anybody have the size specs on these? just picked up this one because i missed out on a blank preorder. either way im excited, this is my favorite of the B-oozelegs

I wasn't a big fan of the color or paint either I would have liked to see another color or 2 used. But it's a nice sculpt.

I really like the green. Don't own one, but I wish I did

This is for NYCC but does anyone know how much they retail for?

No word yet, I don't think. They are charming, though.

Id love to get the silver on the right, its great with the silver. Im a sucker for using actual metal colors, meaning silver and gold instead of regular colors turned metallic.

Nice! George Meliese (SP) Trip To the Moon!

Not sure where the robot bug is from.

Chase that wagon.

^ indeed


i have to say i like target earth's regular craterman over longneck's, but i prefer longneck's moon guy over this one

Even if I get why he sculpted the cosmos aliens I can't absolutely get why he ripped the moon too... The moon doesn't have a "showa smell" either, witch is supposed to be his trademark as TE.
Is he trying to copy every successful character to show everyone that he's a better sculptor or what..?

At first I was wondering why the moon is posted on a TE thread, then I realised its a TE version.
Maybe TE hopes to deflate prices of popular sculpts by offering alternatives?
Anyway, I like the colours on these especially the one on the right.

+1. And what I don't get is he is so talented and his original characters are so good. I don't know why he keeps doing this.

Are TE ad Longneck beer buddies? If not I'm sure a sofubi celebrity death-match is brewing somewhere.

I'm also a Target Earth fan but this moon inspiration/imitation thing is really tiresome. I don't mind him stealing ideas and making something own out of it but the moon head is so specific so maybe he should have let that one pass. I like his take on many sculpts but there's just something about stealing the moon that bugs me.

Imitate and improve instead of stealing and spoiling.

But what do I know where to draw the line. I just make hundreds of poor iterations of king kong.

Having said all that I might buy it if I get the chance since the longneck one is hard to come by...

I think he's simply having fun. When I love a character. New or old, chances are it can be found scribbled in one of my sketch books. T.E. using sofubi as his main if not only artform. So in my eyes these are his sketches. His execution is unique even when "copying" a character. And to be frank I like his versions better more often then not. I would pick up this moonman. I won't be breaking my bank on a longneck version ever. But that of course is my personal tastes. They are both very talented. Plus I'm pretty sure target earth always gets permission.

I will ask yoda next time but i highly doubt he would give his blessing on these or if he was even asked.
But you are right that you have to nearly break a bank for the LN version currently. The recent mixed at retail ]is already expensive right off the gate although granted it maybe a one-off. So TE's maybe a cheaper alternative.

I think maybe not

T.E. has a track record of riding other's tailcoats and capitalizing by offering less expensive versions, I get that. But how does he get away with it? Isn't there any lash-back from other creators or are most of these creations just sort of considered public domain so it's a free-for-all? I'd be interested in reading if he really does get "permission."

I do seem to recall reading about some sort of tension with T.E. and Uzumark (Ilu-Ilu) regarding the character on the packaging of the Uzumark two-headed beast. Uzumark had some faux film stills on the back of the packaging and T.E. sculpted it thinking it was from an actual film?

Most if not all TE toys are rip offs of popular selling Japanese toys. Everyone is cool with it. Now he makes 1 head that is just following in the footsteps of everything else he's done and everyone gets upset..

Every thing else is cool, but don't touch the moon.

Either it's ok, or it's not right ? In for a penny in for a pound.

If you can accept all the other rip offs, just accept this.

I've always saw TE as the poor mans version of what ever. It's never cheaply made, but none the less always seems to fall just a little flat of its rip off.

This head is no different for me.

I think this moon guy rip off is one of his better rips, for the right price I'd buy it. It will never compare to the LN version, but cool none the less.

Whatever TE's game plan is, it must be working for them, as the biting of popular characters has gone on for several years now.

Completely disagree. Everytime TE puts out a sculpt that's similar to another release people are always commenting.

Remember the maza looking thing or the mecha gorilla from a few years ago?

I pretty much have zero opinion on what TE does anymore but I don't this is the first time people have voiced their opinion about not liking a sculpt from them.

Everything he's ripping off are rip offs in the first place soooooooooooooooo.....whatever. Bootlegs of bootlegs of bootlegs of blah blah blah. I've gotten to the point where I find it part of TE's charm now. It's so blatant, it's not like he's trying to "get away" with something or be sneaky. Plus, again, these aren't original characters, they're all rip offs anyway.