th, 2004 in Tokyo, Japan.

I have to once again give props to Mogura House for another eye-catching 

package design.

Mitsuharu Misawa is featured in a brand-sculpt complete with entrance robe
and GHC Tag Team Championship belt (which, unfortunately, cannot be
removed).

Out of the four robed variants of Mogura House's Misawa figure, this is the
only version to come packaged with the GHC Tag Team Championship belt.

                                 

The two-pack also features an exclusive Yoshinari Ogawa figure that is
sculpted without Ogawa's entrance vest (it's also worth noting that Yoshinari
Ogawa was only available in Mogura House's various two-packs).

                            

The back of the packaging features graphics of the tag team along with
their respective bios and stats.

                              

As an alternate variant, the tag team version features Misawa in a beautiful
green and gold robe with a glitter finish on the shoulder portions while the
single pack version features Misawa's robe with a more simplistic Emerald
green colouring.

Mogura House Mitsuharu Misawa (Entrance attire) figure review

As the main star and founder of Pro-Wrestling NOAH, the legendary

Mitsuharu Misawa has his fair share of action figures released by
Mogura House.

Blog #89 takes a look at another Championship belt variant. The
Mitsuharu Misawa (entrance attire) figure.

                             

Mitsuharu Misawa comes in Mogura House's deluxe style packaging.


                              

From head to toe, Mitsuharu Misawa has received a brand new figure sculpt
complete with entrance robe.

The Pro-Wrestling NOAH GHC Heavyweight Championship is also included
with this figure variant (which, again, cannot be removed from the Misawa
figure's waist).

                           

This particular version is a factory error with the GHC Championship belt
discoloured to black from inside the packaging (the result of using low-
quality paint that darkens over time).

The green substance above the belt is the result of plasticizer which has leaked
from the figure (used for figure articulation during production). While harmless
to the figure cosmetically (and easy to clean off once removed from the packaging),
this chemical reaction is common among older figures (especially those made by
Character Product).

For more information on reversing the effects of plasticizer with your boxed
figures, check out this forum post

The deluxe single-packed Mitsuharu Misawa figure is the only Mogura House
figure to feature Misawa in his entrance robe and a GHC Heavyweight Champ
-ionship belt.

The back of the packaging features an updated graphic of Misawa in
his Pro-Wrestling NOAH entrance robe along with his stats and a brief
bio.