Kaiju Korner: June 2013

Sunday, June 30, 2013

Medicom Toy Exhibition '13 - Sofubi

Medicom's latest exhibition at the Parco Museum (inside the Parco department store) in Tokyo is heavily geared towards showing current and upcoming releases and exclusives. That includes sofubi figures, Bearbricks, 12" RAH and other figures.

There are literally dozens of new sofubi releases in the works from all sorts of makers: Ilu Ilu, Target Earth, Max Toy, and many more, in addition to new tokusatsu releases from Tiger Mask, Kamen Rider, and even Aztekaiser!

Some of the figures shown looked like paint samples. Others were production pieces. And some were prototype sculpts still in development.

Here's a look at the sofubi on display:

Aztekaiser!

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Erostika Monster Triology - Rumble Monsters is Back!

Big news for Rumble Monsters fans. Erostika (Rockin' Jelly Bean's retail outlets in Tokyo and Nagoya) has put out a flyer detailing upcoming releases of Rumble Monsters toys and T-shirts. It's been quite a while since new versions of these toys have been released.

On the docket are new versions of Pharaohs, Damnedron, and Monstallion. Back in the day, RM put out fantastic paint apps for these figures, including some legendary Pushead designs.

Some closeups of the flyer:

The price breakdown looks like:

Damnedron: 6,300 yen
Pharaohs: 6,300 yen
Monstallion: 4,200 yen
All T-shirts are 5,040 yen each

The flyer says the release is slotted for July, though no specific date is mentioned. Welcome back, Rumble Monsters!

Sunday, June 23, 2013

Max Toy x Dai Kaiju salon Negora Matsuri

Yesterday a fun little event was held at the Dai Kaiju salon in Nakano. It's a combo coffee shop/bar, with some food too.

These passes were sold at the previous Design Festa. Depending on which ones you bought, you could get one, two, or three pink Max Toy Negoras (mini, mid-size, and large) at the Negora Matsuri. The passes were also good for drinks and food. It worked out to be a great deal.

The pink Negora family.

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Uky Daydreamer exhibition at One Up Akiba

The most recent exhibition at One Up Akiba, which wrapped up today, featured works by Uky Daydreamer, one of the hardest workers on the indie toy circuit. Uky regularly flies to Tokyo to attend events.

Everything in the shelf was by Uky, including resin, sofubi, and illustrations.

Detailed pics:

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New from Star Case (June, 2013)

New pics and info from Star Case.

Some of the recent releases

This mixed part Harlock came in a box. Really cool version.

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Cosmo Knight Alpha Yusei Majin display

Pics from the latest display of Yusei Majin figures in Cosmo Knight Alpha's store window.

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Pushead x Secret Base 666 Stumpy Skull Pirate release

Secret release today at Secret Base at 6:00 PM on 6/6.

This is the Ye Trippee Dey Glo Beeg Bhoss Deemhands Eh Mhindtweest! Stumpy Skull Pirate. I don't know about a mhindtweest, but I shot this in front of a big ass pint eh black beeya to quench the swarthy stumper!