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Jul 05, 2010
Tara McPherson – Lilitu for Kidrobot Black ?
Leaks and other advanced bits of info are part of what make toy blogging fun. However, I think it’s important to be clear about what we know and what we don’t know in these cases. The latest ‘leak’ is Tara McPherson’s Lilitu design (apparently based on an original painting) for Kidrobot Black. Here’s what we know, the image + design were taken from Tara’s presentation @ the recent OFFF 2010 design conference in Paris. What we don’t know is if this indeed will be released as a Kidrobot Black figure (though given the text on the slide, it seems like a good bet). We also don’t know if this is actually KR Black #3 as has been reported around the net [Full source disclosure: Spotted on J.Me’s blog and tracked back to RSNY’s flickr].
That said, what do you think of this design ? Looks pretty promising to me, curious how the lake/body of water would look as a thin flat surface.
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Uamou – An Army of SDCC Exclusives
Ayako Takagi (Uamou) will be at SDCC again this year in the Onell Design booth (#4937). She’ll be bringing plenty of figures including a dizzying number of Uamou + Boo Variants (solid colors, flocked, clear filled with pom-pom + more). She also will be bringing new Fortune Uamou figures (clear!) [SDCC exclusive Uamou + Boos seen on Uamou blog, additional figures seen on Skull Brain].
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Mr. Clement – Petit Lapin Museum Ed. #1
A few days ago we posted about Mr. Clement’s return to handmade pieces. At the time all we had was a teaser image. Now comes full info and photos of his large Lapin sculpture -- “When I look at the Sky, I can See your Smile”. Limited to 50 pieces, the handmade sculpture featuring a bird companion stands nearly 16 inches tall and tips the scale at slightly over 4.5 pounds.
Beyond the larger size, the draw of this new sculpture is that each one is handmade by Mr. Clement himself. The sculpture also comes with a small original painting (5” x 4”). Pre-orders are being accepted now (£200, ~ $303). Mr. Clement expects to ship the pieces in Mid-August. Finally, the little all too familiar museum style warnings on the base are great – no touching, no photography!
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Patricio Oliver x Raje Toys – Beast Rider WIP
Raje Toys has released in-progress pics of their upcoming Beast Rider (tentative name?) figures from Patricio Oliver. The pics appear to be digital renders of the intended sculpt. As you can see, the Riders are currently AWOL. The Beasts look like they will feature quite a bit of detail – dig the raised deco elements (skull etc). Based on previous news from Patricio, we expect there to be Fire and Ice versions.
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Muttpop’s King Katch Sample Shown in Paris
Over the weekend for the Japan Expo in Paris, Fabien M. was at the Artoyz booth and he had a very special piece to show off – a test sample of the King Katch figure that is in production from Muttpop. Hit the video below to get a better feel for the newest Muttpop figure [Seen on the Muttpop Blog]. Lookin’ good.
Shawnimals -- A Trio of SDCC Exclusives
Shawn Smith is going to be at this year’s SDCC and he’s bringing three Shawnimals exclusives in town. First up there are two Yeti Ninja Variants – Beach Bum (50 pcs, $45, Kidrobot booth), Midnight edition (50 pcs, $45, Rotofugi booth, above right). And, for those of you stuck in the Trees of Doom (yet loving every agonizing minute of it), there’s the Trees of Doom! Battle Pack featuring pocket-sized plushes of the Flying Devil and the Anti-Ninja (orange suit). This one is limited to 100 sets and will be available for $35 from the DKE Toys booth. So if you love plush and Ninjas, Shawnimals should be right near the top of your ‘list’.
Shawn will also be signing at SDCC :
Thursday, 7.22 (1-3 PM) @ Kidrobot
Friday, 7.23 (12-2 PM) @ DKE
Friday, 7.23 (2-4 PM) @ Rotofugi
Finally, it sounds like there will be some surprise releases as well. All in all, great news for Shawnimals fans.
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Coolrain – Dunkeys 2nd Exhibition in Berlin (7.8 – 7.10)
Korean 1:6 figure creator extraordinaire Coolrain will showcase his fresh Dunkeys figures including the new KingKong (above, gfx from sEM10cm) during the Bright streetwear show in Berlin (7.8 – 7.10). This exhibition is a follow-on to last year’s first show in Asia [Seen on crazytoysLIFE].
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Scribe – Custom Skelves
Scribe just posted up photos of two very nice customs of Brandt Peters’ Skelves.. Both winged customs feature what we would describe as a stealth design – Scribe’s signature character look is only really visible once the pieces are unmasked. While both are nice, really digging the abstract art influenced green/blue piece.
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