Time for the big players to step up to the plate! Remember the art sculpture that COARSE worked on with Mercedes Benz for Culture Cartel last month? Let’s just refresh all our memories with a picture of the sculpt. It was a fucking huge piece of COARSE’s noop character that integrated with the Mercedes-Benz CLA into the lifecycle of noop.
As noop enters the final states of his creation, he ascends toward the most euphoric stage of his existence. The piece hints at birth and rebirth: the idea that all incredible things start somewhere.
Check it out below….
Now that Culture Cartel is over, they are offering one rich motherfu*ker to step up and purchase this rare COARSE art sculpture. Starting Jan 25, a two week auction will take place via www.culturecartel.com/ccshop where folks can step in and bid to win this 6m x 4 x 2.6m sculpture. The starting bid is SGD$6,800 (approx. USD $5,000) with bids increasing by SGD$100. Free shipping & installation in the Singapore local area. Overseas shipping rates to be advised upon winning bid.
If you want to support The Toy Chronicle, we have a number of options available to you. We have started to stock a wide range of releases that we think you will enjoy. Ranging from production pieces from Superplastic, to original pieces from our favourite artists. Purchasing one of our pins also really help. A quick, cheap way to also support the TTC is by making a small donation. These can all be completed below through our online shop. We appreciate all the support! Thanks!
Last year we saw the last HALU (3.5inch edition) now it’s the official send-off of HALU as JPX x COARSE set to release the last EVER SET! HALU Illusion “Escape!” x “GET OUT!” by JPX x COARSE. Featuring the 3.5″ and the big boy 7″ vinyl figure which has the magnetic interchangeable rabbit! We do hear rumours, if a collector who has 1 big HALU and 3 small, prepare for a FREE surprise.
It was sad to say that the next color of halu gonna be the last of this series for both 7” and 3.5”
JPX has made JP special member card random blind. This special member will provide many priorities, so please stay tuned for more info.
WHEN: February 1st 2020 Selling time: 11.30 am (Thailand time)
It was sad to say that the next color of halu gonna be the last of this series for both 7” and 3.5”
For 3.5″ of Halu/เหี้ย : illusion : JP special member card blind given on it. This special member will provide many priorities, so please stay tuned for more info.
See ya all on February 1, 2020 both online and at J.P. TOYS Gallery
LIMITED to 250 pcs for 7″ and 400 pcs for 3.5″.
** For customers who purchase a set , JPX will blind give limited Halu/ เหี้ย save the world tote bag (only 80 pcs of each colors) **
Selling price for 7″ : 4250 baht /pc Selling price for 3.5″ : 990 baht/ pc
ps. yes, there are also secret color for 3.5″ and also JP Member card, which you will have priority for future order.
Price : (price not include shipping cost)
7” เหี้ย /Halu : ตัวพ่อ (GID) : 4250 baht
3.5” เหี้ย/ Halu : ตัวลูก (GID) 980 baht
Check out Jeep of JPX unboxing the remaining หี้ย/ Halu below.
Leave you all with our review of Halu. Stay tuned for further updates.
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#TTCAdventures we look back when Lai Yui Wai took us around one of the most amazing toy/art collectors in Singapore. Make a cup of Tea and get ready for one eye-watering collection.
Really honoured to visit his home.
Hope you guys enjoy as much as I do. – Lai Yui Wai
Please note, this was a LIVE Facebook stream.
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Winner winner chicken dinner! with the official launch of the last EVER set “HALU Illusion Escape x GET OUT!” HALU from JPX x COARSE comes to the reveal of the FREE HALU to collectors who already own a HALU. Last year we saw the last HALU (3.5inch edition) now it’s the official send-off of HALU as JPX x COARSE set to release the last EVER SET! HALU Illusion “Escape!” x “GET OUT!” by JPX x COARSE. Featuring the 3.5″ and the big boy 7″ vinyl figure which has the magnetic interchangeable rabbit! prepare for a FREE surprise, IT GLOWS.
It was sad to say that the next color of halu gonna be the last of this series for both 7” and 3.5”
Take pictures of you with Halu /เหี้ย and send to JPX via inbox message https://www.facebook.com/jpxbrand/ with your name, PayPal email, shipping address, telephone number
To participate you must have/select one of this category to take a picture with you.
2 big Halu /เหี้ย
5 small Halu / เหี้ย
1 big Halu /เหี้ย and 2 small ones
For example:
If you pick number 1, then you have to take pictures of you with 2 big Halu/เหี้ย and send to us.
International customers will only pay for the shipping fee and PayPal fee.
Good luck and enjoy.
