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Dean
Prototype
Joined: Sun Feb 18, 2007 9:53 pm Posts: 6232 Location: 415
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SuperRad Toys x Mr. Cartoon x Estevan Oriol "Lost Angel"
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Muttpop x Kozik Tequila - "El Brujo Narco Satanico"
also a whole bunch of Mars-1's "Invisible Plan" mini figures.
Although I mostly hate Du.nnys and won't be buying any more, I liked the Azteca series for its cultural richness and agree that the Beast Bros. Quetzalcoatl was very cool. Perhaps in part because it doesn't look like a Du.nny.
Long story short, re-animated love of kaiju has almost completely killed my interest in Western art toys. I'll pay attention to what SuperRad, Muttpop, Kozik, and Mars-1 are doing, but that's about it unless something exceptionally interesting comes along.
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Wed Apr 04, 2007 11:12 am |
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meary
Addicted
Joined: Tue Apr 04, 2006 10:40 am Posts: 926 Location: Los Angeles/San Diego
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Pogue wrote: The toys are more important than the people that make them.
Thats true for most of the toys collected around here, but I dont think its really an East/West thing. What Touma and Itokin Park are doing is a lot closer to what someone like Biskup or Ledbetter is doing than what Secret Base and Gargamel are doing. Then there are western companies like UNKL or Muttpop that seem more similar to Japanese brands than artist-based toys (not in style of course, but they're marked as brands more than as artists). I guess I see it as a distinction between brands vs artists more than east vs west.
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Wed Apr 04, 2007 11:33 am |
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peppsee
Toy Prince
Joined: Mon Mar 20, 2006 11:33 am Posts: 287 Location: central coast cali
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Kozik ningyo project xclsive from 3D retro...
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Wed Apr 04, 2007 11:35 am |
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young,black&angry
Fresh Meat
Joined: Thu Feb 09, 2006 10:51 pm Posts: 95
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rhino...i meant it when i said i didn't think you were hating. all good!
audio: Wah!
Quote: I still really wish there was an ignore feature on here.
Do you EVER quit whining? Pull your panties up and act like a big boy for a change.
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Wed Apr 04, 2007 7:57 pm |
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Dean
Prototype
Joined: Sun Feb 18, 2007 9:53 pm Posts: 6232 Location: 415
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I forgot to mention that Bwana Spoons is always interesting to watch too, but y'all knew that.  "Purple Nights" Steven the Bat is one of my favorite Western toys. I recently posted to the KR board that it amazed me that it hasn't sold out yet. It has so much more character than some of the vinyl that the KR folks go nuts for. I just don't understand why Steven isn't as popular as, say, JLed's Teeters. Maybe 'cause many of the people hoarding JLed figures intend to resell them for profit? I dunno. The fad factor is mercurial.
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Thu Apr 05, 2007 10:56 am |
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abelincolnjr
S7 Royalty
Joined: Sat Dec 02, 2006 6:46 pm Posts: 3200 Location: Brooklyn, NY
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Can't wait for Alber the Gator too. Those handpainted Albert at dragons of the west are sick. Side Note: If you got Pencil Fight 3, I got a page in it! Score 
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Thu Apr 05, 2007 2:30 pm |
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audiodifficulties
S7 Royalty
Joined: Sun Oct 16, 2005 6:51 pm Posts: 3948 Location: a font of negativity
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young,black&angry wrote: rhino...i meant it when i said i didn't think you were hating. all good! audio: Wah! Quote: I still really wish there was an ignore feature on here.
Do you EVER quit whining? Pull your panties up and act like a big boy for a change.
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Thu Apr 05, 2007 2:36 pm |
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jhoo04
Fresh Meat
Joined: Thu Feb 01, 2007 5:06 pm Posts: 57 Location: Toronto and a little bit of San Fran.....
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I am actually also awaiting Brian Taylor's Candykiller, its one of the few western vinyl pieces I am still eagerly anticipating.......
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Fri Apr 06, 2007 1:26 pm |
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abelincolnjr
S7 Royalty
Joined: Sat Dec 02, 2006 6:46 pm Posts: 3200 Location: Brooklyn, NY
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Super Rad Toys are great, I have a blank Ningyo and its really something. The daleks are good but Plastic Gods Ningyo is unbelievable
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Fri Apr 06, 2007 1:31 pm |
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liquidsky
Vintage
Joined: Sat Dec 17, 2005 2:54 pm Posts: 7412 Location: Far From the Maddening Crowds
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young,black&angry wrote: rhino...i meant it when i said i didn't think you were hating. all good! audio: Wah! Quote: I still really wish there was an ignore feature on here.
Do you EVER quit whining? Pull your panties up and act like a big boy for a change.
young,black&angry, are you really young, black and angry?
What's with the racial screen name. Just curious...
