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Figure GARAGE KIT (GK)

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The true figure refers to the GARAGE KIT that expresses the personality of the prototype artist (GK for short) refers to a model kit without painting. But now many players in mainland China are accustomed to the term "figures" referring to all humanoid works.

GARAGE KIT literally means a set of modules. Many people will misunderstand it as all resin-made humanoid works, but it specifically refers to unpainted modules. Because the complexity of mold opening is very difficult, the price is generally very expensive. Because of the characteristics of resin materials, it is very suitable for expressing very detailed details and characters. Most of the figures are semi-finished white molds provided by the factory, which require a series of complex processes such as polishing, assembly, and coloring by yourself, and are much more difficult than general model making. In terms of coloring alone, it requires a certain amount of art skills and expensive painting tools like airbrushes.

PVC figure

(PVC painted finished product/PF)

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PVC FIGURE (PF) is commonly known as "figure", but in fact it is absolutely different from figure (GK). PVC human figures are a type of finished human figures, which refer to finished human figures mainly made of PVC glue. Since PF is cheaper than GK and does not require DIY, its market share is gradually surpassing GK. There are more and more PF manufacturers, and more and more manufacturers have their own prototype engineers. PF has developed a charm that is different from GK in all aspects (especially painting). Even Japan calls this the era of finished products.

Finished products painted with resin and other materials

In addition to PVC finished products, there are finished figures mainly made of other materials. The main materials are resin and polystone, and now there are also some New materials.

Resin is the most primitive material for modern humanoid products. The material is hard and brittle and is relatively easy to damage, so the packaging is usually wrapped in foam plastic.

Polystone was the main material for finished products before the emergence of PVC finished products. The material is hard but not as easy to damage as resin.

Action Figures

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Action Figures (2 photos)

Painting of PVC material The movable shape of the finished product (referred to as PVC movable). The so-called PVC is polyvinyl chloride, a plastic product. This type of plastic toys made of low-cost materials makes the price the most acceptable to consumers, and it is also the category with the largest production volume. Compared with the first three types, the biggest advantage of this type of toys is that they are movable (usually the joints are movable), have more parts that can be replaced, are more playable, and are not as easy to damage as resin materials, so they are the most popular at the consumer level. Extensive series. Of course, the various shortcomings of plastic toys, such as rough details, obvious mold lines, loose painting, etc., are all exposed. Among the more popular ones are the Figma series and the Yamaguchi movable series.

Clothed action figures

Generally refers to all action figures with replaceable cloth clothes. In the narrow sense, the clothed movable humanoid generally refers to Ball joint Doll: BJD for short, which means "ball joint humanoid" in Chinese. Ball joint doll originated in Europe. It was made of ceramic in the early days, and later evolved into the current common resin or PVC material. Usually the price is over 12,000 yen.

Gachapon/Sokugayo/Boxed Egg

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Gachapon

Gachapon The humanoid works in a series of removable toys such as box egg toys are also one of the collectibles of humanoid collectors. As the humanoid collection circle becomes larger and larger, gashapon and toy merchants are also more and more interested in the production of their humanoid works. focus on.

Gachapon, or gashapon, is a toy from Japan. A transparent round egg capsule contains small toys. You can usually find gashapon self-service vending machines at the entrance of toy stores or convenience stores. You can clearly know which type of toy is for sale based on the promotional card in front of the vending machine. As long as you put in a coin and then twist the mechanism in front of the machine, the vending machine will drop out a round egg capsule from the bottom outlet. The capsule contains the illustrated toys. One of them feels a bit like a lottery.

Sokutoy is actually a candy packaging box with toys that can be collected. The typical content of a toy is a beautifully printed carton package, which contains candies, toys and instructions. , there are usually related toy logos on the candies. Later, the toys that came with them were more popular than candies, so boxed eggs were developed, which were mainly toy figures. There was usually a series, and the outer box did not show what the contents were. It was similar to gashapon. The extraction properties are definitely called box eggs.

Scenery items

Scenery items

There are many types of scenery items, including various peripherals, and there are also humanoid works, but after all, they are prizes, so the quality is generally poor. But in recent years, the level of all aspects of scenic spots has become higher and higher. It is also attracting more and more attention from humanoid players.

Scenery products appeared earlier than boxed eggs.

The scenery items are mainly captured through the scenery item machine, but some are exchanged for game points and are sold directly in stores. Whether it is on the streets of Akihabara, or in SEGA game centers and BANPRESTO game centers, you can see kiosk machines everywhere. The main scenery machines are similar to claw machines. The main manufacturers include SEGA, BANPRESTO, FURYU, etc., which use coin-operated iron grips to capture scenery. Others shoot points. You can get it by shooting 5 times. If you shoot 3 times, you can get the points. If the sum is less than 5, it will fail. Therefore, there is no official price for scenery products. In Japan, stores that sell them directly mainly charge 1,100 yen.