Mad Baron Phosphorus

Discussion in 'Japan Toys' started by middpa, Jun 23, 2009.

  1. turtletooth

    turtletooth Post Pimp

    Joined:
    Mar 16, 2006
    Messages:
    2,683
    Location:
    Dirty Jersey
    Mad Baron Phosphorus
    Hmmm, Japan only. Interesting.
    [​IMG]
     
  2. Prometheum5

    Prometheum5 Post Pimp

    Joined:
    Apr 29, 2009
    Messages:
    2,594
    Location:
    Albany NY
    Mad Baron Phosphorus
    Oooh, glad to see confirmation on the helmet. The gunmetal face looks great!
     
  3. Lixx

    Lixx Mr. Grumpy™

    Joined:
    Oct 9, 2007
    Messages:
    8,211
    Location:
    Not here
    flickr:
    lixx
    Mad Baron Phosphorus
    Stunning! Crap I wonder how hard these are going to be to score? Damn you Zollmen. :lol:
     
  4. SAMBA

    SAMBA Comment King

    Joined:
    May 6, 2007
    Messages:
    1,232
    Location:
    LONDON
    Mad Baron Phosphorus
    Yeah- definitely liking the black.

    Reckon the best is still the original blue though. Love these figures!
     
  5. ---NT---

    ---NT--- Prototype

    Joined:
    Feb 21, 2006
    Messages:
    6,256
    Location:
    PDX
    Mad Baron Phosphorus
    Wow, so I just check out what this "Mad Baron" thing is all about - kept seeing the name, but never clicked. Wow. I really like some of these! (Just looked through the Zollmen Flikr.) Here's how I rank the few I'd like to own:
    #1 Original two-tone blue.
    #2 Yellow
    #3 Black
    #4/5 tie Red & Phosphorus
    Of course I'll probably never own one - but I'd LOVE that two-tone Blue!
     
  6. Prometheum5

    Prometheum5 Post Pimp

    Joined:
    Apr 29, 2009
    Messages:
    2,594
    Location:
    Albany NY
    Mad Baron Phosphorus
    Prowling ebay and the FS threads here I've seen one or two red ones go, a purple one, and one or two yellows in the last say, two weeks? Didn't see the sale prices tho. Someone had also listed the purple Omake separate of the figure on ebay :roll:
     
  7. LamourSupreme

    LamourSupreme Mini Boss

    Joined:
    Mar 25, 2006
    Messages:
    4,010
    Location:
    now
    Mad Baron Phosphorus
    WOW! really love the black. Who wants to trade a HP bootleg for one of these? :lol:
     
  8. cliff

    cliff Addicted

    Joined:
    Mar 9, 2007
    Messages:
    570
    Location:
    321
    Mad Baron Phosphorus
    These Mad Barons just keep getting better and better.
     
  9. ---NT---

    ---NT--- Prototype

    Joined:
    Feb 21, 2006
    Messages:
    6,256
    Location:
    PDX
    Mad Baron Phosphorus
    Do Zollmen buyers/collects feel at all strange buying their stuff knowing that an SB board member is involved and unwilling to reveal their identity? To me that just feels odd. I haven't bought any Zollmen figures - I'm pretty split, some I like and some I think suck hard. But if given the opportunity to buy one (during a time in which I had spare money) I would feel a little skeptical given the circumstances. It's just such a weird thing that's going on, and not weird like Anraku's List. I'd be proud as all hell if I was producing toys.
     
  10. Paulkaiju

    Paulkaiju Mini Boss

    Joined:
    Nov 28, 2005
    Messages:
    4,216
    Location:
    SD
    Instagram:
    Paulkaiju
    Mad Baron Phosphorus
    No. Because all this stuff isn't true. It's all speculated fantasy and it's said over and over by those of us that know Zollmen again but people aren't satisfied enough.
    There is no conspiracy.
    I know Zollmen and they are in Hokkaido.
    So there's nothing weird about it case closed.
     
  11. middpa

    middpa Toy Prince

    Joined:
    Oct 11, 2008
    Messages:
    237
    Location:
    Australia
    Name:
    Paul
    Mad Baron Phosphorus
    Hear, hear!
     
  12. kurumonz

    kurumonz Side Dealer

    Joined:
    Jul 16, 2008
    Messages:
    2,415
    Mad Baron Phosphorus
    Thank you. PK!
     
  13. bryce_r

    bryce_r Die-Cast

    Joined:
    Aug 15, 2007
    Messages:
    9,201
    Location:
    San Jose
    Mad Baron Phosphorus
    Interesting. So the American side of zollmen is an absolute myth and bryan flynn is nuts. Good to know.
     
  14. Lixx

    Lixx Mr. Grumpy™

    Joined:
    Oct 9, 2007
    Messages:
    8,211
    Location:
    Not here
    flickr:
    lixx
    Mad Baron Phosphorus
    Thanks Paul for clarifying! The American side (if you want to call it that) of Zollmen is Kingbee, who gets blanks to turn into his customs runs. I mean both Paul and Frank have done custom runs of Zollmen figures but no is calling them the" American side of Zollmen". I think any American side would just be friends with the person who owns the company and in turn he lets them do small runs. That's how I see it at least. No big conspiracy....
     
