You know when you're scrolling through your Twitter or Instagram feed and all of a sudden you see an image that turns around your bad day? Add U2Que (AKA Yushi Iwasaki) to your...
04 March 2016
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22 February 2016
Waaaan! If your collection is missing some kawaii goodness, check out these Mameshiba San Kyodai vinyl toys by Amuse. The vinyl must be extra soft because you can squeeze them... |
05 February 2016
With only a few releases during the second half of 2015, things had been pretty quiet with Chima Group. But today they announced they're brining two brand new casts to Wonder Festival on Saturday... |
21 January 2016
Back in 2008, Japanese character designer Kaijin combined mod fashion, streamlined automotive engineering, and a healthy dose of Mega Man to create his Steel Fairies series. The designs'... |
10 December 2015
Konatsu is getting in on the Christmas action. These kitties, posed in the "lucky cat" or maneki-neko position, are customized with trees, stockings, ginger bread men, and... |
05 January 2015
The most recent Uamou to hit Japan is this collaboration with ame ame. Cast in transparent lavender sofubi and accented with lamé (AKA pretty sparkles), this edition will be sold at retail ... |
28 May 2014
Konatsu, maker of cats and dogs turned kawaii kaiju, forgoes the traditional sofubi material for porcelain. Available in two paint designs and standing over 7 inches tall, these figures... |
07 April 2014
Need something kawaii to round out your shelf? These two new sofubi toys from Chima Group should do the trick. The husband and wife duo have produced previous... |
03 March 2016
The calendar just turned to March and we're finally starting to thaw out up here in the Northeast. But we're still down for some chilly sofubi. Check out the amazing work done by Kaijin on the... |
19 February 2016
Ground control to Major Kazu! It looks like Itokin Park is prepping another wave of his astronaut sofubi toys. These adorable, retro-styled spacefaring guys have been notoriously difficult to... |
05 February 2016
These are so cute I'm going to throw up! Rotofugi have imported Japanese plush toys by Amuse, and like most things from Japan, they're just plain ridiculous. The Fluffy Fuwa Time Angora Bunny... |
14 December 2015
Konatsu has just dropped one of her coolest colorways of her Negora and Migora in a while. Blue, black, and yellow sprays on transparent bubblegum pink sofubi might be better suited for summer... |
30 November 2015
Manga artist Shigeru Mizuki, who was best know for his GeGeGe no Kitaro series, died today due to heart failure after falling earlier in the month. In terms of classic manga, Mizuki... |
20 November 2014
It's not often that a sofubi designer gets her toys distributed through gachapon machines, which makes the newest release from Konatsu even more awesome. This series of tiny sofubi toys are based... |
01 May 2014
Japanese giant robot designs seem to lend themselves well towards sneakers. But while anime publishers are happy to churn out mugs, keychains, and mousepads with their mechas on them, they rarely... |
13 September 2012
In Japan there is an art collective that have been installing goldfish tank phone booths on the streets of Osaka. The name of the five member collective is... |
03 March 2016
Usugrow burst onto the Japanese art scene in the early '90s with his concert posters for punk and hardcore shows. Since then, he's been creating tattoo-inspired work, heavily featuring skulls,... |
09 February 2016
The Japanese MechatroWeGo series has taken the Asian toy and customizing market by storm thanks to their robots' cool and cute design. 1000toys are ready to take their mechs... |
27 January 2016
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14 December 2015
Get your mind out of the gutter. V.A.G. stands for Vinyl Artist Gachapon. Packaging vinyl designs into capsule toy sizes, Japanese collectors can drop a few ¥100 coins into the machine and turn... |
13 April 2015
Hello Kitty's arch rival, Miffy, will be celebrating 60 years of existence. To commemorate the occassion, Medicom are producing six limited edition toys. They'll be on sale at a Miffy ehibition in... |
29 May 2014
Studio Uamou just expanded their Matte Colour line of Uamou sofubi toys. There's something super alluring about the new cobalt blue colorway. The powdery paint application makes it stand out... |
01 May 2014
If the regular 7cm Mazinger Z Be@rbrick 100% just isn't enough vinyl for you, Medicom are about to rocket punch you in the face with a 400% version of the bear-ified mecha. This homage to one... |
30 August 2012
Photographer Adrian Storey has assembled a series of photographs titled 'Let The Poets Cry Themselves to Sleep'. The series shows people sleeping on the... |