Plaseebo will debut a new "Great American Kaiju" figure in the "Toy Karma 2" show at Rotofugi Gallery in Chicago opening on September 5th. The "Frigiscare" monster (Kaiju) is a custom one of a kind color-way hand roto-cast resin prototype from my original sculpt. The figure is 9 inches high with a removable head that reveals a compartment containing a switched color changing led unit that illuminates the entire figure in a darkened room. the Frigiscare monster also has a refrigerator imbedded in his chest with an opening door. This is the backstory on which the figure is based: Coco and the Frigiscare copyright Bob Conge 2009 Obsession has caused the downfall of kings and certainly a seven year old boy is no match for its overwhelming power. Coco is an only child who lives in an upscale apartment building in Chicago, overlooking the river as it wanders its way through the windy city. His favorite room in the expansive penthouse is the kitchen and his favorite appliance is the Frigidaire refrigerator. Sadly, one might say this cold white tower with its comforting hum, was his only friend. Coco was very very overweight and all day long he thought about what luscious gifts his friend might have for him when he got home from school. Over time the after school snacking wasn't enough and Coco began getting up in the middle of the night to raid the frig. The objects of consumption were always the same, soft ice cream and Cool-wip. Unfortunately one night Coco mistook a tub of yogurt for Cool-wip, YUK, he quickly put the yogurt back and began eating the Cool-wip using the same spoon. As Arnold would say "BIG MISTAKE". He pushed the half empty tub of Cool-wip, now contaminated with the yogurt culture, to the very back of the frig behind some jars of pickles and stuff no one liked very much. For weeks the tub sat forgotten like some character in a Kafka novel. A metamorphosis was taking place. The yogurt culture thrived in the sweet environment of the white muck. It grew and grew spilling out of the confinement of its container covering more and more of the pickles and stuff hidden in the back till one night when Coco came down in the darkness and opened the frig door it spilled out and enveloped him, the fridg, and everything else in the kitchen, before spilling out the windows and down the side of the building to the darkened streets of an unsuspecting city. Not the end. *(Coco is living proof that Frank Zappa was right on when he said "you are what you eat") Enjoy, Bob In darkened room with LED unit turned on
+1 while the pearl is a great color to show this sculpt, i'm really interested in seeing some bright, psychedelic-inspired paint apps. no eyeballs, not even one?
Thank you all for your kind words. As for the lack of traditional eyes, I see the thin slit where the cream dollop on top meets the body as a sort of eye, similar to that of a Cylon Raider. Very subtle in daylight but more apparent when the LED unit is on in a darkened room. Then again the Frigiscare is rather slug like and they dont have traditional eyes,they just ooze along. BC
