It’s super last minute, but I managed to squeak a little painting in, and will have the first set of version 2 Escherichia killers with me at NYCC on Saturday! Along with a much cleaner and more consistent mold, E.killer v2 introduces a new feature to the Killer Culture line. Killer Culture is now magnetic! Using rare earth magnets allows for much more durable and consistent articulation, as well as some interesting possibilities down the line.
Reviews of the first E.killer also pointed out that the base was something of a weak spot in the original tooling. I agreed, and made a major revision to the base part, and the figures now have a nice, bold, and simple logo, which I’m really happy with.
Figures will be $35, and I will be carrying them around with me on Saturday. I’ll be around the Onell booth many times during the day, as that’s where some of the coolest artists will be! I got a taste of what Onell is bringing to the show last night, and it is not to be missed.
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Just a couple new toy shots… Charactics’ excellent Walder mini, complete with fully painted guts, brain, and removable head. All in Microman size!
RxH Chaosman on lovely cream vinyl, part of the Goto-painted free-spray revival!
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ColletionDX owner JoshB surprised me with a really honest review of my first E.killer toy over at CollectionDX, and you should check it out! It’s great to get some really blunt feedback, and I’m incorporating a fix for the biggest complaint into the upcoming E.killer v.2, the base.
Look for some news on new figures soon. I am going to spend the weekend pouring molds, and should hopefully have something real to show soon!
Head to the Store because the MFV missiles are ready! Complete those vintage classics and finally get to enjoy their best feature. Every missile is marked for authenticity and indetifiability, and has been test loaded and fired in Getter-1 here. Let me tell you, loading and firing twenty-odd missiles multiple times and at various things to test their loading and durability is pretty darn fun!
The early Secret Base fight figures were heavily inspired by the aesthetics of the Henshin Cyborg line, more specifically by the Walders. The King Walders were the enemies of the Cyborgs, and were clear colored figures with vinyl guts instead of mechanical innards. The Walder like included three evil original character costumes in vinyl, and are some of the most iconic vintage Japanese figures. It was only fitting, then, that some of the earliest colorways for the Skull Brain, the second Secret Base sculpt, were directly inspired by the King Walder figures. I got the green version in the mail today, and it is an awesome figure. The clear vinyl head and colors of the inner head mimic the colors of the green Walder and his Plantman evil costume, and look great. The outer head covering is actually made of super soft vinyl, which I was not expecting, but is completely awesome.
Skull Brains look best duking it out with Skull Bees…
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There’s a new Page in the Menu bar at the top of the site, and I am proud to announce a new resin product that will soon be available, reproduction Bandai Missile Firing Vinyl missiles! The Bandai MFVs are some of the most iconic vintage Super Robot vinyls, but missiles are in great demand (mostly because these were toys designed for children, and those children probably spent all their time shooting the missiles at their younger siblings and pets until they lost the missiles), but I am pleased to soon be able to offer an affordable reproduction missile! Big thanks to my friend Sanjeev (mastermind behind Brownnoize Productions) for lending me some vintage missiles, no mean feat! I am figuring out pricing and ordering, as well as working on some stock, so check back for details soon!
I was given a fun little mecha kit from a video game to review on CollectionDX. You can check out the full review there, but here’s the painted pics for my site.
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Secret Base is right up with Real X Head as one of the leading Japanese designer vinyl makers. Where RXH has been constantly moving forward and evolving with new sculpts in the same line, Secret Base has branched out greatly over the years, collaborating with all sorts of other artists from the music and tattoo scenes, none of which make much sense to me. Secret Base started with a cool line of fight figures that have rotated in and out of their main focus for a while now. When I saw this new Skullbee (the first SB fight figure sculpt) on the SB blog, however, I was sold. Soft glass-clear vinyl mixed with iridescent rainbow glitter and a classy color combination, along with a signature Secret Base logo print on the back all combined together to make a really interesting figure that looks great and feels great in hand! I have some extra plush guts from another Secret Base figure at home that I’m going to stuff inside this guy, but that is a tale for another day.
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The Bureaucratic Agency for Killer Culture Tracking, Analysis, Countering, and Killing (BAKCTRACK) received a partially scrambled transmission from a Joint Killer Culture Defense Force (JKCDF) task force in the field. From what was recoverable, the JKCDF team responded to a distress call from a local microbial research laboratory. The following image was received from the recon unit before the signal was scrambled. BAKCTRACK scientists are analyzing the photo to determine the nature of this unknown monster, but it is clearly some new form of macrocellular menace. Unfortunately, when JKCDF reinforcements arrived, the lab was burned to the ground with no survivors. It appears the recon team initiated Class 9 containment protocols, which are only used in the worst contamination events. Something clearly went wrong during the purge, however, and the recon team was overwhelmed. Further investigation into this photo by BAKCTRACK experts will hopefully give us some insight into what new threat we are facing. One thing we do know is that this new creature appears to be wielding something not of biological origin. It appears the Killer Cultures are evolving, which can only be cause for concern.
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