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Fri Apr 06, 2007 1:50 pm |
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yiminy
Toy Prince
Joined: Fri Nov 11, 2005 7:53 pm Posts: 430
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Just got the Plassebo from Bob Conge. I love Egyptian stuff, plus I'm a freak-o-phile and a horror buff. This toy hits all of those point for sure. The production values are very good and the wash finish really sets it off.
Oh, and liquidsky - YB&A is the CP guy, just so you know.
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Fri Apr 06, 2007 1:50 pm |
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Parka
S7 Royalty
Joined: Mon Dec 05, 2005 3:14 pm Posts: 3106 Location: Oop North, UK
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yiminy wrote: Oh, and liquidsky - YB&A is the CP guy, just so you know.
Really?
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Fri Apr 06, 2007 2:48 pm |
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locomoto566
Super Deformed
Joined: Sun Jan 01, 2006 3:00 pm Posts: 5466 Location: right behind you
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yiminy wrote: Oh, and liquidsky - YB&A is the CP guy, just so you know.
and he's neither young or black. Angry on the other hand. . .
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Fri Apr 06, 2007 2:57 pm |
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dr0ss
Toy Prince
Joined: Thu Nov 02, 2006 1:35 am Posts: 395 Location: Los Angeles
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Pony Falcone. It isn't vinyl though.
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Fri Apr 06, 2007 3:27 pm |
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young,black&angry
Fresh Meat
Joined: Thu Feb 09, 2006 10:51 pm Posts: 95
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racial? take it to the low blows.
loco - at least i'm not ugly.
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Sat Apr 07, 2007 9:12 am |
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chris
Addicted
Joined: Sun Dec 04, 2005 1:38 pm Posts: 597 Location: Tx
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young,black&angry wrote: at least i'm not ugly.
No, but both your faces together are.
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Sat Apr 07, 2007 10:02 am |
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tavaro
S7 Royalty
Joined: Tue Jan 30, 2007 1:25 pm Posts: 3165 Location: L.A.
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Burgerbuns... or was that a sex toy?!?!

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Sat Apr 07, 2007 10:33 am |
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grandsilencer
Fresh Meat
Joined: Mon Jul 24, 2006 8:28 pm Posts: 77 Location: Melbourne AU
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This one appealed to me  Got to love the removable Brain.

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Sun Apr 08, 2007 5:56 am |
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bannedindc
S7 Royalty
Joined: Mon Jul 31, 2006 3:37 pm Posts: 3435 Location: super 7 country
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1.In my humble opinion ..I think that the mister cartoon figure is the dumbest thing out there. I literally feel embarassed everytime I see it.
2. Although I really dont let the area of the world dictate what I buy.. Like most people on here I tend to always lean towards JP. more often without even knowing if is or not. I think this is for a variety of reasons and everybodys are different. I think alot peoples stem back to childhood..
3. take skullpirates/kawsxpushead comp/frankenghosts Jp or western? would anyone really consider these western?... I really think pushead and s7 blur the lines in this category more then anyone..
I think westernvsJP argument comes down to a style more than a region, I think people use the region terms for lack of better/defined words.
4.YB&A is a fine upstanding gentleman.
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Sun Apr 08, 2007 6:29 am |
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M500
Toy Prince
Joined: Mon May 01, 2006 6:45 pm Posts: 287 Location: SIX ZERO SIX
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what happens when absolutely NOTHING looks appealing anymore?
just got Bwana's whale and it is unbvelievable... might be my favorite ever.
but everything else is starting look like everything else..
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Sun Apr 08, 2007 7:17 am |
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rotokirby
Toy Prince
Joined: Fri Jun 23, 2006 2:54 pm Posts: 240
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liquidsky wrote: Not to pick on Roto, but I look at their store page and there's 66 Western items listed. Everything seems lame ...
Ouch. 
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Sun Apr 08, 2007 10:34 pm |
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toybotstudios
Die-Cast
Joined: Sat Jul 01, 2006 11:40 pm Posts: 8096
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just got these:
nothing is cooler than a monkey in a suit with a gun behind his back.
errr, except for SB, RxH, Gargamel, etc, etc...
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rhinomilk
Vintage
Joined: Sun Apr 09, 2006 4:15 pm Posts: 7136 Location: Bay Area
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toybotstudios wrote: just got these:  nothing is cooler than a monkey in a suit with a gun behind his back. errr, except for SB, RxH, Gargamel, etc, etc...
sweet.. i didn't know they had more of those. did they just come out?
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Sun Apr 08, 2007 11:02 pm |
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toybotstudios
Die-Cast
Joined: Sat Jul 01, 2006 11:40 pm Posts: 8096
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Sun Apr 08, 2007 11:18 pm |
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tavaro
S7 Royalty
Joined: Tue Jan 30, 2007 1:25 pm Posts: 3165 Location: L.A.
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Im kinda linking this monkey dictator too.
bullet holes and all. 
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