while down south, we went to see the Premiere of STAR TREK in KAOHSIUNG's DREAM MALL what a treat... not only was it a GREAT FUN FILM, we also happen upon an EXHIBITION of some of the cutest VINYL TOYS, CI BOYS & Taiwan's very own, TOFU... just my luck as it was already 2nd to the last day....
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First time I ever came across these vinyl cuties was through one of 7-11's Premium program a few years back.. at the time I found them very cute but did not or could not find out anything about them.... Flash Forward to Jan of this year, one afternoon, David and I decided to walk around and just window shopped at one of Taipei's more happening areas - right behind SOGO at Chung Hsiao East Rd.
What an area... hip, happening, with lots of cool unique shops, beautiful people, and toys shops that evokes those found in Tokyo & HK... one of the shops I was sooo happy we have stumbled over is CI Boys @ Red Magic Shop
The CI Boys are vinyl characters produced by the Hong Kong based company, Red Magic. They are claimed to be pranksters. They are destructive little monsters, who who were once humans? Their dissatisfaction with the world caused their evolution -- and now they’re everywhere, demolishing everything they hate with unique Death-ray Cannons. And we are warned: "Take a closer look – they could be right beside you!"
You can go to the Red Magic's direct site find out more about them and the various lines.
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