New Gargamel Figs!

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  1. gazpacho

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    What lotto did I miss?
     
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    Looks like something you should be able to squeeze honey out of! Yum!
     
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    That Walking Killer with Randall... Absolutely amazing. I really hope we see more of this in the future.
     
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    that standard globby is just stupid but OMG, a saddled killer is beyond.... well, KILLER!
     
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    Stupid how? Just curious because I'm not seeing it...
     
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    These are beautiful Bwana! Stunning
     
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    All of the Spoon Family toys were painted by Kiyoka, @quentor, but he did make the characters look quite nice.

    Best toy giggle in ages:
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    Congrats, as always, to those that landed what they were looking for.
     
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    Completely missed this ... WOW ... those gid mecha zags :shock:. Congrats to all who scored.
     
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    I'm pretty surprised I hadn't noticed this before, and I'm sure this has been pointed out before, but the Globby head looks strikingly like the octopus from the old side-scrolling shooter Parodius Anyone know if that was an intended homage or whatever?

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    Edited to add another shot from the game. Insanity!

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    Congrats. I know you have a pretty great collection of Bwana/Gargamel stuff. When I saw all the Kiyoka painted Bwana stuff, I was hoping you'd get something from the batch.
     
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    Damn...all heaven breaks loose.
     
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    It does look pretty similar!
    ...but oh my, Maoi head spitting Maoi heads in front of a Maoi head planet. :lol: That is pure hilarity!
     
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    This is a great score! Can't wait to see when Bwana saddles him up on a killer!
     
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    I know, right! It was intended as a parody of the much more well known shooter Gradius (parody + Gradius = Parodius). I think the Maoi heads might have been the best bit. There was a time when I was emulating all of the better SNES shooters and this one was as good as most, but it was just incredibly silly.

    The round protruding "mouth" (along with the other similarities) of both characters would seem like more than coincidence, but I guess it's possible that this is just a stylistic way that octopuses (I just found out octopi is technically incorrect) are represented in Japan and Bwana was aware of that without knowing about the game. Dunno.
     
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    stupid as in stunningly 'stupid'❤️❤️❤️bwana n globby
     
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    such a fresh figure.. hoefully we will see an larger run in the coming months !
     
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    This photo needs to be on more pages.

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    I hate to do this but - Did you mean "Parodius"?

    EDIT: Just saw your follow-up post - never mind. :oops:
     
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    Oh, wow, didn't think we'd get closure on that one so quickly. Just for reference the first Parodius game came out in '88 (so, it is possible that the first Takoyaki he witnessed was actually from that video game. OK, so that's a bit of a stretch. What can I say? I want to believe). Also, if you Google 'Takoyaki' all the results are for an octopus-based snack dish, but if you search 'Takoyaki character' you will get several results with the little pink be-snouted octopus.

    No, no need for that particular emoticon! You're absolutely correct. Edited. I guess I got the name mixed up with Polybius , which I also misspelled, and a lot of people have probably heard about. But if not, is one of the greatest urban legends ever, about some kind of mind controlling video game developed by the CIA to experiment on kids or something.
     
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    Seriously! I came here to post this same picture. BIGTIME congrats to everyone who scored -- There is no shortage of sincerely great one-offs from this show. THIS guy right here, though, damn. I am so looking forward to the first run, and will not sleep on it. Gargamel really knows how to capture a sense of fun with their sculpts.
     
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    I've always wished that Gargamel would do a painted release of Randall. But this little guy above would definitely be on the wishlist too!

    Here's the painted version that Kiyoka did of Randall years ago, still my favorite:

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    Exactly, this duo reminds me of so many childhood playsets. Nostalgia and this set is awesome.
     
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    Damn. Those GID cyborgs. Fuck.
     

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