Post by mplusignan on Jul 12, 2019 16:20:42 GMT -6
Hey guys, I thought it best to post here about a non-figure related Dragon Ball product.
1986 BANDAI DRAGON BALL PACHIRIN 110 FILM CAMERA
In 1986, Bandai made a series of "Pachirin" 110 film cameras based off various anime characters / shows. These included Dragon Ball, Supernova Flashman, Doraemon, Q Taro, and a few others. These cameras have no battery requirement and use 110 film; a type of cartridge for small pocket-sized cameras popular in the 1980s. Fortunately, Lomography still makes this film making these cameras completely useable (link with examples below). When using the Dragon Ball camera, one can take pictures of their friends with Son Gokou flying on his nimbus cloud with the use of a small plastic (removable) filter that is placed directly between the lens and the film. There seems to be two variations of the Dragon Ball camera with subtle differences in packaging / camera artwork.
Version 1:
drive.google.com/open?id=12GbNQG7OcS1QrR_gZ2bpA8c-jpLLf1Iu
Version 2:
drive.google.com/open?id=14EpXltZJ0Dtl5rmWjUxrLRvTUhyb-bnP
Differences:
Version 1:
Version 2:
Test Shots:
Lastly, here are some test shots I've taken with the camera using Lomography Tiger CN 200 film, developed and scanned at home:
drive.google.com/drive/folders/1_tH0be6znLTVwapvhGthDUlb33qgGgXf?usp=sharing
Questions:
1986 BANDAI DRAGON BALL PACHIRIN 110 FILM CAMERA
In 1986, Bandai made a series of "Pachirin" 110 film cameras based off various anime characters / shows. These included Dragon Ball, Supernova Flashman, Doraemon, Q Taro, and a few others. These cameras have no battery requirement and use 110 film; a type of cartridge for small pocket-sized cameras popular in the 1980s. Fortunately, Lomography still makes this film making these cameras completely useable (link with examples below). When using the Dragon Ball camera, one can take pictures of their friends with Son Gokou flying on his nimbus cloud with the use of a small plastic (removable) filter that is placed directly between the lens and the film. There seems to be two variations of the Dragon Ball camera with subtle differences in packaging / camera artwork.
Version 1:
drive.google.com/open?id=12GbNQG7OcS1QrR_gZ2bpA8c-jpLLf1Iu
Version 2:
drive.google.com/open?id=14EpXltZJ0Dtl5rmWjUxrLRvTUhyb-bnP
Differences:
Version 1:
- Back of box: Son Goku and Krillin pictured at fighting tournament
- Back of box: No barcode for scanning
- Top of camera sticker: Blue in color, additional characters depicted (Puar), Japanese characters state, "Nagasakiya"
- Nagasakiya was a manufacturing and sales company of toys and sweets based in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan (1924-2000). Their products were based on anime characters such as Dragon Ball, Doraemon, Chimpui, Esper Mami, and the Super Sentai Series. See wiki link here: ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%8A%E3%82%AC%E3%82%B5%E3%82%AD%E3%83%A4
Version 2:
- Back of box: 4 Pachirin cameras are depicted in place of Son Goku and Krillin
- Back of box: A barcode for scanning is present
- Top of camera sticker: Yellow in color, sans Puar, Japanese characters state, "Pachirin Camera"
Test Shots:
Lastly, here are some test shots I've taken with the camera using Lomography Tiger CN 200 film, developed and scanned at home:
drive.google.com/drive/folders/1_tH0be6znLTVwapvhGthDUlb33qgGgXf?usp=sharing
Questions:
- Which version came first?
- What is Nagasakiya's role in DB merchandise in the 1980's?
- Why do both Bandai and Nagasakiya appear on the version 1 camera? Only Bandai is labeled on version 2.
- What are the dates of production?
- What's this thing worth?
- Additional information including advertisements and history would be much appreciated!
- If anyone else has a Pachirin camera (of any kind), please feel free to share photos on the Flickr group called Pachirin Camera Club
