Post by hypnotator on Oct 29, 2005 14:02:48 GMT -5
Back in 1999, before I was acquainted with the Internet, I got given the phone number of some big cheese Cyborg collector in Liverpool and I called him. He said he had a Japanese girlfriend whose mother made trips to toy shops in Japan on his behalf. He told me of the King Walder Two figures, and said that he had a pair promised and that I had no hope of ever getting them. When I mentioned that I disliked Cyborg’s hair and though he should always have been bald, he said that a very rare bald Cyborg clothes shop exclusive existed. I only half believed him.
For those who don’t know, these Cyborgs were sold exclusively in a Japanese menswear shop called Peyton Place for Men. It’s an odd concept, more reminiscent of girls’ dolls; the clothes are rather fashion conscious and beautifully made. Because the feet are opaque black, you can’t really display the figure naked. When I first saw picture of PPFM, I thought it would be nice but just a little costly to buy him and use the head on another figure, but Johnny’s obsession with kinkily dressing his Cyborgs up has rubbed off on me and I’m delighted to display him in the exquisitely crafted little fashion items that I wouldn’t be seen dead in myself. In fact it’s tough to choose between the leather coat and the “hoodie”.
Give me your wallet!
You can see his robotic brain much more clearly without the dimpled glass effect of the moulded-on hair. He comes with a little hat that would cover his bald head so it’s no good and a little scarfie that doesn’t really work. He also has a rather butch handbag. And now it’s competition time, folks! Peepee Effeminate has purloined something weird from the Hypnotator’s odd object collection and secreted it in his handbag. He wants you to guess what it is! Winner wins a Rigelian Hotshot!
Choose between:
1. A music stand
2. A samurai helmet
3. The head of a cowboy
4. A transparent donkey
5. Something surreal that defies description
For those who don’t know, these Cyborgs were sold exclusively in a Japanese menswear shop called Peyton Place for Men. It’s an odd concept, more reminiscent of girls’ dolls; the clothes are rather fashion conscious and beautifully made. Because the feet are opaque black, you can’t really display the figure naked. When I first saw picture of PPFM, I thought it would be nice but just a little costly to buy him and use the head on another figure, but Johnny’s obsession with kinkily dressing his Cyborgs up has rubbed off on me and I’m delighted to display him in the exquisitely crafted little fashion items that I wouldn’t be seen dead in myself. In fact it’s tough to choose between the leather coat and the “hoodie”.
Give me your wallet!
You can see his robotic brain much more clearly without the dimpled glass effect of the moulded-on hair. He comes with a little hat that would cover his bald head so it’s no good and a little scarfie that doesn’t really work. He also has a rather butch handbag. And now it’s competition time, folks! Peepee Effeminate has purloined something weird from the Hypnotator’s odd object collection and secreted it in his handbag. He wants you to guess what it is! Winner wins a Rigelian Hotshot!
Choose between:
1. A music stand
2. A samurai helmet
3. The head of a cowboy
4. A transparent donkey
5. Something surreal that defies description
