#Yamapro

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Giant Monster Lafiras was a menace, but not in the usual kaiju way. Let's just say car washes were mighty busy after he flew by.

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As if city traffic wasn't bad enough, along comes Doiraa!

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Pachimon card featuring Brain Ape and Sealgosaurus!

Actually, I just made up those names. I've been to several Pachimon websites, but have been unable to find this card.

Pachimon is defined by Wikizilla as such: "Pachimon (パチモン Pachimon) is a vintage series of budget bromide trading cards made by the Japanese companies Yokopro (ヨコプロ Yokopuro) and Yamapro (ヤマプロ) featuring unauthorized alterations of pre-existing kaiju collaged with other photographic elements. The term Pachimon itself is a fan-created moniker roughly reading as 'stolen monsters'.

"Pachimon was created by Yokopro in the 1970's, around the time kaiju and Tokusatsu were very popular in Japan. The cards consists of several "Pachimon," monsters often based on those from popular kaiju series such as Godzilla, Gamera and the Ultra Series, usually shown attacking famous cities or places.

"The playing card variations feature information on each monster, including its height, weight, and subtitle.

"Although quite obscure, the Pachimon kaiju have garnered something of a cult following among Japanese collectors and otaku, which has resulted in vinyl figures (both official products and custom built independents), fan-made video games, and short films."

I just love how goofy these cards are. Now I'll need to start tracking them down to collect myself.