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213 246 90
14 years ago
I would definitely like to have this... but I think the price is a little bit steep and it's not at the top of my priority list for purchasing. I don't know Seen but I have met him a few times through someone else. I used to take the 6 train quite often because that was my line to go to Manhattan when I lived in the Bronx.
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14 years ago
A rabid train with some sort of gum infection. Nice.
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72 77 44
14 years ago
It makes no sense at all to not have graffiti on this.
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77 94 36
14 years ago
agreed! a little too pricey for now but i would have loved to have it if there was a graffiti design on the side or if i had a chance of meeting Seen to get his custom graph on the side :/
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angel
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804 2515 1650
14 years ago
Do we need fake toys here?
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14 years ago
LOL interesting! Maybe it is useful to help people not to be fooled by bootleg figures? :P
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angel
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804 2515 1650
14 years ago
Let's make the Fake section then, this section might be huge :)
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14 years ago
Bootlegs are not good for anyone. :(
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75 34 104
14 years ago
I think bootlegs are great for everyone (who isn't bothered about having the original!). Bootlegs that are a parody of the original piece are cool IMO, bootlegs trying to pretend to be the originals are a different kettle of fish.
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14 years ago
I have previously mentioned I don't like KAWS and I am not going to talk about KAWS as everyone has their own opinion about how original his creations are (I do consider them to be over priced pop art fyi)
Bootlegging devalues everything for everyone. Justifying it's fine just because the original one is expensive or the artist has "sold out" doesn't make it valid.
- Someone is making money off of someone's work.
- Devalues the brand/design, (which is the WORST thing) by having it in all these dodgy bootleg stores/flooding the market/low quality/consumers not understanding the product. NOT only for KAWS but for all designer toys.
- Someone may potentially be fooled. (Bootleg companies don't give a shit about their market) Just because you are "in the know" and it seems VERY clear its a bootleg, not everyone will.
- Official prices rise (this is a common practice by official companies to set the bootlegers clearly apart for consumer) This may also sets a price range for other designer toys.
Official re-productions are fine, just like posters of artwork. Yet most paintings are in the public domain anyway. Then again, paintings are a poor example as its not like someone is re-producing the brush strokes.
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14 years ago
I don't know how you can say I am missing the point? I said bootlegs are not good for anyone and you voiced other opinions, so I explained my stance. Devaluing through residual effects is very damaging.
To say that everyone knows the price point is a bit off. I first saw KAWS in a music mag, many people buy various culture mags on a whim. People truly do not know the market price of various toys. People still are shocked at the designer toys around the 50-80 mark, they wouldn't expect something to be much more than that for a KAWS piece.
People do not instantly understand the designer toy market; pricing and what artist is what. People are coming in from all directions and can easily be mislead.
I am sure you have friends that don't collect but have found some of your pieces really cool without knowing the price point, official packaging or where to get it from. Or friends that are shocked when you say "you might not want to drop that as it cost $200"
I am talking about bootlegs as a generalisation, it affects any market it touches. Companies pushing up market price point to distinguish it isn't a bootleg, is a common marketing strategy in other production fields.
A company can still be affected by the residual effect of bootlegs, even if they are not making direct profit off of the limited release they did. They release the next variant and people don't buy it as they have already purchased the previous bootlegged version for example or they don't buy their products any more as they want a level of exclusivity.
I agree with your stance on KR and their "limited' runs, yet its not a reason to bootleg them.
Bootlegs are not good for anyone as the residual effects affect the designer toy market as a whole.
- A legit store trying to sell official products can't compete vs the bootleg store down the street.
Stores selling bootlegs may not know who designed them and/or know they are "designer toys". They would have just ordered them from one of their suppliers thinking it was cool and not have known it was a bootleg.
- Suppliers don't sit back for hours doing research, they may be dealing with a whole seller that deals 10% in bootlegs without knowing it. Something slips through the cracks to store fronts with the belief that it is legit.
- It won't stop at KAWS (and hasn't) for bootlegging and will continue on.
- Bootlegs can get VERY close to the original and almost perfect quality. This can be easily witnessed with the bootleg anime toy scene.
Bootleg suppliers have a HUGE market share in various places around the world. Even my small little china town is filled with various bootleg products of toys the general consumer wouldn't know was a "designer" piece. A bootleg manufacture might come across Uamou design take it up and flood the market with it.
If someone buys a bootleg knowing it is a bootleg for the mentioned reasons above, good for them if they are happy. Yet it isn't good for the market at all and to believe otherwise is part of the problem with bootlegging. -
14 years ago
Catch you next time <3
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45 2 8
14 years ago
Nice you can see it but I know a lot of people who would mistake them for the original,good to know and identify the fakes and the authentic figures
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14 years ago
What are the identifiers on this piece to know its not original?
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72 77 44
14 years ago
They look cheap to me. The biggest difference between these and the real thing is that these are at least 5 or 6 inches shorter than the genuine Companions. It's not too difficult to spot that difference. Plus they look very shiny. The original Companions are matte.
