Gamera Action Figures by Trendmasters

Shop Japanese stores and auction sites from across the ocean! Sign up for BUYEE using this link to support the channel AND get a special coupon for 2,000 yen: bit.ly/3uuo5BG
__________________
CORRECTIONS AND UPDATES:
2:46 - The UPC, TM info, address, etc were put on the card's bubble, on the BOTTOM! Completely hidden, but all of the stuff I mentioned was present on the figures. I still find it interesting it was hidden on the bubble and not on the back of the actual card.
9:00 - I accidentally refer to Jiger as a "he/his" several times although Jiger is female.
11:55 - I SAID the right thing, but I showed the wrong figure. I showed the regular size anniversary figure (around 8 inches I'm told) but the one in the catalog is a larger version.
__________________
A look at the short-lived late 1990s/early 2000s American Gamera toyline
__________________
FOLLOW MONSTER ISLAND BUDDIES:
►PATREON
/ monsterislandbuddies
►TWITTER
/ monsterislandb
►INSTAGRAM
/ monster_island_buddies
►FACEBOOK
/ monsterislandb
►TUMBLR
/ monsterislandbuddies
►ZAZZLE SHOP
www.zazzle.com/store/monsteri...
__________________
MUSIC ATTRIBUTION
Aquarium by Kevin MacLeod
Link: incompetech.filmmusic.io/song...
License: creativecommons.org/licenses/b...
Bossa Antigua by Kevin MacLeod
Link: incompetech.filmmusic.io/song...
License: creativecommons.org/licenses/b...
Daily Beetle by Kevin MacLeod
Link: incompetech.filmmusic.io/song...
License: creativecommons.org/licenses/b...
"Deuces" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
creativecommons.org/licenses/b...
Feelin Good by Kevin MacLeod
Link: incompetech.filmmusic.io/song...
License: creativecommons.org/licenses/b...
Lobby Time by Kevin MacLeod
Link: incompetech.filmmusic.io/song...
License: creativecommons.org/licenses/b...
Local Forecast - Slower by Kevin MacLeod
Link: incompetech.filmmusic.io/song...
License: creativecommons.org/licenses/b...

[@MonsterIslandBuddies]

FYI I put corrections and updates in the descriptions of my video so it's a good habit to check it out. But in this case I'll pin it too so everyone will relax and enjoy the other 99.9% of the video ;) CORRECTIONS AND UPDATES: 9:00 - I accidentally refer to Jiger as a "he/his" several times although Jiger is female 11:55 - I SAID the right thing, but I showed the wrong figure. I showed the regular size anniversary figure (around 8 inches I'm told) but the one in the catalog is a larger version

[@WerewolfRiver]

Hey, MIB. I want to say that I'm sorry about that comment I left about Jiger. I should have checked the description. That was so stupid of me. I want you to know that your videos always bring me back in the best ways, so keep doing what you're doing. Your stuff is always great.

[@Ikusatwo]

4:50 I believe that is meant to be there as it would hook onto a latch inside the mouth and detach to launch the missile similar to many other missile gimmick toys. Nonetheless a great video as always! ♥

[@theplanetkaiju9635]

Guiron And Jiger Mating And Together Fight Gigan And A Evil Imitation Jet Jaguar Who Him And Gigan Almost Got Killed By Gamera’s Stomach Beam.

[@michelleportelli5487]

When will you release the godzilla vs jet jaguar part 4 episode

[@benjaminwalters2188]

Hey MIB can you do more gamera toys there's one bandi GAMERA from the trilogy and it's first one it cost about $20 on Amazon there's SHMA gamera also revoltech gamera and the 2023 GAMERA rebirth Love your videos

[@lordkaijux5262]

It's strangely funny how the Trendmasters Gamera figurine has Godzilla's roar meanwhile Godzilla, back when he was just a mere Godzillasaurus on Lagos Island, was given Gamera's screech whenever the US army injured him.

[@lewc3413]

Turnabout is fair play

[@doubleflores8350]

Trendmaster’s puts projectiles in their toys* MIB: and I took that personally. Love this video. Can’t go wrong with MIB toy reviews.

