great scott what a bunch this 2011 class of bags turned out to be. even the one photo of the bag i saw was rad. proud this was my first year of sb.
My top pulls from the LB: Drunk Seijin. Amazingly detailed piece; vaguely creepy. The marbled vinyl effect is pleasantly subtle. Mongolion. I've always been on the fence about picking one up. I'd have to agree that this is one of the best versions to date. The black vinyl has tiny glitter embedded in it; the white rub is very cleanly done. Leecifer HP Honoo. Pronounced Hoh-noh. It's always cool to see an artist paint a toy that they designed. There's several paint effects going on on this version, but they come together nicely. Also in my LB: Unpainted clear red Fenton Painted GID mini Mummy Gator GID Hood Zombie Unpainted clear green Burgerbuns.
Were there any more of this guy, or is he a 1/1? Or at least was there any more clear red Honoos in the lucky bags? I would love to add him to my wants list, but if there is only one, I won't hold my breath.. Congrats on that amazing score akum6n!
Dude this photo is beautiful! From my understanding that is the correct pronunciation (Hoh-noh). My wife works for a Japanese Bank and when we were working on naming we went through a ton of ideas. Honoo seemed the most fun, but even amongst the folks born and raised in Japan there was differences in pronunciation. I slaughter it most of the time! But then looking at the Mongolion pronunciation I figure I can call it whatever I want! And yes it has ass cheeks!
The correct Japanese pronunciation for "flame" is actually Hono (short "oh"s), so it doesn't actually sound like "oh no!" (long "oh"s). I can see how the first "ho" could be pronunced like a "ha" by some people though. (And Lee posted a picture where there was quite a few of them, so I don't think it's a one-off, Virginia. Unless it was Photoshopped?)
what's the word on smoking jacket mummy boy? will he be released in other colors someday? I'd love to have one. the current colorway makes my think of obi-wan as a happy burn victim...
The Super7 2011 LB Honoos. Photos have weird refection that makes 'em look like they've got a "tar mustache" More photos from the party - http://leeciferblogs.blogspot.com/2011/05/super7-10th-anniversary-party.html
I really hope there's a standard release of a similar semi-clear honoo! I'd love the HP version, but will almost surely never have one
i'm guessing the hoono is a double pour? looks like it is clear yellow on the outside and clear red on the inside. the vinyl looks magnificent!
Fun ratios (based on nine bags now)! Burger Buns - Clear Green unpainted: 100% Drunk Seijin - Marbled Blue: 100% Mongolion - Black Rub: 100% Hooded Zombie - GID: 67% Pocket Mummyboy - Yellow fade: 44% Pocket Mummygator - Yellow fade: 44% Fenton - Red unpainted: 33% Garuru - Grey glitter unpainted: 33% Visighost - Brian Flynn HP: 33% Foster - Blue GID: 33% Mongolion - Clear blue unpainted: 11% Mummy Gator - Red unpainted: 11% Stomp - Glitter unpainted: 11% Rose Vampire - Josh HP: 11% Partyball - Green unpainted: 11% Honou - Leecifer HP: 11% Milton - Red unpainted: 11% Milton - Purple unpainted: 11% Pocket Mummyboy - Red unpainted:11% Fenton - Clear red unpainted: 11%
I really want an ice cream sandwich (Foster?) too. Was this the first release? I hadn't even seen the figure until I saw D-Lux's custom.
There was a black one that was produced to demand a few months back. Have people actually received them already? (Just found three more bags on Flickr, now 12!) Burger Buns - Clear Green unpainted: 100% Drunk Seijin - Marbled Blue: 100% Mongolion - Black Rub: 100% Hooded Zombie - GID: 58% Pocket Mummygator - Yellow fade: 50% Pocket Mummyboy - Yellow fade: 42% Garuru - Grey glitter unpainted: 42% Foster - Blue GID: 42% Visighost - Brian Flynn HP: 25% Fenton - Red unpainted: 25% Mongolion - Clear blue unpainted: 8% Mummy Gator - Red unpainted: 8% Stomp - Glitter unpainted: 8% Rose Vampire - Josh HP: 8% Partyball - Green unpainted: 8% Honou - Leecifer HP: 8% Milton - Red unpainted: 8% Milton - Purple unpainted: 8% Pocket Mummyboy - Red unpainted: 8% Fenton - Clear red unpainted: 8% Mummy Gator - Green sparkle unpainted: 8% Power Mister - Green unpainted: 8% Fenton - Blue unpainted: 8% Mummy Boy - Blue unpainted (not official release?): 8% Firerobo - Yellow unpainted: ? (probably 8%) Mummy Boy - Purple glitter unpainted: ? (probably 8%) Mummy Boy - Grey GID pour unpainted: ? (probably 8%)
Are there? What's the difference between both? And yeah, some of the colours may be off, the pictures aren't always über-clear.
Indeed there are. Blue & Red. This Blue one seemed more common: Only noticed one of these Red all night: It could just be a 50/50 split. Who knows! And the Flynn HP Visighost is a run of 10.
I have a question about discussing these ratios. When I was a n00b, I once asked about an Elegab toy that was made according to orders in three paint styles. I got hammered for just asking about it. Now here we have a very systematic list of toy ratios from the lucky bags. What's the difference? If you're talking about counts or talking about percentages, it still seems like you're discussing the rarity of certain toys. Personally, I think it's OK to discuss this, but at the time others thought is was "disrespectful" to the toy maker. Where's the hate?
