love it....so 'western' looking. LOLZ what strikes me as ironic tho..if this exact same piece had been designed by say...Sket 1 and released by KR all of you would hate hate hate it. thanks GOD BxH released it, so it will be loved.
I'm totally not into BxH stuff, but it does make me think, because I think MOST BxH looks pretty "Western" (not why I dislike it, just not my thing regardless of East or West) but then BxH gets so much love. Not saying anyone here is down w/BxH just for names sake (someone else will no doubt say that) but just playing devils advocate I guess. This is probably one of the cooler BxH things I've seen, btu again not my thaaaang.
Oh shit thats perfect. I guess the hunt is on. I don't suppose this is going to make it over to the US other than ebay?
i like this a lot, and honestly have nothing against any western pieces just because they are western. but after looking at it after painting, i'm not sure anymore. i don't know what it is. maybe i dont like the red mixed in with it? anyway, i'm not an eastern exclusive kind of guy. true, i sold off all my western toys except for franks favorite mcsupersized, but i'm into things for what they look like and just as importantly if they match other things they will sit beside i'm OCD like that i gotta work in themes like my wrasslin shelf!
Dont worry frank, I still hate it. what humors me, is the very 1st piece of Japanese "neo kaiju" is the companion piece to this... Kid Hunter, which looks VERY western.
I think I can argue my way out of this. It's loved cause it's an Eastern take on a Western figure. Completely conceived and produced in Japan. Yeah its smooth and bubbly so the Pushead types will hate it. To me, it has a Mr Potato head feel to it with seemingly snap-on eyebrows, nose and more. This seems original and fresh, with a slight edge, when compared to Sket-1's pirate and all the baggage associated with that. I still like some Fowler, Woodring, Biskup, and Jurevicius. I don't hate them. No matter how hard I try, it's not a black and white world. There are grey areas.
This is at the top of my "gotta get" list right now. It's amazing how much like the Kid Hunter it is considering the span between them.
werd. BxH is NOT neo kaiju and these figs relate to more of a love for ad figs than a western sensibility
I think this is the equivalent to Episode one to Kid Hunter's A New Hope. Hate to mix similies esp. Star Wars ones but I think its fitting. I think the sculpt is exceptionally not good.
