Story! Image! Figure! Is Your Collection Complete?

Torrance, CA, March 29, 2005 - Yamato USA, the North American subsidiary of Japan's Yamato Co., Ltd., continues its exciting line of Story! Image! Figure! pre-posed miniature collectible figures and PVC statues with offerings from the latest and greatest in Japanese anime and manga - Trigun Maximum, Cowboy Bebop, and G-taste.

SIF EX: Trigun Maximum PVC Statue Assortment

Story! Image! Figure! EX A Yamato Original! Vash the Stampede returns in Trigun Maximum, the hot new manga title from Dark Horse Comics! And following hot on his heels is this all new assortment of six PVC statuettes full of the flair and style that Trigun fans have come to expect. Included are Vash the Stampede, Nicholas D. Wolfwood, Zazie the Beast, Raidei the Blade, Legato Bluesummers and Midvalley the Hornfreak. Each comes with themed display base, packaged in a window box. The chase is on!

SIF: Cowboy Bebop Miniature Collectible Figures

Story! Image! Figure! A Yamato Original! 3: 2: 1: Let's Jam! Highly regarded as one of the best animes of all time, Cowboy Bebop is a title familiar to everyone for its hip, ultra cool style, captured perfectly in this assortment of six miniature figures. The gang's all here including Spike Speigel, Fay Valentine, Jet Black, Edward & Ein, Vicious and Julia, all available for a very small bounty! Don't let these cowboys get away!

SIF: G-taste Miniature Collectible Figures

Story! Image! Figure! A Yamato Original! What's your fantasy? Whatever it may be, G-taste's Yuki Shihoudou is sure to please in this assortment of 4" scale miniature collectible figures. The first in a series, Yuki comes complete in six distinctive outfits sure to entice any fan of Hiroki Yagami's provocative manga / anime.

Yamato USA is currently soliciting pre-orders for these items for a limited time. To learn how to order or purchase these items or any of Yamato's other fine products, click on the links above or visit our website at www.YamatoToysUSA.com.

ABOUT STORY! IMAGE! FIGURE!

Story! Image! Figure! and Story! Image! Figure! EX is Yamato's own original line of pre-posed miniature collectible figures and PVC statues. The name is reflective of the anime / manga market in Japan in which the manga, or story, is published first followed by the anime, or image, and finally by the figure. Anime / manga titles which have served as the inspiration for Yamato's Story! Image! Figure! line have included Rurouni Kenshin, Hellsing, Giant Robo, Trigun Maximum, and Cowboy Bebop.

ABOUT YAMATO USA

Yamato USA is a wholly owned subsidiary of Yamato Co., Ltd headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. For over six years, Yamato USA has proudly served the North and South American hobby/collector markets with a wide offering of miniature collectible figures, PVC and die-cast action figures, as well as poly-resin and PVC statues inspired by the hottest titles in Japanese anime, manga, and video game properties. Featured properties include Masamune Shirow's Koukaku-kidoutai (a.k.a. Ghost in the Shell), Appleseed, and Intron Depot; Yasuhiro Nightow's Trigun, Nobuhiro Watsuki's Rurouni Kenshin (aka Samurai X), Kentaro Miura's Berserk, and Katsuhiro Otomo's Akira.