Dropped But Not Forgotten! Uncut! Onion! Violence! AshMade!

The Bad News Rad Uncle by Uncut

Hey, everyone!  SpiderEarth back again with another awfully titled update showcasing a lot of news pieces that I've failed to cover in any proper length.  It hasn't been a terribly busy week, per se, but all these interesting teasers or drops occurred one after the other, so a format like this felt more fitting.  So let's take a look at everything in store today!

For starters, Super Festival 72 is just a couple days away, and with that, comes a lot of news and updates from one of Japan's bigger keshi-friendly conventions.

Fantas by Onion Fights

I have two mini-figures today to showcase.  The first is from Uncut, with their Evil Dead inspired The Bad News Rad Uncle mini-figure in various colorways.  Uncut's stuff is always red-hot and if you've always enjoyed their stuff, I'm sure this is new mini is on your must-have list too.

The second is a rather intimidating clown character called Fantas from Onion Fights.  Must like Uncut, Onion Fights makes a lot of stuff American collectors, as well as everyone else in the world, just drool all over.  It is certainly not uncommon to find any post of theirs on any social media website or application with someone asking if they will ship internationally.  Frustratingly, Onion Fights keep to their Jiro Dreams of Sushi ways and almost require plane tickets to acquire.

Thankfully the next two are much easier to pick up if you're interested.

Various Characters by Violence Toy

The first is news of a new independent toy line called Violence Toy reaching costs for full-scale PVC production.  This is very exciting, in a number of ways.  Firstly, this could mean there is another big player in the keshi scene, bringing new collectors in with them, and inspiring and collaborating with keshi veterans.  Secondly, these mini-figures look really great.  I love that rude, crude, mutant thing and these guys look like what I'd expect Kinnikuman would like after a nuclear explosion.  Certainly keep this project on your radar.

Kabuki Karakasa by Ashmadethis/DRWG Co/Tru:Tek

The last but certainly not the least today is a collaborative effort between Ashmadethis, DRWG Co, and Tru:Tek called Kabuki Karakasa, and as a fan pointed out on Instagram, this is very much the missing piece in the classic Monster In My Pocket line.  This guy fits absolutely perfect with them, and if I didn't already know better, I would have assumed it was from a 1990's set to begin with.  Whether you are a casual collector or this one is making you feel your set is now incomplete, I would certainly suggest you tracking it down.

Links for Kabuki Karakasa and everything else I've mentioned today are right here below, and it would warm my heart if you clicked on them and showed all the great independent toy artists out there some love.

http://bestintentionsmagazine.bigcartel.com/
http://violencetoy.com/
http://www.onion-fights.com/
http://uncut13terrorhouse.blog.fc2.com/

Uncut's Dream Master Nightmare Kun at Super Festival!

Well, with all the updates and leaks happening about all the new keshi coming out, it seems to be including more conventions as well.

January, 10th, in Tokyo, fans of toys and models can enjoy Super Festival 2016.  With everything else, convention goers can also pick up Uncut's newest creation, Dream Master Nightmare Kun!

From just looking at this character, we can all tell where this one gets his inspiration, and in his colorful chibi form, Nightmare Kun is looking so good you'd actually invite him into your nightmares.  There's a few Japanese keshi studios out there that really capture the chibi look to perfection and this one is certainly in that grouping.  A very nice piece!

Fans of Nightmare Kun will be able to find him in five colorways, which is pretty remarkable for his debut, and well as collectible stickers.

For us U.S. fans, if we're not on planes this moment, we hopefully know someone who is or have our debit cards ready for auction sites in the near future.

http://uncut13terrorhouse.blog.fc2.com/

http://artstorm.co.jp/sufes.html

Kotobuki Man Mushman Raffle Release!

Kotobuki Man from Uncut, in Japan, has been working on this zombie character called Mushman for quite some time, and now it finally looks to drop!

It's not your conventional drop however, with a certainly supply going to the first to pay for them.  It's going to be raffled, at least, that's the best I can assume from reading the article.  People who are interested in one or more colorway of Mushman can contact him and if you're name is drawn out of a hat, you can buy it.

I'm not sure if I am completely sold on this raffle style of releasing.  I can certainly see the appeal, where you could possibly get a lot of interest generated for your new keshi, but you run the risk of the hype and interest in customers heavily outweighing the supply they can get.  If it's a truly low supply, and this is just a means of being fair across the board for customers from different time zones, I can sympathize to an extent, but I just can't imagine turning away customers can be a business model that works.

If you're interested, check out Kotobuki_Man on Instagram and the instructions to be entered in the raffle are there.