06/15/2025
CoolProps, a statue maker that has been producing busts of characters from tokusatsu (special effects) and other works, filed for bankruptcy proceedings with the Tokyo District Court and received a decision to commence bankruptcy proceedings on June 4, 2012. There have been problems with the company, with expensive statues of “Godzilla,” “Ultraman,” “Thomas the Tank Engine,” and “Robocop” not arriving, and the issue has become a high-profile issue on social networking sites. The editorial department of Neravo interviewed the purchaser, the trustee in bankruptcy, Toho, and Tsuburaya Productions.
CoolProps“ was popular for its high quality.
Founded in 2012, CoolProps is a company known not only for producing and selling statues, but also for producing props used in movies and plays. 3D modeling and 3D output are used to produce the movie ”Kingdom" The company has also provided statues and cooperated in the production of the “Kingdom” movie series, “Shin Kamen Rider,” “Kamen Rider BLACK,” the drama “Alice in Wonderland,” and “Sunday Theater VIVANT,” among others.
In the past, the company has produced busts of Ultraman Belial, Ultraman Zero, and Baltan Alien in the “Ultraman” series, as well as other works based on the motif of “AVP: Alien vs. Predator,” which have been very popular due to the high quality of their work.
The company suddenly decided to begin bankruptcy.
The situation moved to a head on June 9, 2025. Those who had made reservations for statues and other items by paying in advance received a notice from the Tokyo District Court stating that CoolProps had begun bankruptcy proceedings.
In response, purchasers took to X (Twitter) and other social media to ask, “Does this mean I won't receive my Ultraman?” Some of the buyers who had not received the notice posted their mixed feelings, saying, "It's a real shame, because they have been making good products lately, but I don't care about the money, I just want my stuff. Some buyers who have not received a notice have posted a series of messages calling for information sharing and cooperation among buyers.
● Repeated changes in product arrival times and unspoken understandings
The product that has attracted particular attention in response to the decision to begin bankruptcy is the Heisei Godzilla bust “GODZILLA: ORIGINAL SUIT COLLECTION SUIT SIZE BUST” that was jointly developed by Toho Visual Arts and CoolProps. PROP REPLICA "HEISEI" GODZILLA (Heisei Godzilla)" for 385,000 yen, and "ULTRAMAN SUIT C TYPE" which was supervised by sculptors and famous soft vinyl sculptors from LIGHT SCULPTURE STUDIO (LSS), a sculpting studio within Tsuburaya Productions. ULTRAMAN C-TYPE SUIT SIZE BUST PROP REPLICA" for 300,000 yen.
The bust of Godzilla, which was limited to 100 pieces worldwide, attracted a great deal of attention and a number of people wishing to purchase it despite its high price due to its high quality, and it was sold by lottery at the time of reservation for 2022.
However, on February 27, 2023, CoolProps announced that the bust of Godzilla, which was originally scheduled for delivery in February 2023, would not be arriving in Japan until 2023 due to "delays in manufacturing at the China factory caused by COVID-19 (a new type of coronavirus infection). The company announced on February 27, 2023 that the arrival of the products had been delayed to July 2023 due to "manufacturing delays at the Chinese factory due to COVID-19 (new coronavirus infection). Beginning with this announcement, there were repeated announcements of product arrival delays.
Although there were some complaints on X about the repeated delayed arrival announcements and sloppy responses to e-mail inquiries, CoolProps occasionally reported on the production progress on the official X. In September 2023, the Godzilla
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