Oh yeah !! There are secret colours from this FREE Hau/เหี้ย as well.
Leave you all with our review of Halu. Stay tuned for further updates.
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INCOMING! THE COLLECTOR by COARSE is here. Featuring the return the COARSE “Void” Meet THE COLLECTOR which will have 2 editions “NARCOSIS” and “PARANOIA”. We don’t know how COARSE pulls off such intricate vinyl but WOW. Alternative versions to the Rotofugi The Collector Edition Zero from the Possession exhibition. COARSE presents to you THE COLLECTOR NARCOSIS” and “PARANOIA”.
Embrace what you love
and you’ll never be alone.
THE COLLECTOR – NARCOSIS
[Limited to 234 pieces]
THE COLLECTOR – PARANOIA
[Limited to 345 pieces]
The Collector is a life-size 16’’ [40.5 cm] gravity-defying sculpture that honors what it means to be a collector even when the rest of the world might not understand us.
Each order comes with the Void sitting atop his Alpacumulus, one foreboding mask pointing him towards an unknown destination, a sleeping mat rolled up behind him for the long nights ahead, and his collection of clouds floating impossibly in the sky.
On sale Tuesday, February 18th 2020, at the following worldwide times, exclusively at coarse.shop:
07:59 am Los Angeles 10:59 am New York 04:59 pm Berlin 11:59 pm Hong Kong
Tired and from the long journey, he will arrive at your door securely packed inside a color-printed gift box and embedded in black sponge.
FF+ Members should be anytime now for pre-order.* update FF+ Members AVAILABLE NOW.
Thanks to our pal, @jason_encryption who was on hand at Rotofugi to live stream the coarse Possession event, which you can watch below. Go follow Jason on Instagram HERE.
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Just before the new year, JPX x COARSE launched a Ganesha contest, where anyone could have flexed their creative skills and have a chance for a production edition with the word “พระพิฆเนศ” HERE. More important for non-creatives like us is the fact JPX x COARSE has shown the biggest HINT and pretty much confirms that Ganesha will be made into a production edition. Check out the video below at Thailand Toy Expo where Ganesha was first shown.
In the early hours of the morning, JPX shared The Symbolism of Kachapati and its meaning.
With Thailand Toy Expo just around the corner, we would gamble on saying that Kachapati Ganesha would make its debut there.
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Thailand based artist/customizer Oraya Laddaklom aka Lookplu8 has just added extra cuteness to JPX x COARSE “Kwaii” Blessing the platform with her signature style. Toy Chronicle artist spotlight artist Oraya Laddaklom, shows how the Kwaii would look with sparkly pupils along with her signature colour palate.
Little Kwaii is one of a kind and with preparations for Thailand Toy Expo 2020 are ongoing, commission places have been put on hold until the end of TTE 2020. Will Little Kwaii be at TTE? fingers crossed Little Kwaii will be there. Would you like to see this Little Kawaii in a COARSE x JPX Production? Answers in the comment section below.
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As they prepare for a studio move, coarse have announced a Backroom Sale coming today that has the potential to not only help you out as a collector, but also has the opportunity to help out a charity too! Check out the details below!
Take 20%
During the Backroom Sale, you can use discount code take_20% to get 20% off your order. In these uncertain times, this will definitely help if you’re looking to pick up any old or new coarse releases, plus exhibition releases that will be available online for the first time.
Give 20%
The other option is not to take the 20%, and coarse will donate 20% of your order total to Los Angeles Regional Food Bank. You can suggest a different charity or small business you would like to support, just leave coarse a note during checkout.
The Backroom Sale will begin at coarse.shop at 4.59pm BST today! However, if you are a F&F or F&F+ member with coarse, you get an early chance to get involved. F&F+ members will get TEN minutes from 3.59pm BST today. Whereas F&F will have TEN minutes from 4.29pm too.
Orders over $200 will see you granted FREE shipping. With F&F+ and F&F receive free shipping upgrades, as per tradition.
If you want to support The Toy Chronicle, we have a number of options available to you. We have started to stock a wide range of releases that we think you will enjoy. Ranging from production pieces from Superplastic, to original pieces from our favourite artists. Purchasing one of our pins also really help. A quick, cheap way to also support the TTC is by making a small donation. These can all be completed below through our online shop. We appreciate all the support! Thanks!
The glorious day has arrived! As promised the release details and a full turn around of the JPX x COARSE “The Symbolism of Kachapati Ganesha”. With Thailand Toy Expo technically delayed (TTE online will continue) where Ganesha was supposed to make its debut, all is not lost and actually a good thing comes if you couldn’t plan to make it to TTE as JPX x COARSE have announced the worldwide release today. To top off the release, JPX will be donating some of the profits to the Thai elephant charity.
