Hello everyone, what's up!
Today I'm bringing you 5 types of sofubi.
Cause, well, there's more, but to keep this video short we'll focus on just five of the main ones.
More than explaining, I'll show them to you.
Let's get started, shall we?
The first type of vinyl I'm going to show you is the most basic.
This is the unpainted vinyl, how it looks right when it leaves the mold.
It's usually called "blank vinyl".
There's a lot of collectors that only collect blank vinyl,
because, well, we could say it's the most pure form of a vinyl toy.
It hasn't been painted by anyone yet.
Depending on the color of the vinyl, sometimes you can even appreciate textures and details
that some pain jobs would hide.
So there's a lot of people that likes collecting these, even if they also buy the painted ones.
But obviously, not everyone sees the value in these unpainted toys.
A lot of guys, especially those that are not used to sofubi
that see these toys with no paint or anything and think they look cheap.
Actually, my friends called these toys "cheap unpainted toys"
Or even...
Well, they went to Nakano Broadway and saw sofubi there,
and for them these were like the toys they used to give for free with some sweets or cereal boxes,
cause they reminded them of the rubber toys you could get with candy or bubblegum back when we were kids.
But yeah, for people who don't understand about toys these toys may look shitty.
But damn, I wish I could get sofubi for free with my cereals!
The next type of sofubi is one of the fan's favorites.
And I'm talking about "clear vinyl".
Clear is basically transparent vinyl,
and it's really cool because it offers many possibilities.
Like, clear vinyl is pulled just like this, transparent.
Crystal clear.
But that's not the only option.
We could, instead of going for just crystal clear,
go for another clear color.
Like in the case of this Wananeko that's clear pink.
Or this Saikobi from Max To Co that's clear and blue at the same time.
But that's not all. There's more, cause
being it transparent, we could insert stuff inside and see them from the outside.
This mini Eyezon, for example,
got glow in the dark vinyl guts inside.
So when you turn off the lights you can see the guts,
but not the toy.
And there's more, cause like every other vinyl toy, these can be painted.
But being clear, we can leave some parts transparent and some with opaque colors.
Like in this toy by Sunguts,
that's like a ray.
And on the back it's painted with opaque colors.
But the tail and the front are clear and the effect it creates is amazing.
You can do very nice gradients.
There's also clear paints that can be used to paint vinyl.
And one popular colorway is the clear rainbow.
You take a clear toy, and paint a rainbow-like gradient on it using these clear paints.
The toy remains clear but with rainbow colors and it's just beautiful.
This type of vinyl I have here is very special.
This is called "glitter" vinyl.
It's basically clear vinyl with glitter and sparkles applied.
So we have a toy that is clear but at the same time has a lot of shine thanks to the sparkles.
And the thing is that we can also pull the vinyl in one specific color,
could be just clear, or clear pink, clear purple or whatever,
and apply the glitter in a specific color too.
For example, in this Maneki Wananeko which is a figure by myself,
the vinyl is crystal clear but the sparkles are green.
Or this Blobpus toy, which is totally transparent but has red sparkles that are also very dense.
I think this is very Christmas-ish.
The next type is also a fan favorite.
And it's a little bit more complex and expensive to produce.
It's marble vinyl.
The process for making these is quite different.
There's two ways of doing this.
One is by simply mixing two or more liquid vinyl colors
You can see the result in these two toys.
You can actually see how these were made in the video blog I recorded at the factory.
But yeah basically by mixing two or more types or colors of vinyl.
And the vinyl spreads through the mold randomly depending on how you pour it and on the toy's textures.
It doesn't create a very precise effect,
but it looks good because you can notice the various colors.
But then we have the real marble effect,
that follows a more meticulous process,
and that by mixing vinyl colors will give us an effect that looks more like real marble.
The vinyl spreads creating veins, which is what reminds of real marble.
And the thing is that as in every other sofubi toy, you can paint on these too.
So if you have a marble toy and paint just some details as in the case of this L'Amour Supreme's Mongolion
you can get a very nice result.
Though the unpainted marble is cool as it is, too.
The last type has many fans as well.
I'm talking about "glow in the dark" vinyl.
Basically toys that glow in the dark.
And just like the other types, this one has a lot of potential.
The most basic GID color is yellow-ish like this.
But of course we can leave some GID areas and paint a few details.
As in this Tofu Kid by Comet Debris.
Here the eyes, tongue and hat were painted and the rest was left GID.
But there's more. There are other GID vinyl colors.
Like in this Maneki Wananeko that's green GID.
There's also pink glow, blue glow, red glow...
Let's say GID is not limited to the yellow-ish color.
And well, same as they painted a few details on this Tofu Kid,
we can find toys that are almost fully painted but where the artist left some details unpainted,
like the eyes, or the claws or any other body part so it could glow in the dark.
There's so many cool things that can be done with GID.
And I mean, it glows in the dark!
When you have many and turn the lights off in the room it just looks fantastic!
And I guess this is it!
I wanted to show you just 5 types of vinyl today,
cause like I said, though there's more I didn't want this video to be too long.
I'll show you more types in another video, ok?
From these 5 types, which one is your favorite?
Do you have any of these in your collection?
Then please leave me a comment and tell me,
cause I really love talking about toys.
Anyway guys, see you next Thursday in a new video! Adios!
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