New customs at One Up Akiba

 

Some fantastic new figures at One Up Akiba by Zenith, Todd Robertson, Pico, Pico, and others,:

New Zenith

 

Pico Pico

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Mechavirus Show at Rampage Studios

 A new show, featuring customs by Todd Robertson, opened today at Rampage Studios in Tokyo. It was a really fun show to cover - thanks Todd for making toys that are so fun to photograph!

Customs by Todd:

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Akiba Daisuke Festival

Now this was something different. Tokyo has quite a few toy shows (though a lot fewer than in previous years). And there are shows for video games, idol shows, and other elements of geek culture. But it's rare for many of these elements to not only come together under one roof, but to do so in an atmosphere of fun, high energy, and comradery. That was my impression of the Akiba Daisuke Festival.

The weekend show was held, appropriately, in the worldwide center of the otakuverse: Akihabara.

A note about the naming of things. Akiba is short for Akihabara. "Daisuke" means "to like" in Japanese.

I went for the toys but had a great time checking out everything else. But we usually headline with the toys, so let's start with a look at the indie sofubi on hand.

Real Head

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Medicom Project 1/6 Quadruple Sofubi Release

Today in Shibuya, Medicom continued its string of sofubi exclusive releases. Over the last few months, the trendsetting creator of Bearbrick and Kubrick has showed a lot of support for indy sofubi makers by partnering up with Max Toy, Billiken, Josh Herbolsheimer, and others. Today, at its Project 1/6 flagship store, Medicom quadrupled the anti with 4 new Japan-only exclusives by Paul Kaiju, Sunguts, and Pico Pico.

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