Check out the video below at Thailand Toy Expo where Ganesha was first shown.
JPX shared The Symbolism of Kachapati and its meaning.
JP TOYS Facebook ( Google doc form will be added at the time and date stated for you to fill in)
JPX page ( Google doc form will be added at the time and date stated for you to fill in)
and through all of JPX official distributors.
Selling price: 5,490 thb (not include shipping cost)
Shipping cost: will be announce soon for USA, Europe and Asia. Due to covid-19 pandemic, shipping might be delay.
Delivery date: June 2020.
Edition of 250 pcs worldwide.
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Over the weekend, the glorious JPX x COARSE “The Symbolism of Kachapati Ganesha” was released and sadly sold out far too quick. All is not lost as today JPX x COARSE have revealed the smaller 4″ Kachapati. With Thailand Toy Expo technically delayed (TTE online will continue) where both Ganesha was supposed to make their debut, all is not lost and actually a good thing comes if you couldn’t plan to make it to TTE as JPX x COARSE have announced the worldwide release via TTE online edition.
Check out the video below at Thailand Toy Expo where Ganesha was first shown.
JPX shared The Symbolism of Kachapati and its meaning.
You can get your daily Designer Toy fix from our TTC Mobile App. It’s free too! FREE! Download on the iPhone or Android smartphones. Search for “The Toy Chronicle” and all your Designer Toy wishes will come true! Pretty much.
Once again, Emelie Jensen of Tomodachi Island blesses our week with her all-new custom COARSE Omens! Straight away Emelie hits us with the impressive sculpt and the colour pallet, but those eyes drew us to the Cosmic Lion. Emelie embraced the Omens silhouette using every single centimetre whilst keeping intact the characteristics of the OMEN silhouette so collectors could tell what it was underneath all the added sculpt. Watching Emelie work her magic added the love for Cosmic Lion which you can check out below. Thank goodness the Cosmic Lion’s aren’t a commission and they will be launched this week! YES, you will have the chance to own Emelie’s Cosmic Lion custom COARSE Omen.
I like when I get the chance to do a big and a small version of my Omens. I do this so that I am able to offer a more affordable version of my large Omen. So this time we’ve got a Momma Cosmic Lion and a Baby Cosmic Lion.
It’s been a long process to finish these two. Their manes took me many hours to finish and plan. I would say that they are my most elaborate Omen Customs so far. I do find every second that I spend on these, worth my while. Omens seem to bring out the best in me and I easily get lost whilst working on them. Lost in time.
also tried something new… Gold leaf! This was good fun! It is so easy to get stuck with the materials you feel safe using. Trying new things is something I am scared of as I spend so much time sculpting and painting. I’m terrified that it’s going to ruin my hard work. I spend a lot of time researching before I try new things, to save myself from any disappointment. This time it really did work in my favour, and I’m so happy I added this little element.
WHEN: This Friday 15th of May 2020. They will be available https://tomodachiisland.bigcartel.com/ store at 6.00 PM London Time. Both with Free WorldWide Shipping.
COSMIC LION – 7″ CUSTOM COARSE OMEN £650.00
BABY COSMIC LION – 4.5″ CUSTOM COARSE OMEN £250.00
Check out our interview with Tomodachi Island HERE
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One special moment that we look out for is the annual Thailand Toy Expo Charity Auction. Seeing and hearing all the bidding going on for the life-size sculptures from some of your favourite artists/ independent brands. In the current climate, TTE for the first time going online with the TTE online edition. The Charity Auction will be online too! fantastic news as the Auctions are one of the many highlights of TTE if you have ever visited TTE. This year they will have not only one but THREE Life-Size sculptures. Main purpose is to help animal and people who effect by covid 19. There are so many organization that need to be helped.
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SUMMER LOVIN!! Introducing Little Voyagers Heatwave! POP MART and COARSE present to you the Little Voyager’s Heatwave Edition blind box series! Now the COARSE gang have different moods for the hot summer! Which little voyager represents you better in this season?
We love that POP MART have added a CHASE figure into this series! Usually you would have six figures in a case, but now the chase becomes interesting!
The TTC Shop have the Little Voyager Heatwave figures available for purchase. You can buy a single blind box for £15 or add six to your basket to get a case with even more chance to find the hidden chase!
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No summer without a little temperature change right? HA! You’ve seen the HEATWAVE series but what about the SUB-ZERO series? That’s right freezing the poor little COARSE animals. Today is full of surprises as POP MART x Coarse Little Voyagers Sub-Zero Blind Box Series! WARP UP WARM ladies and gentlemen.