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340 182 58
14 years ago
I don't really like the Kaws figures, but I would love to own something like this simply because it's a fake of something really exclusive. I think I may want it more than an original :)
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340 182 58
13 years ago
I now have these, but with matte surface. They're really nice
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13 years ago
The matte finish is actually fake.
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50 18 43
12 years ago
I think these are funny. I'd buy buy it just to put next to the original with his hand resting on his head.
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920 1 18
11 years ago
WTF is this doing here? This is NOT a bootleg, it's counterfeit, shouldn't even be listed here.
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14 years ago
I would rather the real Barcelona chair :P
Nice range of chairs, MUCH cheaper than the MOMA miniatures so thats always a plus. -
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72 77 44
14 years ago
Well, the Vitra miniatures that they sell at MOMA are 1/6 scale (a little over twice the size of these), and they're made from the same materials that the original furniture is made of. But yeah, they are ridiculously pricey.
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angel
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804 2515 1650
14 years ago
Available for preorder at StrangeCo.
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72 77 44
14 years ago
It's Dean Stockwell as Ben in Blue Velvet.
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13 years ago
*sigh* some day
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860 9 87
12 years ago
FINALLY ACQUIRED
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2 4 54
14 years ago
Where can you buy these cool guys?
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220 48 8
14 years ago
They were for 'Pre-Order' on Toyqube. It says Check Back Later now...
http://www.toyqube.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=TOYQUBE&Product_Code=4887&Category_Code=76 -
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2 4 54
14 years ago
Thanks:)
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72 77 44
14 years ago
OriginalFake lineup/ lottery starts today. And it looks like a shop called Invincible is doing the same lottery sale in Taiwan. Also today. Anybody know any place else that's going to have it?
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14 years ago
Some stores that carry OriginalFake apparel will carry the set too.
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angel
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804 2515 1650
14 years ago
Barenomore.com will have them, but I guess it's already sold out by preorders there.
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2 4 54
14 years ago
Thanks again toasted678 for the link. I have just checked back and managed to pre-order a set.
Joust found out they are 400% and 100%. Anyone know the edition run? -
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14 years ago
Should be 500 as usual.
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72 77 44
14 years ago
Could be 1000 though. Other Kaws pieces have been in runs of 1000. Plus Disney is involved, so it might be larger than normal.
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2 4 54
14 years ago
Not sure about the partnership with Disney. its not the same if you ask!
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91 45 5
14 years ago
I want to know if anyone thinks this would be worth dropping 400-500 bones on in terms of re-sale value. Anyone got an opinion?
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145 111 34
14 years ago
Haha why, are you buying it to sell it?
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91 45 5
14 years ago
No, not at all I was just wondering. I'm sure if I got my hands on one of these it wouldn't leave them.
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145 111 34
14 years ago
$400 is a good deal as these skyrocketed in value. $500 isn't a steal but I've seen them break the $600 mark on several occasions. Hold out for one that's going up on auction on eBay and you should be able to land one for under $500.
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91 45 5
14 years ago
Yeah, I noticed that on the listings I did see. I definitely will hold out. Thanks for the advice!
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41 297 15
14 years ago
if I ever get my hands on these ones, i'm buying a http://us.123rf.com/168nwm/ti... and hang it at the ceiling of my livingroom !!!
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angel
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432 4 822
13 years ago
So I bought a Pinocchio off the KR forums and the guy sent me a box full of rocks. Beware cravetoys69 aka Noah Curtis aka twiztidranger87@yahoo.com.
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angel
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683 67 183
13 years ago
@shankweather What an a-hole. He's online right now on the KR boards (you have to be logged in to see)
http://forums.kidrobot.com/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=92094&sid=f1c330e91c967df482cb7d91df8d0042
BTW he still has "Shankweather" listed as a "Good Deal" on his KR profile. -
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51 9 368
13 years ago
Hope the whole deal ends well for you Shankweather!
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61 17 116
13 years ago
Sorry to hear that Shankweather!
Kick his ass if you can!! -
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61 17 116
13 years ago
Oops ^^
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angel
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381 1089 1433
13 years ago
wow. I'd be really pissed if someone scammed me like this, but the guys on the boards are brutal!
I really hope you get your toy, Shank, and that this guy will deal with whatever problem he has!
it's sad really. I tend to believe him about the drug problem because if he thought for two seconds he would figure out you can single him out on the boards, and at least he stepped up. -
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angel
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432 4 822
13 years ago
Pinocchio and Jiminy are here now. Maybe an admin can delete all these comments now. These toys shouldn't be sullied with such ugliness!
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13 years ago
This is one of my favorits ever! Kaws rocks!
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72 77 44
14 years ago
I have this guy somewhere, but the paint is different and I don't think there's any articulation. I guess this is a reissue, because I bought a ton of these things back in the late '80s/early '90s. I wish I knew more about them.
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14 years ago
Yeah this is the newest release of the "TV version" Bemstar, if you got yours in the 80s/90s it may have been a re-issue of an even earlier version! Does it say Bullmark on its foot?!
It doesn't exactly have articulation, its just not possible to rotocast as one piece so they are construction joints. The arms are still moveable but kinda pointless as its flush against another surface.
