In the early 1970s, the Kewpie Corporation (maker of Kewpie brand mayonnaise) produced a deck of promotional playing cards featuring various pachimon kaiju (imitation monsters modeled after creatures from popular movies and TV shows).
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Japanese Monster Cards 1970s
Pachimon Postcards, 1970s
Bromide cards showing various pachimon kaiju (imitation creatures loosely based on famous TV and movie monsters) at locations around the world. Published by Yokopro in the 1970s.
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