We love that POP MART have added a CHASE figure into this series! Usually you would have six figures in a case, but now the chase becomes interesting!
The TTC Shop have the Little Voyager Sub-zero figures available for purchase. You can buy a single blind box for £15 or add six to your basket to get a case with even more chance to find the hidden chase!
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Its been a while but we are back and its time to shine the TTC Collectors Spotlight on collector Desmond Lin! Remember the name from somewhere? You may recall his PAW! RAGE! homage to COARSE PAW. The VFX artist shares his collection and a little insight into what he collects. Time for the collector’s spotlight to shine once more over to Singapore.
TTC: Thank you for taking thetime out and showing us your collection. How long have you been collecting? and what got you started?
DL: Thank you TTC for inviting me to contribute to this article!
I have been collecting since 2014, I remember it was bearbricks back then that first got me started!
My first few 400% Be@rbricks!
Being in the creative industry as well, seeing different artists expressing their art on a similar canvas and giving a different expression and experience to their collectors always fascinates me.
It was then it opened up the designer toys world to me and I fell very deeply into this bottomless pit till date! Also being surrounded with these pieces, they always serve as an inspiration to me whenever I need one, that’s a good excuse for myself to buy more and whenever I work on a movie, I would buy some related characters and they will exist in my collection as a reminder that I worked on them.
TTC:Is there a specific style you collect?
DL: No, there isn’t a specific style that I go for.
If the shape/colour/ design/ sculpt or stories behind the characters speak to me, usually I will try to get it ( if it’s within my budget and also if I am able to get it, as you know toys are getting harder and harder to get these days! )
Also, I buy a lot of stuff related to the characters that exist in my childhood memories like Mario, Sonic, Doraemon, Shinchan etc. These are characters that accompanied me through my childhood and being in a simple family, I never got to own them when I was young, now I am just reliving my childhood once again, so don’t judge me! HA!
TTC:Has it been hard to keep track what you have in your collection?
DL: It is definitely hard to keep track of what I have in my collection!
I used to start a spreadsheet ( with the help of my girlfriend ) but never been able to keep it up to date at the rate of new toys joining into the party BUT I will never forget where I placed them in my display and I will notice it right away if it was moved and repositioned.
TTC:Being a designer yourself, have you wanted to flex your creativity and produce something yourself?
Not so much about flexing creativity, I feel every collector will always have the dream to create something that they like someday and envisioning them in another collectors’ display is another level of satisfaction being an artist.
So being said that, yes I really do hope someday I can produce something and share it with the world if I can.
TTC: Do you have any designer toys around your workspace?
Being working from home these couple of months, yes I am surrounded by all of them. I don’t have them at my actual workspace because of the tendency of me shifting my table to a standing position and down to a sitting position quite often, Ifear my toys would topple and be damaged.
TTC: Could you give us a little tour around the house/collection?
TTC: What’s your latest purchase?
My latest purchase is this set of gashapon figures from Japan; SHINCHAN! They were about $10sgd each and they are so cute!
Not all the toys have to be limited and expensive to bring joy to the collector which I feel a lot out there has this misconception, they only buy what’s hype. what’s limited, what the crowd is collecting.
That way, you have lost the purpose of collecting, if you don’t enjoy the process and the pieces that you acquired, you will be out of the hobby really soon.
I have seen so many coming in and out of the scene, posting mail calls every damn day, but where are you now?
What’s your Top five in your collection right now
This is a tough one! Every piece has it’s very own sentimental values/memories in them!
If I really have to choose 5 base of design/ sculpt, here’s my pick
1) COARSE – DARK SORROW; I really love this piece, the silhouette is so beautiful, the way COARSE engineered it to balance just on the tiny ankles and hands is amazing and the pose is really beautiful and how it expresses and tells a story and emotion through it. Just magnificent!
2) COARSE – PAW ; You knew this will come It’s undoubtedly a really beautiful character design and I really like how the shape and form of the PAW that no matter where you display him, he will always get the attention he deserves.
3) INSTINCTOY – MEGA EROSION MOLLY ; needless to explain right? This piece is massively impressive. The design, scale, the weight, the colors and the quality of it.
4) BOUNCE – Bounce Boy ; really beautiful elegant hand painted piece, design is really beautiful and to top it off, it has a porcelain kind of finishing which I am a big fan of. Those ancient Qing dynasty chinese ceramics always appeals to me; though this might make me sound a bit old. HAHA!
5) FLABSLAB – I have to be greedy to list 3 of their products here because all are equally beautiful pieces and I can’t decide which is better, it will be the Baby Ghost of Kurosawa, Black Midas Teq63 and Trojan Boy. I love the design, the form and the quality of it. Really beautiful pieces.
