Another amazing Superfestival under the belt – great fun was had by all. There are few pieces remaining that are now up in the FIG-X.net shop. PaulKaiju’s Glitter Bomb Unchiman – the FINAL STAND in resplendent Blue Glitter vinyl with Gold Metal Swipe and Finger Fives to match. Awesome Toy’s Loch Ness Monster gets the S.T.E.A.M.…

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In terms of releases – this past year was dominated by the Glitter War releases. Apparently glitter was something I had to get out of my system (all the cool kids were doing it). Maruyama Toys was the enabler – we ran through almost their entire “Crazy Lamé” pull pour catalog.  Red, Silver, Gold, Pink, Emerald…

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Fig-lab will be at the next Superfestival – Volume 70! My how the time flies! Superfestival 70 will be held at the Science Museum in Kudanshita on January 10, 2016 – doors open at 10:30. If you have never been you owe to yourself to check out the coziest little toy show in Tokyo. A great mix…

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Here at Fig-lab we have been pretty stoked on our new S.T.E.A.M. colorway utilizing Goto-sensei’s inimitable metallic Copper, Silver and Gold paints. Last month, we released a handful of PaulKaiju’s iconic Unchiman in this new colorway that we have developed (a few of which are still available!) and now the Finger Five get the full S.T.E.A.M.…

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Short notice folks – but D-CON was sooo last week. Fig-lab will be joining Guumon + Friends at a nice little SOFUBI show at the One-Up showcase in Akiba Cultural Zone. Featuring fresh customs from western SOFUBI artists Guumon, Bwana Spoons, Devils Head Production, and Kearjun. Fig-lab will be contributing a clutch of Datadub finger puppets – several Metal Swipe…

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By the time I arrived it was all over – the tables had been picked clean and the hardcore had moved on. But it was all the better to take photos of the glorious display cases. The 2 day event was held on the sixth floor event space of Yamashiroya in Ueno, arguably the best…

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Phase Pheyden – Onell Design’s contribution to the Fig-lab Finger Five – gets the Hellopike “Custom Corps” treatment. Customizer extraordinaire Hellopike is at it once more with a grip of his one-of-a kind customized Phase Pheyden Sofubi Finger puppets. Grab one of these blind-bagged beauties before they are Phased Out! LUNATIC FRINGE WEBSHOP

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Better late than never… wanted to give a big shout out to Mighty Jaxx for hosting an exclusive release of the Finger Five at their booth at STGCC this past weekend. They also tapped us to supply them with a cornucopia of the freshest Japanese Vinyl from UAMOU, Blobpus, RealxHead, Chima Group, Monstock and Hariken.  Hope the…

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Untitled, originally uploaded by datadub.The Kaiju Blue Exhibition in Shibuya is a bigger than I was expecting, definitely a pleasant surprise. Show runs from August 7 – August 19. 2013.08.07 – Kaiju Blue Shibuya, a set on Flickr.

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Hey Kids!, originally uploaded by datadub. The Fig-lab Finger Five TOOTI FROOTI series is a nutritional start to your day and comes in five wild flavors – Mandrill Mandarin, Caustic Lemon, Hurlin’ Chunky Grape, Hellish Melon, and Blueball Berry. Collect all your favorite characters! Crazy Unca’ Biter! Sarcastic Sucklord SD!! Creepy Chibi Baby Hell!!! Far-out…

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The Designer doll Blythe, originally created in the 1972 by Kenner and re-introduced in 2001 in Japan by CWC/Takara, is the spokesperson for this new cosmetics campaign for ettusais’ aqua splash OB in Japan. The campaign POP tells the tale of 2 Blythes: Teka-Teka(shiny) girl and Sara-Sara (Dry) girl. The product promises CHANGE from Teka-teka (which…

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One of core tenets of Fig-lab’s mandate is to introduce talented Japanese figure makers and character creators to the rest of the outside world.  To this end, Fig-lab has the distinguished pleasure of coordinating with Simeon and the good folks at Card Hacks to wrangle some talented Japanese Artists to participate in their much accoladed…

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