Rise of the Beasts Komodo Dragon Prototype!

The guys at LittleRubberGuys are always hard at work.  With even their Series 2 launch still being produced, they have their eyes locked on the future, already working on whats next.

This image is a virtual 3D sculpt of a working Komodo Dragon character, and you can tell right away, it follows closer proportions to the Battle Beasts toy line that Rise of the Beasts takes much of their inspiration from.

Although having a few figures, I have never really been into Battle Beasts all that much, but that's nothing to say they have one of the largest toy collecting communities out there.  There is a lot people out there, thrilled to see this character a little stockier than previous ROTB characters, like the classic toy line, and I actually enjoy this look too.

I think I never got into Battle Beasts because of the paint, which I'm rather confident it won't be an issue with future characters out of this awesome toy line.  When Series 2 comes out, I'll certainly be following close to this guy's production.  Maybe there will be slug-molded variants as well.

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New Cure Ukkari-Man Prototype Leak?!

Hey, everyone, sorry for the lack of post the last few days.  It's actually probably closer to a week, which has never been my intention.  I certainly want to add more content regularly than that, but it really has been a slow time in the keshi world, at least when it comes to things reaching my ear.

This however didn't.  Off their Instagram, awesome sticker/keshi studio Cure revealed this crazy-looking imp character.  There wasn't a lot I could salvage from their post, where virtually all of it was in Japanese, but hashtags attached this character with the other Ukkari-Man characters so it's probably safe to assume he's the new guy in town for that world.

I personally love this guy, as well as a lot of Cure's other mini-figures.  I love their squat poses and thick bodies, that show just the right about of detail at the right places to really pull off the theme and feel of the character.  I hope he doesn't get the same release the previous Ukkari-Man keshis did, with them only being lottery prizes for the lucky few that bought sticker packs.

It's certainly something to keep an eye on, for sure.  I know I wouldn't be the only one ecstatic to see a world-wide release.

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Heroes In My Pocket Prototypes Hit Auctions?!

As you might know, a Monster In My Pocket relaunch has been in the works for some times now.  We've even seen some strange happenings of speculated prototypes of the new series hitting the French Ebay.  Well, a couple more prototypes have found their way onto auctions, but still, there is something even odder.

Shown in the picture here, this new MIMP line of toys and toons might be going under a different name.  It looks like the people behind this project has secured the Heroes In My Pocket name, which is a little peculiar.  It's nothing something that really rolls off your tongue.  It surely doesn't give the same sort of image as Monster In My Pocket does or did.



The word 'hero' in HIMP coveys a larger than life sense of power and bravery.  I'm not sure that really meshes well with 'in my pocket'.  MIMP were actually indeed, tiny monsters with tiny adventures.  HIMP could be much of the same, if not more like a Gothic Pokemon, but I'm not sure Heroes is the right way to describe it.  Hopefully it's something of a translation error.

But, I suppose I don't really have any interest in the new relaunch, however you cut it, so the naming doesn't really bother me a whole lot.  They are painted and from these photos, the bases are back.  So they certainly look to be aimed at the Skylander crowd, like we first thought.  I just hope they are successful in that crowd so HIMP or MIMP or PIMP or whatever else they call it can bring new people into the hobby someday.  That's the hope at least.