Hirota Saigansho: Gorilla-ju, Mecha Gorilla-ju, & Others

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    Really dig the kraken harryhousen thing. Didn’t know about it until them collectors flooded my feed with their reposts.

    the devil man I’d love to see in person just to compare with the other disco flavors.

    HxS paints are fun in person with lots of nuance that is always lost on the photographs.

    best of luck to those deep pockets out there in the secret handshake club that get to be offered these ones
     
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    I think this was a public lottery (with secret handshakes, I'm sure), but only ran for 45 minutes or so. Of course I chose yesterday to sleep off several flights for 14 hours.
     
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    Devilman looks awesome.

    When was the 45 minute lotto open? Haha.
     
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    Around 9PM CST. Pay and pickup in person only so unless you have a loyal contact in Japan or were planning a visit next week you didn't miss out. ;)

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    Definitely completely missed this - very short - lottery window. Many thanks @HBCoffin for capturing and sharing those details. Probably moot, as sounds like this would take a heck of a lot of hurdles to even have a chance, but a bit sorry. I hope at least someone here might get lucky, but especially what I would like to see is these end up in hands of fans who appreciate them and hold on to - and enjoy! - the toys, and not being resold.
     
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    Oh neat. I mean, it doesn’t matter to me as I am blacklisted and blocked from the fun…

    But with enough lottery wins under my belt


    Thanks for sharing the post info. At least that looks like it was a fair lotto for those that caught it
     
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    Attack Peter posted a picture from Guillermo Del Toro's studio and in the bottom right of the bookshelf there is a mech figure with a pilot that looks very similar to the newer Hirota piloted mechs. Does anyone know what property this is from. Im not super into mechs so don't really know the landscape. But it was striking to me that HxS must have copied it.

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    future boy conan

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    You da man Michael. Another HxS figure I find out is just a tribute to the past
     
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    This is what instagram gave me after i searched for future boy conan
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    What I dont understand is this, everytime a show happens HxS fans start posting their enormous toy collections religiously on IG, which is great, I love seeing them, but if you have an enormous collection, why wouldn't you want other people to get a chance at the toys as well? If I found a toy I already have a copy of I'm not going to bid, I'm going to let other people have a chance at that toy... Maybe my way of thinking isn't the way of the world? I'm not a huge fan of exclusivity, and I've never thought owning something makes me better than the next person. On a un-HxS related note, a Rikidizer just sold for 8k. I loved it but I like food for a year more.
     
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    Why do people with huge collections want another one? I don't think that's exclusive to HxS. No offense meant to anyone, but some Kumon collectors have seemingly hundreds, and some MVH collectors seem to get every release produced. Collectors collect. There's no real logic as to why someone would need to have every color of the same sculpt and can't spread the love, but logic is not why we collect sofubi anyways.

    (On a logical note, it seems that those that hoard sculpts, by not allowing others to have one, actually help to increase scarcity and "value" of said toy.)

    I personally try to limit myself to one of any sculpt, although there are a few toys where I have a few different colorways.
     
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    I own 79 Obake Dogs by Secret Base, 56 Cinema Monsters by Secretoy and zero Hirota. At least I’m not part of the problem.
     
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    I know it varies per artist, but I think some sellers legitimately only want their toy to go to true collectors, right? And each artist has their set parameters.
    illsynapse holds most of his lotteries via DM only, usually a 30-50pc run. Then all of a sudden, he makes a new vinyl, that's practically an "open edition" of 300, where now he accepted hundreds of new DMs for the first time.
    I've been on both sides of that fence where you're in the "members only" club and also your umpteenth entry DM has gone unread.

    I just watched two videos on YT about why we as humans collect. (Video 1 | Video 2)
    I went down a rabbit hole because the latest "How to With John Wilson" takes you to a Vacuum Collectors Convention.
     
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    The KAIEDA/Dune figure is pretty great (Conan and Robonoid suit sold separately).

    Photo courtesy of sofvi.tokyo.

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    I think I mentioned it previously, the likeness of Hirota’s piloted mechas (particularly the older ones with the Boba Fett style masks, not the newer Predator looking ones) instantly reminded me of Vile from Megaman X.

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    My friend was dating a girl who collected vacuum cleaners her collection was quite wild and she lost her mind over Buta's vacuum cleaner man.
     
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    Kirby or nothin dawg.
     
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    Kirby; or go home, and I'm not talking Jack.
     
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    Hah, I pretty much just collect what I like and stay away from hype toys… And if there are hype toys I like, I just hope that they depreciate over time to the point where I can afford them!
     
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    So what is the cartoon all these mecha kong designs are coming from? I'd love to check it out.
     
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