[@nickdriscoll6131]

How interesting that Barugon got shafted both in this series and the new cartoon. Thanks for the video, MIB!

[@toyohimeyeswatatsuki6917]

That Poor guy

[@LV426Resident]

It’s probably some copyright thing

[@toyohimeyeswatatsuki6917]

​@@LV426Residentno excuse on Anime tho

[@400KrispyKremes]

Those figures look about one thousand times better than I ever would have guessed. I would have loved those when I was a kid even if I had no idea who Gamera was.

[@Sir_Adam]

I would have wanted them even though I hated Gamera as a kid lol

[@poob1082]

Why'd you hate gamera 😂​@@Sir_Adam

[@Sir_Adam]

@@poob1082 back then I hated him simply for not being Godzilla lol

[@Jasonwolf1495]

Gamera has always and will always be my favorite kaiju. I wish he ever had any stuff out when I was a kid.

[@BVSnake]

I would have loved a Gamera Micro Battle Playset!

[@mgkiryuu]

Yeah, this toy line is so much as "not on the radar" for Kaiju fans, as opposed to just damn near impossible to find. I was never able to locate them. I find it strange that Barugon was not in the line with the other monsters, just like in the new anime show. Justice for Barugon. I do like the redesigns for the other monsters though.

[@Sir_Adam]

They appear as shooting stars on Ebay. I used to see them a lot 10 years ago.

[@PatrickGreeneFearwriter]

I get the feeling Toho's attorneys fought to have Barugon permenently shelved in English language markets due to the copied name and similar appearance.

[@Sir_Adam]

@@PatrickGreeneFearwriter If you've seen his movie, its for the best.

[@LV426Resident]

@@Sir_AdamHis movie is one of the best Showa Era movies wdym

[@Sir_Adam]

@@LV426Resident Well when you put it that way. Gamera vs. Barugon IS better then the other showa movies. LOL (But nothing beats guilon slicing up some gyaos sushi)

[@jpuggy6793]

I’m sad that Barugon never gets anything

[@draconuistudios6244]

He should since he is Gamera’s first Kaiju enemy and he was quite formidable against him

[@toyohimeyeswatatsuki6917]

​@@draconuistudios6244i mean all of Gamera enemies have won against him in their first fight

[@ShinGoji1987Official]

I remember when I first saw these guys at a collectable store in 2004 I was in shock, they really did just come out of nowhere. I bought Gamera then and recently picked up the rest of these guys. I prefer the non roaring ones and agree that the projectile holes are a bit obnoxious haha. Looking forward to creating a proper Gamera Super Monster film via a stop motion project with them one day

[@PatrickGreeneFearwriter]

I only knew about them through G-FAN magazine. There may have even been advertising for the line in an issue or two.

[@ShinGoji1987Official]

@@PatrickGreeneFearwriter Nice. They really were extremely exclusive

[@jonathansalazar4630]

Its a shame I never found these in any stores in my area I would have loved these. I always enjoy these Trendmasters videos they always take me back and you do a great job on them.

[@animezilla4486]

I think the reason trendmaster never promoted to Gamera toys it's because Gamera is not exactly recognizable in United States has Godzilla is

[@medes5597]

​@@animezilla4486if I ever meet someone who has heard of Gamera outside of Kaiju fans, it's always because of mystery science theatre and they're always surprised that Gamera has any kind of following or fanbase. And don't get me wrong, I adore MST3K, not saying it's a bad thing at all. But outside of those episodes, Gamera is basically unknown to general audiences in the west.

[@Sir_Adam]

I have been WAITING for this video to be made!!! Definitely a toy line that flew under the radar for a lot of people.

[@spooderman24YT]

Godzilla battle line is underrated

[@1stCallipostle]

I played at launch, but it didn't manage to overcome mobile game syndrome of not being forgotten after a week

[@MonsterIslandBuddies]

Disagree.

[@kaijugaming9941]

Agreed

[@Sir_Adam]

Those Godzilla and Kong Titan Tech figures are spiritual successors to that line.

[@w.tbritishgamer2117]

@@MonsterIslandBuddiesrude. But I love your channel

[@godzillabebravethetrexretu1381]

🎶Gamera is really neat he is filled with turtle meat we’ve been eating Gamera🎶

[@Sir_Adam]

KENNY!!!

