Cacooca's Top 10 Toys for 2014
WHAT-IS: *Celebrating 2015 with a series of "TOP TEN TOYS FOR 2014" as picked by fellow plastic-crack-addicts ā¦ eerrr ā¦ I meant "fellow toy collectors"! It doesn't have to be released in 2014, it just has to be purchased / gifted / unboxed in 2014. Living my toy-dreams vicariously through you collections! Share Your Toy-Joy, people!* [CLICK to read all]

You might know of China-based creator Cacooca's Panda resin and vinyl releases, but do you know what he likes to collect? Well, at he very least we get to see what his "TOP TEN TOYS FOR 2014" are! And I've decided to post both his original Mandarin text, AND the/my English translation (courtesy of Google Translate and my own paltry editing). ENJOY!

(#10) T9gXmuseum
WHY: "éåøøå·§å¦ēč®¾č®”ļ¼ē¬¬äøꬔč§å°ē±»ä¼¼ēfigureļ¼čäøęÆåä½ę¬¾." ("Very clever design, the first time I saw such a figure, and it is collaboration model too.")

(#9) Konatsu
WHY: "čæäøŖ大家é½ē„éļ¼äøē“å¾åę¬¢ļ¼čæåŖå°¤å ¶åę¬¢ä»ēé č²ļ¼ä¹ęÆ2014幓TTFēę¶č·." ("This is an item we all know about, and I have always liked it, especially this colorway, and as well was exclusive to 2014 TTF.")

(#8) Shoko.n
WHY: "åÆē±čäøéåøøēē®å." ("Lovely and very simple.")

(#7) Touma
WHY: "å¾ęęęēč®¾č®”ļ¼čæęÆTTFēéå®ļ¼åŖęäøåŖ." ("Very interesting design, which is limited to TTF limited, only one piece!")

(#6) Black Rabbit
WHY: "äøŗč®¾č®”åøēę¶č£ ęå°čµå¹!" ("I am very impressed with the designer's painting!")
(#5) cacooca panda think Halloween
WHY: "äøå£čäø»é¢ļ¼éåøø儽ē©ēč®¾č®”ļ¼ęēÆ·ä¹ęÆåÆ仄ęäøę„ē." ("Halloween themed, very playful design, and the cloak could also be removed.")

(#4) cacooca classic mini
WHY: "éååø¦åŗå»ęē §ēä½ē§Æ ä¹å»¶ē»äŗcacooca pandaēę“ä½é£ę ¼." ("Suitable for taking out for photography, and as well is a fit for the overall style cacooca panda.")

(#3) cacooca Miners panda BLACK
WHY: "å ØéØęå·„ę¶č£ ,ęØēå č£ ,å ØéØå·„čŗä¹åŖę15å„ļ¼ååē蓵." ("All hand-painted, wooden packaging, are limited to only 15 sets ā¦ very precious.")

(#2) cacooca Spacesuits panda
WHY: "夓ēåÆ仄ęåø¦ļ¼ē»čååäø°åÆ. ("Very rich in detail, including the helmet.")

(#1) cacooca Hoodie panda
WHY: "ę¦åæµäøåå®ēøē»åļ¼å č£ ä»„ååØč¾¹é½ååēØåæ. ("The concept of combination with realism, as well as packaging were carefully and thoughtfully done for this piece.")