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I've become a tad obsessed with these little dudes. I missed the first two releases, but have managed to snag the last three. I'm hoping for a clear vinyl variant with red paint rub or splatter.
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I was super tempted by the green. -
In the right light it's super cool. Kinda hoping they steer away from the black rub on future releases and do some paint sprays or splatters.Comment
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Yeah, a simple white vinyl w/ red splatter would be pretty nice.
Hell, even a vintage kaiju Hawaii spray would be neat on the chap.Comment
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Those are pretty cool, any place to pick these up at a reasonable price?Comment
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I'll be honest, probably not. Most go for $100 plus on eBay. Super7 will probably release another 5 or so I would imagine. They announce the releases on their social media sites. They go quickly!Comment
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Depends on your definition of "reasonable"! 8)
I didn't even know these existed until I stumbled upon them this week at Secret Base in the trendy hipster Harajuku district in Tokyo. I don't know why, I assumed they would be ReAction priced and was a bit floored that the retail price was $50 for such a tiny boxed figure. Since I had just picked up a number of awesome Alien pieces for Super-Cheap at Mandarake (including a giant boxed 14" Alien Warrior for $60), I bit the bullet and bought one (the green one was all they had left... store exclusive the guy told me).
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..question..I always see these Sofubi offered in Previews...why are they Soooo expensive??!if it AIN'T a toy..I DON'T WANT IT !!!
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These tend to be limited run figures aimed at collectors, hence the high prices. On the other hand, mass market sofubi aimed at kids are dirt cheap, I saw a wall of Ultraman sofubi at a Japan Toys R Us for less than five bucks a pop.Comment
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Plus, many of them are hand-cast, hand-pulled Japanese vinyl. Not sure if the Alien figure is hand-pulled, but a lot of the "boutique" places like Secret Base do employ this old school method. I'm not sure how many they make, but I would be surprised if these runs were over 100 pieces. 50 for Super7 and 50 for Secret Base.Comment
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there was an orange release, but was it available online?
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I missed getting one by a few minutes, was at my son's school when the ordering opened, and a few minutes later they were sold out.Comment
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Yup. At Super7's website.there was an orange release, but was it available online?
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