Great photos! I can see why, that yellow version is amazing. My favorite is the first blue release. I garnered fascinating information, a few of you might know some of this. Zollmen crosses over into deep historical significance with this release. The Draki is actually an Oni Yokai, the mountain-dwelling ogre who in classic Japanese lore is depicted with either red, blue, brown or black skin, horns, wide mouth with fangs and is practically naked wearing only a tiger skin. This link has a very interesting insight... http://ojisanjake.blogspot.com/2008/06/ ... Ra19qVFmo- "The most common translation of oni is "demon", but I am less and less satisfied with that due to the association of the word demon in english with pure evil. I think a better translation of oni would be ogre. Oni can do bad things, but they can help people too. Oni are almost always depicted as being very hairy, and one theory of their origin is that they were the original inhabitants of Japan. As the rice-growing Yayoi people started moving in to Japan around 2,300 years ago from the Asian mainland, the indigenous people were pushed up into the mountains where the rice-growing invaders did not initially go. From the mountains the "oni" would probably have raided villages for food or women." ------- It appears that the lore is a crossover between historical incidents and the realm of nature spirits. In an old file I found it says "Oni are mostly depicted as evil, but can occasionally be the embodiment of an ambivalent natural force" They have a potentially hidden good side, this is suggested by virtue of the prayer beads and the benevolent Buddhist mantra 'Namu Amida Butsu' imprinted on the inside of his wrist, if you have one take a look, I think all versions have this.
really didnt want to bring this up publically, since I like zollmen alot, but i think i need to. has anyone received any defective mini MBs?? I got a clear with some weird bubbles in the leg, not really a big deal, toys get bubbles.. but I also got a clear with gold glitter one that has surface bubbles that have deformed the sculpt. there is a chunk missing in the armpit and more than half of the one hand is missing... really disappointing that it would ever have even made it to the bag. I've contacted zollmen about it but havent heard back and dont really expect to. I'm debating on fixing the hand with sculpy and painting the thing..
^ The clear 1 I had also had bubbles in it, guessing that is pretty common. The missing/deformed hand 1 is really weird though. Not sure how they'd let that 1 slip through.
yea I was pretty bummed.. I just wish theyd email me back about it.. its not like its some scratched paint or something. I mean, the fuckin hand is missing! I actually thought it broke off somehow but there was no piece in the bag and then I thought that is probably impossible. it's definitely large surface bubbles.
wanted to mention that while zollmen took awhile to respond to my email they did get back to me and have straightened everytihng out with the defective mini MB. I'll be receiving a replacement. thanks zollmen!!
Maybe someone didn't get the notice or it went to spam. Maybe he just wanted to let those who didn't win know. Maybe he just wanted to talk about it. No need to be a useless dick though, no maybes about it.
I didn't get a email and just saw they had updated the site. Thought people might be as excited as me these had started shipping.
Hey guys, trying to figure out how many different colored Mini Mad Barons have been released in total. I was told "the first release from Punk Drunkers had 13 and the second release had 15?" Just wondering if anyone knew how many different colors were released for both releases?
I think thats about right, maybe plus minus a couple. I have nearly 20 but continue to see others. Amazing explosion of colours altogether.
From 5 pages back if you haven't seen this? - These are the original 13 from the Punk Drunkers Mad Baron T-Shirt release. http://www.punk-d.com/topics/index.php?eid=390
It really is breathtaking! Purple and green really do compliment each other beautifully! Can't wait to get that mother in my hands! ; )
