Sunday, July 26, 2009

Chocobo




These flightless adorable creatures are called chocobos(チョコボ) .
This fictional, large, and normally flightless galiformes(flightless birds like turkeys) are capable of being ridden for transportation in the "Final Fantasy Series".
Their typical colors are yellow yet there are still some rare kinds of chocobo which has the ability to fly and cast magic.
One example of a chocobo is the Fat chocobo which is very large in size and ca be a stock room for your miscellaneous. Most of them dwell in forests; While timid in the wild and vicious if threatened, they tame rather easily and act as vehicles, as well as quick and effective cavalry.
They are also useful for fighting for the reason they have powerful beak and very sharp claws.
There first appearance is in Final Fantasy II; after that they have been part of the Final Fantasy Series.
The person who is responsible of creating this adorable mounts is Koichi Ishii, a videogame director who worked on various Final Fantasy Titles. He was inspired to create this character because of "Kyorochan" which is a character in television advertisments for "Morinaga & Company's chocolate candy which is also a bird with the nickname "Kweh".
Chocobos has really conquered videogames with there adorable cuteness like in the game "Seiken Densetsu: Friends of Mana" which is a production of "square enix"; They also appeared in different anime series which makes them even more popular!
To know more about them click this link:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chocobo

Saturday, July 25, 2009

Onion Head Club!!!

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Are you bored of your boring smileys on your YM?
Well these cute emoticons are for you!!!
These cute emoticons are called "The Onion head club" which is also the picture on my header and also which i'm very addicted to because of ti's cuteness!!!
The main characters in here is "Abo"086_64color

who as you can see is the cutest!!!

and also the most mischievous chibi I've ever seen in my life!

Second is his very close friend, "Meiya"097_04

who is Abo's almost-like-girlfriend.

Next is "Greaser"

who is Abo's mortal enemy

and lastly "E" short for "Ethan" is the character that shows himself in the manga...

If you want to see more of this cute and adorable chibis just follow this link http://www.onion-club.net/characters.php

Thursday, July 23, 2009

Be@rbrick










Bearbricks are collectible toys designed and created by the Japanese company "MediCom Toy Incorporated"


The name "bearbrick" comes from "bear" which is it's figure and "Kubrick" which is a block-style toy figure.


bearbrick is a humanized toy(has the body of a human)with extremely simplified form and a pot belly.


The first figure was released on May 27, 2001 as a free gift to visitors of the World Character Convention 12.

Sice then various of editions have created made from different material like wood, felt and glow-in-the-dark-plastic.


The original size of it is 7 centimeters high and these Bearbricks is called 100% bearbricks. Other sizes of it are called as 50%-4 centimeters high, 70%-5 centimeters high, 400%-28 centimeters high, and 1000%-70 centimeters high.


Here are some of bearbricks different editions:


  • Basic- a solid-color figure that has an letter imprint on it's chest, and when you placed it in a row it will spell the word be@rbrick.

  • Jellybean- a solid-color figure that is molded in translucent plastic.

  • Pattern- figures that has different patterns and designs ranging form polkadots to flower designs which was created by different designers.

  • Flag- a figure painted as a nation's flag.

  • Horror- a figure with a theme of popular characters form different horror movies.

  • SF(Science fiction)- a figure that is based on science-fiction characters.

  • Cute- a figure which visually represents the concept cuteness.

  • Animal- a figure which depicts an actual animal.

  • Artist- 2 figures, each designed by a visual artist.

Bearbricks are often sold in "blind boxes". The only way to know which particular figure is inside that box is to buy it and open it. The box states the frequency of each figure: Basic: 14.58%; Jellybean:11.45%; Pattern: 11.45%; Flag: 9.37%; Horror: 9.37%; SF: 10.41%; Cute: 13.54%; Animal: 8.33; Artist: 4.16; Second Artsist: 1.04.


Bearbricks are sold in different prices depending on the frequencu stated in the box, So if that's the case the most cheap ic the Basic and the most expensive will be the Second Artist.