[@doomzilla3568]

Another trendmasters video? Yes please! It's a fantastic time for Gamera to return since Gamera the brave and it's a Shame about the Gamera line came and went with little fanfare. They figures look really neat and they got the trendmasters redesigns, i do like them. They really need more love and i would love to collect these. Great video!!!

[@keyztroke]

“Maybe I just have a dirty mind.” No, no. You’ve got a point.

[@thetoythief8940]

These look so bootleg yet so official it's hilarious and interesting 😂

[@isaiahgourneau2860]

Playmates needs to make gamera

[@KingGojira72]

6:09 I think they didn’t had the Gamera roar yet so they just added a high pitched version of Godzilla’s like Zilla’s

[@ConstantineFurman]

It's a noise Godzilla made in the later Heisei films, most notably as he dies.

[@Hackersaurus05]

Glad to see Trendmasters Gamera getting some attention

[@borgcubejedi]

These look awesome! I had no idea they existed! As for what I wish had happened for future Trendmaster Gamera toys, I have only four words: Gamera Micro Battle Playsets. You have a Gamera toy in his jet flying pose, you flip open his shell and inside is a tiny city for tiny Gamera to protect from a tiny Gyaos or Iris or whoever. One of the buildings or vehicles has dayglow dot of color in the window. The packaging has told you that's where the child that holds one of Gamera's glowing scales is. As friend to children everywhere, Gamera most protect that child from the enemy monster.

[@darkbeast6499]

It's a shame that they didn't include Barugon in this toy line or Rebirth.

[@goji3755]

Yeah, I really wish Barugon would stop getting shafted like this. Maybe if we get a Season 2 of Rebirth we'll see a redesigned Barugon that relies more on elemental/energy based attacks, whereas Rebirth Jiger had all of his removed, to help differentiate the two more.

[@thachocolategod]

These things are impossible to find on the aftermarket but they're so cool. If only they were a bigger deal.

[@SteamedIguana]

Never really knew much about the Gamera Trendmasters line, great video as always!

[@RadicalRaiden]

Wow never new these existed, thanks for the content MIB!

[@logandothewarlock6043]

Man, this makes me wish even more that Trendmasters did an Ultraman line... if only Towards The Future found success, perhaps that proposed second season would have brought toys of the Ultra Brothers!

[@ConstantineFurman]

Do you mean the toyline or the show? Because "Towards the Future" was a massive success for Tsuburaya. In fact, it was their first hit since the 70s (I think the 1984 "Ultraman Zoffy" movie did pretty well too)! It didn't take off right away, but it became a huge success for them over the span of about two years. The second season of Great/Towards the Future got killed by the piss-poor quality of Ultraman Powered/The Ultimate Hero. Tsuburaya had been wanting to do an American co-production since the late 70s and based on Great's success, it was finally their big chance and they took it rather than continuing with Great. It could have paid off for them if they had done business with a company that knew what the hell it was doing.

[@logandothewarlock6043]

@@ConstantineFurman Wow! I never knew Great got that much traction! I meant the TV show, but hey, maybe if Powered was actually good a Trendmasters toy line could have happened!

[@ConstantineFurman]

@@logandothewarlock6043 It took a while, a year or two for Fox to buy the rights to Great and then the ratings were apparently very high here in the States when it aired in 1992. After that, other countries around the world wanted in and they started buying up the rights for their territories. And it was popular in Japan when it finally came out over there as well. Tsuburaya just backed the wrong horse; should've stayed with the Aussies instead of hopping to America.

[@GojirasaurusRex1954]

Finally!!! A video about Gamera by MIB!!! Thank you! 😊

[@tokujunkie_chuck]

Good ol’ Trend-missiles at it again with the projectile functions

[@wadescribner4453]

Thanks for sharing! As always great content!

[@aquauniverse4403]

Love these guys so much! I’ve definitely warmed up to Gamera and his series over time and have come to appreciate the series a lot. These are awesome, give it take the wonky missiles. Would’ve loved to see a silver space Gyaos at some point! And of course Legion and Iris.