TTC:If you had to pick one Toy for the rest of your life what would it be and why? (I don’t ever wish that would ever happen to you )
Another tough one, If I really can only pick 1, I will keep the 1000% ironman Mark 7 bearbrick because that’s the first very crazy experience that I had with my girlfriend in Korea where I just started out this hobby, we went to this shop and saw this piece, as an Ironman fan myself, it’s hard to pass on this piece and having to move around with the big box and bring it back from Korea just make that piece having significant sentimental value, and that’s possibly 1 of the most expensive toy that I have bought at that point of time! Never regret that though, will definitely do it again if time rewinds! HA.
TTC: Where do you have the most collectables in your house?
DL: I have them all in my room, it’s hard to convince my mum to allow my toys to start appearing in the living room you see.
But definitely when I eventually get my own apartment, I will have them all over the place, guaranteed!
TTC:When people visit the office and your house how do you introduce Designer toys to them when they ask?
DL: Most people that actually see my collection physically have similar reactions- ‘You are running out of space, you should remove your bed soon’.
Most of my friends that visit usually are either collectors or people who know about the designer toys so I don’t really have to introduce them, they will know right away which pieces that they want to take home with them when they are leaving- HAHA! That’s why I need to train my dog to start doing sniff test when my friends are leaving my house HAHA!
TTC:What do you look for in a designer toy?
I feel for a designer toy to be appealing, it has to convey a message or emotion in them. It has to have a nice silhouette and form to it as well as colours that compliment the mood that the piece wants to convey.
What top 5 releases/preorders are you looking forward to that you have seen?
COARSE – The Collector
Instinctoy – Ice Vincent Ultimate Spectrum
Sank The Child – Escape
Flabslab – Leia and Palpatine Terracotta piece; OH and also Knox!
Mr Clement – A Vulgar Statement Chapter 2
TTC:Who’s the Hottest artist right now for you?
DL: Personally I have a neutral view for all artists, most importantly their work has to appeal and speaks to me. I am not blindly buying something because it’s from a particular artist or because everyone is buying.
TTC:Whats your guilty pleasure?
Because of the rate of me acquiring new toys, my girlfriend can’t keep up with what she sees in my room, and once a while I will sneak in some newly bought toys amongst my collection and when she suddenly sees it, I will pretend that it’s already there for so long already. HAHA! Now that the secret has been exposed, I need to find new ways to bring in my new toys that were bought without permission
TTC: Out of your collection which 2 hold the most meaning?
DL: Paw! rage has to be the most meaningful piece in my collection. I made a real genuine friend whom I never thought I will ever have. Although it’s just fan art of an existing character by COARSE, it was a project that a very kind friend guided me through, explaining to me the workflow, the pipeline and the insights to toy making. Having this project completed and sharing a few pieces with the people out there really assured me that if we put our heart into doing something that we really love, though the process could be hard eventually it could be done. And it will be a great experience. Even if no one wanted the Paw! rage at that point of time, I will still feel that the whole journey was well worth it, the experience was so much valuable.
The next one I will have to group together a whole bunch of toys that were acquired through the help of friends. Be it shipping proxy to a friend in the US and en route it to Singapore, friends who attend toy con from over the world and helping me bring back the pieces that I wanted, friends who sold me pieces that they know I have been looking out for, friends who always remember me when they see a certain piece and reach out to me to ask if I wanted it and they would help me out with it etc. All these pieces are meaningful to me, not just the toys, but I know I made great friends out there whom I can not only talk toys to them, we talk shits every other day about every other thing that happens in the world, and sometimes… gossips! HAHA!
TTC:We see part of the collection at the office and it’s all beautiful colour coordinated, who does the dusting?
DL: My girlfriend is the one that arranges most of my displays, she always magically arrange them so I end up having more space to display more.
Most of the toys are in the display case so 95% of them don’t collect dust, but for those that are sticking around on the outside, we do brush them as soon as we see dust accumulates.
TTC: With the lockdown have you seen yourself moving your collection around?
DL: Yes definitely, more of the preorders that were purchased earlier were starting to ship and I have to move things around to accommodate the newly joined family members! Tough mission!
TTC: Have you ordered anything since the lockdown and waiting for it to be shipped?
DL: Yes;
Mr Clement – A Vulgar Statement Chapter2
Sank The Child – Escape
Kevin Lyons x Blackbook Toy – Buffalo Soldier
Underverse – Opera Ashtro
Instinctoy – Ice Vincent Ultimate Spectrum
TTC: PAW! RAGE! Yes, that got coarse heads like ourselves hyped, we bet you have many collectors begging for one right? How many do you have yourself and how are they displayed?
