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almisi43
Country/State : españa Age : 60 Joined : 2011-11-08 Posts : 216
| Subject: MEGA-SOFUBI ELEPHANT by KAIYODO Mon Jan 25, 2016 1:12 pm | |
| Goes on sale the 03/25/2016 and now you can make some reserve online stores , priced around 15000-16000 YJP [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.] |
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Roger Admin
Country/State : Portugal Age : 50 Joined : 2010-08-20 Posts : 35774
| Subject: Re: MEGA-SOFUBI ELEPHANT by KAIYODO Mon Jan 25, 2016 4:12 pm | |
| Thanks Alfonso, I tried to enlarge these thumbnails but I am missing something. I am really impressed with the figure, it seems very well done and fair to the real animal, very detailed also. Unfortunately completely out of my possibilities but a figure that surely deserves all this money. :) I haven't figured the scale, is it 1:24?? |
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LeeAnn
Country/State : United States Age : 25 Joined : 2013-01-20 Posts : 10339
| Subject: Re: MEGA-SOFUBI ELEPHANT by KAIYODO Mon Jan 25, 2016 4:32 pm | |
| He is huge! Wow! And expensive |
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Anne from Norway
Country/State : Norway Age : 52 Joined : 2015-11-28 Posts : 626
| Subject: Re: MEGA-SOFUBI ELEPHANT by KAIYODO Mon Jan 25, 2016 4:45 pm | |
| Super beautiful!! Love him!! He would definitely have had a place in my elephant collection, but I guess that´s just an impossible dream. But thanks for showing the photos!! |
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Wilorvise
Country/State : Colorado, USA Age : 40 Joined : 2014-08-24 Posts : 2218
| Subject: Re: MEGA-SOFUBI ELEPHANT by KAIYODO Mon Jan 25, 2016 4:50 pm | |
| Wow. Definitely a conversation piece! _________________ Laura
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SUSANNE Admin
Country/State : Denmark, the peninsula of Djursland. Age : 72 Joined : 2010-09-30 Posts : 37808
| Subject: Re: MEGA-SOFUBI ELEPHANT by KAIYODO Mon Jan 25, 2016 5:26 pm | |
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widukind
Country/State : Germany Age : 48 Joined : 2010-12-30 Posts : 45625
| Subject: Re: MEGA-SOFUBI ELEPHANT by KAIYODO Mon Jan 25, 2016 6:27 pm | |
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Sergey
Country/State : S. - Petersburg, Russia Age : 58 Joined : 2010-09-22 Posts : 2886
| Subject: Re: MEGA-SOFUBI ELEPHANT by KAIYODO Mon Jan 25, 2016 7:04 pm | |
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Bloodrayne
Country/State : Netherlands Age : 54 Joined : 2012-12-14 Posts : 1755
| Subject: Re: MEGA-SOFUBI ELEPHANT by KAIYODO Mon Jan 25, 2016 7:20 pm | |
| - Wilorvise wrote:
- Wow. Definitely a conversation piece!
Yeah...it's not going to be the elephant in the room. |
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landrover
Country/State : colombia Age : 66 Joined : 2010-11-04 Posts : 5879
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elephas_maximus
Joined : 2011-11-24 Posts : 484
| Subject: Re: MEGA-SOFUBI ELEPHANT by KAIYODO Mon Jan 25, 2016 10:40 pm | |
| The elephant is sculpted by Kaiyodo's Shinobu Matsumura who also made a series of other large scale animal models (lion, rhino, warthog, whales etc) all very rare. I believe this figure was sculpted about 18 years ago around 1996, it was produced in small numbers in resin (not vinyl) and was very scarce.....impossible to find now (one sold for about USD $500). Luckily Kaiyodo recently decided to mass produce this wonderful figure in vinyl as part of the "MEGA SOFUBI ADVANCE" series, similar to the blue whale already available. There has been a new technique developed in vinyl casting that allows for the fine details of the skin wrinkles to be reproduced faithfully, apparently this was hard to achieve before. The model will be sold fully painted, I assume assembled too as it is cast in several pieces. The model is 30 cm tall (2kg) according to Amazon, the tip of the ears being the highest point. If you take the shoulder height it is about 25.5 cm, using an average bull's height of 10ft the figure is approximately 1:12 scale. [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]image source:http://ameblo.jp/gomora16610/image-11428578819-12333006957.html [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]image source: [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.][You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]image source: [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]
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Numa Moderator
Country/State : England, UK Age : 45 Joined : 2010-06-18 Posts : 1669
| Subject: Re: MEGA-SOFUBI ELEPHANT by KAIYODO Tue Jan 26, 2016 12:17 am | |
| Love th elephant but love that rhino more! Any more photos of the rhino? Could this be the start of a series of wild animals? It would be incredible.
