Behold, the smallest copy of Wild Gunman you are likely to ever find. About one-tenth the size of the regular cart:
I just picked up a set of Famicom erasers and this was by far the smallest one in the lot. Back in the 80s collecting erasers was pretty big with kids here in Japan. Actually I remember it was big in Canada too, in the 3rd grade way back in 1984 I had a few cherished erasers shaped like various things that I kept in my desk at school.Here you could get them out of those Gachopon vending machines. Wild Gunma here is so small that the eraser is basically just a generic rectangle that looks nothing like a Wild Gunman cart:
The larger ones though look pretty cool and the erasers themselves are miniature versions of the cart, like Dig Dug here (next to a regular Famicom cart for scale):
I got about a dozen or so of these in the lot, they are all games released early in the Famicom`s life so I think these probably came out in 1985 or 86 at the latest. A very neat little thing that I will never ever in a million years be using to actually erase anything.
These are probably the greatest thing I have ever seen. I demand to see them all!
ReplyDeleteTHey are pretty cool aren`t they? My next post I will photgraph all of them!
ReplyDeleteSweet.
ReplyDeleteNever knew those existed.
I knew they made some that look like the game & watch though.
Yeah, I think I have seen those Game & Watch ones too. Next on my shopping list:)
ReplyDeleteMan, that's pretty awesome, especially that Dig Dug one.
ReplyDeleteDo they have any that look like actual Famicoms?
Actually, yes they do. One of the ones I got, which came in a Mario Bros. cart box, was shaped like a Famicom. I will have to put some photos of all of them up.
ReplyDeleteThose are awesome :) I remember we had a similar trend in Australia in the 80s - I remember Transformers and Garfield erasers in the early 80s, and then TMNT ones in the late 80s :)
ReplyDeleteIs there an online place to buy this awesome errasers? :)
ReplyDeleteThat's just wicked awesome!! Hook us up man!
ReplyDeleteMy experience with these sorts of novelty erasers is that if you do try to erase anything with them it will take about a million years just to get it done. :)
ReplyDeleteSean - yes, I remember the Garfield ones!
ReplyDeleteCleber - they sometimes show up on Ebay for 8 or 9$ each.
Famicom Freak - thanks! I will try to track down some cheap ones I can put in my sales thread:)
gsilverfish - too true, these are for display rather than use:)
Eraser technology certainly advanced between Wild Gunman and Dig Dug. By the way, my FamicomWorld package arrived (this is Jascony), thanks! I think Ikki has gotten an unfairly bad reputation. The game DOES suck, but it reminds me of 53 Stations of the Tokaidou so that's a good thing.
ReplyDeleteAwesome find! Please do a photo of the other ones if you can!
ReplyDeleteNightmare Bruce - cool, I`m glad it got there! Ikki is indeed a bit 53 stations of the Tokaidou-esque:)
ReplyDeleteJPx72 - thanks, I will put some more pics in a future post, I do like these things quite a bit.
Sean, where are you??!?!?!
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