[@aquauniverse4403]

Also trendmasters having been an STL company makes me proud of my hometown.

[@justinbest9954]

I actually saw some of these toys at a Big Lots in Fort Collins back in either 98 or 99, For some reason I guess by then I stopped playing with toys I never bought any of them, and sometimes I still wish I did.

[@vincentfranklin17]

This is AWESOME!

[@TokusasuGuy1954]

I have been waiting centuries for you to make this video

[@dylanrobicheau-rl8pf]

Great video mib I’m a very big fan of your channel and videos. Plus I really enjoyed this video too

[@m.valdivia8048]

Love these figures.

[@ShadeofJeremy]

Well, that was fun and informative. I collected a LOT of Trendmaster's toys back then. But I seriously don't ever remember seeing these. Admittedly I wasn't yet familiar with Gamera back then either, but still. Fun to learn about these. I'm sure I'd have liked them if I'd known about them.

[@Ratchetcomand]

Imagine if Trednmasters did an Ultraman toyline in the 90s

[@parkergraves6540]

It's Funny How Gamera Has Godzilla's Roar Because The Godzillasaurus In Godzilla Vs. King Ghidorah Has Gamera's Roar.

[@matteomascaropennacchi2220]

My fav is Gyaos and Zigra by their design even Gamera, even not perfect

[@NinAmuro57]

I definitely would not be surprised if these Trendmasters projectiles were the inspiration for some of Bad Dragon's products 😅

[@MoeTalksToo]

Viras is my personal favorite camera monster, so im glad he's so awesome as a trend masters figure

[@JohnPannozzi]

Funny that this toyline has the same roster of kaiju as the new Gamera: Rebirth anime. And I would like MIB to review at least some of the Gamera video games in the near future, hint hint.

[@MonsterIslandBuddies]

Been working on it. Doing something very very special for gamera 2000

[@KOAHUNT3R]

Whack, I didn't even know these existed. But 2000 was also the year my family moved out of the states, so it's no wonder I didn't have these toys.

[@Stavekoff]

oh the comedy with the jiger missile also my buddy had a gyaos figure he gave me and his mind was blown when i told him it was based off the sound one. the button was driving him bananas!

[@Bretking1]

Another Trendmasters video? These are the best

[@BobHershey]

I first knew about these toys when I saw them at a Pic-N-Save (known as MacFrugals east of the Mississippi, and now known as Big Lots) waaaaay back in 1999. I have both versions of Gamera but never picked up the others. Now I wish I had.

[@orinanime]

Ohmygod I love Gamera. And I've never even heard of these toys before. I wish I had. I would have loved to have these growing up in the 90s. I bet trying to get them now is going to cost a fortune

[@brycevo]

This line is so awesome. Kinda wish it got more support

[@THANATOS-PRIME]

I was hoping you would cover these. Man, these guys were so awesome when it came to their figures. Honestly, I wish we could have seen some of the other monsters, such as a Space Gyaos, Legion, and iris. I bet Iris would’ve had a ton of missiles on his tentacles.

[@ToraIsDead]

MIB: Oh and don’t forget that it can’t be a trendmasters without a projectile Viras: Am I a joke to you?

[@bee-beargaming]

This makes me want to watch the gamera movies

[@alvarog8649]

would have loved these as a kid!

[@ericolvera5038]

Trendmasters employees really do a lot of amazing things when it comes to monster designs for the toys before shipping them to markets , I appreciate the Gamera figures a lot because of their unique appearance & shown potential , if these are what the heisei incarnations of Gamera foes would have been ( including barugon , nezura , monga ,makurobokarappa , ice giant & garasharp , & Mecha - Gamera ) as including Kaiju from 2 manga such as morphos , doublius & geboras as having the mother legion & iris returning , then Gamera 4 would have been a real film if bankruptcy didn’t came to daiei & gain story plot similar to Godzilla final wars & could have included all the Kaiju instead of the gyaos swarm & a original Kaiju for that film as a final foe for gamera

[@CountryShape]

it's M.I.B dropping beats with the M.I.C

[@cloroxguy496]

Gamera: im okay Trendmasters:*lethimchokeamissile*

[@TheManOutside1976]

My dad owned a Trendmasters dinosaur toy, the dinosaur toy had the same EXACT generic monster roar as Gamera.

