The original four editions of the popular 8″ tall Sofubi toy are about to be re-released with an exciting new upgrade.
Each of the the first four versions is back and they now sport a transparent head (tinted to match the body) through which can be viewed a glow-in-the-dark internal mechanism.
An exciting new twist on an old favourite!
The new versions launch at Tomenosuke in Japan at 11.59pm(JST) on the 4th December.
Prices are: Blue or Orange: ¥17,600 JPY Green and Red: ¥18,700 JPY 4 colour set (BLUE, ORANGE, GREEN & RED and Glow): ¥66,000 JPY
The Blinky Allsop Teal hand-painted edition was created exclusively for Designer Con London.
An industrious and mischievous little fellow. Blinky is able to turn his hand (or rather his prehensile mustache) to just about anything. Though he has never really got to grips with Macramé.
Each figure in this super limited edition of only 10 is hand finished and painted by Doktor A. This polyurethane resin Mechtorian figure stands 2.5″. And comes with a cast metal winding key.
Each is signed, numbered and dated on the underside. And comes in a foam lined box.
To kick off the new year in style I am giving away FREE STUFF with every order from my online store through January.
The more you buy the more stuff you get.
Items like stickers, pins and other merchandise will be included with every shipment from my online store for the whole month. The higher the order value, the larger the amount of extra stuff you receive.
Today the APs of my Anesthesia Bust (White and Bronze editions) go on sale in my online store.
What is an AP?
AP originally stood for Artist’s Proof. It is a term from the printing industry. It referred to the sample prints sent to an Artist so they could confirm they were happy with the quality before the full run could go ahead. These APs were often kept by the artist and sold later as a little bonus income. Sometimes people collect AP prints rather than prints from the main body of the run. So sometimes the APs are more valuable as there are far less of them (traditionally not more than 5% of the edition size).
In the Art Toy world the term AP has been adopted to mean the percentage of product that the company making the toy gives to the artist who designed the toy. This amount can vary depending on company and contract from a couple of toys to half the run. Though in my experience it’s not more than 10% of the run.
Sargent Gee and his Mechanised Cannon were tasked by High Command to render all enemy bases inoperable. However on Mechtoria there are no enemies, thus no bases. So he has opted for rendering inoperable all potential hiding places for any potential enemies or terrorists..
To this end he is destroying all the trees!
