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Re: karz works /kazumitsu akamatsu

Mon Mar 05, 2012 7:11 am

LamourSupreme wrote:What does a guy have to do to collaborate with this guy? Hahaha

Considering these are Department H exclusives you might not want to know... ;)

Re: karz works /kazumitsu akamatsu

Mon Mar 05, 2012 7:13 am

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Re: karz works /kazumitsu akamatsu

Mon Mar 05, 2012 7:56 am

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.

Re: karz works /kazumitsu akamatsu

Mon Mar 05, 2012 8:03 am

plastichunter wrote:.... in those darker Karz Works colors.

actually these belong to skullheadbutt and not the karzworks line.

Re: karz works /kazumitsu akamatsu

Mon Mar 05, 2012 8:28 am

Would group well with some MVH for sure.

Re: karz works /kazumitsu akamatsu

Mon Mar 05, 2012 8:44 am

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.

Re: karz works /kazumitsu akamatsu

Mon Mar 05, 2012 8:52 am

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.

Re: karz works /kazumitsu akamatsu

Mon Mar 05, 2012 8:55 am

Yeah, love these, but the retail prices are way prohibitive for me, if not to say generally ridiculous.

Re: karz works /kazumitsu akamatsu

Mon Mar 05, 2012 8:58 am

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!

Re: karz works /kazumitsu akamatsu

Mon Mar 05, 2012 2:27 pm

really seens that they are taken from old and semi unknown sci-fi movies

Re: karz works /kazumitsu akamatsu

Tue Mar 06, 2012 12:19 am

M.A.R.T.A wrote:really seens that they are taken from old and semi unknown sci-fi movies

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.

Re: karz works /kazumitsu akamatsu

Tue Mar 06, 2012 11:45 pm

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."

Space Sasquatch:
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Robokong:
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Re: karz works /kazumitsu akamatsu

Tue Mar 06, 2012 11:58 pm

Love that Robokong. Gotta go looking.

Re: karz works /kazumitsu akamatsu

Wed Mar 07, 2012 3:51 am

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.

Re: karz works /kazumitsu akamatsu

Wed Mar 07, 2012 6:54 am

Alright- the Robot Monster homage changes everything for me- that one’s a must.
Some day it will be mine…

Re: karz works /kazumitsu akamatsu

Wed Mar 07, 2012 7:27 am

bansheebot wrote:Robokong:
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Re: karz works /kazumitsu akamatsu

Wed Mar 07, 2012 7:40 am

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

Wed Mar 07, 2012 7:55 am

RudeBeast wrote: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 :)


Its a bat bro, no alien. I hope we see more of this line though, I personally love it.

Re: karz works /kazumitsu akamatsu

Wed Mar 07, 2012 8:09 am

leucotomy wrote:
RudeBeast wrote: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 :)

Its a bat bro, no alien. I hope we see more of this line though, I personally love it.

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:

Re: karz works /kazumitsu akamatsu

Wed Mar 07, 2012 8:49 am

RoboKong and Sasquatch just shot up to my most wanted list. :shock:
Where the HELL does one get one of these beasts!??!

Re: karz works /kazumitsu akamatsu

Thu Mar 08, 2012 2:11 am

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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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Re: karz works /kazumitsu akamatsu

Thu Mar 08, 2012 6:47 am

I thought that one was already released(The body is painted different).

Re: karz works /kazumitsu akamatsu

Thu Mar 08, 2012 6:55 am

phantomfauna wrote:I thought that one was already released(The body is painted different).

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!

Re: karz works /kazumitsu akamatsu

Thu Mar 08, 2012 7:02 am

I'm not super into the ape on it's own. I remember seeing it and was like (and still am) "meh" about it.

Re: karz works /kazumitsu akamatsu

Thu Mar 08, 2012 7:21 am

plastichunter wrote: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.


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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