wow, i dont even care for the sarumon but damn. nice paint job lamour! love the shorts and mask also. nice touch sir
Hahaha awesome! Papashango-mon! The head is a nice touch. I don't mind clothes for toys either, but props really seal the deal.
You killed the paintjob joel! I want that Sarumon! Its the mask around the eyes that does it for me! I wish I could afford one, but I'm sure it's outta my league right now. phil
thank you Bob and thanks everyone. Again, this is a micro production run. If you guys want one, pm Greg because as it stands now, lottery might be the only way to do it.
Still find it amazing that the community has embraced this blatant rip-off of another companies design. I am not usually a hater (or I try not to be) but this figure has always been beyond the pale IMH(ateful?)O Joel's caveman does rock!
I don't think I ever got a clear/non-snotty answer on it (from anyone), but what's the difference between Killer J doing this and Gargamel "ripping off" IKB's Hedorans and Zags? Not trying to argue, but I just want to know the difference/what I'm missing I guess? Both were original sculpts then someone ripped them off years later. 1 is accepted, 1 isn't. I mean I'm certain there's an element I'm missing, I just don't know what is all.
I'm not sure what teh answer is myself; is it because its felt that insufficient credit/call-out was given to teh OG by Killer J? I had actually bought quite a few zags before I heard about teh IKB version, via Skullbrain - and looking at both I much prefer Gargamels re-interpretation. The re-imagined Sarumon is a sturdy beast of a figure that works well with a multitude of paint apps. PLenty of people who stop by love this version....and again I think it is an improvement aesthetically on the OG version. BUT credit, where credit is due; this version could not exist without the original and teh same goes for Gargamels zags and hedo's. So come Don, or someone, tell me what I am also missing here?
do you even keep the sarumon's that you buy? Anyway..to me..it could boil down to semantics. Gargamel saw the drawings or ikb sculpts..put their own spin on them (which would never be confused with the originals) and called it right off the bat zokki kaiju. Killer J from the get go seems to riff off original designs which isn't always a bad thing..especially when you are inspired. But when he posted up some obscure monkey which a lot of people knew nothing about, (myself included) he never came on board to address any of it. Which to me is weird since he's a member. It just seems like it was destined and marketed to be a cash cow. Start out with a bunch of 1-offs, get everyone involved, build hype..etc. Now I honestly do like some of of the Sarumon's that have been posted but if he would have come out and said.."he's my own interpretation of a marusan vinyl"..I doubt anyone would say jackshit. By the way..the Jango scuplt is the worst fucking thing I have seen in a long time. It lacks originality and I think it's going to be the worst thing in vinyl I've seen all year.
Not sure why I am dredging up this old narrative - but this my take on it. Gargamel has never denied that their version was an interpretation of the original kaiju made by IKB, a long-defunct maker. They kept the name (basically) the same - which acknowledges that this was their take on an old classic "original" character. Stylistically they made it their own. They have continued the Zokki series in a similar style and have re-interpreted many kaiju from the same era. As far as I know Killer J has never acknowledged that his sculpt is in fact an interpretation / variation of an original character by Marusan (a company that is still in business BTW) - correct me if I am wrong. The name of the figure has been changed from the original implying that this is something new. There doesn't seem to be any stylistic re-interpretation rather the face design seems to be copied exactly from the original while details on the body have been altered. In a nutshell - Gargamel has lovingly and stylistically interpreted a classic character - Killer J had a sculptor "cut and paste" the head of a Kaiju he liked and is trying to pass it off as something original.
