TAKE A STROLL: It's so exciting to see our beloved colleague and designer toy provocateur Spanky Stokes deliver their very own sofubi Stroll for the whole world to bestow, to collect. The character has been realized and interpreted over the years by various artists, but this is John "Spanky" Stokes' very own design, and we abso-f'n-lutely love it!
(l: 3D print model original proto; r: example of past Strolls)
The digital sculpt for this soft vinyl by Shinbone Creative delivers an 8" horned pouting kaiju who is pretty in translucent pink. The cyclops meets yeti-like creature is a lovable oaf who has seen the light of day in the past in an unpainted red version and the OG paint version. With the quality production headed by Toy Art Gallery (@toyartgallery) and molded in Japan. Check him out as a work-in-progress!
TAG will also offer these for sale, debuting at this year's DesignerCon where at Booth #1221 Spanky will even sign/sketch there live on 11/20 at 3PM. It's so cool to see their mascot come to life! As an aside, we are doing the exact same thing behind the scenes with GO-Bot, we can attest it is a timesuck process though worth it in the end (we expect ours to surface in Spring-ish 2017). If you can't make it to the Con you will have the opportunity to grab one via TAG for $80 the following week (as supplies last).
* all images courtesy of J. Stokes