I previously featured the designer toy Booska. The toy version is actually based on popular Japanese children’s show back in the 1960s.

Booska is the name of a cute, friendly human-sized kaiju (monster) that looks like a cross between a bucktoothed teddy bear and a giraffe. It was originally an iguana until its owner fed it experimental food, a similar concept to the cartoon Ned’s Newt.

Created by Eiji Tsuburaya, Booska made his debut in the popular 1966 children’s TV series, Monster Booska, produced by Tsuburaya Productions (which had just created Ultraman months earlier).

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