Counterfeit Red and Yellow Coins with the #15 Figure
The sculpt was not a part of the known MUSCLEMANIA collection. The counterfeiting company seemed to create multiple “new sculpts” by taking a portion of a figure and affixing it to a large coin-like circle.
The original Kinnikuman kinkeshi figures, in Part 30, had a special anniversary coin.
Yellow Coin – Back
Coin Size Comparison
Translucent Blue #20
Most likely, the MUSCLEMANIA “coin” was the easiest way to repurpose a MUSCLEMANIA sculpt. The coin is also quite flat. Is that a result of trying to use as little plastic as possible to reduce costs?
There was also a fifth counterfeit color that needed to be added – a translucent Blue.
These figures were purchased from RetroWorldKorea.
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#1 by Retro World Korea on July 24, 2018 - 9:18 pm
I should have explained what these were better. They are used in a game called “ddakji”. It’s played the same way as POGS. They made ddakji it both cardboard and rubber forms.