Posted by Stephen Donaldson on February 12, 2013 |
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Kidrobot is not one to really show up to Toy Fair since they only recently started going only a year ago, but seeing their booth, it’s blatantly obvious as to why they showed up as they’re now licensed merchandise crazy. All of Kidrobot’s major announcements I can’t say a single word about, which is a tad ridiculous (why bring them if people can’t talk about them?), but let’s just say it’s one major announcement that will be integrated into lots of lines, and some are home runs and some are really big misses. There’s also a few expansions on existing lines, but again, mum’s the word.
That being said, there were a few new things on hand that I CAN tell you about: the new Major Lazer figure, which is as clunky and weird as you would expect a figure of Major Lazer to be, a new colorway of the Kozik 8″ Mecha Dunny, and a new colorway of the Chuckboy Labbit. Also on hand were a large scale vinyl figure of Cartman from South Park in his wizard outfit and a new Kozik piece called the Big Bones Labbit that I’m not quite fond of. All in all, it’s pretty clear from Kidrobot that re-colors and licensed merchandise are apparently the future of vinyl to them, which just looks like a bunch more nails waiting to go into the coffin of designer vinyl. It was nice knowing ya.
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![<p><a rel="attachment wp-att-39609 slb_group[39469] slb slb_internal" href="http://www.plastikitty.com/?attachment_id=39609"></a></p> <p>Well, we’ve already shown you a lot of new Play Arts Kai announcements from Square-Enix ranging from the new <a href="http://www.plastikitty.com/home/toy-fair-2013-square-enixs-dc-universe-variant-play-arts-kai" target="_blank">DC Universe line</a> to <a href="http://www.plastikitty.com/home/toy-fair-2013-square-enixs-final-fantasy-vii-advent-children-play-arts-kai" target="_blank"><em>Final Fantasy VII Advent Children</em> pieces</a> and <a href="http://www.plastikitty.com/home/toy-fair-2013-square-enixs-street-fighter-play-arts-kai" target="_blank">Street Fighter</a> characters as well, but there were a lot of other Play Arts Kai tossed in the mix too. The <em>Halo 4</em> Play Arts Kai were on display in full force and ready for action, but there were also lots of prototypes too. Leon S. Kennedy and Helena Harper from <em>Resident Evil 6</em> were on hand along with Tom “Preacher” from <em>Medal of Honor: Warfighter</em> and Isaac Clarke from <em>Dead Space 3</em>. Major Henry Varro from <em>Starship Troopers Invasion</em> was also on hand, but the coolest new figure had to be Zetman, who was just simply stunning. There were also a few chibi Final Fantasy figures on display, so be sure to check it all out in the gallery.</p>](http://www.plastikitty.com/wp-content/uploads/IMG_4530-600x250.jpg "Toy Fair 2013: Square-Enix’s Booth Overview")
![<p><a rel="attachment wp-att-39610 slb_group[39473] slb slb_internal" href="http://www.plastikitty.com/home/toy-fair-2013-square-enixs-tekken-play-arts-kai/attachment/toyfair2013square-enixtekkenheader"></a></p> <p><a href="http://www.plastikitty.com/home/toy-fair-2013-square-enixs-street-fighter-play-arts-kai" target="_blank">Street Fighter</a> isn’t the only fighting game series that Square-Enix likes to make Play Arts Kai of, they’re also quite fond of the Tekken franchise as well. It was no surprise then to see Tekken fighters on hand at Toy Fair via Play Arts Kai figures of Jun Kazama and Kazuya Mishima from <em>Tekken Tag Tournament 2</em>. Jun and Kazuya both look a tad clunky compared to other releases in the line and only come with different sets of hands, but if you want to add them to your collection, you can do so in April when both will be released for $64.99.</p>](http://www.plastikitty.com/wp-content/uploads/ToyFair2013Square-EnixTekkenHeader.jpg "Toy Fair 2013: Square-Enix’s Tekken Play Arts Kai")
