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Sideshow and Acro present the Gill Beast: Namazu (EX Version) Vinyl Collectible. Comment from James Groman: I first saw the amazing 1954 film, Creature from the Black Lagoon when it was shown (in the original 3D format!) at our local Library when I was a kid. I could not get the film out of my head for weeks afterward, and took advantage of any opportunity to talk about it with anyone that would listen to me. I was obsessed with the incredible design of the Creature himself, which was a marvel of design, sculpting and rubber monster suit tech at the time. Over the years I've had a couple chances to sculpt the Creature, as well as Creature-like sea monsters very much inspired by the gill-man. As my toy design career began to have a renewed success a number of years back, I took the time to design and sculpt my own aquatic gill-beast very much inspired by The Creature. I began to show the sculpture around to different companies, and was so excited to get interest from Kaz.Kadowaki and his Japan based Vinyl Toy company ACRO. I was very familiar with ACRO from their fantastic line of redesigned Ultraman monsters in the Kaiju Remix series they produced. I decided to name my deep-sea denizen Namazu, after the Japanese Mythological giant Catfish who was known to cause earthquakes and tsunamis. In our redux of the myth, our monster is the true Namazu, a beast so ferocious and horrible that the story of him being a giant catfish was fabricated to make his existence more acceptable to the fragile minds of humans. Now, for the first time, we know the true appearance of the great Gill Beast: Namazu! Now featuring an EX variant colorway, painted by Kotaro Ogata!

ACRO presenta la serie Gyango Kaiju Remix Vinyl Collectible. Diseñado y esculpido por Sagata Kick.comment de Sagata Kick: desde que estaba profundamente impresionado por el Bemular de Paul Komoda cuando era estudiante, he estado siguiendo la serie Kaiju Remix. ¡Es un gran honor para mí ser parte de esta serie que he admirado durante mucho tiempo! Originalmente, Gango es un personaje nacido de la modificación de un disfraz bemular, por lo que al crear mi versión de Gobo, me aseguré de infundirlo con respeto a la versión Kaiju Remix de Bemular. Para mí, mi primer encuentro con Gobo fue a través del juego de la sombra en la escena de apertura cuando era niño, y recuerdo estar bastante sorprendido en ese momento. La misteriosa silueta, los dientes ruidosos y los ojos redondos. Para mi mente joven, parecía increíblemente aterrador y se convirtió en una especie de trauma. No fue hasta que estuve en la universidad que finalmente vi la serie principal, y una vez más me sorprendió el marcado contraste entre el comportamiento adorable de Gobo y la imagen aterradora que tenía en mi memoria. Es la combinación de miedo y encanto: estos dos aspectos opuestos, que definen a Gango para mí, y he hecho mucho esfuerzo para esculpir esta dualidad. ¡Espero que lo disfrutes cuando tengas la oportunidad de sostenerlo en tus manos!