Our second collaboration with Kaiju Big Battel and Marmit has arrived!

Words cannot express how excited I am that this is here. It looks so much better than I could have imagined.

The CollectionDX Nor'easter Vegetius has taken a while to get off the ground, but it is finally here.

This thing is limited to only 50 peices, and they won't last long. Head on over to the CDX Shop and grab one before they are gone!

Header Card by JoshB

Read the full press release below:

DRACUT, MASSACHUSETTS, November 5, 2008 — Following the sold-out "Gore Version Sky Deviler" CollectionDX is proud to announce our latest exclusive toy - the Nor'easter ver. Vegetius!

Vegetius stands 12 inches tall and is made out of translucent blue glitter soft vinyl. Made in Japan by the master craftsmen at Marmit, Vegetius has 5 points of articulation and is limited to 50 pieces.

Vegetius is one of the many giant monsters that take part in the Boston-based  Kaiju Big Battel, a series of live action-monster wrestling events. He is the most beast-like creature of the Battel and no man or monster can control him around food.

This color scheme is meant to evoke the harsh, cold winter of the New England region, home to both CollectionDX and Kaiju Big Battel. The blue vinyl is translucent with metallic flakes; a color mixed exclusively for CollectionDX. This color has never been done by Marmit before.

Nor'easter ver. Vegetius is available NOW in the CollectionDX shop for $65

http://www.collectiondx.com/node/2749

The figure comes bagged with a header card featuring art by CollectionDX’s own JoshB.

About CollectionDX LLC

Located in Northern Massachusetts, CollectionDX LLC (CollectionDX) is one of the most popular sources of information about Japanese Robots, Monsters, Space toys and other otaku fixations on the web. In addition to the highly trafficked web site, CollectionDX also produces audio and video, exclusive toys, apparel and babies. Lots and lots of babies. CollectionDX founder Joshua Bernard co-authored the 2007 book Tokyo Underground: Toy and Design Culture in Tokyo, which is pretty hard to come across these days. Visit CollectionDX at http://www.collectiondx.com

About Studio Kaiju

Studio Kaiju, an independent Boston-based performance and media group, is the
creator of Kaiju Big Battel, the world's only live monster mayhem spectacle.
Producer of consistently sold-out events, Studio Kaiju is best known for its live
tournament-style performances, which are a character driven, tongue-in-cheek
hybrid of American pro-wrestling, Japanese monster-movies, and lowbrow pop-culture. Visit Studio Kaiju at http://www.kaiju.com

Here's some new offerings from Marmit for this month. All items must be pre-ordered by November 30th. I'm gonna mess up some names so forgive me in advance..

Monster Heavens Garamon ¥5250

Monster Heavens Sphinx ¥5250

Monster Heavens Canaan ¥5250

Monster Heavens Dorugo ¥5250

Monster Heavens Sea Blob ¥5250

Mini Sofubi Maguran ¥3000

Mini Sofubi Mud Rice Field Cel(WTF?) ¥3000

Mini Sofubi Ghost Family Sam ¥1500 each

Real Sofubi Kit Werewolf ¥3500

All items are due to be released in February 2009

Our second collaboration with Kaiju Big Battel and Marmit, Nor'Easter version Vegetius is now up for pre-order.

Our second collaboration with Kaiju Big Battel and Marmit, Nor'Easter version Vegetius is now up for pre-order.

Following the sold-out "Gore Version Sky Deviler" CollectionDX is proud to announce our latest exclusive toy - the Nor'easter ver. Vegetius!

Vegetius stands 12 inches tall and is made out of translucent blue glitter soft vinyl. Made in Japan by the master craftsmen at Marmit, Vegetius has 5 points of articulation and is limited to 50 pieces.

From the Kaiju Big Battel website:

"Vegetius is being most beast-like creature of Big Battel. No man and no monster can cantrolling giant bird-turtle when lunchtime is the nearing. Foraging for the roots of deliciousness is activity number one in forest and jungle home places. Stand by the side for Vegetius and friend counted, but stopping the will of pointy headed one and shell pain he brings!"

uhh, yeah.

This color scheme is meant to evoke the harsh, cold winter of the New England region, home to both CollectionDX and Kaiju Big Battel.

Vegetius is due to ship late 2008 (exact date TBD) and will come bagged with a header card designed by JoshB.

Head on over to the CDX store to place your order today!

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Vegetius is being most beast-like creature of Big Battel. No man and no monster can control the giant bird-turtle when lunchtime is near.

"Vegetius is being most beast-like creature of Big Battel. No man and no monster can control the giant bird-turtle when lunchtime is near."

Vegetius is the second release from Kaiju Big Battel and Marmit. Designed by Kaiju creator Rand Borden, Vegetius was sculpted and produced in Japan by Marmit.

Standing at 12" tall, Vegetius is an odd looking thing. Its design is reminiscent of the result of an unholy union between Gamera and a Parrot. At first I didn't dig the design too much, but the guy's pointy head and stubby arms have grown on me.

How can you not love this face?

Vegetius is made out of soft vinyl and features 5 points of articulation. He's made in limited quantities, so if you want one, head over to the Kaiju Mall and grab one today.