In 1966, I was a high school student and had completely graduated from plastic models by then.

So, I had almost no experience with plastic models at the time, of course, I had never seen one or built one.

I don't remember going to a model shop, and I was concentrating on my studies.

Do you remember that? However, around 1966, various plastic models were released in the plastic model industry,

the most representative of which would be Marusan's monster plastic models,

but surprisingly, there are few related articles in the industry newspapers of the time,

(April 25, 1966, Japan Model Newspaper) (April 25, 1966, Japan Model Newspaper)

(June 6, 1966, Japan Model Newspaper) (June 6, 1966, Japan Model Newspaper)

I finally found an article about Baragon's new product, which is the second monster plastic model after Godzilla,

and it says that monster soft vinyl models will also be released,

(June 13, 1966, Japan Model Newspaper) (June 13, 1966, Japan Model Newspaper)

(June 27, 1966, Japan Model Newspaper) (June 27, 1966) Nihon Mokei Shimbun)

After this, Marusan released a series of monster plastic models.

(August 1, 1966, Nihon Mokei Shimbun) (August 1, 1966, Nihon Mokei Shimbun)

Not only Marusan, but also Nitto Kagaku

(August 8, 1966, Nihon Mokei Shimbun) (August 8, 1966, Nihon Mokei Shimbun)

Yes, the monster Gamera and Barugon plastic models were released.

Oh, and we can't forget this,

(August 8, 1966, Nihon Mokei Shimbun) (August 8, 1966, Nihon Mokei Shimbun)

Yes, during the same period, Midori Shokai released the Beetle II as the first in the space tank series.

Here is a picture I received from a collector.

(September 26, 1966, Nihon Mokei Shimbun) (September 26, 1966, Nihon Mokei Shimbun)

(October 10, 1966, Nihon Mokei Shimbun) (Nihon Mokei Shimbun, October 10, 1966)

After that, Marusan released many more and by October, all of these were available.

However, there were no articles about their release.

Probably, they sold well even without articles about their release in Nihon Mokei Shimbun.

(Nihon Mokei Shimbun, November 28, 1966) (Nihon Mokei Shimbun, November 28, 1966)

Here are some images from collectors.

(This Ultraman belongs to me.)

(Nihon Mokei Shimbun, November 7, 1966) (Nihon Mokei Shimbun, November 7, 1966)

At this point, the monster plastic model boom was at its peak.

There is an article about that time.

(Nihon Mokei Shimbun, December 12, 1966) (Nihon Mokei Shimbun, December 12, 1966) (Japan Model Newspaper)

Who would have expected such an abnormal monster boom?

And there are worries that it will be a repeat of the slot racing boom.

But still, where did all the monster plastic models from back then go?

Where did the huge numbers of monster plastic models that were released and made by so many children go?

And the boom hasn't gone away, but only in the world of adult enthusiasts.

What will those monster plastic models be like after our generation is gone?