PachiMon: Bizarre But True 1970s Cards!

[Enshohma]

The following Japanese gallery is dedicated to the obscure but never forgotten (an infamously so) PachiMon trading card series from the 1970s. These are 100% real ladies and gentlemen, and even more shocking, there are toys based on some of the mix-match photo-made characters that still go on to this day.

You'll see what I mean when you view the contents within, but to give you an idea of what's to come...they gave Baltan (the insectoid alien foe from "Ultraman") a oversized skull for a head and re-named him Galtan:

http://maruwo.hp.infoseek.co.jp/pachi.htm
http://maruwo.hp.infoseek.co.jp/pachi2.htm
http://maruwo.hp.infoseek.co.jp/pachi3.htm
http://maruwo.hp.infoseek.co.jp/pachi4.htm

And about Galtan...

http://lostkaiju.blogspot.com/2007/07/garimpo-galtan.html
http://lostkaiju.blogspot.com/2007/06/pre-order-exohead-galtan-gid-version.html
http://toybotstudios.blogspot.com/2007/07/exohead-x-kaiju-taro-anniversary-galtan.html

[Tars Tarkas]

These are pretty cool, I didn't know about them. I shall try to do some research and dig up more information if I have time.