  15. Paulkaiju

    Paulkaiju Mini Boss

    Joined:
    Nov 28, 2005
    Messages:
    4,216
    Location:
    SD
    Instagram:
    Paulkaiju
    Mad Baron Phosphorus
    Sorry ---NT--- , not trying to scold you! Just trying to bring light to the situation.

    And I surely wasn't calling BF delusional. Please.

    I think they way this idea got perpetuated and malfomed by everyone is nuts. A total group effort. ;)

    The way I see it, I think we're lucky to get offered a chance at these at all. I'm sure the run size could be about 30 at a time.
    So what do you want? 200 of each colorway, then the market is flooded and I bet alot of people would give up on Zollmen for sure. It would be no fun.
    Sure you want that?

    I think it's probably better I'm crying in my tea about not having a Maza handpaint cause there I go just thinking about it...and those hot flashes...sheesh...
     
  16. ---NT---

    ---NT--- Prototype

    Joined:
    Feb 21, 2006
    Messages:
    6,256
    Location:
    PDX
    Mad Baron Phosphorus
    Okay. But I'm getting mixed reports from sources I feel I can trust - you and S7 crew. You say there's nothing to it. And there's innuendo coming from Brian & Glenn. I have a hard time believing that S7 would say anything at all unless they knew something. And I don't believe you'd say anything that wasn't true either.
    So is it just that the King Bee store has a hook-up with Zollmen? Is the owner/operator of King Bee a board member who regularly contributes?
     
  17. GERMS

    GERMS Line of Credit

    Joined:
    Feb 27, 2007
    Messages:
    1,804
    Mad Baron Phosphorus
    Im still on the fence about whether a small run that I cant get or afford is any fun? I am serious in not knowing if larger runs on more of these toys wouldnt just allow more people to enjoy these things without the associated pains in trying to acquire them.
     
  18. kurumonz

    kurumonz Side Dealer

    Joined:
    Jul 16, 2008
    Messages:
    2,415
    Mad Baron Phosphorus
    I honestly think the small runs are not intentional. These guys are pretty small and really have to spend their funds carefully. There's a limit to how much they can afford to produce and how much they can paint within a certain time span.

    I personally saw Mr. Charactic's (sorry his name slip my mind) painting his mini hedorah on the same counter as his cash register. And there was room for maybe 12 of them.

    Its mixture of passion, artistic output and running a little business.
     
  19. logang1

    logang1 Mini Boss

    Joined:
    Jul 29, 2007
    Messages:
    4,015
    Mad Baron Phosphorus
    Yep
     
  20. ---NT---

    ---NT--- Prototype

    Joined:
    Feb 21, 2006
    Messages:
    6,256
    Location:
    PDX
    Mad Baron Phosphorus
    Okay, so I finally searched for King Bee's website and it's not a store at all, is it? Just some guy who paints Zollmen figures and sells them through a website.
     
  21. rhinomilk

    rhinomilk Vintage

    Joined:
    Apr 9, 2006
    Messages:
    7,145
    Location:
    Bay Area
    Name:
    Cuntface
    Mad Baron Phosphorus
    i'm still confused as to how someone could sucker us into creating false hype and selling us stuff. if the toys sucked... we wouldn't buy it, period - i'm sure there's many examples of this. i'm glad he/she is keeping low runs... it keeps us interested longer (which is a plus for collectors). zollmen could always flood the market to match demand and make 5 years toys in a month and get everyone burned out(which is what other companies have done) & take the money and run.
     
  22. BloodDrinker6969

    BloodDrinker6969 Die-Cast

    Joined:
    Nov 26, 2006
    Messages:
    12,026
    Location:
    Chicago, Like R.Kelly
    Name:
    RockStrongo
    Mad Baron Phosphorus
    And to a further extent, profit. The flippers are the one's who benefit, not the company (unless you're Bemon) so I don't get that part either.
     
  23. Joe

    Joe Die-Cast

    Joined:
    Dec 17, 2007
    Messages:
    12,318
    Mad Baron Phosphorus
    He said, she said.
    Or wait, he said, he said.
    I say, fuck it.
    Collect what you like.
     
  24. Sanjeev

    Sanjeev Post Pimp

    Joined:
    Aug 13, 2007
    Messages:
    2,746
    Location:
    Joisey
    flickr:
    sanjeev666
    Instagram:
    brownnoize
    Mad Baron Phosphorus
    I'm with GERMS and NT.

    I have a lot of very trustworthy people telling me Rory is King Bee. I suppose if they're wrong, they're wrong. But 1) these people wouldn't lie and it would be odd if they were ALL mistaken, and 2) I'm hearing no denies of this claim.

    Anyway, yes, I want 200 of each colorway, please. Flood the market. Let more people who like this stuff have access to it. Exclusivity does NOT equal fun. That's classism.

    I can understand if a toy maker is simply unable to produce more...but I feel that excuse is wearing thinner and thinner everyday...
     
  25. rhinomilk

    rhinomilk Vintage

    Joined:
    Apr 9, 2006
    Messages:
    7,145
    Location:
    Bay Area
    Name:
    Cuntface
    Mad Baron Phosphorus
    but most releases are not exclusive & everyone has equal access. you also don't have to have your eyes glued to the computer everyday. anyways.. that's just my opinion. i don't think the way zollmen conducts their business sucks out the fun of collecting
     

Share This Page