Awesome window!!!! They look so great all together. Did you take that photo? Are this for sale or just exhibition?

Via mori's twitter ...

whats this gots to do with gorilla ju?

the GJs come in three versions, the closed fist version as in the 2nd blue run and the open palm version in most other runs and the mixed hand (one fist and one palm) versions.
in this black run, there were 3 secret pieces, each a one-off which are the open palm versions. each has a one-off omake too. the "regular" versions are all closed fist. they come in two variations, each variation has a different omake.
i cannot comment of the run as i am looking for one too.

Can I ask a question about this Gorilla Ju? Can you only get this if you visit the CKA shop in Japan or win one for enormous sums of cash on YJA? I like the sculpt but I'm not shelling out 30000-40000 yen for one. Also how many versions of this have come out now? Seems like a bunch.

Definitely would love to find any info on this, i visited CKA last year hunting for one of these with no luck. It seems like there has been at least 10 different versions to date with different arm configurations between closed and open hands for each release. The red/yellow/green are easily my favourites but i would be happy with any version.

Can I ask a question about this Gorilla Ju? Can you only get this if you visit the CKA shop in Japan or win one for enormous sums of cash on YJA? I like the sculpt but I'm not shelling out 30000-40000 yen for one. Also how many versions of this have come out now? Seems like a bunch.

Maxaltoman and I walked up about 30 minutes late for the first release, which was announced on the CKA website, and there were 3 of the 5 for sale that day still available. The second time I scored was the red release which was held lottery style as more than 20 people showed up for the 5 up for sale. That time was also announced a few days in advance on the CKA website. In the past, The Bemon/2-headed Didactic/Gorilla-Ju figures have primarily been sold in limited numbers because the majority of the figures are either traded or sold to other toymakers/shop-owners/collectors, with the remaining 5 or so allotted to CKA to act as promotional-type sales to get people to go out of their way to visit the rural vintage toy shop. I have to admit that I've been lucky enough to score 2 Gorillas and a 2-headed Didactic at retail at the shop, however two years ago, I visited the shop literally every day for an entire Summer and did not score a thing. In fact, I know that Bemons were sold on a few occasions after I left the shop. Lately however, the few that are normally sold via CKA (after the normal guys get their pick) appear to be making their way to YJA, and in a much more lucrative fashion I might add. Now, this doesn't necessarily mean that Honda and Yoda have had a falling out, only this is how it's being done now. Also, the Medicom boss is an avid collector of these toys as well (Cromagnon on YJA); we had a nice chat with a few Medicom empolyees who were also waiting in line for the red Gorilla lottery release. Incidentally, the green Gorilla-Ju was released back in December and supposedly a pink one is set to be released any day now.

When you say that after leaving some Bemons had been sold do you think CKA sells certain toys only to Japanese collectors? More than anything I'm asking because of the rumors that have been circulating regarding Honda not appreciating the fact that Bemons were being bought by western collectors.

maybe he tried to trade a Labit