Wonder Festival, Summer 94
Sunday, August 21, 1994
Tokyo, Chuo Ku, Harumi
(Just outside Tokyo, Japan, Southeast of the Ginza district)

The show started at 10:30 am and closed at 5:00 pm. The admission price was 1500 yen (about $16) which includes a 96 page Guide Book. There were about 485 dealers listed in the Guide book, with 85 listed as Pro Dealers and 400 listed as Amateur Dealers. About two thirds of the dealers were model kit dealers, but about a third were toy dealers.

I would guess that over 50 percent of the figure kit dealers were small, independent dealers, with about the same percent of the models being non-pro models. As such, the kits may not be available outside Japan. Many of the models were show specials, available only at the show, and are no longer available. A lot of the models were original designs, not based on any other character designs.

You may notice that a lot of the pictures are of girl figures. This accurately represents the percentage of female figure kits at the convention. Over 70 percent of the models at the convention were of females, with a low percent of robot models and monsters, and an even smaller percent of male figures of any type.

I only made one pass through the dealer's room with my camera, and missed a lot of the models. I would say that I only got pictures of about 50 percent of the models there, maybe even less. In all, I got pictures of over 100 models.

Many of the kits I photographed were original models, done by independent amateur modelers. So, there are a lot of the pictures that neither my friends nor I could identify. Also, there were so many small dealers that we could not even identify the maker of a lot of the kits. I wrote as much information as I was able to find on each photo. In the following list, I used a figure of $1.00 to 100 yen for the prices.

Here are some technical details of how the pictures were produced. The pictures were taken with a Cannon A1 SLR camera with a Vivitar 35-105MM 1:3.5 Zoom Lens with Macro, and a Vivitar 285 flash with inflatable 6"x8" Flash Soft Box diffuser on the front. The flash unit was mounted on the hotshoe on the top of the camera during shooting. The film used was Kodak Royal Gold 400 speed print film. Through experimentation on several rolls of film, it was determined that the best depth of field tradeoff was obtained with an aperture of F8 or F11, with the flash unit set to a manual setting of 1/16 power. I took two pictures of each model, using both apertures. The film was processed and transferred to Photo-CD pictures through my local photo dealer, using Kodalux processing labs. The cost was $3 per roll for processing and $0.79 per image transferred. This resulted in 151 images (4 rolls of film) on one Photo CD (number 0416) and 36 images on a second Photo CD (number 0634).

All the files are JPEG files converted from the Photo CD files. They were cropped and reduced from the original Photo CD resolution of 2048x3072 to fit on a 640x480 screen. Those pictures with any adult content at all are labeled ADULT.

PHOTO CD Number 0416

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Lakisis, one of the Fatimas from the Five Star Stories animated series.

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A young Fatima, from the Five Star Stories animated series - $60.

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Ginrei, type C, from the animated video series Giant Robo - $64, 1/8 scale, Boomerang company.

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Ginrei, from the animated video series Giant Robo - Boomerang Company.

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A Sword Princess from the Japanese comic book "Orion" - $65, 1/8 scale, Alpha company.

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Nuku-nuku in waitress outfit, from the animated video series All-purpose Multi-cultural Cat Daughter - A & S company.

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The cat-girl Shida, from the adult comic series "Meet in Your Dreams".

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Benetton Ford race car - $25, 1/24 scale, Wave company.

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Cat-girl Kinjo Elza - $60, 1/8 scale, Tandem Twin company.

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Maira, The Sword of the Sun, Summer Wonder Festival Special - 1/6 scale.

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A cat-girl.

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Magical Princess Cha-cha, from the animated TV series, "Akazukin Cha-Cha" (Red Hood Cha-Cha).

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Mink, from the Dragon Half animated video special - $35, 1/8 scale, Dark Eye company.

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Girl in bunny outfit.

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Madoka

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Nude with panty hose.

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Standing nude.

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Lillia, from the Ys video game and animation series.

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Girl Sorceress.

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Mihoshi, of the Galaxy Police, from the animated series Tenchi Muyo - $58, 1/5 scale.

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Giant robot from the Aura Battler Dunbine animated series?

