• Produced By = ‘Tovi’ (Australia)
• Figure Name = Manjusagi
• Custom By = ‘Tovi’
• Release Details = Manjusagi sofvi – Jam Jelly One Off (from the Soft Vinyl Sydney Donut Series of 3 One Offs)
• Material = Sofubi (made in Japan soft vinyl)
• Country of Production = Japan w/custom work done in Australia
• Height = 3cm
• Length = 5cm
• Width = 3cm
• No of Parts = 1
• Other = Comes packed in cardboard box
• Released = January 2017 at the ‘Soft Vinyl Sydney’ show
• Sculpt Debut = 2014
• Release Price = $ AU 40–
• Genre = Sofvi

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The Soft Vinyl Sydney exhibition is the groundbreaking soft vinyl art toy show happening this weekend in Sydney, Australia. SVS is happening from the 21st and 22nd of January at the ‘Lord Gladstone’ pub in Sydney. Featuring over 30 artists from all over the world taking part. It will be a glorious sight to see. Weird monsters of all imaginable shapes, sizes forms and colors.

And… for the uninitiated soft vinyl is a subset of the general art toy scene. With the artists working in it making their own toys, doing customs of existing ones – or both. Sculptural pop art – to find out more about art toys and sofubi, check out the ‘Art Whore’ piece from last year: What Exactly Are Art Toys And How Can We Critique Them?.

So, with the SVS show happening in less than a week now is the perfect time to find out all about it, from the people involved, by reading the Art Talk interview, below…

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