The first time I ever watched Lupin the Third was when I was visiting my friend in Japan and they were playing one of the movies on TV. I was surprised that I ended up enjoying it a lot, especially because it humored me greatly. While there may be quite a bit of Lupin the Third merchandise, these action posing figures are beyond bad ass.

Unfortunately, these set of figures by Banpresto are one of the many that were presented during the AOU event. I will give you a little bit of hope, though. HobbySearch seems to be putting up some arcade prize figures up so you might be lucky enough to be able to purchase these. They will be released in July 2009 so keep your eyes open for them. I wish crane games here would have such awesome prizes and not stuffed animals with faces that look like they were abused.

[via GA]