[tenchi:106060] Re: Ryo-ohki Doll?


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from Gregory Himes <gdhimes@yahoo.com>
subject [tenchi:106060] Re: Ryo-ohki Doll?
date Sun, 3 Sep 2006 16:45:54 -0700 (PDT)
> Hey guys, i was just wondering if anyone knew if they still make
> those
> cute Ryo-ohki dolls. Not the crappy grey ones, the good fuzzy brown
> ones
> from a while back.

I haven't checked recently, but unless some company has started
manufacturing these again, then the answer is no.
For the more realistic brown versions there were two releases here in
the US.  The first was from the old PANIME days when Pioneer were
pushing Ryo-Ohki heavily as their mascot, and DVDs didn't exist yet
(they were pushing Laserdiscs very highly).  The tag on these clearly
says Pioneer.
The second was when Toonami got Tenchi Muyo and destroyed it.  With the
new coverage, they ran a new batch, however this time, the name on them
was "Toonami"
Shortly after the Toonami version, there were about 12 variations
involving size, type (Ken-Ohki) and what it was attached to (can you
say keychain? or clock?).

All of this material is "out-of-print" but can be found still, at Anime
Conventions (had them at the last AnimeNext), various Anime Stores
(haven't checked lately, but I think Robert's had them last year), and
<shudder> ebay <shudder again>.

Be aware that with ebay there have been many bootleg versions of the
little doll, and if you find they were made in Mexico, then they are
bootleg.  IIRC ALL of the real ones were made in China (how's that for
absurdity).

I was smart, I bought multiples, and with the exception of the official
japanese UFO catcher doll version (if you know where I can get this,
LET ME KNOW!), I have 'em all, even the Japanese Christmas tree
ornament.  ^_^

One day I need to get them all together and take a single photo with
all of them in it.




BTW, I have uploaded a rip of the PlusOne OVA3 episode (it's raw, but
small), and if you wan't to download it, go to the site below, and look
at the bottom of the page.





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