DL: I am really happy how PAW! RAGE! turned out and how people responded positively to it and till date I am still getting enquiries about them but as mentioned those are the quantity produced and nothing more. That was more of a learning journey for me, I met a very nice friend while collecting and he’s been sharing with me the pipeline and production workflow of toy making, so PAW! rage was an experimenting project as well as a learning experience for myself.
I kept 1 of each colorway myself.
TTC: You’re a fellow coarse head, which are your top two in your collection?
Dark Sorrow
PAW! of course! I just managed to find my last spectrum colorway (yellow) to complete the whole series recently.
The other one I’ve yet to acquire, but someday I hope I will – PAW Departure!
TTC: what do you think of multi releases of the same silhouette?
DL: Bearbrick are classics, they should compare to that if they are into this designer toy. It shouldn’t be looked as a sculpt designed to make money and has 5000 colourways to them, that’s not art, that’s like buying an apple in the market, every piece is same but just a little bit different.
TTC:We are loving your new YouTube channel, will you be showcasing your collection soon?
DL: Yes, TOILSTORY!
TOIL meaning working extremely hard; and we collectors are working extra hard to maintain This Overrated Indulgence Life.
That’s how the name came upon.
At the moment I am trying to see how this will turn out, with a bit more time working from home these days, I try to combine both my hobbies ( photography and toy collecting ) into 1 and that’s how the channel was created and based around.
Thank you for those who have already subscribed!
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I am truely thankful to all the genuine friends that were made during this journey, it’s really nice to make friends from people all over the globe sharing the similar hobby.
Thank you all! I wanted to do a shoutout but there’s a lot of you, anyway,all of you should know who you are, sincerely thank you.
TTC: How long have you been taking toy photography?
DL: I have been taking toy photography for about 3-4years, but very casually. I was doing macro photography previously before moving into toy photography. I always have the fantasy to take a closer look at that tiny creature that lives amongst us but no one actually bothers and don’t know how beautiful some of them are.
Here are some of the stuff I was doing before http://visual-indulgence.blogspot.com/ So it naturally translates that interest in toy photography since I get lazy to go out under the hot sun nowadays and using a bit of the knowledge I know, I start to explore toy photography.
Take Photography – Behind The Scene
I only do that when I really have an inspiration to photo the subject because they usually take 2 to 3 hours just for 1 photo, from clearing up space in my room, setting up the lights, taking the photos and editing them.
It got to a point where sometimes I ask myself is it I am doing it wrong when some people can snap beautiful photos easily! Teach me, please.
TTC:Does a photo effect what you want to buy? Maybe it’s the nature of my job, I feel a good photograph with good lighting will be able to convey a stronger message than just a casual photo. Visually it will be much more appealing to the audience and naturally attracts more potential buyer, just my opinion though. BUT of course, I do not wish to buy something and receive it looking totally different because it was digitally enhanced so much until even the designer cannot recognise his own toy. Don’t do that…
TTC:Do you feel its important for an artist/ brand to do the designer toy justice with a good level of photography?
Honestly if I am the artist, yes. Because it will be more of a complete product to me, rather than u have a real potential product but you don’t know how to advertise or package it, causing you to lose some of the potential buyer.
Thank you Desmond for taking part in the interview and sharing your personal collection. We appreciate the time taken to answer all the questions and giving us a glimpse into your personal life and showcasing your forever growing collection.
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The classic JPX x COARSE “The Symbolism of Kachapati Ganesha” as well as the smaller 4″ Kachapati was released and sadly sold out far too quick. All is not lost as today JPX x COARSE has revealed the two new editions yesterday. Kachapati 4″ Be fearless & “Only keep the good” 3rd & 4th colourway as the Animal Parade continues to be one of the most affordable series from JPX x COARSE. As promised we bring you the release details.
คชาปติ/ Kachapati 4″ : be fearless
คชาปติ/ Kachapati 4″ : Only keep the good
Edition of 400 pcs worldwide.
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Selling date: August 22,2020
Selling time: 11.00 am ( Thai time )
Selling price : 1,200 thb EACH (not include shipping cost)
Selling rule:
There will be 2 forms : 1 for being fearless (white ) and 1 for only keep the good (black)
both local and international use the same submission forms for entries.
customers can submit for both form but ONLY 1 pcs per color each.
first come first serve basis, THE FORM WILL BE CLOSE ONCE IT REACH THE AMOUNT.
our team will email the lucky customers within 24 hours
after confirmations emails have been sent, customers will have to make payment within 48 hours after they receive a confirmation email.
