.. and BOOM here it is...




The long awaited Collaboration figure from Real x Head and Mad Barbarians - Mad Head - is finally revealed. This is the Pearl Green version that will be offered in the next Kai-Zine.

I liked how they invoked the D unny in the 2nd one, to try to trick you into liking them.

(disclaimer: I love them, the bad toys you dont speak of here, that is)

you think ??

I see an westernized evil and head. The clown hands kill it for me

I tihnk it looks like a Mad Barbarrian design myself. but it does qualify as "Japanese Vinyl" its got everything:

japanese company
japanese designer
japanese origin
for the japanese market

I think just cuz Mad B's have done a Western vinyl before, and thats what we've seen first, our context is that they are "Western" designers.
I kind of like it just cuz it fucks with "purist" western collector's (of Jvinyl) definitions.
The designs are imho good too

Don,

Any other RxH surprises from SF 44? Pics?

I like them alot because you can see Mori's influence in the characters. They are cartoony but I just think that adds to the flavor.

Look in the Japan section. He posted flickr shots.

the sculpt is pretty genius.. a tricky concept pulled off very well I think..

I'm digging them, but we'll see w/paint. I don't know who or what these Mad toys are, and the clowny-ness of the hands don't bug me too much. Barbarians sell me though.

Data, the real question is: was that green splatter Chaos released or just to tease or a off or what?

'Them' seems to be an 'it' . . . from the looks of the pics posted only the last one (2 posts above this) is the actual figure. The original 2 pics are just photoshopped images featuring flipped halves of each half of the sculpt (check the dude 'mirrored' in the background) . . . confused! (

i was just getting ready to type that

the only real looking pic is the third one. the first 2 are photoshopped

Good eye !!

Okay I see now its one figure

Still not to crazy about him.

I really liked the first photo-shopped pic the most. I LOVE the pearl green though, and I'd like teh figure more without the huge lopsided psychobilly quiff. But overall - I am digging it.

One thing, his left hand looks identical to the hands on the Madtoyz madskulls form a few years back - I guess its a clown glove thing that they both have going on.

Oh yeah: thanks for posting the pics, especailly teh 'shopped teaser ones. I look forward to those pics appearing in soeone wants list n teh not too distant future

HA, In that first pic I thought the guy in the backgrounds wallet chain was an earing on it! Didn't catch the mirror work. I wouldn't grab this unpainted, but I think I'd be in for a painted one. I kinda like it, it's fun and stupid and it's all toys anyway.

Question ???

Does Mori do his own sculpting ??

Maybe I'll change my mind but I'm not feeling these at all,ok maybe the 1st one alittle bit,but I can't stand tha feet on these or tha hands..

not feelin 'em...

mori occasionally sculpts - chaos & Jinja R are his. but this figure was done by some one else.

the green Chaos man is also a kai Zine release.

crap........that means none at S7 correct?

Don, when is it being release by kai Zine?

when the next issue comes out there will be ordering info.
current target date for the magazine is 10/13

I would need to see it painted as the blank Jinja R didn't do much for me.
But after it was painted, I appreciated it more.

I think we will see a few no-paints before the full paint version - apparently the masks for this sucker will be quite intense. The sculpt is pretty intense so I recommend everybody buy 1 or 2 to help build momentum Mad Barbs will be releasing a pink pearl version quite soon as well.

there are pictures of the pink version up on my lame ass Blog Post

http://fig-lab.com/blog/2007/10/madheadbarbariman.html

I like the pink WAY more. Still want some paint, but the pink is cool unpainted.

its pretty cool... still not sure about it,
but that pink version does way more for me than the green.