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Autodactyl
Toy Prince
Joined: Tue Sep 11, 2007 1:42 am Posts: 496 Location: Berkeley, CA
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 Chou Chou
Looks cool, but for fuck's sake, can we stop exploiting the word "kaiju"? 
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pickleloaf
Super Deformed
Joined: Wed Apr 11, 2007 5:19 pm Posts: 5861 Location: durham/chapel hill
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 Re: Chou Chou
is does look to be a strange beast!
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cornbluth
Line of Credit
Joined: Sun Dec 04, 2005 1:18 pm Posts: 1739 Location: we love it
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 Re: Chou Chou
new baseman fig?
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Autodactyl
Toy Prince
Joined: Tue Sep 11, 2007 1:42 am Posts: 496 Location: Berkeley, CA
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 Re: Chou Chou
cornbluth wrote: new baseman fig? Yup. Supposed to be part of the KFGU series I think, thus my initial reaction.
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JORDAN23
Post Pimp
Joined: Mon Jun 19, 2006 4:45 pm Posts: 2711 Location: Pasadena, CA
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 Re: Chou Chou
I like it. At least it isn't an attempt at Kaiju. Can't blame him for using Japanese quality.
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Autodactyl
Toy Prince
Joined: Tue Sep 11, 2007 1:42 am Posts: 496 Location: Berkeley, CA
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 Re: Chou Chou
Yeah, I like it too. But I just wish it wasn't part of the KFGU line.
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akum6n
Prototype
Joined: Sat Nov 04, 2006 12:03 am Posts: 6162 Location: Shima
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Autodactyl wrote: Yeah, I like it too. But I just wish it wasn't part of the KFGU line. KFGU = western toys made in Japan. It might have been kaiju-related back when Kozik and Horvath were the main contributors, but that was a long time ago.
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Autodactyl
Toy Prince
Joined: Tue Sep 11, 2007 1:42 am Posts: 496 Location: Berkeley, CA
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Fair enough. I never really considered KFGU kaiju.
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bryce_r
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Joined: Wed Aug 15, 2007 10:57 am Posts: 7991 Location: SanJose
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 Re: Chou Chou
It just looks like baseman to me which isn't bad but I'm not a fan of his translation to toys.
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el word
Comment King
Joined: Sun Mar 12, 2006 6:20 pm Posts: 1295 Location: Seattle, WA
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 Re: Chou Chou
I want.
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Winu
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Joined: Mon Jun 25, 2007 12:49 am Posts: 3578 Location: San Diego, CA
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I really like this toy, I however do not see it as Kaiju. 
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Grizlli
S7 Royalty
Joined: Fri Oct 19, 2007 8:41 pm Posts: 3177
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 Re: Chou Chou
sweeeeet, still loving this...im just worried about the other 10000 colorways there release
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eLOCO
Addicted
Joined: Sat Jun 21, 2008 11:49 am Posts: 980 Location: JP Vinyl Kindergarten
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reminds me of those old sock monkeys.  
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plover
S7 Royalty
Joined: Sat Mar 04, 2006 11:34 am Posts: 3086 Location: Canada
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I'd like it better if it worked like those old Ooze-it toys. 
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andy
Mini Boss
Joined: Wed Feb 22, 2006 10:09 am Posts: 4807 Location: Kaiju Korner
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 Re: Chou Chou
"Chou chou" means "stinky" in Mandarin. Maybe he picked the word up when he was in Taiwan last year, eating chou tofu or something...
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VELOCITRON
Comment King
Joined: Wed Mar 19, 2008 6:49 pm Posts: 1437 Location: BURST CITY
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 Re: Chou Chou
I'm not really a Wonderwall fan on the best of days, but this sculpt just doesn't look like it maintains the feel of the painted version. The nose is too round, the muzzle is too small, the head is too round, the mouth is too wide and the arms taper too much. I don't really like the neck joint or the angle the head meets at either.
Maybe it's just me. I'm sure Baseman had final say in the sculpt's approval and if it's OK by him who am I to say? But I just feel that with "simple" designs everything has to be dead-on or it comes off looking cheap.
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Joe
Site Admin
Joined: Mon Dec 17, 2007 2:55 pm Posts: 12318
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 Re: Chou Chou
andy wrote: "Chou chou" means "stinky" in Mandarin. Maybe he picked the word up when he was in Taiwan last year, eating chou tofu or something... Lol. I wonder if that' sthe case. Was trying to figure out the hell chou chou was.
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JORDAN23
Post Pimp
Joined: Mon Jun 19, 2006 4:45 pm Posts: 2711 Location: Pasadena, CA
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Zaaier
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Joined: Tue Apr 08, 2008 2:23 pm Posts: 1732 Location: belgium
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 Re: Chou Chou
I'd have to see this from up close in the flesh to judge it. Curious what color schemes they'll use for the future 'Stinky' versions.
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