Bearbricks are sold in limited numbers and is not re-released. So if you want to collect it, collect it fast!!!

Tuesday, July 21, 2009

Kidrobot







Kidrobot as you can see is the awesomest retailer and producer of designer toys which was found by Paul Budnitz in 2002.
Kidrobot also specializes in artist-created toys and imports from Japan, Hongkong and Europe.
They are also the one which created the "Munny" and "dunny" series which is their coolest,cutest and no. 1 best seller among their creations. These are soft vinyl figures which resemble cartoon animals based on urban graffiti and stencil art.
Kidrobot has also it's own website and retail stores that sells different apparels and limited edition toys for collector's in New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Miami beach and Toronto, Canada.
Aside from designer toys and vinyl toys Kidrobot also produces t-shirts, hoodies, monogram bags and limited edition sneakers with the collaboration with different clothes company like Lacoste.
If you want to know more about Kidrobot just visit http://www.kidrobot.com/http://www.kidrobot.com/


Sunday, July 19, 2009

Chibi




These cute animations or small editions of your faorite animes are called "chibi"(禿び)which in Japanese means "a small person" or a "small child".
The term has gained currency amongst fans of anime and manga which originally came from the name "Chibiusa" who is the daughter of "Sailor Moon".
Chibiusa is also a small girl that brought the attention of the term.
Chibi is also sometimes called0 "super deformed" versions of cartoon characters or anime.

Saturday, July 18, 2009

Tokidoki

The Moofia
Mimobot Creation

Adios and Ciao Ciao


Tokidoki designs



Cactus Pups


Is this characters seem to be familiar to you?
Yeah it's the characters you are seeing in your bags.(LeSportsac)
Made by an Italian artist named Simone Legno; Tokidoki is a
Japanese-inspired lifestyle brand which was created in the year 2005.
Tokidoki produces apparel, footwear, accessories and other products using iconic characters.

As tokidoki's 5th year approaches, this high-end urban underground fashion has grown to be a leading trend and has collaborated with several industries like Levi's and Lesportsac.

Simone Legno was discovered by the co-founder of "Hard Candy", Pooneh Mohajer and her husband Ivan Arnold on April 2003 when they saw Simone's personal portfolio website which was also included in the list of "The Independent's top websites of the week". Then the two made an arrangement meeting with Simone who later on joined them in Los Angeles to form the tokidoki business venture.

Simone Legno also has a big contribution to the vinyl toys industry because of his characters and toys. Here are some of his contributions:

  1. Tokidoki Characters(which is printed now in Lesportsac bags)
  • The Cactus friends
  • The Moofia
  • Adios and Ciao Ciao
  • Skeletrino and Skaletrina
  • Bruttino and Carina
  • Captain Coco

2. He has also designed some mimobots.

3. He also designed some dunnies like "tokidoki series 3 dunny"

If you want a more detailed information about this cute characters visit this!http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokidoki

Here's the official website!!!http://www.tokidoki.com/

Munny


It's the world's best "do-it-yourself" action figure in the universe made by "Kidrobot".
Since it's first release may has loved kidrobot because you can customize with your own personal touch with different types of pigments like markers and paints.
The very first edition of it is white which is the best for me and then followed by other colors like black, light blue, pink, phosphoroscent green until it came to the color red which is the latest edtion.
Munny has also different kinds of sizes. Here are some:


  • Mini Munny-4" tall, has three different colors: light blue, pink and white, inside the box also contains a"My name is" sticker and a marker(released last february 2008)

  • Mega Munny-18" tall, has three different colors: white, pink and yellow, included in the box are a practice sheet and a coloring book.

  • Munny Zipper Pulls-the smallest of all, it has a clip on it's head to hold the zipper.also called the "blind asortment" because it has different kinds of accessories like banana.

  • Mini Munny Mobile-a car that include a white mini munny, it can seat 1 mini munny, it also has rolling wheels and windshield.

Here are some videos of the really cute munnies!!!