{"id":140001,"date":"2022-09-07T22:31:40","date_gmt":"2022-09-08T05:31:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vinylpulse.com\/?p=140001"},"modified":"2022-09-07T22:31:47","modified_gmt":"2022-09-08T05:31:47","slug":"freak-babi-by-mutant-vinyl-hardcore-x-abao-x-unbox-industries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vinylpulse.com\/2022\/09\/freak-babi-by-mutant-vinyl-hardcore-x-abao-x-unbox-industries.html","title":{"rendered":"Freak Babi by Mutant Vinyl Hardcore x Abao x Unbox Industries"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/mutantvinylhardcore\/\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/mutantvinylhardcore\/\">Mutant Vinyl Hardcore<\/a> (Rich Montanari Jr.) and Abao have blended their signature styles to create the new<strong> <em>Freak Bab<\/em><\/strong><em>i <\/em>soft vinyl art toy produced by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/unboxindustries\/\">Unbox Industries<\/a>. The collaborative new design presents Chinese artist <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/abaoabaoabao\/\">Abao&#8217;s<\/a> take on MvH&#8217;s <strong>Flying Freak<\/strong> character.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">As you might expect (and hope), Abao has reimagined the winged monster in her signature aesthetic featuring multiple sets of body parts. Freak Babi is sure to draw second and third glances with five six arms and five eyes. Creepy cute, indeed! Finally, the back of <em>Babi&#8217;s<\/em> head features a stylized homage to the Flying Freak&#8217;s single eye. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">First released at this past weekend&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/designerconlondon\/\">DesignerCon London 2022<\/a>, the debut <em>Freak Babi<\/em> edition vinyl art toy (9&#8243;) in pink and grayish blue will be available online on <strong>Saturday (9.10) at 8 AM PDT<\/strong> from <a href=\"http:\/\/store.unboxindustries.info\/product\/freak-babi\">Unbox Industries<\/a> for <strong>$200<\/strong>. The figure will also be available ahead of the general drop via a lottery open to <a href=\"https:\/\/unbox.industries\/password\">Unbox Newsletter<\/a> subscribers. Unbox is also set to unleash MvH&#8217;s <strong>Neo-Lash<\/strong> on Saturday\u2014more on that shortly. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mutant Vinyl Hardcore (Rich Montanari Jr.) and Abao have blended their signature styles to create the new Freak Babi soft vinyl art toy produced by Unbox Industries. The collaborative new design presents Chinese artist Abao&#8217;s take on MvH&#8217;s Flying Freak character. As you might expect (and hope), Abao has reimagined the winged monster in her &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vinylpulse.com\/2022\/09\/freak-babi-by-mutant-vinyl-hardcore-x-abao-x-unbox-industries.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Freak Babi by Mutant Vinyl Hardcore x Abao x Unbox Industries&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":140008,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"Mutant Vinyl Hardcore x Abao bring their talents together on the head-turning Freak Babi soft vinyl art toy produced by Unbox Industries.  Abao's vision of MvH's Flying Freak features her signature aesthetic with duplicated body parts. Saturday Drop. 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