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Nuts. I thought I'd have more time but got pulled away by work stuff...

Maybe for the fifth year anniversary they'll do a dissected...


Thu Jun 05, 2008 9:22 am
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Try and find a 99 mono without splotches, its doable (I have one) but really tough. They discolour over time.

If they do black I'll be gunning for it but a $3,000 mono thats apt to get yellow splotches over time... nah.

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Thu Jun 05, 2008 9:36 am
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Its cuz of that soft vinyl they use....its so porous. Its like an air sponge, just sucks up scents and anything floating by. 3000 for a 4 ft air sponge? nah i'll pass.

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Wow. Didn't expect it to go so quickly. The opportunity was there. But if I were to drop that amount I'd rather have Brown or Black.

Yeah I'm shocked they went THAT fast also, not like the last release...I like the other colors way more also. There will definitely be some of these on ebay and i'm willing to bet that we'll see them for around retail in a month or so. But maybe not considering the 5yls go for 1100-1500, so this isn't that bad of a deal. Price went up also. They were 2759 or something shipped last time.


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Funny you should say that, because the Nexus wood Be@rbrick doesn't go for more than retail now either. Surprised too since its such a fantastic piece all the way and I love it.

AND it's wood, not soft vinyl so it isn't a sponge and it's got longevity baby....


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If i were ever to buy a kaws piece i think it would be a wooden bearbrick....I have a couple of bearbricks 400% already(Giger, English), and i love them. They seem like more of a blank canvas to me than other toy mediums. i find artists are able to express themselves on them a little more...distinctively than say a [expletive deleted].

ahaha toy2r product names are expletives? classic.

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Love the wooden be@rbricks.

Which does everyone like more the earlier light colored one or the newer dark Nexus one.

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The original Wood Bearbrick is awesome! Probably my favorite after my Chums. It's so classy looking. Didn't really care for the Nexus one.

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I think they're both exquisite, but for 1/2 the price I'll take the Nexus :)

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Thu Jun 05, 2008 3:53 pm
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i saw it in the OF store, i preferred to first one. still amazing though. dude in there said 'even i can't afford that on an originalfake pay cheque!'

ps i'm amazed it sold out so fast.

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I guess it speaks to KAWS' still-rising popularity. Plus, the 5YL Companion is the purdyest vinyl sculpt out there in my humble opinion.

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The OF website has pics up of the Dissected Companion. Not sure if that means theres new T's with images of the figure on it. Maybe a new vinyl release of the figure?


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The OF website has pics up of the Dissected Companion. Not sure if that means theres new T's with images of the figure on it. Maybe a new vinyl release of the figure?


Interesting! Has he ever done tees with photos of vinyl on them? I think all the tees I've seen have reproduced either drawings or other 'flat' work, I don't remember any with pics of the toys. So maybe this is gonna be new vinyl - 4-foot Dissected? (I'd've expected the black 4-foot 5YL first, though).


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There is a shop here in Boston that sells OF stuff now and they had a few tees with photos on them the last time I was in there.
Ridiculously overpriced of course, but they were there.

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I remember shots of a t featuring a photo of a clear chum and another with a black original companion (?) on the OF site before it changed over to the newest releases...

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Four footer has hit the place that will not be named.


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At the prices I'm seeing, I'm thinking about doing an evil thing. I believe that museum professionals call it "de-acquisitioning". Here, we refer to it as flipping. I could pretty much get my house rewired for 4 pieces. That's just crazy.

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