Insanely Twisted
Rabbits Demon Dog Rabbit
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Here's a great new
guest review of a rather, uh, different item -
I'll let you see for yourself! Take it away,
Ryan...
Alright, so this isn't really a
toy review. but I figured that good ol' Mikey does
bust reviews upon occasion, I'd throw this at him.
It's not much different aside from the lower
torso. And if you're reading this then I
used good judgment and didn't waste any time. On
to the review.
This is the 'Demon Dog
Rabbit' Insanely Twisted Rabbits Polystone
collectible based on the illustration by Michel
Gagne. It's produced by the wonderful,
talented folks at Sideshow
Collectibles. It's a limited run of 1000, and
I like it. Oh, and Sideshow says it's sold
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Packaging -
**** Why does everyone seem to start the
review off with packaging you ask?? Well, because
you must first get past the chest to get to your
treasure. On the way you may as well take a second
to look at it. Why I gave this
packaging 4 stars you ask? Have you seen the
pictures I so graciously took for you? This box is
work of art. In all honesty, it was the box that
won me over in the first place. Sure the statue
was neat and cool. But look at the box!!! It's got
a great image of the Demon Dog Rabbit drawing.
It's like he's eating himself!! How cool is
that?!! It also has everything you'd want to
know including the sculptors name. There's
even a little blurb on the back that tells the
heartwarming story of how the 'Insanely Twisted
Rabbits' concept was born. Short story even
shorter, the guys creative and he worked in
animation. Oh, and he's a good drawer. The edition
number is on the bottom in the form of a sticker.
(incase you're wondering, I own 0193/1000. Spiffy
eh? ) It kept good ol' Demon Dog Rabbit nice
and safe on his travels to me. The foam is even
tinted pink to assist in the inner mouth motif
they seem on going for. |
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Sculpting -
***1/2 So you finally got me off the
topic of the box eh? Lucky you. Now I ramble about
the sculpt. Overall it's pretty good. No
complaints. It's a difficult task to take a
drawing, or sketch and make it into a
three-dimensional object. Props to Mat Falls. I'm
not sure what else he's done so this would be a
good time for an editors note if you know
anything.
I took half a star off
because there's an opportunity for some detail.
but it wasn't taken. Sure this is a representation
of a previous form of art, but there could have
been a little texture worked into it. There's
really only some sort of deviation of smooth on
the base (kind of a stony texture) and on the
claws (in the form of cracking lines). But purely
basing this sculpture on capturing the essence of
the drawing, I've got to give the sculptor credit.
Granted it's not perfect, but definitely worthy of
***1/2 stars.
Paint - **** There's not
a lot of it, but where it is used, it works.
Especially considering the coloring technique of
the artist. There's sufficient shading where it's
needed. It breaks up the monotony of all the light
grays nicely There's no slop on the gum line or
the eyes. While I'm on the topic of the
eyes, they are nicely done. There are three
colors. Very dark brown, not so dark brown and
then the glimmer of white. They add a nice
dimension to it. A creepy
dimension. |
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Quality - *** Demon Dog
seems sturdy. He's just heavy enough to feel
expensive, which is a nice thing. I'd be
cautious with the tail, back spikeys and ears.
Just because they protrude and are fairly thin,
and I'm paranoid. Let's just say he won't be
displayed where anyone's gonna be taking a dive on
him.
Overall - *** At first I
was put off by how tiny he is. But the more I look
at him, the more I like him. The sculpt is
quite good, and the paint ops are as good as they
could have been. He seems sturdy enough, and
the run is fairly low. Even the price point isn't
that bad. I'd buy him if I were you, even
just for the box. But get him fast, he is a
rabbit after all. |
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Where to Buy: Well I'm
in Canada so I got mine at SilverSnail.com for
$47.99 CDN
But I did some searching for you
Americans and found this:
- Entertainment
Earth has him for $38.99 plus shipping.
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Figures from the collection
of Ryan
Bradshaw.
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