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| Photo: Pure gold Alien Baltan |
A renowned department store in Tokyo will sell a solid gold figure of a villain from the popular action franchise "Ultraman" this autumn.
The 19-centimeter, 400-gram statue of Alien Baltan, priced at 10.8 million yen ($89,249), will be available at the exhibition to be held at the retailer's store in Shinjuku, Tokyo from Oct. 15 to 20.
The store aims to use the series' popularity to generate hype for an exhibition of gold products amid brisk demand for the metal. It will also offer a medium-size figure for 1.08 million yen ($8,925) as well as a small figure.
The roughly 1,000 products at the show will include a gold replica of Tokyo Tower priced at 4.59 million yen and a figurine of a monkey, next year's zodiac sign, for 637,000 yen. An area will be set up for customers to sell gold, silver and platinum.
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