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 Tomohiro Yasui's Kami Robo figures 
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The MoMA is having a show on Japanese Culture and they've got paper repros of Tomohiro Yasui's Kami Robo Figures for sale http://www.momastore.org/museum/moma/ProductDisplay_Kami%20Robo%20Paper%20Robots_10451_10001_47791_-1_11480_11481____72848. The originals are fucking dope as they're DIY Wrestling Robots hes made out of paper wire and whatnot. Each one has a name and a background story and apparently hes done about 400 of these guys since 1982.

There's a book too but its on backorder...

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he looks like hes got anus hands.

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awesome!

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WOW :shock: :shock: :shock:

That is fantasmagorical! is there a Japanese equivalent for Luca Libre???


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Weren't these things at SDCC last year?


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Ooh, interesting.
Thanks for the info and link.

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MarkQ wrote:
WOW :shock: :shock: :shock:

That is fantasmagorical! is there a Japanese equivalent for Luca Libre???


Actually there are a bunch of fans of Puroresu (Japanese Wrestling) on here. Basically theres a strong tie between the Luchadors of Mexico and the Japanese wrestlers.

Peep his site:
http://www.kami-robo.com/index_en.html
The videos are amazing!
http://youtube.com/watch?v=mk35h_Q8OjQ

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Locomoco wrote:
Weren't these things at SDCC last year?


right across from TT's booth...I had the sound of the announcer in my head every night as I left the Con...screaming about which robot was kicking ass...

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I love his kami robo figures..he fights with them live it's pretty cool how well they can move like people
heres a cool link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5_huUi89HE


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Good grief, I thought Mad was doing robots now.

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Thanks for the links and info abelincolnjr!

now I have found yet another cross cultural phenom to obsess over :lol:


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