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Vai Aura robot (unpainted) from the Motor Head series - $148, 1/100 scale, Volks company.

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Space cruisers and battleships from The Legend of the Galactic Heroes animation series - 1/5000 scale, Alba Creates company.

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"Rota" - $70.

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Rem, in her battle outfit, from the animated movie series Dream Hunter Rem - Hobby House Tsubasa company.

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Rem in her "Detective" outfit - Hobby House Tsubasa.

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Anice Farm from the Borgman animated series - 1/3 scale!, $390, Hobby House Tsubasa.

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Dream Hunter Rem in a sailor outfit, with her animal companions Alpha and Beta - $138, 1/6 scale, Hobby House Tsubasa.

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Ikuko-chan, based on a spoof of the popular TV series Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon.

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Cat-girl Nuku-nuku in her Mermaid RX73 outfit.

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Cotton and her Fairy friend Silk, from the video game "Cotton".

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"Karin" - $70.

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"The Mad Dash", A-ko and her friend C-ko, in motion, from the animated series Project A-ko - 1/8 scale, NT Models company.

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Girl in swim suit.

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Dream Hunter Rem in her detective outfit.

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Asuka (unpainted), from the Cyber Formula animated series.

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Pai, from the 3x3 Eyes animated video series.

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A seven-headed Hydra - $780 (show special price $580), Kaiyodo company.

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A Storm Trooper.

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Darth Vader - Rez company?

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Reclining and sitting girl pair.

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Girl in swim suit with beach ball.

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Sexy maid.

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Heavily muscled space woman with futuristic gun - Fewture Models company.

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"Bondage!!" - Ring Ring Co.

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Cave Woman, Bat Girl, Cat Woman and Vampirella.

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Frilly Lilly - 1/8 scale.

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Elvira - 1/12 scale.

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Nako Ruru and her bird Mama Haha from the video arcade game Samurai Spirits - $42, 1/8 scale, "Paati ya Rouzetsu!" company.

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Milk, from the Lumne & 40 animated series.

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Girl in futuristic space outfit.

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Girl with glasses in a bunny costume.

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(left to right) - all from Heavy Gauge company. "Count Down" - $95, 1/5 scale. Misty May, from the animated special Otaku no Video - $80. Iria, from the Zeiram animated video - $60. (No information on fourth model).

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(Second Row) Giant Robo animation character figure series - 1/10 scale, Heavy Gauge company.

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"Neredou" robot - $210, 1/100, Workshop Cast company.

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Knight of Gold, Joker 3100 robot, from the Five Star Stories series - $148, 1/100 scale, Volks company.

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Godzilla ($150) and Anguilas ($180) - 1/220 scale, "Zokei Kobo Pao" company.

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Police dispatcher woman from the "You're Under Arrest" animated series.

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Miyuki, one of the police women from "You're Under Arrest".

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Natsumi, the other police woman from "You're Under Arrest".

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Magical Princess Cha-cha, from the TV animated series.

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"Bee Buru"

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Gally, from the animated series Gunnm (Battle Angel Alita, in the American release) - 1/8 scale, G G P Company.

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A girl in a red outfit (based on the characters in the animated Tokyo Babylon?)

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Ikuko, based on a spoof of the popular TV series Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon - $69, 1/6 scale.

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Various figure models from Remix company.

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Girl with big red bow in her hair (based on the animated series La Blue Girl characters?).

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Young girl putting on shoes (based on the animated series La Blue Girl characters?).

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A Fairy diorama, from a video game.

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A closeup of the Fairy.

PHOTO CD Number 0634

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Katsumi Liqueur in swim suit, from the Silent Mobius animated series.

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Girl under a palm tree.

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Devilman diorama with arm ripped off, from the animated series of the same name - a customized Volks model?.

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Mobile Suit Gundam robot.

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Sailor Venus, from the animated Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon TV series - $98, 1/6 scale, Bandai company.

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Cammy ($68), Vega ($250) and Chun Li from the Japanese animated Street Fighter II movie - 1/6 scale.

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Girl with sword in bikini.

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Cat-girl in litter box.

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Elf in leather and lace.

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