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It’s official, kaNO’s second coming has arrived and has been crunched down to a 6″ figure better known as: Bodega. For those who didn’t grow up in a primarily Latino “hood”, Bodega/s refer to your nickle and dime shops where you could score your 25 cent juices and 20 swedish fish for a buck. I can still score those swedish fishies, but that “quarter juice” doesn’t exist in my neighborhood anymore. I’m not too worried though, kaNO’s newest release will help settle some of those nostalgic moments as he’s a spitting image of those very quarter juices I had to sneak into my home because my mom wouldn’t let me drink them.

If you want to pick one up yourself, you should make your way to MPH on Friday November 7th from 6-9pm, for the release party (with DJ Kula). There will be 30 pieces on sale, limited to a total run of 300 and produced by Bic Plasics. Each figure will set you back $45 and come accessorized with a “shank” and brass knuckles.

Layziechino!

Layziechino, congratulations on winning the solid black baby koguma that My Plastic Heart has so kindly donated. I’ll be contacting you very soon by email to get your snail mail information. According to your comment, you live in Holland, so even more kudos to you. Baby koguma has a long trip ahead of him.

To all those who participated, I honestly wish I had more babies to give away, but I don’t. I was prepared for a few broken hearts, but definitely not 84!! I’m so sorry. Thanks for participating though.

Both these guys are awesome and I thought I’d post about their works in progress. What’s the status on their creations? To be quite honest, I’m not sure. Steve Talkowski was unleashing his Sketchbot into the wild through stickers, postcards and buttons (which I got!) on Friday, Day 1 of NYCC.

I’m uber excited for whatever is to come with his creation. I have an unexplainable love for robots, and the giant pencil he’s holding just adds to the adoration. I want him in vinyl form, or something of that nature… I can imagine him sitting in class with me. In the meantime, I’ll make do with the sketch Steve hooked me up with, in gold nonetheless. If you want to keep up with the progress, please visit his blog: Steve’s Sketchbot Adventures

Steve Lew*, aka Kid Lew, was the other Steve putting something out there. I got a chance to catch up with him that first day and he mentioned how hard he’d been working the night before to have Lumpy Bumpkin ready for NYCC. He created the prototype himself, I swear, if only I could do such things. I think the little fella is cute, and my favorite parts happen to be the stitching across it’s face. MPH was kind enough to display among their other pieces. No word on whether he’s going to be mass produced though. I’ll let you know if I hear something.

*(Steve’s listed in no particular order ^_^)

MPH has teamed up with TokyoPlastic to unleash Koguma onto the scene. Want a chance to get baby Koguma before anyone else? Then leave a comment! It’s as simple as that. ONE COMMENT PER PERSON! If people are found to be commenting multiple times be it with the same or separate email accounts, all entries will be void. I have a feeling that people are going to want him… so please spare me the headache and dissapointment of having to kick someone out of the contest. Only one Koguma will be rewarded. Hit the jump for more. (more…)

Let’s see how many people were paying attention? Do people remember when I posted about Tokyo Plastic’s sneak peek? If not, you can see it here: TokyoPlastic Teaser. Well, the fine folks over at MPH, Vince and Bik, have just offered to sponsor a giveaway!! How awesome is that? What is it? It’s a limited 1 of 150 TokyoPlastic x mphlabs Koguma!!! Tomorrow, the giveaway will be set up for people to start commenting for a chance to win. Make sure you stop by to enter.

P.S. MPH’s sponsored giveaway will be the last on this site. iheartcoolstuff.com is going through some major changes… if you’re a member, you’ve gotten an email about this. Good Luck!