JP TOYS Facebook ( Google doc form will be added at the time and date stated for you to fill in)
JPX page ( Google doc form will be added at the time and date stated for you to fill in)
and through all of JPX official distributors. *COUGH we heard there might be a CHASE colourway!
Check out the video below at Thailand Toy Expo where Ganesha was first shown.
JPX shared The Symbolism of Kachapati and its meaning.
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Whilst having all the excitement writing the release of the new Superplastic Janky Series Three earlier this evening (read HERE) when I saw the new release from coarse and almost fell off my seat with all the awesome-ness! Two new figures bringing the False Friends back to the fore of Designer Toys! You Used to Keep Me Warm! Stunning new works from Sven & Mark (as to be expected with them two, tbf). You can check out these new works below….
An iconic duo returns For a thunderous new chapter In the story of their friendship.
Sometimes the people who caused us pain are the ones we miss the most.
False Friends – You Used To Keep Me Warm is an emotional exploration of this paradox, asking us why we let ourselves live beneath the same weather patterns, encouraging us to break ourselves free from the storms in our lives.
noop wishes he could forget paw!, but letting go is never easy. As the rain pours down, he knows he can take a step forward and leave paw!’s cloud behind. And one day he will do that. But right now all he wants is to see paw! one last time, so he closes his eyes, steps inside a happy memory, and lets the thunder crash around him.
This 18’’ gravity-defying depiction of noop’s emotional landscape comes in two unique editions. Loser finds a bliss-white paw! holding a dark cloud over noop, who stays dry in a solid gray jacket. Nightshade presents noop in a translucent mint-green raincoat and standing beneath a sunset cloudburst just as another tempestuous night begins.
Each order comes with a vengeful paw!, his menacing raincloud, and a melancholic noop braving the storm. Wet from the rain, a mix of colors rush down noop’s face and chest. A removable double-stitched raincoat with functioning zippers, drawstrings, and a rear air vent protects noop from an immutable weather forecast. A ladder reinforced with magnets ensures paw!’s safety as he stands on his toes, looming over his long-lost companion.
A cloud may hang above your head, but every storm will pass with time.
You Used to Keep Me Warm – Loser!
In the weeks since paw! left him wounded and aching, noop has attempted to find a new companion but he always ends up alone.
When he tried befriending a tree, wind swept through and pushed its branches away from him. When he reached up to the breeze hoping it might love him back, the air became still in an instant and the wind held its breath, waiting for noop to disappear.
When he picked a rock to hold it close, it set off a landslide. A flower he plucked withered in his hands, fog evaporated when he touched it, clouds casting comforting shadows cracked with thunder when noop looked up. He tried talking to the moon, but each night it got smaller in the sky; he tried laughing with the sun, but every evening it betrayed him, falling behind the horizon despite noop’s pleas for it to take him along.
You could have all the love in the world to give away and no one to give it to, because the only friend you ever had turned out to be a false one.
Yes, this is what it meant to miss someone, and noop didn’t know how to move on.
It would have been easier to be someone else. Some noops stayed in the shells that had hatched them, never stepping foot past the groves where they were born, and they lay there peacefully, never losing anything because they had never brought anything into their lives they could lose.
Other noops saw life as a battle, and they wore helmets and summoned the auras within themselves to survive against the paw!s and Locks and that pounded the earth with their fists.
But noop—this noop—had neither been fearful nor brave. He had never wanted the safety of a nice home or the valor of victory. All he wanted was a friend, the only friend he ever had: paw!
One time, not long after they first became friends, noop and paw! were walking across a marshy plain when they came across hundreds of footprints fossilized in the earth.
“Look,” noop said, placing his feet inside them. “They’re the same size as mine.”
“They’re from the noops who came before you,” paw! said.
“What happened to them?” noop asked. “Where are they now?”
“They were harvested.”
“Harvested?
paw! Explained how every spring hundreds of noops are born on the elastomer, and every autumn the harvest comes and a mysterious force takes them away. Once the harvest is over, all noops disappear and are never seen again, until next spring when a new batch is born and the cycle repeats.
“Do you know where we go?” noop asked, stepping out of the foot prints and finding his own path across the plain.
“No one does.”
“So what am I supposed to do?
“Enjoy your time on the elastomer while you can.
noop thought about this. “It’s nice to have a friend,” he said.
“Yes,” paw! replied. “Yes it is.”
Something has changed in the air. The afternoons are not as warm at they were just a week before, and the days seem shorter, the nights endless.
noop remembers a time like this, in the early days of spring when he broke through his shell and fell from the tree that bore him. He believed that the longer you lived, the warmer the elastomer became, but the electric winds that find him now send a chill through his bones, like a warning.