[@g1rldraco7]

I had no idea TrendMasters made Gamera figures. Sucks to see you lines end without seeing their full potential 😞😔

[@erickrafaelfloreslara8501]

I bought the voiceless Gamera figure a few years ago, its the only Gamera figure in my collection so far

[@rickytoddbotelho9555]

Excellent job 👍👏💯

[@christrefz3195]

Never saw these figures as a kid. Would have liked to have gotten Gamera and the shark.

[@889654]

7:55 the way the tusks are position makes it look like Guiron doesn't have a mouth.

[@damienmarzili5191]

Goyos looks so good!

[@Sir_Adam]

I only knew about this line thanks to some scalpers on Ebay selling them for, you guessed it: hundreds of dollars.

[@Blaze_the_Cinderace_Gal8144]

Just saying. We need MIB merch that says *"Classic Trendmasters!"*

[@josejose4294]

I've have always loved your videos and it always keeps getting better and i can't wait intill you release godzilla vs jet jaguar

[@smashblaster1-up190]

Shame Barugon was left out of this line

[@FlintsForge6931]

just like rebirth

[@Sir_Adam]

Jiger is basically a better version of Barugon. although a launching tongue would be hilarious.

[@elrexcoleccionista]

So many years ago i purchase The jiger and was in The original blíster and all and i didnt even know that was of trendmaster until now

[@bluezilla2547]

I had that exact Gamera toy, the only piece of Gamera merchandise I would have as a kid. The same with that Godzilla toy, I damaged both their sound features by playing with the toys in the bathtub as a kid. The amount of fights I had those 2 get into was too many to count. I remember too that I pretty much got all my Godzilla toys at a nearby KBtoys that was next to a local Walmart. I also ended up getting a much bigger Godzilla figure there, this one was motion activated though, it had holes in the chest and when you moved in front of it, it would roar. Also ruined the sound for it by, you guessed it, playing with it in the bathtub. 😅

[@ShogunStudios]

I had Gamera! I can’t remember if I found him at KB Toys or at this weird import shop at one of my local flea markets, but I definitely had that Gamera. I didn’t have him long though, the dog chewed him up.

[@ConstantineFurman]

The worst boi.

[@MonjeBedeiah]

I first saw these toys showcased in an issue of G-Fan magazine. I looked for them at my local K-Mart, and Walmart, but never found them. They just weren't available in Dogbutt Arizona. You know, four of Gamera's enemies appear in an episode of Franklin.

[@ultrabaltard1479]

I hope whoever is designed the trendmasters toys back in the day is watching these because.. we need the hero from the sky

[@firegator5771]

I just got into your channel MIB and i just wondered.. WHERE WERE YOU ALL MY LIFE 😭😭😭

[@Goofylizardboi]

I DID NOT KNOW THERE WAS GAMERA FIGURES?

[@MatthewLawrence.]

I was scrolling through some kaiju Profiles on wikizilla. And i found some interesting new information on kaiju’s like Gamera, Monster X, and others. The biggest piece of info for me was about my favorite Kaiju, Kiryu (Mechagodzilla 3). Turns out that after Godzilla Final Wars, an Idea was pitched for Kiryu to have his whole solo film, the director of Godzilla against Mechagodzilla and Tokyo SoS submitted a fully written script for it. I honestly wish I could get my hands on that.

[@91senas82]

I think the "hole in the mouth" could also be a homage to the showa era version of Gamera. From when he spat/ate flames.😋

[@cobaltblacksmith8854]

I just realized that a year ago I saw gyaos at a thrift store and didn't pick him up because I didn't know much about gamera at the time It haunts me

[@Beedo_Sookcool]

Cool video! Thank you! I didn't have any of these, but I have a friend who collected these (and all the Trendmasters Godzilla figures). As nifty as these were, you tell the writing was on the wall. My favourite of the bunch was Guiron. Pretty sure they called it "Guilon" because his name was based on the fact that he has a Guillotine for a face.

