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Thursday, June 28, 2012

NEW RAMPAGE SOFUBI! DINOS

OK folks!  Pre-order for the new vinyl is up!  You can grab a set or individual figures.  Just head on over to the ol' BigCartel and choose your Cyclops Dinos!  Here are pictures of the test pulls in vinyl - the colors swatch shows the various colors that are available for order:
PRE-ORDER UP! PRE-ORDER UP! I also just got word that color samples are on their way to me now! I'll update the listing with those once they arrrive. More toys next week as well! Lots to update as my first year iun Japan comes to a close - BUSY!

Wednesday, June 13, 2012

DINOS ARE A'COMING!!!!!

A bit late to be posting this on the blog, since things are already in full swing, and actual VINYL is coming THIS WEEK - but better late than never!!!
The newest RAMPAGE sofubi is coming!!!  There will be three new figures - DINOSAURS + CYCLOPS = CYCLOPS DINOS!!!  Presenting: "T-clops," "Bronto-clops" and "Anklyo-clops."  Here are the Clay sculpts:

Group Shot!

More pics of the clay prototypes can be seen HERE (Flickr set).

About a week ago I also receied images of the wax prototypes (used to make the steel master molds).  I do so love the progress of making all this stuff, and I like to share too!  Here are the three figures in Wax:

Anklyo-clops! This guy is articulated at the neck and the tail. The back ('shell/carapace') is also a separate part - this facilitates the pulling of the figure from the mold, and also makes painting and mixing parts more fun ^_^
Waxy Anklyo!

Bronto-clops! Articulated at the base of the neck and the hbase of the head - making the head more poseable, and, again, good for mixing the parts up. This also leaves me with 2 different joints that could potentially fit parts from other figures in the future ;) Waxy Bronto!

T-clops! Articulates at the head and the little itt-bitty vestigial arms! The arms are less than 1/2 inch long!
Waxy Rex!

As I mentioned, vinyl is actually up really soon, so I'll be updating about these guys as soon as I can!  I will be offering a pre-order for blank orange, green (bright green!) and purple vinyl once I have images of the test pulls from the molds!  The option wwill also be offered to mix parts - mixed to your specifications for eeach of the little guys!  Keep an eye on the blog and Flickr for updates and new images!

One last thing - SDCC is coming FAST!  Fingers crossed there will be a nice little bundle of RAMPAGE TOYS in the mix over there!  Updates to follow ;)

Tuesday, June 12, 2012

RAMPAGE x UAMOU - Take 2!

Hey Folks!

In an effort to offer some Uamou Custom goodness to all the people who weren't able to attend my show in March (at Studio Uamou - covered in an earlier post) - I will be launching "RAMPAGE x UAMOU PART 2" in my webshop this Friday!!!

This new "show" will feature custom Uamous (by me), Custom Ugly Unicorns (by Uamou) and a couple small paintings (by both me AND Uamou!).  All items will be available for purchase in the RAMPAGE BigCartel shop (http://rampagetoysandart.bigcartel.com) starting Friday 6/15 at 11 AM here in Japan (which, btw, is 10PM Eastern Standard Time in the States).  Here's the goods:

Pen and Acrylics on Canvas "Meeting on Another Planet at Dawn"

Metallic Neon Uamou RxU

Uamou custom Ugly Unicorns!!! Uamou UU's

Neon Glow Micro Uamou RxU

Blue-star Uamou and Boo (on clear blue sofubi!) RxU

"Horned Beasts" - gouache on Paper Horned Beasts!

See you on Friday!!!