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New junk I just got around to scanning

Fabulous boots

Just got back from a little shopping expedition to Vancouver, B.C. Canada has been a wonderland for Moon products these past few years, but I didn't see much in the way of licensed merchandise this time. The YES shop at Metrotown was closed, and the Toys R Us I visited still had a bunch of last year's Irwin dolls gathering dust. However, I managed to amuse myself with a raft of charming and ridiculous bootlegs and knockoffs that are widely available in Chinatown.

Sailor Mary

These bootlegs are actually famous, having rated a picture in Figure Oh mag a couple months back. The dolls are about 10" tall, with molded hair, and actually resemble large action figures. The box promises, "Fully vinyl head."

Sailorbike

The Sailor Senshi roar out on pastel-colored bikes! Sailor Moon meets Kamen Rider? This one features hilarious graphics of a surprised looking Moon and Chibi Moon.

Fly Dancer

Looks like someone had the same idea as Giochi Preziosi. Only unlike the Italian company, they didn't want to bother with all that boring licensing stuff to make a Sailor Moon skydancer. This looks to be Sailor Uranus, although other senshi (including Neptune, Moon and Chibi Moon) are pictured on the box. It's amusing that though the people who made this toy obviously had no compunction about using the "Sailor Moon" name, they kinda wimped out and called it a *Fly* Dancer.

"Magic Feeling" wand

This hot pink wand is supposed to be musical, but batteries, alas, are not included. I'd love to know what theme it plays. Knowing these folks who make bootlegs, it's probably the theme from Shaft!

Sailor Uranus action figure

The card says Sailor Moon S. The figure is obviously Sailor Uranus. But what's with the Magical Princess pictures mixed in with the Sailor Senshi? Looks like she's trying to stab Luna!

Beauty Soldier Shirley Moore

What's inside is yet another Sailor Uranus action figure. What's on the box? "She is the one called Shirley Moore?" "I fight for love and for justice--I'm Shirley Moore."

Sailor Sweetie

Sailor Sweetie indeed! These SD figure knockoffs feature pastel colors, as well as a baffling tropical motif. This one has Jupiter (wink, wink) and Venus (wink, wink), a little sail ship, and palm trees. The all feature palm trees actually. There is another one that includes Moon and Chibi Moon, as well as an Artemis-like cat.....and a monkey. The third version hasblue-haired Mars and green-haired Mercury.

Boring old licensed stuff

Sailor Moon dressable figures

I did find one new licensed Moon item in Canada--these are Irwin's version of the Pachi Pachi figures, and they're darned cute.

Musical Luna

Talk about cute, who could resist this Luna kitty from Irwin?

Plush Artemis

Awwwww! Shows you those Canadians can get just as cute as the Japanese.

Marmit Rei Ayanami

It's Rei with toast! This is Rei as she appeared in the only segment of the last episode of EVA that made any sense.

Nadesico UFO catchers

From Martian Successor Nadesico. This set includes two Ruri's, two Yurica's, and Gekiganger!!! Geki--PUNCH!