James Groman Rotten Rex.

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  1. shincartoon

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    James Groman Rotten Rex.
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    James Groman Rotten Rex.
    This is just insane... surely some of these are not necessary??

     
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    James Groman Rotten Rex.
    Not a fan of the King Korpse. The feet look funny and the posture of the toy in general is just weird to me. In my opinion, it would have looked a helluvalot better had it been poised over on all 4s.
    The Rexx though.. I can't get enough of it.
     
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    I can understand your fustration about the feet. many shape and proportions of the feet and body were different on the original sculpt that James Groman had done but they were later changed when the scanned model went to instint toys. as you can see from the image below the original had a head forward slightly leaning forward right foot slightly forward with bent knee posture that looks like it can fall on all 4s any second but the right foot is stopping it. It was so natural... I really wish they had kept that. also it had thinner spread out legs and the biggest difference is the foot, as you mentioned, did not look funny on the original sculpt but later on got squashed to a strange flat shape at instinct.

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    I believe the foot change was made when they thickened and straightened up the legs so the legs can stand the weight of the upper body. It is a change that I can understand for the toy but it was a change that killed the overall balanced proportions that James had originally sculpted. as a matter of fact I do wonder what if King Korpse was modeled in all 4s... that idea should be a future release.

    This image is from instincttoy blog.
    http://instinctoy.blog73.fc2.com/blog-entry-1348.html
    the left is the original sculpt scanned data and the right is the changed model at instinct. you can see the feet were made thicker, wider. but height was left the same, making the feet shape overall flat.
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    the following image shows how the original posture was more leaning forward but it was changed at instinct toy to have a bigger back the waist pushed in to make it look like he is standing straight, and the ankle was pushed out front creating the stubby look while the leg was thickened. once again. a decision to make the toy stand straight? but also a decision that changed the original natural posture that James had.
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    after all this rant. I still love King Korpse. It is the coolest toy ever. :)
    Wish I had this hand painted one off by James Groman .

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    James Groman Rotten Rex.
    I'm excited for the 2017 Albino Ver.

    The paintjob looks awesome!

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    That Albino version was the clincher for me. Need that dude!
     
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    James Groman Rotten Rex.
    How much is this one going to be 400-600 fucking dollars? The price is what turned me away from the painted blanks. Im dreading the prices of these painted ones. Thats the only thing keeping me away from this guy.

    Now those raptors were decent that came out awhile back.
     
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    50 000 yen I think

    The cheapest one so far is the "mixed parts" which was 28 000

    I like the rib cage / heart gimmick but I agree that the price is pretty steep..
     
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    James Groman Rotten Rex.
    This information was posted on IG by James 15 weeks ago. We might see some new big ones this year.

    It just so happens I finished the armature for our next super sized collaboration today!!! We are planning not one, not 2, but 4 large sized vinyl monstrosities in the new year...we may be keeping photos of the progress to a minimum... We want to build up to a big reveal for the first. It is gonna be legendary!!!

     
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    holy crap
     
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    James Groman Rotten Rex.
    King korpse looks like shit!

    Gratuitous vinyl masking is not punk rock!
     
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    James Groman Rotten Rex.
    That all sounds great, but wallet ain't that fat...
     
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    me neither... sobbing
     
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    James Groman Rotten Rex.
    James just released a teaser for the new big 4

    "EARLY HUMANS WERE UNDER ATTACK BY GIANT, RAMPAGING MONSTERS.

    CREATURES RESPONSIBLE FOR THE EXTINCTION OF THE DINOSAURS.

    A PACT WAS DRAWN BETWEEN MAN AND SOMETHING THAT LIVED IN THE MOUNTAINS. SOMETHING THAT WOULD PROTECT THEM FROM THE MONSTERS PLAGUING THE EARTH.

    SOMETHING BIG, SAVAGE AND POWERFUL...

    ...AND EXTREMELY PISSED OFF."
     
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    James Groman Rotten Rex.
    What is the size comparison between Rex and Korpse?
     
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    James Groman Rotten Rex.
    Has anyone tried entering the happy bag lotto? I am having a pain of a time trying to get my lotto entry done. It says it's open to everyone but I can't read application and google translate won't help because it's a secure page. On top of that it won't take my zip code period.
     
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    James Groman Rotten Rex.
    It's not the size that counts, it's the Suggested Retail Price.
     
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    James Groman Rotten Rex.
    Hope this helps from Instagram mewukaikai

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    I wish James Groman would find a US retailer from King Korpse, the Lottery system, Japanese website & shipping ( plus the $400+ [Meaty Rexx (LuLubell) was $250 which was just barely affordable for me]) cost has keep it out of my hands
     
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    James Groman Rotten Rex.
    Their height are both supposed to be the same around 12 inches.

    in an interview James said the original sculpt of Korpse was made 40cm but later instinct toy and James agreed that the same size as Rotten Rex would be better.

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    in the interview James says
    "I wanted to show the story of the "battle between rival monsters" through this design, so I made sure it had as many moving parts as needed to give maximum possibilities for expression. I thought, "regardless of what this figure costs, I want to make it the best."

    but so far it seems the first price is a huge problem with the fans...

    I support James decision as a fan but I too had to sell a lot of my toy collection to pay the flipper price for my first King Korpse figure.... This is the figure that brought me back into the vinyl figure hobby so I absolutely had to have one no matter what... now that I am back into collecting sofubi I am continuing to sell my collection to buy future releases of cool figures but so far I have had no luck with any of the lotteries that I have entered.
     
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    James Groman Rotten Rex.
    I think the new release being teased is going to be a catzilla what do you guys think?
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    James Groman Rotten Rex.
    Okay. The cat was just a joke but I am seriously staring to think that it is these guys.

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    But to keep up with the current trend, James and Hiroto may need to "double think" their strategy
     
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    James Groman Rotten Rex.
    I bet it'll be a bird or a fish or a shark?!

    They're doing animals and they've done a mammal and a reptile already
     
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    oh man... instinctoy blog says over 1000 entered the golden king korpse lottery. so far I have lost all 5 king korpse lotteries. 2 at DCON for the GID, 1 fearful fantasy, 1 mixed color, 1 gold.
     
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    James Groman Rotten Rex.
    Honestly I like the painted versions better
     
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    I doubt it. Knowing their history, I doubt they would ever persue licensed Toho characters. Given the Kong and T-Rex they are probably persuing Rotten Skull Island inhabitants.
     
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