Since 2007 they have released some redesigned "realistic" versions but this is what it looked like in the show. Each figure also comes with a card for the Daikaiju carddass arcade game.
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72 77 44
14 years ago
Is this a custom?
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2 4 54
14 years ago
Yes it's a one of a kind custom, hand painted by yoskay yamamoto.
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14 years ago
If this custom is one-off, how come there are two owners?
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2 4 54
14 years ago
The other guy hektor is a friend of mine and he likes the piece. He must have pressed the Have button instead of the want!
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14 years ago
OK. Thanks for the clarification.
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2 4 54
14 years ago
No longer custom. Wrong classification, it's a variant.
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2 4 54
14 years ago
Mendez do you also have this koibito? I bought it from TAG and was told it was a one of a kind colorway?
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14 years ago
Amazing!
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angel
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804 2515 1650
14 years ago
Here goes another rabbit...
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365 108 162
14 years ago
The eyes are accurate.
http://luke-chueh.deviantart.com/gallery/#/dcdbsk
And it's a bunny suit, it's supposed to be cheap, stinky-looking fur. -
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129 34 57
14 years ago
Soaked with booze
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129 34 57
14 years ago
I see there are no owners for this one... where can I get it??
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14 years ago
It hasn't been released yet. And my guess is it'd be VERY hard to get this figure...
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129 34 57
14 years ago
Oh ok... well like I know you you're always know what's going on so keep me posted
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92 540 18
14 years ago
this one is perfect....love it!!)
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72 77 44
14 years ago
I don't think it'll be too tough to get after all. It's supposed to be 800 pieces. Plus, there's bound to be a bloody variant released at some point.
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angel
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683 67 183
14 years ago
http://twitpic.com/27ox23 Bought mine today at Comic-Con. No waiting in lines, no fuss, no stress.
Munky King is the BEST. -
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365 108 162
14 years ago
Frozen Empire is still taking pre-orders, folks. Red Hot Robot is said to be getting some in as well, so send 'em an email if you're still looking. :)
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365 108 162
14 years ago
P.S. Edition size is 750.
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213 246 90
14 years ago
I ordered one... just waiting for it in the mail :)
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14 years ago
still available at RocketFist, if somebody is still looking
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1 7 2
14 years ago
I ordered from them like 3 days ago, they said they were out
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14 years ago
ok, I'll remove the link. they forgot to mark it as sold out
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angel
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353 606 632
14 years ago
Still available in Europe :D
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angel
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353 606 632
14 years ago
Holy shit AartAttackToys is asking $250 for this toy !!! while it's still available everywhere :s
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202 155 185
14 years ago
It's good for you, Joel... ^^
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angel
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353 606 632
14 years ago
Hahaha yeah good for me that their price is high but I still have 12 in stock :D In USA everywhere sold out. $120 on Kidrobot.com and sold out in a few days.... not fair :'(
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14 years ago
And this is probably Chueh's best toy!
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angel
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683 67 183
14 years ago
DeKorner store is selling this right now, $155. Hurry!
http://www.dekornerstore.com/product/black-in-white-by-luke-chueh-munky-king
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14 years ago
Kidrobot NY still had it last week. For USD 145 if I'm not mistaken.
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69 14 2
14 years ago
Still available from http://shop.atomplastic.com in Italy. It comes to about £115 including delivery to the UK.
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angel
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804 2515 1650
13 years ago
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angel
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13 years ago
Amazing photo!
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13 years ago
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13 years ago
ran into Luke in Super7 this week. I'm a huge fan so i was way excited! he was super nice and cool, just thought I'd share :)
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sergeySafonov
804 2515 1650
14 years ago
Young Caleb — http://rotocasted.com/toy/1240/
doc18
1593 19 280
14 years ago
NEED!!! I heard that there will be quite a few variants of this guy!
sergeySafonov
804 2515 1650
14 years ago
Tons of t-shirt variations, I guess.
jazzydan
499 646 2538
14 years ago
awesome!! I may be tempted by this guy!
hR
72 77 44
14 years ago
http://blog.neonmonster.com/w...
jeremyriad
566 356 245
14 years ago
Hey thanks for posting that link so quickly! There's going to be SEVEN t-shirt versions is the rumor...
sergeySafonov
804 2515 1650
14 years ago
Added all four. Cheers for digging them.
jazzydan
499 646 2538
14 years ago
Superb!!
lordsketch
381 1089 1433
14 years ago
Love it!
doc18
1593 19 280
14 years ago
more more :P http://amostoys.blogspot.com/...
crazylabel
172 33 23
14 years ago
When?
doc18
1593 19 280
14 years ago
November :) http://amostoys.blogspot.com/...
davidsundin
344 490 25
14 years ago
I added amos toys and neonmonster blogs to http://figures.collected.info/ where you can also see all new posts to the rotocasted library...
jazzydan
499 646 2538
14 years ago
Bookmarked, goodwork, thanks :)
ToyPunkJan
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14 years ago
Completely hilarious "toy". Want!