Kaws JPP toy in the house!

At last, my Kaws JPP has arrived from kawsone! I have been waiting for this toy for the longest time!

If anyone read my previous mail, they might noticed the tee I was wearing when I took the photo with Touma.

Yup, I was wearing my favourite Originalfake tee, the JPP. It was my first ever Kaws tee and it is still my favourite OF tee even though I have bought a couple since then.

I have loved the Kaws JPP design ever I realised that Kaws was putting his XX design on the Tokyo police mascot that I always saw whenever I was in Japan. So when I knew that the JPPs were launching, I was on kawsone.com waiting for them to drop.

I read as well from Kaws blog that he will appear in an article in ANPQuarterly magazine. Check out the photo of the 4 feet Kaws Companion. I saw one in the OriginalFake shop when I was there and I wish I had the dough to bring one back (It's not for sale anyway and my wife will kill me if I did bring one back).

It's a good time to be a Kaws toy collector. :-)

Kaws talks about his collab with N.E.R.D.

For his Complex mag's cover with N.E.R.D.

The Dungeon of Secret Base

I am currently visiting Tokyo for business meetings and took the opportunity to check out OriginalFake and Secret Base stores.

OriginalFake shop is small and I personally find the clothing there expensive. Not feeling the tee designs in the shop and they do not have the black Dissected tee that I am looking for.

They have the Black Kaws Dissected print on display. It looks nicer than the original and monotone prints. Too bad it is on sale only 2 weeks later.

I finally see the Kaws GID Kun. It is beautiful! I wanted to buy it but the shop staff said that it is not for sale and all the GID kun toys have been sold out. Dammit!

Secret Base shop is small and dark. I love the caged display they have that housed all the Secret Base toys ever produced. Unfortunately none of them is for sale. I am quite disappointed that they do not have any Secret Base toy available for purchases and I was praying for it to rain so that they can bring out some rainy day toys. No dice.

I do not like the tee that they have. Too "goth" for me.

Basically it has been a waste of time for me in terms of shopping, I did not buy any toy or tees. However it is cool to finally see the two shops themselves. Secret Base shop (with the caged display) is very impressive.

Kaws x BXH Glow In the Dark Kun

Ahhh... should I or should I not hunt down one of these fanciful Glow in the Dark Kaws Kun?

I have promised myself to stop buying more kaws toys. It is time for me to take a break.

However I am still in the process of getting the green kun (I have get it to complement my red kaws kun toy, no?) and I have difficulties getting this GID beauty because the total run is less than 100 pieces.

Will be crossing my fingers and hope I can get it in the future... but with less than 100 pieces existing and with the kaws name linked to it, I think I have no chance :(

Goodbye, the glowing kun.

The Black Kaws Dissected Companion

My mate from GoKitsch (Yo Carl) was kind enough to secure a Black Kaws Dissected Companion for me. I was reluctant to get this toy in the first place because my finance is tight. Now I have no regrets but tons of bills to pay. lol

The Black version is my favourite Dissected at the moment. The contrast between the black outer body and the neon coloured interiors is very distinctive. I am fortunate to get a piece with no glue marks or broken legs. I have read that some of the Dissecteds were very badly produced.

The line that started my kaws craze (The Dissected) is at last complete. I doubt I will go for a GID version if one comes out (same reason why I am not going for the GID Kaws kun).

Life is good. Time for me to relax and enjoy the beauty of my collection that Kaws has produced.

Kaws makes me broke. The new Black Dissected Companion drops in.

From kawsone's mail:

"Hello & Happy New Year,

We will release the OriginalFake Companion: Black Version,
this Thursday January 4th, 2007. Available for sale starting 2pm EST.
Limited purchase to one piece per customer.

KAWS STUDIO"

Oh my Buddha! Having the Original and Grey Dissected Companions, there is no way I am not getting this Black beauty. Dammit, time to extend my credit with the bank. Really love the neon coloured interior. Wish me luck in the middle-of-night-clickathon.

My Kaws Collection at Christmas 2006

Hiya, trying out blogger for my site to pass info about my toy collection. Sure beat trying to program my news on my main site every time.

Anyway, got my Kaws Christmas kun, Kaws Monotone Dissected Companion and the Medicom Kaws Wood bearbrick during the Christmas period. Good times for me but I think I can stop collecting kaws for a while. I am broke... at last.

You can see my collection here.