Armadillo Man Patchisaur Figure Vintage and similar items

Most in the gaming world, at least those of us of a certain age, will have heard of Gary Gygax. Gygax helped create many of the iconic beasts and monsters that populate our D D campaigns. But what some may not know is that he was inspired by the cheapo plastic dinosaur-ish figures that you could pick up by the bag at the corner dime store. It's true! And those beasties were themselves loosely modeled after the Japanese Ultraman kaiju monsters. That's quite a lineage. This listing is for one such creature, which doesn't seem to have an agreed upon name. We're going with Armadillo Man. This creature stands around 2 1/2 inches tall. It's made from a sturdy dark gray plastic with light blue paint on the back. It's marked Hong Kong and still has the original sprue attached. This figure is probably from the 70s or 80s and is in good vintage condition with light play wear.