Miniature Green Gorilla-Style Mecha Robot Figure

A small, tough-looking mecha robot figure in deep metallic green. It has a hunched, gorilla-like stance, heavy clawed fists and armoured legs. Blue panels on the chest act as a visor, with small red eye details on the shoulders and fine engraved circuitry lines running across the armour. It stands steadily on its own and is small enough to hold between two fingers. That makes it a nice desk or shelf piece, or a fun addition to a mecha collection. The maker is unknown. Figures of this size and style were most likely sold as capsule toys or as add-ons to a larger toy line.

The capsule toy, the small surprise figure that comes out of a coin-operated machine, first arrived in Japan in 1965. A US company imported the dispensers, and they were set up outside candy shops for children. Japan's capsule toys then grew into a craze for collectors of all ages, and that's a big part of why so many detailed miniature robots like this one exist.