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The big question Kirby had in his mind a month ago was "Would anyone care? Are we putting all this effort into a show that no one will attend?" After all, Rotofugi sells western toys, not Japanese toys. Would Rotofugi customers be interested in these Japanese toys??? One thing for certain, as soon as the artists and the exclusive toys were announced, all the Japanese collectors were chomping at the bit. Although it was only a couple of months after SDCC, exclusive toys always draw hardcore collectors.
As pictures of customs and exclusive toys started to finally show up in last few days before the show, hype was peaking. So much so that when a special preview sale happened online for a few of the custom toys the night before the show opening, rabid collectors from around the world crashed Rotofugi's overwhelmed servers and when the dust settled, everything was sold out in mere seconds. What was unusual I thought were the pieces were priced pretty high. See my last post on $1,000 toys. Not to say that these pieces of art are not worth it, but certainly higher than we have seen at past customs shows at Super 7 for example, featuring some of the same artists. Hmmmmmm, maybe there is something to this Kaiju.....
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Venezuela's Carlos Enriquez nutty brain copter!!
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The_Z showing off his ticket which is lower than mine.
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The Midwest digs Japanese toys!!!
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Ted showing the goods!
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Show Exclusives!
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Zac and Joe showing off their purchases
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smiling_idiot with his new stash.
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Alex Wald with his unbelievable illustrations
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Carlos Enriquez with his vibrant and not so subtle toys.
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Bob Conge and his amazing custom BLObPUS below:
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Kozik's custom Evil and Kaiju below.
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The man who introduced kaiju to the midwest, Mark Nagata!
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HUGE props go out to Kirby and Whitney for their vision and execution of this amazing show!
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1 comment:
awesome coverage Kirkland!
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