Just as the art toy scene was starting here in the USA, Bigfoot released his eponymous character as a 13” vinyl produced by STRANGEco. Now the long-haired one is back with his self-produced upcoming Forest Warlord vinyl with a production assist from Kuso Vinyl. While similar to the first figure, the new one has a more in-your-face vibe offering a graphic novel style re-interpretation. This one is limited to 1000 pieces across seven editions including the pictured standard edition. Check out The Forest Warlord (11”) on display in proto form at Wondercon in Anaheim at the Kuso Vinyl booth (#287).
“In the realm of the darkest dimension of magic and power of the earth’s soil dwells The Forest Warlord. Since the dawn of prehistoric times a select few of the Bigfoot race were chosen by Mother Nature to become Forest Warlords, The ultimate guardians of the forest!Meditating for 20 million years in a secret forest fortress, a Warlord waits to emerge until humans encroach in the Warlord’s sacred redwood territory.
The Forest Warlords use nature magic from which they were born to teleport, time travel, control vegetation, communicate telepathically with plants and animals, and unleash thunder and lightning of fury against perpetrators.The Forest Warlord is the master of misanthropy and is here to right all wrongs. All construction companies, bulldozers, loggers, and their CEO’s and puppets shall feel the wrath of The Forest Warlord.” [Official Bio]
Hmm…I’m on the fence about this one. I do like that he is not over stylized, but the green accents kind of stick out a little much.