Starry Night Joe Dungbug & Hibbo by Fufufanny

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Fufufanny’s Joe Dungbung marks his first official release with the new Starry Night edition alongside the matching Hibbo. ‘Official’ because the humorous Joe Dungbug sofubi toy began his adventures as part of the artist’s cleverly awesome Joe Dungbug Tracking Project which is giving away 15 of the figures scavenger style. So Fun!

The Starry Night Joe Dungbug figure features a deep blue and pink double-pour design with a purple dung ball. Fufufanny points out that the unusual Dungbeetle —with its hallmark lifestyle of rolling and eating dung—is a symbol of hard work, day in and day out. You might even say the insect is the ultimate ‘grinder’. Not to be left out, Hibbo is a cute on its own terms Hippo mini fig.

The Starry Night Joe Dungbug (5.51″, NTD 3200/$114) and Starry Night Hibbo (2.76″, NTD 1,000/$36) sofubi art toys (made in Japan) are available via lottery. To enter fill out the online form. The lottery is set to run for ’24 hours’. Based on Fufufanny’s IG post time, the deadline should be around 1 AM PDT on Wednesday (6.2). Winners will be notified via email with payment instructions. The figures are set to ship on June 7, 2021.

Fufufanny on the Dungbeetle

An “ Average Joe ” refers to an ordinary person. That’s why I named this character “ Joe Dungbug “, just like a person with a full name. In many ways, we share the same “ Dung Pushing Life “ as dung beetles.

A bug’s life, I love observing these tiny creatures at work and play. I’m especially drawn to the dung beetle. They’re constantly busy, pushing their dung balls around. They remind me of humans and their constant struggle with the “ rat race ”. How we are in a never-ending cycle of busting ass to earn a living, to be successful, to be approved by society and hopefully emerge a winner. 

The male dung beetle sets out to make a big and round dung ball so that they can convince the female of the species that it can provide food and safety when the female needs to reproduce. And if the female accepts to mate, the two of them will dig a hole, bury the dung ball and the female will lay a single egg into the center of the dung ball. When the egg hatches, the baby will literally be surrounded by food ( the dung ball itself ). So you can imagine, the bigger the dung ball, the better the chances of breeding a stronger baby dung bug. And thats how some of these tiny bugs are born, into privilege and power. ( Sound familiar to you? )