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<blockquote data-quote="MNblockhead" data-source="post: 7389098" data-attributes="member: 6796661">DM David <a href="http://dmdavid.com/tag/the-stories-and-3-mysteries-behind-dds-iconic-monsters/" target="_blank">posted an interesting article</a> on his blog today that discusses the origins and inspirations for many of D&amp;D's iconic monsters.&nbsp; A number of them seem to have been inspired by some knock-off toys of Japanese kaiju, sold in US dime stores at the time as &quot;prehistoric animals.&quot;I think the owlbear connection is clear, but the rust monster is especially obvious. What is interesting is that the author was unable to trace the toy that inspired the rust monster back to an actual kaiju from Japanese media. I figure that there is a pretty good chance for this site to have members who are also tokusatsu film fans and may be able to point out an obscure kaiju that is similar in appearance to the rust monster. DM David cites and <a href="http://diterlizzi.com/essay/owlbears-rust-monsters-and-bulettes-oh-my/" target="_blank">a great post by Tony DiTerlizzi</a>, which goes into detail on the bulette, owlbear, and rust monster, with pictures of the vintage toys that inspired them. I wonder if anyone ever reached out to Fishel Toys (康豪有限公司) or Jerry Fishel or Peter Fishel.&nbsp; I expect that if these toys were &quot;inspired&quot; by Japanese kaiju, the company would not have been very interested in discussing the sources the toys were modeled from. The company, however, dissolved in January 2015, so perhaps someone who worked there in 1979 and 80 could shed some light on this.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="MNblockhead, post: 7389098, member: 6796661"] DM David [URL="http://dmdavid.com/tag/the-stories-and-3-mysteries-behind-dds-iconic-monsters/"]posted an interesting article[/URL] on his blog today that discusses the origins and inspirations for many of D&D's iconic monsters. A number of them seem to have been inspired by some knock-off toys of Japanese kaiju, sold in US dime stores at the time as "prehistoric animals." I think the owlbear connection is clear, but the rust monster is especially obvious. What is interesting is that the author was unable to trace the toy that inspired the rust monster back to an actual kaiju from Japanese media. I figure that there is a pretty good chance for this site to have members who are also tokusatsu film fans and may be able to point out an obscure kaiju that is similar in appearance to the rust monster. DM David cites and [URL="http://diterlizzi.com/essay/owlbears-rust-monsters-and-bulettes-oh-my/"]a great post by Tony DiTerlizzi[/URL], which goes into detail on the bulette, owlbear, and rust monster, with pictures of the vintage toys that inspired them. I wonder if anyone ever reached out to Fishel Toys (康豪有限公司) or Jerry Fishel or Peter Fishel. I expect that if these toys were "inspired" by Japanese kaiju, the company would not have been very interested in discussing the sources the toys were modeled from. The company, however, dissolved in January 2015, so perhaps someone who worked there in 1979 and 80 could shed some light on this. [/QUOTE]

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