{"id":62331,"date":"2019-04-03T12:13:08","date_gmt":"2019-04-03T12:13:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/actionacademy.co\/vinyl-pulse\/2019\/04\/frank-kozik-x-kidrobot-labbiter-xk-5-wasp-45.html"},"modified":"2019-05-22T05:19:58","modified_gmt":"2019-05-22T05:19:58","slug":"frank-kozik-x-kidrobot-labbiter-xk-5-wasp-45","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vinylpulse.com\/2019\/04\/frank-kozik-x-kidrobot-labbiter-xk-5-wasp-45.html","title":{"rendered":"Frank Kozik x Kidrobot &mdash; Labbiter XK-5 Wasp (4.5)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After numerous rigorous R&amp;D cycles, the technical marvel that is <strong>Labbiter XK-5<\/strong> is ready to begin its mission to save Earth.\u00a0 Evoking retro giant robots, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.frankkozik.net\/\">Frank Kozik<\/a>&#8216;s half Labbit\/half Robot warrior features an upright design with twin missiles, flight capabilities, and in a possible first for a KR figure\u2014 four (!) sets of interchangeable hands.<\/p>\n<p>The 8&#8243; Labbiter XK-5 debuts with the yellow + black <strong>Wasp edition,<\/strong> dropping this <strong>Friday (4.5)<\/strong> at select retailers and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kidrobot.com\/\">Kidrobot.com<\/a> (9 AM <a href=\"http:\/\/www.timeanddate.com\/library\/abbreviations\/timezones\/na\/pdt.html\">PDT<\/a>) for <strong>$100<\/strong>. KR will also have a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kidrobot.com\/\">Kidrobot<\/a>.com exclusive which &#8216;may or may not&#8217; be the chrome version they recently teased. There are several other editions coming including the silver+red edition set to launch at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.toyshowchina.com\/index.php\/Web\/Index\/sts.html\">Shanghai Toy Show<\/a> (4.12 &#8211; 4.14) via the <strong>Polyphony<\/strong> booth [B51].<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After numerous rigorous R&amp;D cycles, the technical marvel that is Labbiter XK-5 is ready to begin its mission to save Earth.\u00a0 Evoking retro giant robots, Frank Kozik&#8216;s half Labbit\/half Robot warrior features an upright design with twin missiles, flight capabilities, and in a possible first for a KR figure\u2014 four (!) sets of interchangeable hands. &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vinylpulse.com\/2019\/04\/frank-kozik-x-kidrobot-labbiter-xk-5-wasp-45.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Frank Kozik x Kidrobot &mdash; Labbiter XK-5 Wasp (4.5)&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":63034,"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 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Frank Kozik x Kidrobot &mdash; 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