too much disney - too little bxh for my taste ...a little bid too cute.
but fxxking excited to get anyway.

Loving this! Perfect fusion of cute and cool.

Interesting toy. Heavy on the cartoon side of the tracks.

you are correct. i have the clear black kun and its made in japan marked on the foot.
several other kuns are also made in japan, notably the venom kun and the wedding kuns. most of these weren't for sale though.

bxh's made in china vinyls are indeed one of the better ones to come out of china. they continue to do a great job in ensuring their quality.

the only saving grace of the new kun for me though is its black.

love it but the chances of me scoring it are about -5%.

I am glad you pointed this out. All the Kaws kuns are made in Japan - and are far superior as a result. Also, the Melting kuns are made in Japan - again way superior. I had to get rid of that green web footed guy because he was the poorest of the lot IMO, big chunks of stuck together vinyl, but the older kuns still look good.

I have to wonder why BxH with their "all other toys suck" posture don't go for made in Japan more? Sure it would cost more, but the toys would be way better, and no doubt profit margins could still be met.

I'd imagine since hes been making toys for quite a while with Garageworks, and the OG its probably a case of "if it ain't broke don't fix it". Personally, I'm surprised at the level of excitement surrounding this release. To me it's a totally generic design. If it were western you'd all be ripping it to shreds like that Mickey Mario toy a couple weeks back. What was that quote from Frank K?

i think made in japan is a little bid overrated.

most of my japan made kuns have bigger production issues
from different sized arms (kaws kun), bellys grounding on feet (dx)
to bad stand (kaws kun & regular clear one).
dont have green frog kun, me never liked glossy head of kaws black/white kuns,
doesnt fit to matt head of matching brown one.

whereas most solid painted made in china kuns are ok same as
ahiru kun, sharks, hensley, julius or kid hunter.
have to admit capt. bounch tends to drop forewords -
better have a shark in front of him to prevent falling out of ikea billy.

I'm a big BXH fan but I'm not completely convinced with this new figure... I think I will get it anyways...

I think its dope, and I think referring to western is blasphemy. It takes the shape of the Kun like it should, meshed with a good old retro cartoon feel, where is the problem?. That mario toy was crap, just because the "artist" can give a long, drawn out, technical explanation still doesnt make his work good. Majority seems to be it simply sucked and didnt do anything for anyone. This, does things for fans of BxH and fans of the Kun character.

Hmm point taken... Gotta hand it to BxH they've got excellent brand loyalty and great marketing.

Eh not even sure about that brand loyalty or marketing. They dont seem to make lots of noise regarding that, they do what they want pretty much regardless of what people think. I love BxH and love the kun but i didnt care for the King Kun. But that doesnt mean they didnt do a perfect collab imo, im just not fan of Jarvis stuff. If you are familiar with the Kun character then it should make more sense..and if you are more angles might help to understand that..

You know the side angles definitely do show its "Kun-ness" a lot better. Personally I've never really cared for the majority of BxH's toys. I do however love the Julius and Kaibutsu Kun family and the House 33 collab, those are truly amazing toys but none of them are original sculpts. Even tho I generally dislike their toys BXH gets my utmost respect for being the originator.

Way to stir the pot Alife!

Its a simple formula for me:

JP Vinyl > Chinese Vinyl

ok then let me edit it to totally overrated!!! now what???

wondering why u would fall to this argument
that is usually abused by noobs justifying why they stopped collecting dummys
and now are hardcore jvinyl collectors.

honestly??? ...sure there is differences - no doubt - but really wouldnt want
most early solid bxh figs like hensley, ahiru kun or kid hunter in "soft vinyl"

rough figs for the hardcore soft vinyl for all others

have a good one

I have to agree that I like the matte Chinese-style vinyl better for these types of toys, though I'm sure Japan could do this kind of vinyl too. I want em to look like cheap-o vintage American advertising figures, not shiny Kaiju.

Anyway, it's nice to see a new original design out of BxH, this kind of cartoony toy is what they do best in my opinion.

I like everything BxH has made, some more than others. Kuns are the best, epecially the clloab with the Base. Those where the best ever! This one is okay and the Jarvis one is better IMHO.

Anyone get one?

My bad.

i spy a Fresh Meat

First rule of Skullbrain you DO NOT talk about Kn*nt. Dont advertise flippers
Welcome to the boards.

Who u calling Fresh Meat Fresh Meat by errr 2 days

Watch Toypunks if u don't belive i LOVE Jp vinyl

To me its not an argument - it just IS

Up @ SOS:
http://www.spanofsunset.com/store/html/814.html

this toy is awesome... as they say... don't sleep

toy is great. either BXH raised their prices or span is checkin ebay prices..seems too high

they said the shipping costs were a lot. which i understand, but it still seems a tad excessive. either way, its still a great toy and i dont mind the price.