After almost a year away from the art toy scene, our good friend Peter Kato is back with a slew of new releases just in time for NYCC! With a number of exclusives ready for both the Toy Tokyo and Onell Design booths, plus some early online-only pieces, we’re very proud to give you guys a full rundown of what will be on offer later this week…
Toy Tokyo exclusive Mogu Tank (Mole Tank)// Peter’s main new figure, the Mogu Tank has been created from a mix of digital and hand sculpting, coming cast in 3 separate pieces with the mole fully removable from the tank base. The first of 2 colourways that’ll be made available at the con, the Toy Tokyo exclusive has been painted in a mix of light flesh, baby pink and baby purple. Limited to just 12 pieces, each coming with a hand made box, the Mogu Tanks will be available for just $30 each. Peter reveals a little about the charcater’s background- “He’s a big Mole Kaiju from the earth’s core caverns rescued, recruited into Earth Defence Army. He had been refitted with a cybernetic drill nose & is carried by a tank tread radio controlled by the Army Jacks… He doesn’t drive. Actually all he mostly does is eat & sleep. The Army have a hard time putting him into action because they’re never sure if he’ll be awake to perform the task needed at those crucial moments. Nevertheless he is a strong, powerful ally against the invading Space Army( first shown with Tako-Cubes & Ninja-Robo ).”
Army Jacks// Showing support for the Mole-Tank come the Army Jacks- “Armed with the task of escorting Mogu-Tank via remote control to the target locations, they are each armed with a flame thrower to protect themselves from any alien invaders during this task.” Digitally sculpted by Peter and cast in a green resin with standing base, the 1″ micro figures will be dropping on the Kato online store this Thursday, October 10th and at the Onell Design booth 4-7pm on Saturday, 1-5pm on Saturday for just $5 a piece.
Tako-Terrians// They’re back! Originally dropping last year, the Takos return without their Cube-Suits! Cast in a pink resin with a silver highlight painted around the control collar, the chunky 1″ figure will be available online and at the Onell booth, with around 20 being made available for just $10 each.
Mogu Tank standard edition// As mentioned above, the Mogu Tank will see 2 different colourways released this week. The standard edition has been cast in a bright pink resin with hot pink painted highlights, a grey Drill-Nose and a toy army green Tank-Tread. Limited to around 20 pieces, the figure will be available online and via Onell for just $30 a piece.
Online exclusives// Celebrating the reopening of his online store, Peter will also have a mini “instagram style” linocut print of the Mogu Tank up for grabs too! Blocked with black archival ink on 3×3 inch vintage news print paper, his first hand printed run is limited to 15 pieces, coming signed in the front & numbered on the back. To be joined by a ton of Mogu Tank buttons come Thursday, pricing on the prints is still TBC…
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