[@MonsterIslandBuddies]

I think there’s at least one vhs tape out there that calls him guillon (with 2 Ls). I’m not really knowledgeable on gamera history full disclosure

[@ConstantineFurman]

@@MonsterIslandBuddies Yeah, the Neptune Media releases of the late 90s.

[@arcticrebel581]

I didn't even know trendmasters had a Gamera line but I think I saw them once but I didn't know Gamera until 2010 so..... yeah would love to have had them during my childhood with all my Godzilla figures

[@kaijuninja8251]

It's interesting that you can also see the not voice box speaker hole could be on some of them

[@Fenoverse]

missiles missiles missiles! CLASSIC TRENDMASTERS!

[@ConstantineFurman]

As far as the logo is concerned, American fans almost en masse erroneously refer to the 1995 movie as "Gamera: Guardian of the Universe." However, the movie's actual English title is "Gamera, the Guardian of the Universe." It says as such at the bottom of the Japanese title card [in English] as well as the onscreen title card for the U.S. version. I was doing this myself until I discovered the error back in March of '22 just in time to include its notoriety in a book. Holy nuts! While I can't speak to the other monsters, Guiron makes the EXACT same late-Heisei Godzilla sound as your Gamera figure there does! What. The. Hell, Trendmasters?? In the late 90s, despite the fact Daiei had been using "Guiron" in English since 1969, fans took to calling Guiron "Guillon" because they discovered he's named for a guillotine (I think this was August Ragone's doing). Daiei (and later Kadokawa) were having none of it though and held steadfast to their original "Guiron" name.

[@jaxsworld1021]

6:16 that looked so funny 😂

[@MrVideo-dj7dl]

"Also, all of the projectiles in this video look like things you would buy at an adult store." Eh, they look more like red Christmas trees to me.

[@stingurameshi]

7:57 Apparently, it is supposed to be Guillon since his name is based on the word guillotine. We just say Guiron because Japan pronounces their Ls like Rs

[@Dread-VilePlanet]

Great video and i think the Projectile for Gyaos is the same as Gamera's

[@gingersmith748]

We finally now have seen something close to a Godzilla vs Gamera movie

[@reptile1687]

7:14: hey gyaos isnt supposed to be able to turn his head

[@MoonMoon-cl4co]

So- Orga 👀 When we gettin that show review hmm I joke of course honestly I’m just happy to see some love for are favorite giant turtle! The show would make a pretty good review tho! it’s really great and definitely made a Gamera fan out of me! :D

[@TOKYOTOYBANZAI]

I regret selling my Trendmaster Gamera. Loved how it looked and functioned. Someday I'll find Gyaos and Gamera together for under $100... someday. Honestly never liked the Godzilla line, and never felt inclined to buy any. I like turtles.

[@godzilla_fire]

Love it

[@tydyman2003]

Maybe just maybe Netflix will give us the Gamera and Godzilla fight, considering people are loving the Gamera anime and I heard Singular Point will get a season 2 eventually

[@William_Millar]

I just noticed that at 12:34 the Guilon figure’s missile got launched

[@TheBattra]

Gyaos's projectile always made it look like he was puking.

[@b3productions974]

In 2013 I found the Jiger WITH MISSLE loose at a comic shop for $5. They had 0 clue lol

[@scottpettit4188]

I remember finding these at KB Toys clearanced out.

[@Sir_Adam]

Lets make a time machine to go back and get them!

[@scottpettit4188]

@@Sir_Adam I miss brick and mortar toy stores.

[@Sir_Adam]

@@scottpettit4188 I feel the same way. for me it was Toys R us. Such magic going in there, even though I had no money to buy any toys. lol

[@HaydenLH31]

Yippee another trendmasters video yahahahooooooooooooooo I wanna kms when is a varan figure coming out please.

[@Drixenol86]

Trendmasters was definitely trying to catch lightning in a bottle with Gamera. Considering Gamera was originally made to compete with Godzilla.

[@goodday2-rp2xm]

Gamera roar: Godzilla roar Godzilla roar: literal kiryu roar

[@garuga1512]

You really needed to review the heisei Gamera trilogy

[@aaronmccarthy875]

Speaking of training cards, you ever going to make a video about those? . Great video by the way 👍

[@MonsterIslandBuddies]

Yea!