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vog_island
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Joined: Sun Feb 17, 2008 9:33 am Posts: 727 Location: Chicago, IL
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the nougaki & dream rocket is sweet. Any info on the little buddha guy with the bell? I like that one.
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khanate
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Joined: Wed Dec 20, 2006 10:19 pm Posts: 2190
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m3kcomp wrote: maxaltoman wrote: for the first time as well, retail on cronic limited releases are set at very high prices, almost doubling from usual. I'm actually happy about this for Naoki...bacause chances are the guys who bought these limted pieces are going to try to flip them...so Naoki deserves the money he charged for one of a kind or twofer pieces... Unfortunately the flipper prices for those have doubled as well.
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Zaaier
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Joined: Tue Apr 08, 2008 2:23 pm Posts: 1732 Location: belgium
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The buddha guy with the bell is very intruiging... also the sculpt on that octopus/lady thing is intense, any more info on both of these releases ?
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datadub
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Joined: Sun Dec 04, 2005 7:23 am Posts: 3599 Location: Tokyo!!!
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the buddha with the bell is a Tezuka Osamu character from Denboku, the Octopus sculpt is a from a 300 year-old japanese print. The sculpt is VERY detailed. The sculptor gleefully showed me a picture of what's going on under the strategically placed piece of fabric.
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miami
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Joined: Mon Feb 05, 2007 8:59 am Posts: 1335 Location: 33139 or 95437
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datadub wrote: Octopus sculpt is a from a 300 year-old japanese print. The sculpt is VERY detailed. The sculptor gleefully showed me a picture of what's going on under the strategically placed piece of fabric. I'm guessing it's some interspecies lovin'. I'd like to see that original print. Love this Inazuman side-by-side pic (all pics are from data's set) ... Along with the actual original figures, it'd be interesting to see all of the various makers' homages shown together - Inazuman as interpreted by RxH, Cronic, etc. - I'd be fascinated to see them displayed that way, I'm sure there are many pieces that I've never properly recognized as the homages they are.  Here's a new approach - We've always had paint variants, then Marnon brought us tongue variants, now here are (at least three) variants by cup size, and maybe another by buttage? (Not clear whether the second pic may show similar booty-breadth variants, from 'prepubescent narrow' to 'Wide Load' - ?) Thanks as always to data for these pics - I just wish I'd known that great Gabari was dropping! I have all the others, but if this one is an edition of 10-or-less ... well ... (Sigh.)  
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m3kcomp
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Joined: Wed Aug 08, 2007 11:56 am Posts: 2234 Location: Cloud 149
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khanate wrote: m3kcomp wrote: maxaltoman wrote: for the first time as well, retail on cronic limited releases are set at very high prices, almost doubling from usual. I'm actually happy about this for Naoki...bacause chances are the guys who bought these limted pieces are going to try to flip them...so Naoki deserves the money he charged for one of a kind or twofer pieces... Unfortunately the flipper prices for those have doubled as well. true...but if people don't pay those quadrupled prices...maybe the next round of HPs will actually go to the fans like you or me... change takes time...and it's been since the first Mav that Cronic's stuff gets bought up for resale...while Naoki made next to nothing on his own toys... I know you're in it for the long haul...and so am I...so let's sit this round out and let the flippers take the hit...(I say this after I just bought the Nougaki and Dorome for YJA prices)... I have an addiction. lorne
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vog_island
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Joined: Sun Feb 17, 2008 9:33 am Posts: 727 Location: Chicago, IL
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Hokusai did a number of octopus prints. There's even a Kaneto Shindo movie about it.
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dr_tongues_toys
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Joined: Wed Nov 30, 2005 9:50 am Posts: 2784 Location: P-town, city of bridges, Roses, whatever
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New version of the Dust monster - cool! Was that a proto or the actual color for the Vacuum guy?
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khanate
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Joined: Wed Dec 20, 2006 10:19 pm Posts: 2190
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m3kcomp wrote: khanate wrote: Unfortunately the flipper prices for those have doubled as well.
true...but if people don't pay those quadrupled prices...maybe the next round of HPs will actually go to the fans like you or me... change takes time...and it's been since the first Mav that Cronic's stuff gets bought up for resale...while Naoki made next to nothing on his own toys... I know you're in it for the long haul...and so am I...so let's sit this round out and let the flippers take the hit...(I say this after I just bought the Nougaki and Dorome for YJA prices)... I have an addiction. lorne Agreed but when you have idiots paying $600 for a one-off that was just released, the future looks bleak.
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VELOCITRON
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Joined: Wed Mar 19, 2008 6:49 pm Posts: 1437 Location: BURST CITY
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Saw the Green Zag in person today, and it's a keeper. Just like the orange one it looks way better in person than on the blog. Good thing they're cheap on YAJ! That Black End is also VERY impressive in person. An imposing hunk of vinyl if I've ever seen one. Can't vouch for the octogirl, though 
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