{"id":4014,"date":"2018-04-26T17:03:01","date_gmt":"2018-04-26T17:03:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/actionacademy.co\/vinyl-pulse\/catching-up-with-janky-by-superplastic\/"},"modified":"2018-04-26T17:03:01","modified_gmt":"2018-04-26T17:03:01","slug":"catching-up-with-janky-by-superplastic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vinylpulse.com\/2018\/04\/catching-up-with-janky-by-superplastic.html","title":{"rendered":"Catching up with Janky by Superplastic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With our recent trip to China, it\u2019s been awhile since we\u2019ve written about <strong>Janky<\/strong>, the new <a href=\"http:\/\/www.huckgee.com\/\">Huck Gee<\/a> x <a href=\"http:\/\/www.paulbudnitz.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Paul Budnitz<\/a> vinyl love child, due on<strong> May 15th<\/strong> from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.superplastic.co\/\">Superplastic<\/a>.The recent reveals of several artist editions have us really amped for more previews, the release, and of course playing with\u2018em.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>So far, Superplastic has revealed Janky designs from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.monsterism.net\/\">Pete Fowler<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.milkjar.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bubi Au Yeung<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/grand_chamaco\/\">El Grand Chamaco<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mizuno-junko.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Junko Mizuno<\/a> and just today, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.joeledbetter.com\/\">Joe Ledbetter<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0 Diving right in, Fowler\u2019s loud, energetic design makes mismatched sneakers cool. Speaking of the shoes, it appears there are at least two shoe sculpts \u2013 a sneaker design and a simpler, basic design.\u00a0 Superplastic highlighted Janky\u2019s shoes in a fun video which cycled through all the footwear designs revealed so far.\u00a0 That has us wondering if the shoes are interchangeable\u2026 In the video the shoes and legs are shown together, almost\u00a0 as a unit. Perhaps one can swap out the shoes at the knee?\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Bubi Au\u00a0 Yueng brings the soft side of cute with her fun yellow, blue and white design. Wacky cute is the name of the game for one-eyed El Gran Chamco Janky.\u00a0 And there\u2019s the Junko Mizuno Janky!\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Junko\u2019s purple wonder is a stunner with six arms, detailed paint, and a curious one-eyed mini figure. With this reveal, Superplastic has us wondering what else they have up their sleeves.<\/p>\n<p>If that\u2019s not enough, today brought us a\u00a0 tease of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.joeledbetter.com\/\">Joe Ledbetter\u2019s<\/a> tiger design.\u00a0 From the partial shot, it appears Joe\u2019s Janky comes with a binoculars accessory, making it the second accessorized Janky\u2014Fowler\u2019s design has retro-future pink shades.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Oh, did we mention the <strong>metallic gold \u2018launch\u2019 edition Janky<\/strong>\u00a0 (edition of 100) ? You can win one of these by signing up for the new brand\u2019s mailing list over at <a href=\"http:\/\/Superplastic.co\/\">Superplastic.co<\/a>.\u00a0 Hmm, perhaps the May 15th date refers to the release of the launch edition rather than the series as a whole ?\u00a0 Or maybe everything is coming on the 15th\u2026\u00a0 We\u2019ll know soon!<\/p>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With our recent trip to China, it\u2019s been awhile since we\u2019ve written about Janky, the new Huck Gee x Paul Budnitz vinyl love child, due on May 15th from Superplastic.The recent reveals of several artist editions have us really amped for more previews, the release, and of course playing with\u2018em.\u00a0 So far, Superplastic has revealed &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vinylpulse.com\/2018\/04\/catching-up-with-janky-by-superplastic.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Catching up with Janky by Superplastic&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":43198,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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