Something bemon-related I thought people might be interested in.

Scumbags and Superstars are doing Bemon pins! Limited to 100 each.

Ummm, yeah. But no.

^^
Agreed

These are fucking abominable.

So stealing other peoples' intellectual property is cool now? Or did they actually manage to contact Sir Bemon and get his approval?

Not sure if I would consider this Bemon's IP but fuck this shit anyway.

it's all the rave now, pins = stealing other peoples' intellectual property

Certainly not stealing Bemon's IP....this is clearly modeled off the cover of the old magazine which is what Bemon did.

This is no worse than the Yabanjins that everyone raves about here. Despite the fact the "poor man's Bemon" is selling for more than the the original 2HB's on Mandarake now. With much less quality and care put into making them than Bemon products. Those ripoffs are alright somehow....

Not defending S&S, I know the history on the board. And I could care less about Yabanjins, the situation is much akin to Target Earth or any other pachi kaiju maker. But the hypocrisy makes zero sense.

They are just plain fucking ugly. Chibi 2HB? Uhh FUCK NO.

At least they're limited edition.

Tempted to post a link to the S&S saga, but what's the point.

I've always wondered, is it pointy-ass rings, or pointy ASS rings? The emphasis makes all the difference.

^ Separate but equal? Plenty of room on this crazy blue marble for both.

This discussion made me want to brush up on my two-headed giant history. I don't know if it exists elsewhere on here, so for people that might not know (there seems to be just a few in this discussion... knowledge is power, etc. etc.):

The two-headed giant is from Jack the Giant Killer, a story that was first published in 1711. The most famous rendition of this story came in 1962, when UA made a film of the same name that utilized the stop-motion animations of Wah Chang, Gene Warren and Jim Danforth (colleague of Harryhausen's). In 1968, Famous Monsters of Filmland published a rendition of the two headed giant on its cover, drawn by Ron Cobb. That is where Bemon's rendition of the two headed beast comes from.

So...

tl;dr
This is Bemon's grandpa:


This is Bemon's millennial nephew:

I got a pretty good kick out of people calling Sx Toy's Yabanjin a "bootleg Bemon" when Bemon's toy is derived(not bootlegged) from the Famous Monsters cover. Personally, I like the Yabanjin proportions and overall sculpt more, but I really do enjoy that Bemon's sculpt looks like it was used in stop motion animation. If neither were so damned expensive(Yabanjin now retailing for a ridiculous $600), I'd love to have one of both, but that ain't happenin'. Those pins look okay, though. Kinda remind me of something you'd get in a box of cereal.

everything is copy

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mmm...

Fucking pass

Pins look OK . . . it's the banned Mishka clone, toy god wannabe, hipster cliche that should be limited.

I heard Greg kicked him to the curb already

We shouldn't even be talking about this shit in a Bemon thread, show some respect...