Mist-erious Bigaro

It was around 7 years ago that Mutant Bigaro [ミュータント ビガロ] became the first of the original 4 to receive RealxHead's [リアルヘッド] trademark 'Gold Mist' paint treatment.   Owing likely to tight production schedules, the Gold Mist Bigaro was produced on two different colors of base vinyl: translucent slime green and black. The slime green vinyl figures probably used the remaining supply of Bigaros from the slime green set released at the end of 2006 (technically becoming the fourth slime green Bigaro to be produced). I also suspect (but have not confirmed) that the slime green base figures were only sold in Japan at the Super Festival at which the Gold Mist Bigaro was initially sold. Once RxH produced the overseas allotment after the show, there was sufficient lead time to pull the figures in proper black vinyl. The slime green base figures are considered something of a rarity among RxH collectors and have commanded a significant premium in the past.

[RealxHead/リアルヘッド] Limited

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[RealxHead/リアルヘッド] Regular

Regular, but superb.

Out of the companies producing toys in Japanese vinyl, it is possible that RealxHead can boast the greatest number of unique, production-level toys. This does not count one-off artist customs (i.e., one-off customs created by the same company responsible for the base figure) as there are companies that now produce entire shows filled with dozens of one-off customs; I don’t think it would be a fair comparison to say that they have released 120 figures in one go, when another company would have to create, say, 3,600 toys to have 120 new releases (for example, if each figure is run at 30 pieces, 120 new toys x 30 pieces each = 3,600 total toys).

Real Head New Decade

Coming up on ten years...

[RealxHead / リアルヘッド] Unsung Heroes (and Villains)

Most collectors probably consider 2006 to mark the end of ‘classic’ RealxHead releases. These three figures were released very early in 2007, and are typically lumped by collectors with the less sought-after ‘modern’ era RxH (2007-09). However, I posit that they are as deserving of adulation as any figure released prior thereto.

Mutant Head [ミュータントヘッド], catalogue number MH-20, was the first of the three to be released as a phone-order sale in January 2007. Because Mori did not use online sales (which he still does not), collectors actually had to call him on the phone to buy these figures. Super7 was able to purchase a small allotment of this MH for semi-public sale on their online forum.