Ultrarobotman Posted November 17, 2014 Share Posted November 17, 2014 I spotted this one earlier today up for auction and I believe it has ended. It just blew my mind looking at it. I guess the old saying is true;" just when you think you have seen it all" - anyone ever see one of these before? I certainly have not and I don't understand the 400% or the reference to tofu on the robot's belly. Obviously this was a marketing tool for a food chain or restaurant. May very well be the strangest robot with box I have ever seen to date. Unless we cannot consider this to be a robot? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morbius Posted November 17, 2014 Share Posted November 17, 2014 Certainly looks frikkin' evil to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Toyman Posted November 17, 2014 Share Posted November 17, 2014 Hi Ultrarobotman, Welcome to the strange world of Klaws Bearbrick, many versions regularly fetch in excess of $1,000+. Google "Klaws" and prepare to be astounded....it's another world out there in Bearbrick land! http://stupiddope.com/2012/04/24/medicom-toy-x-original-fake-bearbrick-1000-chomper/ Noel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tjohejsan Posted November 17, 2014 Share Posted November 17, 2014 I found this site: http://cjmart.jp/en/products/list.php?category_id=3 Some really nice figures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tinplate6 Posted November 17, 2014 Share Posted November 17, 2014 Ultrarobotman...ok, where do I begin? Bearbricks were originally a trading figure series out of Japan. The average figure is only about 2 inches tall. Various artists use these as a design platform, allowing the common collector to get an art item from a renown artist, without paying gallery prices. The number refers to the size duplication, so, obviously a 400% is 400 times larger in scale than the normal 2 inch figure, there are also 100% & 200 % figures. The name Kaws (and yes, that's how it is spelled) refers to a particular artist, not the complete line. As for the Tofu tie-in, Tofu was a vinyl/anime character and figures of this square fellow can be had from popular vinyl shops. This is a crossover piece, the Evil Robot Bearbrick, a long time popular design, has now been combined with the quirky Tofu character to reboot both franchises. I hope this explained a few things for those non-vinyl collectors in our audience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultrarobotman Posted November 18, 2014 Author Share Posted November 18, 2014 Cool stuff, guys.Thanks for the help.It explains the whole thing a lot better.I have started searching Ebay using different key words than I have all along and new and never seen before things are popping up for me but that bear was weird.If it took some D batteries I just might have it here at my place now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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