TETSUO THE IRON MAN (First Colorway) from Unbox Industries (for Feb5 Online Drop)
With the dedicate gallery show launched and ended last weekend, time now for the online release of the first production edition "TETSUO THE IRON MAN" (FEATURES on TOYSREVIL), since scheduled for a Saturday Feb5 release on store.unboxindustries.info (11PM HK time)!
Sized approx 10-inches tall, this hand-painted soft vinyl figure is priced at US$95 per, and comes polybagged with header. And if you know director Shinya Tsukamoto’s 1989 film - the character had assembled a literal "drill" in place of his schlong (Alas the Full Movie embedded here has been removed :p) - which this figure'll me along with, which could either be attached to his body or removed and held in his hand for a more "family-friendly" option. PLEASE NOTE: THIS IS A LIMITED PRE-ORDER. ORDERS WILL SHIP APRIL 2022.
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In addition to folks heading to the weekend's Wonder Festival will have a chance to snag one in person at @unboxjp's booth/table FTW...!
WHAT-IS: "Tetsuo is the main character in Shinya Tsukamoto’s eponymous 1989 film, a hyper-kinetic masterpiece of industrial body horror. A major influence on the cyberpunk scene and sparking a new wave of interest in Japanese arthouse cinema, Tetsuo tells the story of a salaryman who transmutes into a twisted metal creature and has a final “Kaiju Battle” style showdown against a metal fetishist.
In homage to Japan’s ties to monster movie sofubi figures, Unbox teamed up with long time Tsukamoto-collaborator Takashi Oda. Oda has created SFX for numerous Tsukamoto films as well as being the character designer for the famous horror game, Splatterhouse.
Oda has channeled both the tortured spirit of Tetsuo and blended him with the classic style of sofubi forms. Tetsuo is in mid-transformation and you can see elements of his human, salaryman figure as well as the metallic monster which he is to become! The Tetsuo figure comes with a drill accessory that can either be attached to his body or removed and held in his hand for a more family-friendly option."
