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Magikarp #129
Gold Magikarp (prize Daisuki Club 2005)
Magikarp figure made by Tomy (2005), from the MonColle Griales line. This is the Gold Magikarp (prize Daisuki Club 2005) variant. Magikarp has 31 figures across 17 brands in the catalog — this one is the hardest of them all to find. The PokéFig Score rates it very rare (67/100, with documented run).
| Brands | Tomy |
| Series | MonColle Griales |
| Variant | Gold Magikarp (prize Daisuki Club 2005) |
| Year | 2005 |
| Maker | Takara Tomy |
| Rarity (PFS) | Very rare · 67/100 (62–73) |
Why it's rarePFS · Documented
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💡 HOLY GRAIL — GOLDEN (shiny) Magikarp, Tomy Monster Collection figure from 2005. The ONLY golden Magikarp in the entire MonColle line. THE GAME: it was a prize from the「夏休み大作戦！2005」event (Great Summer Operation 2005) hosted by the Pokémon Daisuki Club (official site pokemon.jp), from Jul 15 to Aug 31, 2005. It was a themed site about an uninhabited island, "Osanoda," divided into 5 areas with minigames — one of them the "Magikarp Fishing Tournament" (コイキングつり大会). By playing you collected "Pokémon Plates" (~100 types), and depending on how many you gathered you qualified for prizes: 70+ types of merchandise given out to ~3,000 winners (up to a GameCube + Pokémon XD and a Mew-edition DS). What is documented and certain: it was a 2005 Daisuki Club prize, extremely rare. The exact production number is unknown. THE FIGURE: classic MonColle Magikarp mold mounted on its dark blue wave base — it DOES come with a base: the reference photo (tomypokemonfigure.info) and documented examples show it on the wave. The "golden" finish is a factory-made champagne PEARL yellow in two tones (pearl gold body; pearl white fins and whiskers) — it is NOT metallic gold paint applied on top. MyFigureCollection catalogs it as «Metallic Monster Collection — Shiny ver., Golden Koiking (Pokémon Daisuki Club)». 💰 SALES: the oldest documented sale ¥32,500 (~$217 USD at 150; Jan-2009, Yahoo Japan — authenticated by denkimouse on pkmncollectors: "one of the earliest Daisuki Club prizes"); loose historically ~¥50,000 (~$333 USD). 🥇 SEALED vs OPENED: sealed in blister is the greater grail (~¥125,000 (~$830 USD) / ~$1,100); opened/loose ~$440. Condition drives the value. 🔍 DO NOT CONFUSE (the other "golden Magikarps"):
· magikarp-gold-haneru-2019 — the only OTHER officially golden Magikarp figure: shiny variant of the wind-up gacha «はねる!∞コイキング» exclusive to Pokémon Center (Jul-2019). Different mold, wind-up mechanism, NO wave base. · The "golden pair + red Gyarados from HG/SS" that circulates among collectors are Pokémon Center PLUSHIES (Dec-2009; the golden one was reissued in Apr-2013 for the reopening of Pokémon Center Nagoya). There is NO golden MonColle figure from that campaign. · grail-shiny-gyarados (red Gyarados) is a separate figure — a gift for purchasing 5 MonColle, Jan-2010 (MFC 412903); it does NOT pair with this Magikarp. · The 金のコイキング from Nagoya 2013 was a VIDEO GAME distribution (Lv. 99 in B/W) + plush and cushion — not a figure. Sources: Dengeki Online + ITmedia/Netlab (Jul-Aug 2005) · kidgengar.livejournal.com/9856.html (archived 2019) · pkmncollectors.livejournal.com/2254648.html · myfigurecollection.net (Golden Koiking · Pokémon Daisuki Club) · pokevault.com/NagoyaGoldMagikarpPlush · dengekionline.com/elem/000/000/615/615077/ (Nagoya 2013).
🔍 How to spot the original
- Only ONE gold MonColle (and it DOES have the wave base): Only ONE gold MonColle Magikarp exists: the 2005 Pokémon Daisuki Club prize. It uses the classic mold MOUNTED on its blue wave base — your piece having the wave does NOT rule it out as the grail (a common myth: the reference photo and auctioned examples have it). Factory finish: two-tone PEARL champagne-yellow (pearl-gold body, pearl-white fins and barbels).
- The OTHER official gold is a wind-up (2019): The only other official gold Magikarp figure is the shiny variant of the Pokémon Center «Haneru! ∞ Koiking» gacha (Jul 2019): a jumping WIND-UP toy, different mold, NO wave base. If your gold one has a wind-up mechanism, it's the 2019 gacha, not the 2005 grail.
- Fakes: gold PAINTED over: The typical fake is any Tomy Magikarp painted in uniform metallic gold. The original is NOT gold paint on top: it's factory two-tone pearl PVC, with the wave base left blue. Demand a crisp ©Nintendo/TOMY base stamp, the two-half seam and, on expensive pieces, the original blister (sealed ~$1,100 vs loose ~$440).
- The 'HG/SS gold + red Gyarados pair' is PLUSH: The famous HG/SS-era gold+red pair is Pokémon Center PLUSH (Dec 2009; the gold one was re-made in Apr 2013 for the Pokémon Center Nagoya reopening). No such figure pair exists: the red Gyarados MonColle was a buy-5-figures campaign gift in Jan 2010 (MFC 412903), with no partner Magikarp.
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