PINOCCHIO by KAWS in Wood (by Karimoku) for Lottery Sale starting April 28
PINOCCHIO by KAWS as made in wood by Karimoku was made in collaboration with Disney (aka "licensed toy collectible" :p). Produced by Medicom Toy, this sized 15.35 x 7.48 x 7.09 inches figure comes signed and numbered, and is available in an edition of 100pcs.
Priced at US$8,000 per (as listed on Kawsone.com) - folks were allowedto enter into a lottery on Kawsone.com to purchase ONE of the edition of 100 (Alas the lottery is now CLOSED at time of this post).
Folks can look "forward" to the public release of said item come April 28th by way of online lottery as well, BUT with this particular listing available FOR JAPAN RESIDENTS ONLY (*but of course you should check in with your usual sources for possible availability)
Lottery application period April 28th (Sat) 2018 AM 0:00 to April 29th (Sun) 2018 11:59PM online here. Retail price: 972,000 Yen (tax included).
And while KAWS' PINOCCHIO was released circa 2010, it had been a vinyl collectible (widely bootlegged too) from the now-defunct "OriginalFake" brand (AKA "KAWS x Medicom Toy" enterprise) ... but to be released in sculpted WOOD? Hella awesome! Even for $8K, IMHO :)
