SOFUBI! Soft vinyl monsters from Japan destroy my wallet

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Snowy: Oct 6, 2010; A man whose blood
Is very snow-broth;
One who never feels
The wanton stings and
Motions of the sense

I saw a cool video on Facebook of old Japanese people making sofubi on old rear end machines. Now they�ve been immortalized in their own sofubi

Don�t worry it�s just a tribute, they didn�t encase him in vinyl, Han Solo style

If I bought one soft vinyl toy it would be that one. For now I just go check out my friends insane collection, he specializes in glow in the dark versions and has tons of fun weird custom airbrushed things for me to gawk at

# ¿ Oct 13, 2021 00:48

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# ¿ May 17, 2024 02:19

Snowy: Oct 6, 2010; A man whose blood
Is very snow-broth;
One who never feels
The wanton stings and
Motions of the sense

Found that video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BL8R5woxyAY

# ¿ Oct 13, 2021 19:09

Snowy: Oct 6, 2010; A man whose blood
Is very snow-broth;
One who never feels
The wanton stings and
Motions of the sense

GATOS Y VATOS posted:

compared to the one from the episode

This dude rules

# ¿ Oct 16, 2021 13:18

Snowy: Oct 6, 2010; A man whose blood
Is very snow-broth;
One who never feels
The wanton stings and
Motions of the sense

The tank head is super cool

# ¿ Oct 16, 2021 19:42

Snowy: Oct 6, 2010; A man whose blood
Is very snow-broth;
One who never feels
The wanton stings and
Motions of the sense

Wow goddamn!! So nice

# ¿ Oct 31, 2021 16:51

Snowy: Oct 6, 2010; A man whose blood
Is very snow-broth;
One who never feels
The wanton stings and
Motions of the sense

GATOS Y VATOS posted:

This thing is awesome but it looks like it�s made of two part foam and I hope they let it offgas somewhere else for a nice long time

# ¿ Oct 31, 2021 17:09

Snowy: Oct 6, 2010; A man whose blood
Is very snow-broth;
One who never feels
The wanton stings and
Motions of the sense

I was hanging out with my sofubi collecting friend last night and mentioned how much I love the sofubi man. He�s got eight or so and accidentally bought doubles so he gave me one of his :woop:

He also tossed in this other glowy guy whose name I forget

# ¿ Nov 7, 2021 04:02

Snowy: Oct 6, 2010; A man whose blood
Is very snow-broth;
One who never feels
The wanton stings and
Motions of the sense

GATOS Y VATOS posted:

Noice!!! That�s Zazzan from Return of Ultraman

Thanks!! I was trying to remember. Now I can brag about it to my Swedish nephews. They�re only 5 and 13 but somehow got really into ultraman and Godzilla.

# ¿ Nov 7, 2021 04:19

Snowy: Oct 6, 2010; A man whose blood
Is very snow-broth;
One who never feels
The wanton stings and
Motions of the sense

Friend of mine is lusting after this GID mechagodzilla inside a clear Godzilla. Apparently it�s about three feet tall.

E- LUST

Snowy fucked around with this message at 21:18 on Nov 16, 2021

# ¿ Nov 16, 2021 15:14

Snowy: Oct 6, 2010; A man whose blood
Is very snow-broth;
One who never feels
The wanton stings and
Motions of the sense

Those pictures are fantastic! Got any of what the paint mask look like? I�m really curious about the painting process

# ¿ Nov 19, 2021 19:14

Snowy: Oct 6, 2010; A man whose blood
Is very snow-broth;
One who never feels
The wanton stings and
Motions of the sense

GATOS Y VATOS posted:

Ah- well the other reason masks are made of metal as well is that the vinyl paint can be washed off. Plastic masks, not so much.

Thank you for those mask photos!!! I like seeing stuff like this even more than the finished product.

GATOS Y VATOS posted:

The paint masks are also done through an electroplating process- so for the lulu I had to give the mask maker a single head for each mask (or body or arm). The head or whatever is painted with a conductive paint and plated, then once the thickness is right, the mask maker hand cuts the mask patterns you order and welds them together. I've seen masks from China that work just fine but are far, far cruder since they haven't been making them nearly as long as the mask makers in Japan have been doing it. It's an incredible artform in itself.

edit: notice the eyes alone for my Lulus take 5 masks. I was talking to the president of Marusan a few years ago about masks and he said the Mashu figure that was just coming out at that time took 30 masks.

Goddamn I love it!!! Makes me want to make some homebrew masks somehow, maybe sometime when we make silicone molds at work

# ¿ Nov 19, 2021 23:16

Snowy: Oct 6, 2010; A man whose blood
Is very snow-broth;
One who never feels
The wanton stings and
Motions of the sense

A friend just sent me this :wtc:

# ¿ Dec 27, 2021 21:25

Snowy: Oct 6, 2010; A man whose blood
Is very snow-broth;
One who never feels
The wanton stings and
Motions of the sense

How common is it for sofubi artists to make their original sculpts by hand?

I guess I assumed it was mostly done digitally these days

# ¿ Jan 16, 2022 04:59

Snowy: Oct 6, 2010; A man whose blood
Is very snow-broth;
One who never feels
The wanton stings and
Motions of the sense

Turbinosamente posted:

And not a play on Paul Gauguin? Huh.

Looks like a combo of the two

# ¿ Mar 16, 2022 23:12

Snowy: Oct 6, 2010; A man whose blood
Is very snow-broth;
One who never feels
The wanton stings and
Motions of the sense

I�d love to learn more about sculpting dos and don�ts when designing for sofubi

# ¿ Apr 26, 2022 22:00

Snowy: Oct 6, 2010; A man whose blood
Is very snow-broth;
One who never feels
The wanton stings and
Motions of the sense

GATOS Y VATOS posted:

I have zero idea where the gently caress I would put it

In a beautifully lit museum quality display case, of course

# ¿ May 23, 2022 02:21

Snowy: Oct 6, 2010; A man whose blood
Is very snow-broth;
One who never feels
The wanton stings and
Motions of the sense

S.W.O.R.D. Agent posted:

Lottery is up. Only about $3400 with $850 shipping to the US!

drat is it hand delivered by hookers or something?

# ¿ Jun 15, 2022 20:56

Snowy: Oct 6, 2010; A man whose blood
Is very snow-broth;
One who never feels
The wanton stings and
Motions of the sense

Turbinosamente posted:

Reminds me of the time when we did the same concept in a high school jewelry class: took elementary kid's drawings and made them in metal and gave them to the kids. Fun times!

I thought the same, and I love it. Makes me want to make toys out of my old drawings

# ¿ Aug 13, 2022 18:10

Snowy: Oct 6, 2010; A man whose blood
Is very snow-broth;
One who never feels
The wanton stings and
Motions of the sense

S.W.O.R.D. Agent posted:

A small bright spot, is that I ran across a company called Junk Shop Dog that is doing pseudo vintage sofubi wrestling figs: https://www.junkshopdog.com/ Pretty fun stuff, and readily available for those who missed the Medicom stuff. Edit: If I understand correctly, these are done in the same style as the 1980s Popy wrestlers.

I like their Suicidal Tendencies-style Bruiser Brody hat

# ¿ Sep 22, 2022 15:34

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# ¿ May 17, 2024 02:19

Snowy: Oct 6, 2010; A man whose blood
Is very snow-broth;
One who never feels
The wanton stings and
Motions of the sense

The one on the top right with hands for nipples is very disturbing

# ¿ Dec 12, 2022 15:20

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