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Army of the Apes by Bullmark

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Another TV show tie-in. I'm on a roll! I have a couple more to follow from old television programs as well. Instead of breaking this apart into separate entries, I thought I could talk about all four of my Bullmark (ブルマァク) Army of the Apes (猿の軍団) toys th at I have all at once. This is not a show I have eny experience with outside of what little information exists on the internet. Army of the Apes, or "Saru-no Gundan", was Tsuburaya Productions' television version of the U.S. Planet of the Apes series. The Army of the Apes series lasted only from 1974-1975 with 26 episodes. IMDB 's synopsis of the show is "A female scientist and two children are accidentally transported into a future dominated by apes." The show was adapted into an American dubbed movie in 1986 called Time of the Apes. I think it was covered on Mystery Science Theatre... I feel like the slacker kid in class trying to give a book report on a book I obviously have not read past the back cov...