Autumn has arrived.
noop only has a hazy idea of what this means. But rain comes more often now, watering the fields where new trees will blossom so that new noops can hatch in the coming spring and replace him. The harvest is coming, and in the span of his brief life on the elastomer, all he has learned is what it means to have a friend, and what it means to lose one.
He takes a seat at the top of a hill where he and paw! used to look out at the elastomer. He has been on this planet less than a year, and already he has to say goodbye. He can feel the color draining out of him, all the joy left inside him passing through his skin and exiting his bones. The end is near now.
Just as noop closes his eyes it starts to rain—not a small drizzle, but a tempestuous storm, bursting with thunder and lightning. noop holds himself, shivering in the cold.
Then, something rustles behind him: footsteps coming up the hill.
“Hello?” noop calls.
First he sees two ears, then the face he once new so well.
“You’re too late,” noop says. “It’s time for the harvest.”
“I know,” paw! replies.
There is nothing more to say. All they can do is sit beside each other like they have countless times before.
The rain pounds their heads, and even though noop can feel the force of the harvest approaching, he is not alone beneath the clouds anymore. The force gets stronger, and noop readies himself for what is to come, but he has a friend again. And for the few moments that remain, this is all that matters.
Release Details of You Used to Keep Me Warm
Dropping on 1st October 2020, there are two editions of You Used to Keep Me Warm available! Loser and Nightshade, both priced at $388 each. Limited to $388 for the Loser and 288 pieces for the Nightshade! They stand at a whopping 18inches tall!!!
They’ll be available from 4.59pm BST next Thursday 1st October from https://coarse.shop! Unless you are a F&F member with coarse, and then they’ll likely be available in the coming days!
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Over the last month couple of months saw the release of Kachapati 4″ Animal Parade Special by JPX x COARSE. Kachapati 4″ Be fearless & “Only keep the good” 3rd & 4th colourway as the Animal Parade continues to be one of the most affordable series from JPX x COARSE images of collectors receiving a number of screct CHASE colourways. Speaking to Jeep from JPX he mentions there were two CHASE editions which was randomly shipped to collectors!
Did you manage to own one of the CHASE colourways? Answer in the comment section below. Rumour has it that the more Kachapati is on the way!
Check out the video below at Thailand Toy Expo where Ganesha was first shown.
JPX shared The Symbolism of Kachapati and its meaning.
You can get your daily Designer Toy fix from our TTC Mobile App. It’s free too! FREE! Download on the iPhone or Android smartphones. Search for “The Toy Chronicle” and all your Designer Toy wishes will come true! Pretty much.
The next page of JPX x COARSE “Kachapati” has begun! This time around, a much brighter edition in the presence of “Enjoy your life” edition has been revealed this morning. Fronting a bight yellow, hoping to spread positive and vibrant vibes. Kachapati from the Animal Parade continues to be one of the most affordable series from JPX x COARSE. As promised we bring you the release details.
One question remains, will this drop have a CHASE the secret like the previous 4″ Kachapati releases?
Kachapati 4” : Enjoy your life Selling date: November 11, ,2020Selling time: 11.11 am ( Thai time )Selling price : 1,200 thb (not include shipping cost)
Selling rules:* There will be 1 form only for both local and international customers. * both local and international use the same submission forms for entries.
* FIRST COME FIRST SERVE, THE FORM WILL BE CLOSE ONCE IT REACH THE AMOUNT.* JPX team will email the lucky customers within 24 hours* after confirmations emails have been sent, customers will have to make payment within 48 hours after they receive a confirmation email.* staff decisions are final.
JP TOYS Facebook ( Google doc form will be added at the time and date stated for you to fill in)
JPX page ( Google doc form will be added at the time and date stated for you to fill in)
and through all of JPX official distributors. *COUGH we heard there might be a CHASE colourway!
Check out the video below at Thailand Toy Expo where Ganesha was first shown.
JPX shared The Symbolism of Kachapati and its meaning.
You can get your daily Designer Toy fix from our TTC Mobile App. It’s free too! FREE! Download on the iPhone or Android smartphones. Search for “The Toy Chronicle” and all your Designer Toy wishes will come true! Pretty much.
Also being surrounded with these pieces, they always serve as an inspiration to me whenever I need one, that’s a good excuse for myself to buy more and whenever I work on a movie, I would buy some related characters and they will exist in my collection as a reminder that I worked on them.
It’s undoubtedly a really beautiful character design and I really like how the shape and form of the PAW that no matter where you display him, he will always get the attention he deserves.
