Easier than expected














The Bemular with the gold and blue metal spray has Bwana's initials on the feet.
Maybe because he took more time with it (additional sprays?)
*edit: grasshutcorp.com has a picture of the figures with metal spray (buta01special.jpg)*
My lights are washing out the matte neon color effect on the vinyl.
The flat neon pink on shiny pink vinyl really stands out.

WOW. Those are awesome!

^Thanks for sharing the pics! Can't wait to get mine!

^^ that mini King Bokkuru is cute as f__k . . . . i've never seen that sculpt before.

Creatures I would love to see...Buta'ized:
King Caesar
Yokai of any kind
Bobby (Spectreman)

Buta Yokai series would rule.

I'll add

Twintail
Ninja Hattori Kun

Red base King Joe is mighty promising!

I just want him to finish up with the glowing parts!

Cool. Never knew there were GID legs.

I know these aren't new. But they are my first BH pieces.

^^^ A nice start! BUT... the pics might be more appropriate over in Mo' Buta.

I know I keep saying I'm going to have to try and find the new Butanohana, but for the most part they've been sculpts I already have in a different color and eventually I'm like "Ehhh too much effort to find!" I might really need to get that Ikarus though! What a sculpt/color combo:

This kind of surprises me, but I'm not in love with the new Icarus! Maybe it's just the vinyl base - I'd prefer the character in a rich green or blue, like in the proto pic:

Still, probably not going to stop me from hunting him.

PERFECT!

^Agreed! The colors are great; so warm and friendly with a hint of storybook psychedelia. I'll try to restrain myself to just a one.

I love the paint on these. Theyll go great with the last two releases.
I wonder what the other sculpts will be this release...

So the new pic shows King Joe with only a dark ring in the eye (as opposed to a black pupil). I have to say that I prefer this; what a Darling!

^Such a small detail but it makes a difference.
I agree this looks better.

Gone in 60 seconds starring King Joe

The Mysteries of the G... revealed!*

* Yes, I am a dork.

Back in January, we had a little bit of chat about who the new G-series characters might be modeled after:We soon learned to look to public officials for our answers......but that's as far as it went, at least in the threads.

In case anyone is still curious, these two blog entries from March make a fine case for the potential identities of the rest of the crew:

http://esmusssein.hatenablog.com/entry/ ... /23/210925
http://esmusssein.hatenablog.com/entry/ ... /26/000602

Now if only I could find series 1 so I can see for myself!

Got these today, and while the Icarus is as expected, the Joe is soft squishy rubber. Unprecedented for Butanohana?

I expect it adds friction, and helps him balance some, but not very much...

^^awesome! sometimes vinyls are just more squishy for some reason.
not a first for buta though. the gebagoro is also very squishy.

^ Good to know! Interesting he changed the consistency of the material between issues.

Interesting, I have the gray version on hard vinyl and it would tip over with the slightest nudge due to the pieces not fitting snuggly together and it being top heavy. Would like to know how much more sturdy the red version is comparably.

^ I don't have a full set in hard vinyl to compare with. But this is probably a bit sturdier as the pieces even stick together. Not sure how I feel about it though; the look of rubber is just so different from the usual stuff.