What is the official kaiyodo website link? |
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Kikimalou Admin
Country/State : Lille, FRANCE Age : 60 Joined : 2010-04-01 Posts : 21132
| Subject: Re: MEGA-SOFUBI ELEPHANT by KAIYODO Tue Jan 26, 2016 2:46 am | |
| 1:12 scale, that's what I thought. Thank you Andrew for the informations. Wonderful model, far to be a toy. [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]: Kaiyodo Japan and the Mega-Sofubi page |
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Numa Moderator
Country/State : England, UK Age : 45 Joined : 2010-06-18 Posts : 1669
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Forest Tinker
Country/State : Russia Age : 22 Joined : 2015-11-04 Posts : 21
| Subject: Re: MEGA-SOFUBI ELEPHANT by KAIYODO Tue Jan 26, 2016 2:40 pm | |
| This elephant is fantastic! Time to start saving from the pocket money)))) |
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Roger Admin
Country/State : Portugal Age : 50 Joined : 2010-08-20 Posts : 35774
| Subject: Re: MEGA-SOFUBI ELEPHANT by KAIYODO Tue Jan 26, 2016 3:02 pm | |
| 1/12 scale? That's huge! They made the largest extant animal in 2015, the blue whale, in 2016 the largest extant land animal, the African bush elephant. What's next? |
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NightLioness Moderator
Country/State : The Netherlands, Friesland. Age : 33 Joined : 2013-11-04 Posts : 5073
| Subject: Re: MEGA-SOFUBI ELEPHANT by KAIYODO Tue Jan 26, 2016 3:10 pm | |
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NightLioness Moderator
Country/State : The Netherlands, Friesland. Age : 33 Joined : 2013-11-04 Posts : 5073
| Subject: Re: MEGA-SOFUBI ELEPHANT by KAIYODO Tue Jan 26, 2016 3:11 pm | |
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Roger Admin
Country/State : Portugal Age : 50 Joined : 2010-08-20 Posts : 35774
| Subject: Re: MEGA-SOFUBI ELEPHANT by KAIYODO Wed Jan 27, 2016 12:04 am | |
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ken yeo
Country/State : Singapore Age : 54 Joined : 2010-04-05 Posts : 5428
| Subject: Re: MEGA-SOFUBI ELEPHANT by KAIYODO Wed Jan 27, 2016 12:28 pm | |
| Look like I am going for this big guy or maybe... Here is the price; [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] |
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Bloodrayne
Country/State : Netherlands Age : 54 Joined : 2012-12-14 Posts : 1755
| Subject: Re: MEGA-SOFUBI ELEPHANT by KAIYODO Wed Jan 27, 2016 5:37 pm | |
| I believe the price is pretty good for this huge beast. (14000 Yen is about $120, right?) But it will be pretty expensive to ship I'm afraid. 2 Kilos! |
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Sergey
Country/State : S. - Petersburg, Russia Age : 58 Joined : 2010-09-22 Posts : 2886
| Subject: Re: MEGA-SOFUBI ELEPHANT by KAIYODO Wed Jan 27, 2016 8:09 pm | |
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elephas_maximus
Joined : 2011-11-24 Posts : 484
| Subject: Re: MEGA-SOFUBI ELEPHANT by KAIYODO Wed Jan 27, 2016 9:27 pm | |
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jarda
Country/State : Česká republika Age : 52 Joined : 2011-01-24 Posts : 1306
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Bernyto
Country/State : Spain Age : 40 Joined : 2011-03-15 Posts : 241
| Subject: Re: MEGA-SOFUBI ELEPHANT by KAIYODO Thu Jan 28, 2016 8:35 pm | |
| Hello, anybody could tell me where can i make the booking for this excellent figure? Thanks a lot! Greetings |
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