Fiberglass Feelings

I've been meaning to get over to rotofugi, a designer toy store here in Chicago, for the longest. It took a post on Hypebeast to get my legs to moving.  So I finally checked out the store as well as the Noop Show by Coarsetoys creator Mark Landwehr being held in rotofugi's gallery... The craftsmanship alone is impressive.  All the figures were either sad, angry, dead, or hurt in some fashion.

I went on a rather chill day, so Whitney, one of the owners, was able to show me around a bit and filled me in on some key things:

1. This is Mark's first U.S. show. 

2. This is rotofugi's biggest exhibit to date.

3. Contrary to popular belief, most of the figures are not vinyl.  They're fiberglass.

4. They ain't cheap!

 This guy is probably the most popular.  There's this colorway, then there's a special rotofugi colorway.  There was a 4 foot tall version of this shark head dude in the center of the gallery.

Mark Landwehr hard at work.  Looks like he checks for one of my favorite brands.
This guy, though my favorite from the show, immediately reminded me of the Donnie Darko bunny.  This little guy retails for about $4,800 - and he's not even the most expensive.
Paw! will be released soon

The show will continue through October 5th.  Next time I'll take some shots of the actual rotofugi store space.  Equally impressive!