07 November 2016

DCON is coming up quick, so the exclusives are starting to be revealed. You've probably seen Ayako Takagi's sugar skull Uamous before, but these ones are hand painted. Each Uamou is cast in either...

22 September 2016

Ayako Takagi and her Uamou line of sofubi has been sitting out NYCC for the past few years, but that doesn't mean there won't be any fun exclusives. myplasticheart will be brining hand-painted...

02 August 2016

Studio Uamou are bringing back their Kakigōri series for the summer. Transparent paint and clear stuffing create the mouth-watering look of shaved ice, and this time a lime green colorway is...

01 July 2016

Remember Studio Uamou's contribution to the yearly Famicase exhibition? Well now you can play Uamou Invasion and you don't even need a Famicom console. A fan has created a browser-based...

Australian Comic Con
06 June 2016

The latest Uamou and Boo duo takes a cue from Australian aboriginal art, which often used a pointalism-like dot technique. The sofubi figures are hand-painted with green and yellow dots and will...

Hakone Dot Uamou
18 April 2016

The Hakone Dot Uamou collection has been a hot item at the Hakone Open Air Museum gift shop. Ayako Takagi has created a handful of new colorways which feature hand-painted polka dots. The...

Fortune Uamou Color Collection
22 March 2016

Taste the rainbow with this super limited collection of Fortune Uamous! Blue Bolt, Italian Green, Bright Green, Bright Orange, Bright Yellow and Candy Apple Red Fortune Uamou are now up in...

Female Toy Designers
08 March 2016

There are a lot of great things about the designer toy community, but one of the greatest is that there are tons of artists, both male and female. We've put together a gallery of some of...

04 November 2016

You probably don't need much convincing to go to DCON this year, but just in case you do, check out the preview for the Toy Within a Toy exhibition organized by Broke Piggy. Four 8 inch Dunnys...

18 August 2016

Nimbus and Mr.KumKum are customizing Uamou and Boo sofubi toys for an Art for Hopes charity auctions starting this Saturday. Art for Hopes "is a non-profit organisation based in...

13 July 2016

The stars are aligning in August; two of my favorite Japanese artists are sharing an exhibition! Konatsu and UAMOU will be holding "Escape from Earth" from August 11 through August 14 at Studio...

27 June 2016

It doesn't happen often, but sometimes between the time I fall asleep and wake up, something has been announced in Japan, has launched, and has already sold out. That was the case early this...

Ultra Uamou
25 April 2016

Due to licensing restrictions, Studio Uamou's tribute to tokusatsu legend Ultraman has never been available outside of Japan. However, a press release makes it sound like that may change. "We have...

Star Man Uamou
01 April 2016

David Bowie: He's not really dead if we find a way to remember him. Ayako Takagi certainly has. She's hand painted the Alladin Sane lightning bolt on GID Uamous and sent them to Collect &...

Mini Dracula Uamou
14 March 2016

We're nowhere near Halloween, but that hasn't stopped Ayako Takagi from creating some cute Mini Dracula Uamous. These tiny versions of the previously full-sized Dracula Uamous are each hand-...

Stone Uamou
26 February 2016

Soft vinyl meets a rock hard aesthetic with this collaboration between Studio Uamou and Mographixx. Stone Uamou was released last year as part of Studio Uamou's matte series of figures, but this...

31 October 2016

Ah, such soothing colors. This might be my favorite Uamou series since the Tengu and Cobalt series, which had an amazing matte finish. These ones, though, feature calming gradients painted by...

12 August 2016

You know that feeling when a bunch of your favorite artists are in the same room and you're not there? Yeah, that's what I was feeling this weekend. Konatsu, T9G, Shoko Nakazawa, Ayako Takagi, and...

07 July 2016

After making an appearance at an UglyCon is Korea, Ugly Uamou is coming to the US for UglyCon 2016 at Giant Robot. Cast in colorful sofubi, each Uamou and Fortune Uamou features hand-painted...

GID Uamou
15 June 2016

Do you like scary sofubi? Studio Uamou and the production company Nauts sure do. They've teamed up to create the Ghost Uamou Series. This release includes a robed and hooded Uamou with a ...

Blue GID Uamou
22 April 2016

Bummed out you can't get that polka dot Uamou that was cast in blue glow-in-the-dark sofubi? Now you can -...

Half Galaxy Uamou
28 March 2016

Studio Uamou's Half Galaxy Uamou was pretty darn cool. Only half of the toy was painted with a cosmic airbrush, leaving half of the transparent sofubi exposed. The Half Galaxy Gold Uamou classes...

studio uamou purin
09 March 2016

Sanrio is celebrating 20 years of their Pom Pom Purin character with an exhbition full of artwork and Purin-related goods from the past two decades. And they've even invited Japanese sofubi artist...

Uamou x Fluffy House | Miss Rainbow Uamou & Chicky Boo
11 January 2016

Hong Kong cute meets Japanese kawaii with the latest collaboration between Uamou and Fluffy house. Ayako Takagi will be hand painting each of these limited edition Uamous, which are sporting Miss...

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