You have to wonder when those Gold Lame rejects might show up again, either painted over, or rub finished....

I like how this gold chaos is starting to develop an official name "WTF Chaos, f*ckin Lame!!"

whatever on the gold Chaos.... I was literally in back of the last guy to get one at SF.

I'm just stoked that some of the releases coming out now are really cool. Just picked up the yellow headed-mutant head today. That Brown Chaos fighter and the awesome mini pink Evil. all three are awesome in hand IMO. Especially the mini pink Evil. I think it's the best one so far.

I'm liking the Mandarake Devilman set as well. Got one close to US retail on YJA today. Looking forward to the new blue Evil and Bigaro too. so RxH life is not bad. Definitely not dead. Keep 'em coming.

That's why I'm saying Mori has been releasing smaller runs lately.
It keeps the hardcore RxH fans interested.

Pretty sure the GID Jyarinco Chaos mini was available in the states. I got one...

I think a lot of people had their orders refunded because the supply didn't meet the demand.

that would be my guess as well, even to me it seemed like only very few sold @ sf.
as it obviously wasnt easy to paint these and with one half being thrashed in
possibly a fig a lot of "friends" wanted beforehand.
anyway with so many stuff sold in ´08 this is my favorite fig as its still being
discussed and not forgotten in a week...

I think this goes beyond the figure being hard to paint and (possibly) has more to do with Mori's painter losing his eyesight.

Seems this may also be the reason for the poor paint jobs on other recent RxH figures like the mini Jarinko Chaos. I saw what I'm assuming were master samples at Shinto Gangu and Ichibanboshi and was blown away by how much better they are compared with the production figure I received.

Kind of a tricky situation since word is there aren't many people out there able or willing to do this kind of work.

Somebody get LASH some Japanese lessons and a plane ticket!

I'd do it--only I've never painted a vinyl figure in my life.

Sucks to hear about Mori's painter losing his eyesight. It's a surprise that there doesn't seem to be any new blood.

I'd go to Japan to be a painter

lol, thats what I'm taking about !

I really miss painting RxH, but the days of me painting them are all but nill. In a trade my wants are worth much more worth than my customs are. That with the so much other going on leaves me no time to paint for myself anymore. I have been chasing a production run with RxH for so long now its just plain stupid, and I pretty much gave up hope. Thankfully other companies are interested in me

Sucks that his painter lost his eye sight ,but maybe this will let Mori open his door to letting other painters paint for him.

sell your two headed Bemons and you're set.

The only problem with this plan is you only make $2-5 per toy (occasional up to $10) and that includes the cost of paint. So you will need to paint a lot of toys to keep from starving to death.

wow, no wonder it's a dying art.

If I had the skills, I'd still do it--but I'd have to grab a job at McDonalds or something (pay rent + free food). ..and I hate McDonalds. dat's love.

That would probably get old after a year tho.

I wonder how Gargamel does it? they seem to be cranking out the goods. (god, what a great toy company)

literally. not only do you starve because of the pay...but you get the wonderful fumes from v-color as well.

so it's a deadly art then teach me!

Just as a FYI, from what I've heard, other sofubi makers work with different painters (or paint the toys themselves or in house, like Gargamel) so I don't think this is an "industry wide" problem.

that is correct. I think Mori originally used this guy because he was cheaper. There are lots of people who paint toys.

Okay, now your just killing my dream !

Rich, I think you need to take a trip to Japan. It's a real eye opener. The things we do that we think are special are not really that special if everyone does it. Im not downplaying our talents but it seemed like everyone I met was skilled in the Kaiju game. Whether it was painting, sculpting or drawing, it just seemed the norm for everyone to be exceptionally talented. Much love and respect to the people I met.

Not really had chance to meet or talk in any depth with the guys involved but they all seem to genuinely enjoy their work and take immense pride in whatever aspect they are involved in (no matter what level of production) . . . rather than the 'bash it out for the paycheck at the end of the week' attitude that seems more prevalent in most other societies manufacturing.