Miniature SD Aura Battler Mecha Figure (Purple)

A tiny, chunky super-deformed mecha figure, most likely an Aura Battler in the style of the classic anime Aura Battler Dunbine. It's moulded in soft lavender-purple with deep green chest armour and feet. A sleek pointed helmet sweeps back into a fin-shaped crest, with yellow chevrons and glowing red eyes painted on. Big curved shoulder pods sit on the back, along with translucent yellow insect-like wings, white talons and a dark sword in one hand. Small enough to balance on a fingertip, it's a great desk buddy or shelf piece for retro mecha fans.

Aura Battler Dunbine was created by Yoshiyuki Tomino, the creator of Gundam, and produced by Nippon Sunrise. It aired for 49 episodes from February 1983 to January 1984. It swapped outer space for Byston Well, a medieval fantasy world where knights pilot "Aura Battlers", insect-like mecha powered by the pilot's own life energy, or aura. That's where the bug-like wings on figures like this one come from.