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PostSubject: MEGA-SOFUBI ELEPHANT by KAIYODO   MEGA-SOFUBI ELEPHANT by KAIYODO EmptyMon 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

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PostSubject: Re: MEGA-SOFUBI ELEPHANT by KAIYODO   MEGA-SOFUBI ELEPHANT by KAIYODO EmptyMon Jan 25, 2016 4:12 pm

Thanks Alfonso, I tried to enlarge these thumbnails but I am missing something. scratch
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?? scratch

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PostSubject: Re: MEGA-SOFUBI ELEPHANT by KAIYODO   MEGA-SOFUBI ELEPHANT by KAIYODO EmptyMon Jan 25, 2016 4:32 pm

He is huge! Shocked Wow! And expensive Laughing

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PostSubject: Re: MEGA-SOFUBI ELEPHANT by KAIYODO   MEGA-SOFUBI ELEPHANT by KAIYODO EmptyMon 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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PostSubject: Re: MEGA-SOFUBI ELEPHANT by KAIYODO   MEGA-SOFUBI ELEPHANT by KAIYODO EmptyMon Jan 25, 2016 4:50 pm

Wow. Definitely a conversation piece!

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Awesome !!!! cheers Applause Applause Applause Applause

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PostSubject: Re: MEGA-SOFUBI ELEPHANT by KAIYODO   MEGA-SOFUBI ELEPHANT by KAIYODO EmptyMon Jan 25, 2016 6:27 pm

What a elephant :)

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affraid affraid affraid affraid affraid affraid affraid affraid affraid affraid affraid affraid affraid affraid ...And what about scale?

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PostSubject: Re: MEGA-SOFUBI ELEPHANT by KAIYODO   MEGA-SOFUBI ELEPHANT by KAIYODO EmptyMon 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. Laughing

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PostSubject: Re: MEGA-SOFUBI ELEPHANT by KAIYODO   MEGA-SOFUBI ELEPHANT by KAIYODO EmptyMon Jan 25, 2016 7:51 pm


very large.....marvellus Applause Applause Applause

Now we see big models of kaiyodo.

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PostSubject: Re: MEGA-SOFUBI ELEPHANT by KAIYODO   MEGA-SOFUBI ELEPHANT by KAIYODO EmptyMon 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.
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PostSubject: Re: MEGA-SOFUBI ELEPHANT by KAIYODO   MEGA-SOFUBI ELEPHANT by KAIYODO EmptyTue 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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PostSubject: Re: MEGA-SOFUBI ELEPHANT by KAIYODO   MEGA-SOFUBI ELEPHANT by KAIYODO EmptyTue Jan 26, 2016 2:46 am

1:12 scale, that's what I thought. Thank you Andrew for the informations. Very Happy

Wonderful model, far to be a toy.

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Kikimalou wrote:
1:12 scale, that's what I thought. Thank you Andrew for the informations. Very Happy

Wonderful model, far to be a toy.

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Thanks Christophe! :-)
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This elephant is fantastic! Time to start saving from the pocket money))))
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1/12 scale? That's huge! Shocked
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? Very Happy

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Largest insect? affraid Shocked Laughing

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Forest Tinker wrote:
This elephant  is fantastic! Time to start saving from the pocket money))))

Yes! Very Happy cyclops cheers pale Laughing

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NightLioness wrote:
Largest insect? affraid Shocked Laughing

lol! Why not? Wild Republic made a tube of recordists some years ago - Here! Though, all in a much smaller size. Wink

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PostSubject: Re: MEGA-SOFUBI ELEPHANT by KAIYODO   MEGA-SOFUBI ELEPHANT by KAIYODO EmptyWed Jan 27, 2016 12:28 pm

Look like I am going for this big guy or maybe...

Here is the price;
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PostSubject: Re: MEGA-SOFUBI ELEPHANT by KAIYODO   MEGA-SOFUBI ELEPHANT by KAIYODO EmptyWed 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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Thank you Andrew for the informations.

Applause Applause Applause Applause Applause Applause Applause Applause Wink

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Sergey wrote:
Thank you Andrew for the informations.

Applause Applause Applause Applause Applause Applause Applause Applause Wink
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Ohhhhh, excellent piece (as every animal figure sculpted by Shinobu Matsumura), I remember this elephant from one Japanese magazine when was originally released (as well as the cheetah and the macaw) but I had no size comparison. Fortunately for my wallet: Too big one for my collection... elephant elephant elephant

Anyway, thank you, Alfonso, for sharing these photos!
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Hello, anybody could tell me where can i make the booking for this excellent figure? Thanks a lot! Greetings
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