Thursday, November 20, 2008

12) Kim Songhe 400% / 100% Be@rbrick

Kim Songhe, a Japan borned Korean designer. http://www.kimsonghe.com/

Innovation started from My First B@by, Medicom put materials inside the tummy of 400%. This time is not beads, but many elements (silky flowers, plastic fish, crystal star, golden budda, white feather and plastic fruit).

Each 400% Kim Songhe has its unique elements in its tummy, my friend found out that only 1 kind of fruits appears on each 400%. Up to now, 6 different fruits were found from my firends' collection. They are apple, mandarin, banana, strawberry, cherry and pear. My one is an apple.

To be honest, the final product is not up to the standard I expected. The QC is quite bad, almost each 400% has scratches on the head, and the translucent pink paint is very uneven. If you see the masterpieces of the designer from his/her web page, all are very interesting and the combination of the elements are very nice. Vesus 400% Kim Songhe bearbrick, the elements in the tummy are very plastic, to the certain extend, it looks cheap to me. What I expected is puffy doll or fabric materials and not plastic.

Although I am a bit disappointed, the design of this bearbrick is still very unique and innovative. It's a good item to collect.

400% / 100%
100% with the back card
100% front100% back
400% plastic apple in the tummy400% pink and red silky flowers, golden budda at the back of tummy
400% pink and red silky flowers, green and purple plastic fish in the tummy
400% printed "40" on the left arm
400% translucent pink foot