![<p><a rel="attachment wp-att-39612 slb_group[39472] slb slb_internal" href="http://www.plastikitty.com/?attachment_id=39612"></a></p> <p>The Street Fighter universe has seen quite a few Play Arts Kai releases already, but considering how many characters there are, it’s no surprise to see four new additions to the cast of fighters that received the action figure treatment. Shown off at Toy Fair were Sakura, Ibuki, Ken, and Guile all in their designs from <em>Super Street Fighter IV Arcade Edition</em>. I’m surprised at how well the cloth materials came out on Ibuki and Sakura despite being hard plastic and Ken and Guile come with some amazing clear plastic accessories that really add to the atmosphere. Each figure also has an alternate face as well as some other alternate parts and the line will begin being released in May with Guile and Ibuki at $69.99 each.</p>](http://www.plastikitty.com/wp-content/uploads/ToyFair2013Square-EnixStreetFighterHeader.jpg "Toy Fair 2013: Square-Enix’s Street Fighter Play Arts Kai")
![<p><a rel="attachment wp-att-39607 slb_group[39468] slb slb_internal" href="http://www.plastikitty.com/?attachment_id=39607"></a></p> <p>Metal Gear Solid seems to be a franchise with a never-ending amount of characters that lend themselves to Square-Enix’s Play Arts Kai line, and the offerings at Toy Fair this year were no different. It seems like every time I go to a convention there’s two or more new Metal Gear Solid pieces and, well, that’s what happened here this year with Raiden from <em>Metal Gear Solid 2</em>, and Liquid Snake from <em>Metal Gear Solid</em>. Also on hand was the <em>Metal Gear Solid Rising Revengance</em> Raiden, who will be coming out in April for $69.99 and is looking quite badass. The amount of detail on Raiden and Liquid Snake looks quite nice, so for fans of the series, these are most certainly welcomed additions to an already great line.</p>](http://www.plastikitty.com/wp-content/uploads/ToyFair2013Square-EnixMetalGearSolidHeader.jpg "Toy Fair 2013: Square-Enix’s Metal Gear Solid Play Arts Kai")
![<p><a rel="attachment wp-att-39713 slb_group[39677] slb slb_internal" href="http://www.plastikitty.com/?attachment_id=39713"></a></p> <p>We already showed you <a href="http://www.plastikitty.com/home/toy-fair-2013-kidrobot-booth-overview" target="_blank">a good chunk of what Kidrobot had on hand at Toy Fair</a>, but one other thing being displayed was the new <a href="http://www.plastikitty.com/home/kidrobot-brings-us-post-apocalypse-with-huck-gees-new-dunny-series" target="_blank">Huck Gee Post Apocalypse Dunny Series</a>. Lots of these little guys were on hand, and, quite honestly I had to keep reminding myself I wasn’t looking at the Gold Life series; the re-use of pieces and sculpts is a tad ridiculous and makes this feel like one of the most unoriginal Dunny releases yet. Yes, there are a few gems in the series such as the futuristic geisha and the robots, but on the whole, the series feels like it’s been released for ages (mainly because some of these have, just in different colorways). Hit the jump to take a closer look at this new series that will be dropping at the end of the month and ponder as to what most of these remotely have to do with a post apocalyptic world.</p>](http://www.plastikitty.com/wp-content/uploads/ToyFair2013KidrobotHuckPostApocalypseDunnyHeader.jpg "Toy Fair 2013: Kidrobot x Huck’s Post Apocalypse Dunny Series")
![<p><a rel="attachment wp-att-39712 slb_group[39676] slb slb_internal" href="http://www.plastikitty.com/?attachment_id=39712"></a></p> <p>Kidrobot is not one to really show up to Toy Fair since they only recently started going only a year ago, but seeing their booth, it’s blatantly obvious as to why they showed up as they’re now licensed merchandise crazy. All of Kidrobot’s major announcements I can’t say a single word about, which is a tad ridiculous (why bring them if people can’t talk about them?), but let’s just say it’s one major announcement that will be integrated into lots of lines, and some are home runs and some are really big misses. There’s also a few expansions on existing lines, but again, mum’s the word.</p> <p>That being said, there were a few new things on hand that I CAN tell you about: the new Major Lazer figure, which is as clunky and weird as you would expect a figure of Major Lazer to be, a new colorway of the Kozik 8″ Mecha Dunny, and a new colorway of the Chuckboy Labbit. Also on hand were a large scale vinyl figure of Cartman from <em>South Park</em> in his wizard outfit and a new Kozik piece called the Big Bones Labbit that I’m not quite fond of. All in all, it’s pretty clear from Kidrobot that re-colors and licensed merchandise are apparently the future of vinyl to them, which just looks like a bunch more nails waiting to go into the coffin of designer vinyl. It was nice knowing ya.</p>](http://www.plastikitty.com/wp-content/uploads/ToyFair2013KidrobotBoothOverview.jpg "Toy Fair 2013: Kidrobot Booth Overview")
