I will say atleast it does look like something off a old horror/sci-fi movie poster from the 50s, the expression of the eyeball and paint. Says alot more than that Scat err Sket thing.
Um actually I dont get that feeling at all, it looks like typical urban garbage, yea killer tomatoes gold tooth? bling bling.
seriously.. if I see another toy w/ gold teeth, spray paint cans, or big pants and shoes im going to shit hot garbage.
Needless rant time! Skip this preposterously overwritten post! Rumble Fruit: The apple as the fruit of the Judeo-Christian concept of "original sin" and the awakening of forbidden knowledge, in contemporary context symbolizing the "playing God" fears associated with biotechnology. "Awakening" indicating the advancement of understanding of How Stuff Works. Where is my fig leaf? Maybe it should have been a one-eyed corn or soybean monster. The apple was hybridized from an infinite variety of variants into today's very narrow virtual monoculture by age-old techniques of grafting, the old-fashioned method of cloning that is necessary if you want to have more than one tree of the same type of apple. This was originally done not only to standardize crops and for the purpose of enduring freshness, but also because prior to the 20th century in the USA, apples were a primary source of both sweetness and alcohol. The Herr Doktor Frankenstein of contemporary biotech in the food industry has a name: Monsanto. This mammoth company has actually managed to copyright genes, including End User License Agreements that come with some of their genetically engineered seeds. Some such EULAs actually forbid the planting of seeds yielded from crops grown from the originally purchased seeds. Something that has come naturally to farmers in the name of efficiency and natural "recycling" since the dawn of agriculture is now illegal. The company actually has genetic copyright agents, and high-tech methods of detecting whether or not a plant exists legally. Talk about monstrous! Most people in the USA are unaware of the fact that huge amount of their processed dietary intake derives from genetically altered soybeans and corn. Most of these crops are inedible in their un-processed "natural" form. It naturally follows that the derivative products are not necessarily healthy as components of "food." Although it's not yet proven, many are speculating that the so-called obesity boom in the USA has to do with the huge increase in processed Frankenfood products introduced into our food chain since roughly the mid-1980s. It's too soon to tell, but it's entirely possible that even more dangerous health issues will manifest with time. People assume that everything they consume has passed strict FDA standards and thorough testing, but this isn't true. This new Rumble Monster toy was evidently inspired by such potential nightmare contingencies, not unlike how Hedorah exists due to rightful fears about pollution, or Godzilla due to the impact of nuclear technology upon the Japanese national psyche. It's an apple because despite no specific biblical reference to the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge, the apple has come to represent that archetype. I like that sort of kaiju inspiration, and with it in mind, I suppose I could argue against my prior contention that the toy isn't really kaiju-esque. The idea of Godzilla or Hedorah or Bemon or even funny Smogun destroying man's creations are as potentially scary as they are corny, but a one-eyed apple just seems sort of silly without menace, especially without legs to get to Tokyo. I mean what's it gonna do, roll there? Hop on two hands? Ooh, scary. Maybe if the tanks shoot at it with accuracy, Japan will be blessed with rivers of deliciously fermented cider. /needless rant
Please keep up the rants Dean, otherwise my own occasional diatribes will stand in far too stark a contrast ... Mmmmmm, hard cider. Certainly true that you don't have to read much from America in the 16th-19thC to realize what a huge role cider played in everyday life - For hundreds, probably thousands, of examples, see any of Washington's or Jefferson's personal correspondence. Plus, cider is a lot easier to get to market than the equivalent in raw apples, and it was the only truly reliable cash crop for lots of small farms and ranches. If RM was thinking Monsanto, that does at least give this a background. Maybe the strategic thinking has progressed among kaiju, and they have realized that merely stomping Tokyo into rubble does not advance their goals. So, perhaps the plan for Rumble Fruit is more of a distributed-warfare guerrilla strategy - Rather than sending one immense apple to crush Tokyo, each apple is normal-sized and only extends its arms and opens its eye at the last possible instant before being bitten. Suddenly, your heretofore innocent Fuji or Rome Beauty sprouts green arms, opens its eye, sinks its talons through your cheeks and attacks!
Hahaha ... I sure did get a cinematic image, reading that, a la early Cronenberg or maybe John Hurt in "Alien." "Mmm, this apple is delicious!" (Foodie's cheeks explode, little claws wriggling out...)
"shrugs" I dunno I like it. I think they're just expanding their wings, trying new things out. I'd buy the red/green one, but the other one's colors don't work on an apple kaiju. Love your rant Dean! Awsome, makes the piece seem way better then it is imo.
considering dehara's mentas and cabbage headed and tomato guys.., among his other food figures, this doesn't seem all that out of place. and considering the rainbow/barom 1 villains, this is tame. i'm a fan of food toys, and weird shit and eyeballs, and i like it.
Not my thing, but they are up at Rotofugi if they are your thing (along w/ a few other new RM things)
Seventy... WAH? Hold on, how much is that an inch? Well, so much for the bowl of angry waxed apples on the kitchen table idea.
That's a lot of coin for 3.5 inches...!!! damn, I had to buy the black one...!!! The fugly witch from snow white would pimp this fucker off in a heartbeat...!!!
When you get it, let me know what the eye is made out of. I didn't pick any up for GT 'cuz of the high price, but if that is a Glass Doll eye in it than that would explain the cost on them.
yeah a glass eye that big costs at least 3 bucks Hardly justifies 70 bucks. I'd pay 25 dollars for it tops.
I really love the glossy black and the eyeball just looks insanely detailed from the pictures... if you thinks thats expensive you should see the Erik Jones piece I picked up at the Uberbot show this evening... whuuut...??? I just dropped $1065.00 on the most expensive impulse buy I have ever made in my life... and motherfuck me sideways cause' this one is totally worth every filthy stinking penny... Drain by Erik Jones Drain Detail
Thanks Joe, I was so blown away when this beauty came into my line of sight I almost fucking fainted...!!!
"Drain by Erik Jones" See http://irison.blogspot.com/ Here's a color study of the piece, looks like he did it last Sept.