You remember when we highlighted the wonderful efforts @KeshiCorner in preserving Zelda history by 3D scanning a bunch of rare figures from the 1980s? Well, they’re back at it again with another batch of great figures from Bandai that would otherwise have been lost to the merciless passage of time.
This time we are looking at a complete set of keshi rubber figures from Bandai based on Super Mario Bros. franchise. These things are as rare as they come, but thanks to KeshiCorner, they’ve now been preserved via 3D scanning and can be accessed via Internet archive
Originally released in 1986, these figures are among the earliest Super Mario products, launching just one year after Super Mario Bros. debuted for the Famicom in Japan. In addition to the figures, the original gachapon “mount” was also scanned and preserved. This essentially acts as an advertisement for the numbers themselves.
It’s another valiant effort by KechiCorner to preserve early Nintendo history. Theirs YouTube channel highlights the scanning process for many different keshi figures, including Kirby, Puyo Puyo, Zelda, and of course Mario.
