BARUCOS Garumoss Sofubi

Garumoss is the first robot in Marusan's new BARUCOS (Battle Robot United Combined Squadron) line of V-ROBO sofubi robot toys designed by the legendary Katsushi Murakami who are responsible for many robot designs in the 70s & 80s, most notably Golion/Voltron and Bio Robot/Bioman… Legend meets legend when Eiji Kaminaga of Marusan team up to materialise this retro looking 10” mecha sofubi… The toy comes with a comic on the backstory of Barucos… The figure shown is a toy robot named Barucos, designed by Katsushi Murakami and produced by Marusan Toys, a Japanese toy company… Barucos is described as the "Robot Guardian of Earth"… It has a retro aesthetic, reminiscent of 1970s-era toys… The toy is likely made of soft vinyl (sofubi), a common material for kaiju and retro-style figures… Marusan toys, particularly those with a retro design, are popular among collectors…