Robot doll to go on sale for 2 million yen
For a mere two million yen or little less than $20,000 USD, you too can play with robo-doll. Ok, ok, when you pay more than the average yearly starting salary of a Japanese high school grad, you get to call it a “figurine.” 
Figurine of classic robot comic to go on sale for 2 million yen
The Mainichi Daily News –A carbon fiber and titanium figurine of Mazinger-Z, from Go Nagai's classic robot comic and animation series of the same name, is going on sale this autumn for a cool 2 million yen…
….Orders will be taken through Bandai's Tamashii Web site from the fall.…more...
Ok, ok, the Japanese “logic” here is that the robot Mazinger Z (aka Tranzor Z in the rest of the world) made of “Urban Material Chougokin (superalloy)” is a luxury version of a series of super-alloy toys Bandai started to sell 35 years ago. Those first robot toys were made of zinc “super alloy” and they were rather expensive so many little Japanese boys didn’t get the original.
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