No matter.. the people that are worried about being cool, collecting the hype shit will blow themselves out and disappear after 6 months.

I don't care what people collect, if they think it's cool then that's great for them. If I see something that's shit then I'm just glad it's not in my collection.. It's not my place to bad mouth it. Sometimes there's too much "toy-ism" (toy version of racism??) around here.. BRB gonna post pics of my bootleg PVC bearbricks

For the record, I started collecting kaiju about five years ago, with my focus being on Gargamel, Rumble Monsters, Cronic, etc. Basically a lot of the stuff that was more easily obtainable in the states from the specialty vinyl stores. And I still collect those. The list of Japanese makers I collect, hype or not, is quite long. I am not saying this to act like some super collector or know-it-all, I know very little compared to most of this board. But folks like you make assumptions because someone like me just joined the board. "Oh, he must just collect hyped toys because he is Fresh Meat and isn't into RXH". Isn't that being narrow-minded? A form of toy elitism in and of itself?

I appreciate the fact that you have been around on this board a long time, have contributed more than me, and probably know a lot more than me about Japanese toys. But don't pass judgement on my tastes or character from a single post. I HAVE recently gotten into "hyped" toys like MVH and PK, but they are uber talented and I certainly won't make apologies for liking their work.

And in fact, the more I look at people's pics of RxH, the more I like what I see. I have always collected a huge spectrum of stuff, western vinyl included.

I am not going to reply or flame this thread anymore, thanks for your time.

I don't care for RxH because they reuse molds so much, For the price they want I expect a completely new torso, arms etc.... I must admit some of their stuff is slick and tempting though.
Mike, don't let it get to you. Some folks on this board let their heads get above their knees, is all. I really wouldn't have it any other way. But yeah, it can be a bit intimidating when you're the one in the cross-hairs.

Remember when RxH wasn't cool because it was TOO popular? LOL. This place. I swear. RHND 4 LYFE.

Got a clear brown/glitter Thrashman as well with these but no photo..

Seriously guy?

Just got this beauty of a "reused torso, legs, etc." and couldn't be happier. This paint app was love at first sight. Long live the molds!

RHND & PK Rules!

King Jinx is dead, Long live Jinx Man!!!

I dont get the whole reusing the mold/price quote, odibex. Their prices are probably some of the most reasonable on the market. $75-$100 for RxH adult figs is not that much IMO... Sick photo, Sam! looks sharp..

So you own only one of each unique sculpt produced by other companies?

Thanks bud
I guess some folks don't realize how much work Mori puts in. I'm surprised he finds the time to sleep.

Bears are even less the flavor of the day than RxH here... Still, series 27 looks neat! Here is probably the cutest picture to ever grace sb.



The Lego winter village is amazing. This is a shot of all sets released up to now minus one. Sorry for the weird iPhone panorama shot.





My bad, Kaijin must be even less considered than Bears...
That was the last Fulcraim I needed, so I'm pretty excited. Love the larger Steiny too. Wasn't aware there were two formats.





It's gorgeous and huuuge! And for some reason weirdly cheap!



And since I'm spamming, some more shots of the toys. Please forgive my uncool enthusiasm:



Still looking for the blue GID Heater, btw...

Generally, yes. I just hate paying for stuff I already have. I don't do multiples either. I don't have a whole lot of cash and I want to get the most bang for my buck. As much as I like seeing a nice shelf of multiples that's just not the kind of collector I am.

Greay paint app on that jinxman

^ Agreed, and beautiful photo to boot.

Yes mister beverage, pretty darn amazing. Enjoy,...I mean wack, beets are better.




Rhnd

This opinion seems strange to me, in context to the nature of Sofubi. I can get not collecting multiples of other sorts of toys, but Kaiju/sofubi & multiple color schemes & reusing parts kinda all go hand in hand.

Wow! Nice Goner ^^^^! Love that mix of colors on the head!

Thanks, Loren! I'll get a better shot of the head for you in daylight tomorrow. The marbling is absolutely fantastic, as is the color combination!

^Very nice SB haul.


CCP Hedorah by Michael Beverage, on Flickr

Scored my grail CCP Hedorah.

^^ those eyes

The CCP Hedorah eyes are hard to beat for sure.

I think it's a fair answer and a sentiment I can appreciate. There are characters/sculpts that I like, but don't feel compelled to buy every different version. For example, I like the Ghostfighter because of its historical significance for Super7, Secret Base and the new JP vinyl community in its formative years (don't quote me, but I think it was the first new JP vinyl that featured a collaborative design with a U.S. company). However, I only have the 'first' subscriber Ghostfighter and 'last' DOA Ghostfighter from the 12th anniversary LBs and will probably be content with those two.

Picked these up from the post office the other day. Atom timed his release to coincide with when flippers would be at the Osaka sofubi festival to increase the chances of his toys being purchased by actual fans... just another reason why he is the greatest. it was nice of him to include the bonus resin as a christmas gift.

I can understand that, the part stuck with me was the reuse of parts- to expand on your Ghostfighter example: You have those two GFs, but do you have any other Secret Base "Brain" style Fight figs? Because the GFs share up 75% of the same parts as any other one (arms and torso) and between the "brains" that percentage goes up to 80% (arms, torso, and inner head, only different is which "mask").

Odibex said he likes completely new figs and doesn't like reuse of parts, which is totally fine and valid. I just find it a little strange. Especially considering how often parts reuse comes into play (be it a cost saving method, or a kitschy homage to the past or whatever) in toy collecting- I mean sofubi isn't the only toy genre that does it- Action figures (GI Joe comes to mind), Robot Toys like Transformers (from the earliest days till today parts and figures get reused and recolored) to the greatest toy of all LEGO (which I realize is a different beast, but imagining someone only collecting one of each unique LEGO element and nothing else kinda cracks me up). But especially sofubi given the scope of the hobby, the costs, etc... parts reuse and recolor is part and parcel to the Sofubi collecting hobby I think. I would have thought you'd kinda have to find that aspect of it ok to find this sort of collecting appealing.

This all I'll say in this thread, because it's clogging up the toy pictures, but if anyone wants to discuss this more, start a new thread maybe in the whatever section.