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    Re: karz works /kazumitsu akamatsu

    Considering these are Department H exclusives you might not want to know... ;)
     
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    Re: karz works /kazumitsu akamatsu

    Let me add my voice to the throng of hurrahs. I love the dark "unpainted" ones in the browns, blacks, and grays. I don't know about the Chicken Fever comparisons. I must admit I immediately thought of this...

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    Would love to see some Sludge Demons in those darker Karz Works colors.
     
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    Re: karz works /kazumitsu akamatsu

    actually these belong to skullheadbutt and not the karzworks line.
     
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    Re: karz works /kazumitsu akamatsu

    Would group well with some MVH for sure.
     
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    Re: karz works /kazumitsu akamatsu

    I loved the MonsterQ figures, but never really felt anything else from SkullheadButt until these. These are just plain awesome. I'd love to own a few, but the price on the couple I've come across was outrageous.
     
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    Re: karz works /kazumitsu akamatsu

    These are really great actually, and I am surprised I like them. I really dig the pulp sci-fi vibe, something I cold really see being made into a rubber suit on The Outer Limits, rather than the dark scariness. The ape especially calls to me.

    But, as has been said already here, something I would in all likelihood never own, so I will just enjoy them from the pics. Hopefully we can keep the hype/competition factor to a tolerable level and just all learn to appreciate them :mrgreen: Thanks for sharing these.
     
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    Re: karz works /kazumitsu akamatsu

    Yeah, love these, but the retail prices are way prohibitive for me, if not to say generally ridiculous.
     
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    Re: karz works /kazumitsu akamatsu

    As soon as I saw these I immediately thought of a crossover between neckface and some of the demons that inhabit the pages of kentaro miura's berserk!
     
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    Re: karz works /kazumitsu akamatsu

    really seens that they are taken from old and semi unknown sci-fi movies
     
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    Yeah, at least two of them are based off of Paul Blaisdell creatures. Mutant-X is the mutant from "The Day the World Ended" and Star-X is the alien from "It! The Terror From Beyond Space". The faces of Space-X and Zombiekong look so familiar but I can't place them.
     
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    Wow! Good looking out -- Spot on similarities. Thanks for the info.

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    I've always liked some of SHB's sculpts (namely Howaton and Tolueneman (another obvious sci-fi nod, this time to Metaluna monster)), but these sculpts are on another level. There's a couple more version on the kong body, "Last kongs."

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    Re: karz works /kazumitsu akamatsu

    Love that Robokong. Gotta go looking.
     
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    Re: karz works /kazumitsu akamatsu

    Thanks Banshee for the info, really enjoyed seeing where these monsters came from.
    The more I see and the more I'm excited, I'm really curious to feel the vinyl here, hoping it's a nice chunk of heavy sofubi.
    As much as I liked quite a few toys that have been released lately (i.e. Zollmen Zombies are pretty much on top of my recent fave lists) I find these mindblowing!
    Love the dark twist he's bought to these classic sci-fi monsters.
     
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    Re: karz works /kazumitsu akamatsu

    Alright- the Robot Monster homage changes everything for me- that one’s a must.
    Some day it will be mine…
     
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    Re: karz works /kazumitsu akamatsu

    When I first saw Star-X I thought of Neckface but again I now realize that Neckface may have also been thinking of IT when he first drew his alien :)
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    Re: karz works /kazumitsu akamatsu

    Its a bat bro, no alien. I hope we see more of this line though, I personally love it.
     
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    Yep, I get that, I just thought that it was stated as an alien where I found the shot - and just realized it was taken in 'Allen' st. :oops: :lol:
     
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    Re: karz works /kazumitsu akamatsu

    RoboKong and Sasquatch just shot up to my most wanted list. :shock:
    Where the HELL does one get one of these beasts!??!
     
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    I've seen this ape before but is this a new colourway to fit with the latest releases?
     
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    I thought that one was already released(The body is painted different).
     
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    Yeah, exactly. I remember a seeing a black ape somewhere on flickr but this seems to be a new colourway, a companion to this set. Looks great anyway!
     
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    I'm not super into the ape on it's own. I remember seeing it and was like (and still am) "meh" about it.
     
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    sigh...I would love to own this figure by Rich. (different colorway though or !!!unpainted!!!). too good to just not say anything. OK back to the topic at hand. figures look cool. I Like the head sculpts.
     

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