2011 marked Kamen Rider's 30th anniversary. This year Devilman and Mazinger Z celebrate their 40th years running strong. And you know what anniversaries mean - special events and new toys!
Today at
Tokyo's Tokyo, one of the newest spots on the indie toy circuit, a two-week event - called
DZ40 - opened, featuring art, shirts, and toys related to the two mega franchises.
There's no other way to say it - the opening was chaos. The store is on the 5th floor of
Tokyu Plaza, a glitzy new department store in Harajuku. Tokyo's Tokyo, along with most stores in the building, opens at 11:00. However, the Starbucks on the 6th floor opens at 8:30. You can see where this is going. Come 11:00 you had people descending on the store from every which direction, and they jumped on the pile of toys lack a pack of piranhas.
In a way, it was exciting to see so much enthusiasm over indie toys on a Friday morning. And there were a lot of toys to go around, with the exception of the Frenzy figure, which looked to be limited to 10 figures or less and disappeared instantly.
Event pics:
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| Medicom released two Devilman sofubi figures - each around 10" tall. |
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| Exquisite new Mirock sculpt. They were sold via pre-order. |
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| Frenzy's take on Devilman. Maybe my favorite Frenzy release to date. |
More after the jump:
The following toys were display only:
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| Handsome Tarom |
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| Another by Handsome Tarom |
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| Max Toy |
There were also a bunch of shirts (for sale) and art (for display):
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| Nice one by Mark Nagata |
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| Beautiful rendering blended with classical motifes |
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| Another beaut |
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| Really big turnout. |
love that Mirock Toy Devilman
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