Toy OTD: West Kenji Booska, Chamegon OP Animation Completed Set (Monochrome Version - 2007)
I bought this set at my first Vinyl Toy Network show. I've always kind of liked Booska (even though I've never seen him in anything), but this stylized interpretation put me over the edge and finally got me to hit the 'spend' button. The pair cost me sixty dollars at the time.I like the colors in Booska's design, the monochrome version was sufficiently attractive. I suspected that this might be the case, but I didn't know until just now that this set is designed to look like the opening animation of the program. Not to mention that I got his girlfriend (?) Chamegon in the bargain! Pretty cool.
The sculpts, color palette and paint jobs are great - the only real minus is that the interchangeable arms don't fit into the body as well as I'd like (see photo). The package design isn't mind-blowing, but I rarely keep that stuff anyway. Average-looking boxes are easier to recycle, so in a way it's a plus!
I can't find either set online right now, so set up a favorite search and keep casting that net. Be prepared to pay north of a hundred dollars, as they've been sold out for a while. Good luck!
Labels: 00s toy, booska, booska kaiju, chamegon, japanese tv, japanese vinyl, toy of the day, toy OTD, vinyl figure, vinyl toy, vinyl toy network
posted by Jeff Pidgeon at
12:53 AM
4 Comments:
they're really cute! i didn't buy a lot at Vinyl Toy Network but i enjoyed it.
I liked going a lot, but there isn't much available there that you can't get online.
Wow Jeff, you always have the absolute coolest toy finds!
And so well photographed too.
I love looking at all of your toy photos, especially the old vintage ones, and usually save them to a special folder on my HD. They make great desktop Bg's too and co-workers are always walking by oooh-ing and ahhh-ing.
Thanks for sharing!
No problem! It's a huge amount of work to shoot all this stuff, so it's always great to hear that folks like and are sharing 'em!
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