I'm not a huge fan of vinyl figures (designer or otherwise) but I was reminded that I had this guy stored away since I moved into my house. A couple of years back, just before the vinyl revival started (around the same time designer vinyl started picking up steam), Sunrise tried their hand at doing animated shorts. I'm not sure what their ultimate goal was, but the result was a series of 5-minute anime about robot-animal kaiju adventures. And the titular character turned out to be a cross between Mazinger Z and a panda bear... in turn piloted by a panda bear wearing a very Kamen Rider-esque red scarf.
The vinyl figure representing our hero stands about 8 inches tall (the removeable pilot Pan-taron is in a seated position but is about 1.5 inches). It's articulated around the feet and shoulders and the the forearms are removeable featuring the "internal mechanisms" of a rocket-punch (according to the anime, Panda-Z's rocket-punch has a max range of about 4 centimeters). Of course for our figure, the punch is not actually rocket-powered. The "scrander" flight pack is also removeable and which is fine because the figure cannot fly even while wearing it.Here's a quick look at the feet - oddly, even more detailed than the arms.
The back has the indicia for Medicom, of course. He also has a tail. Not sure what function that serves.
Here is a picture of Panda Z chillaxing with Mazinger Z and his bro, Great Mazinger. Coz that's juz the way he rolls.
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