Scary single

In an earlier post, I was talking about how the single for Kami-Uta is Mad's most disposable single ever released, since there isn't any additional content to make anyone who isn't a hardcore collector hold onto it. This single, the lead for Mad's final album CiSTm K0nFLiqT..., would be just as disposable if not for the one excellent selling point it has: a mini toy car kit! (I've seen listings for this single online without the car kit, and it isn't worth any price they list it for.) I don't even think I need to talk about the song that much. It's one of Mad's most popular songs; you all know it, you all probably love it, too. I know I do. The CD has one track, Scary in the exact same mix as on CiSTm K0nFLiqT..., so there you go. Done.

Unfortunately, this single is probably my most damaged piece in my Mad collection (look at the pictures below to see the damage on my copy), but thankfully the most valuable piece, the car kit itself, wasn't damaged at all when it came in. What you get is pieces for a black and green Pochi, the exact same small Pochi featured in Medicom Toy's 8-figure Kubrick set for Mad's Osc-Dis-era mascots but recolored like the Pochi that appears in the Scary video. The liner notes booklet for the adorable mini-maxi jewel case (which sadly doesn't fit in the jewel case itself) includes a how-to guide for assembling the little Pochi.

It also has a couple adorable inserts, one an ad for the tall White Crusher figure (which I don't have yet, sadly), the other an ad for CiSTm K0nFLiqT... itself, with the other side showing tour dates from 10 years ago. The car kit itself is inside a plastic holder that has all of the bits and bobs nicely separated from one another.

Why didn't I disassemble the Pochi to put it back in the plastic kit holder, you may ask? The answer is simple: I glued the head onto the body. In either version, this Pochi mold isn't particularly good at holding the slightly heavier head on the body, so if you do anything with either figure, the head is bound to fall off. I once scored a spare (and nearly destroyed thanks to the incompetent postmen) 8-piece Kubrick set, so I have a spare Pochi to glue as the other one sits in the not-destroyed box. I should probably get to scoring another one of these in better condition, now that I think about it...