Spiral Zone Japan Fan

A lover of the Bandai Japan Spiral Zone 1980s Toy Line.

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Reminder:

It’s the Scooby Doo 50th anniversary and they just released a sequel to one of their best animated movies ever on the last full moon of Friday the 13th until 30 years from now. What a powermove.

I also want people to remember that Scooby and the gang was designed by this man: Iwao Takamoto.

An American artist who was forcibly incarcerated into the concentration camp when he was a teenager. He was eventually hired at Disney in 1945 but his family were still interned.

Here’s an interview he did with CartoonBrew from years ago.

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Scooby Doo was. A big part of my Saturday morning routine.

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Bandai Spiral Zone Armored Tank Carrier at the Shizuoka Hobby Show 1985 Photos from Hobby Japan July 1985 Issue 191 Page 80

Magazine provided by etmcneal.     Thank you so much !

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Bandai Plastic Model Kits Catalog 1988 Page 30

Spiral Zone Action Figures and Model Kits

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Bandai MJ Hobby Making Monthly Magazine July 1985. Spiral Zone Illustrated Novel Story Scene 4. Original Spiral Zone Artwork by Hiroyuki Kitazume  北爪 宏幸 Circa 1986 Character Design by Akemi Takada Some illstrations of the Bo Fighter Vehicle which a proto-type model was made an displayed at the Toy Show in Japan but never sold or released to the public.

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Monoseed Six Page Fold Out Assembly Instruction Sheet. Released by Bandai Japan1986The only Spiral Zone vehicle ever released not including the ACT:8 Personal Floater in the 1/12 scale toy line. 

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Two Informatiuon cards from Spiral Zone ACT 10: Monoseed Cycle Released by Bandai Japan1986.  The only Spiral Zone vehicle ever released not including the ACT:8 Personal Floater. The Monoseed Carrier Vehicle is also shown on the last page of the  infromation card. The Monosee cycle can be launched in mid-air and float using it’s side jump jets.

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Box from Spiral Zone ACT 10: Monoseed Cycle Released by Bandai Japan1986.

The only Spiral Zone vehicle ever released not including the ACT:8 Personal Floater.

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ACT: 8 Bazooka Pack 1986 Information Card Front.This is the first backpack and weapon accessory released for the Spiral Zone figure series.The bazooka pack has two mounting holes which would attach to the standard two pegs on the Spiral Zone figure armor.

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Spiral Zone ACT 7: Hyper Boxer Recon Type Blue 1986 4 Page Fold Out Instructions.

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Bandai Spiral Zone  ACT 7: Hyper Boxer Recon Type Blue 1986 Instructions and Decals.

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Bandai Spiral Zone ACT 6: Bull Solid Coating Type 1986 Information Card and Decals. Released in Japan 1986.

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Spiral Zone ACT 3 Sentinel Bear Six Page Fold-Out Instructions. The third Spiral Zone 6 inch figure from Bandai released in Japan in 1985.Two information cards with artwork and some background information included with this figure. Only the front of the first information card was printed in color.  

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Spiral Zone ACT 3 Sentinel Bear Information Cards The third Spiral Zone figure from Bandai released in Japan in 1985. Two information cards with artwork and some background information included with this figure. Only the front of the first information card was printed in color.  

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Bandai Spiral Zone ACT 2 Hyper Boxer Assembly Instructions released in Japan 1985.

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Bandai Spiral Zone  ACT 2: Hyper Boxer Information Cards & Instructions 1984

Two information cards were included with the 6inch 1/12 scale action figure.

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Spiral Zone  ACT 1 Bull Solid Box Information Card     Included with the Bull Solid Figure was a removable backpack. A miniature rubber hose was included to attach the rifle to the backpack. Bull Solid's M227 Rifle with a wired that was connected to his backpack. Also shown is his M200 pistol which was also include with the action figure. Bandai Japan 1985

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Dougram Mechanical Art Collection by Kunio Okawara 大河原 邦男. PhotosTaken from: 天号   @tengo_todoroki Kunio Okawara 大河原 邦男 was one of the Mecha Designers for Bandai's Spiral Zone Toy line. He reused his Spiral Zone helmet design for the Dougram anime series. From the book called "Dougram mechanical Art Collection" design by Kunio Okawara 大河原 邦男, The helmet of the combat suit of the CB Trooper.