![<p><a rel="attachment wp-att-39651 slb_group[39643] slb slb_internal" href="http://www.plastikitty.com/home/toy-fair-2013-kotobukiyas-hulk-statue/attachment/toyfair2013kotohulkheader"></a></p> <p>Yesterday we showed you a lot of new things from Kotobukiya, but one of their new announcements was delayed until today due to the inclement weather recently. That announcement is this one: a new Hulk statue in the Avengers Fine Art Statue line! Set to come out in the 3rd quarter of this year, this green giant is looking pretty awesome! I love the angry expression on his face and his bulging muscles are quite detailed and life-like. No word yet on a price, but expect this hefty guy to come with a slightly heftier price-tag than his Avengers counterparts.</p>](http://www.plastikitty.com/wp-content/uploads/ToyFair2013KotoHulkHeader.jpg "Toy Fair 2013: Kotobukiya’s Hulk Statue")
![<p><a rel="attachment wp-att-39324 slb_group[39281] slb slb_internal" href="http://www.plastikitty.com/?attachment_id=39324"></a></p> <p>Well, this sure is some terrible timing. Deathstroke’s New 52 title was just recently cancelled, but apparently Kotobukiya had already been working on an ArtFX of him before this occurred. This 1/6th scale statue doesn’t really fit in with any line that Kotobukiya has as there was not 1/6th scale New 52 line in the ArtFX, so that just kind of makes this announcement even stranger. Either way he’s looking pretty badass and we’ll keep you updated on the future of this figure as I have a feeling he may never see the light of day, but as of now he’s still scheduled to come out.</p>](http://www.plastikitty.com/wp-content/uploads/ToyFair2013KotoDeathstrokeArtFXHeader.jpg "Toy Fair 2013: Kotobukiya’s New 52 Deathstroke ArtFX")
![<p><a rel="attachment wp-att-39319 slb_group[39282] slb slb_internal" href="http://www.plastikitty.com/?attachment_id=39319"></a></p> <p>General Grievous is one of those really underrated characters in the Star Wars universe; he’s so badass he’s got 4 lightsabers and can spin them in any which direction as he’s mechanical. Thankfully, Kotobukiya has put him in the spotlight with their new ArtFX+ statue! There was no scale listed and he only appeared in a rough 3D printed form, but he’s about 1/10th scale and quite incredibly intricate. No word yet on pricing or a release date, but we’ll definitely be keeping an eye on this Sith lord!</p>](http://www.plastikitty.com/wp-content/uploads/ToyFair2013KotoGeneralGreviousHeader.jpg "Toy Fair 2013: Kotobukiya’s General Grievous ArtFX+")
![<p><a rel="attachment wp-att-39320 slb_group[39283] slb slb_internal" href="http://www.plastikitty.com/?attachment_id=39320"></a></p> <p>Marvel Now recently began as the sort of Marvel counterpart to DC’s New 52 and featured reboots of lots of Marvel’s popular titles including, none other than the Avengers. Kotobukiya today announced that they’ll be producing 1/10 scale ArtFX+ versions of each of them and I can’t wait to see how they come out! The new outfits are quite different from what we’re used to with the Avengers, but they’re also quite interesting and it’ll be interesting to see their transition to three dimensions. No word yet on other Marvel Now titles receiving figures, but I’d assume that if the Avengers sell well others may pop up. No word yet on pricing or a release date, but I’d expect these to be similar to the Justice League figures at around $40 a piece and they should start coming out towards the end of the year.</p>](http://www.plastikitty.com/wp-content/uploads/ToyFair2013KotoMarvelNowHeader.jpg "Toy Fair 2013: Kotobukiya’s Marvel Now Avengers 1/10 ArtFX+")
