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The Tooth Collector
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A whimsical sculpture of a character that resembles a rabbit. The rabbit has large, prominent ears and is wearing a pair of oversized goggles with blue frames. The character has a distinct facial expression, with a somewhat frowning or disgruntled look. It is dressed in a ruffled collar that appears to be made of a light blue material. The overall color scheme of the sculpture includes shades of black, red, and blue.Born into the greyness of England at the end of the Seventies, by the age of four Jon-Paul Kaiser knew that what he wanted to do in life was a draw. From that point he rarely strayed from that path; scribbling and doodling his way through School, College and University. After working with Porlzilla, Jon-Paul decided to go it alone concentrating at first on the toy customization scene, building up a name and strong reputation for himself with his stark Black & White custom style, influenced by comic book art, film noir & Ukiyo-e prints. This lead to him being approached by established toy producers for designs for their platform toys. Principally amongst these are Toy2R who have released numerous JPK Platforms. Designed and created by Chris Ryniak and Amanda Louise Spayd with Scott Wetterschneider working on the sculpts and Cardboard Spaceship producing the figures, these blind box vinyl art toys released in 2015 with the introduction of series 1. Series 1 saw the release of 10 characters in four different colorways: Leprechaun, Carnival, Buttermint (the chase hidden inside cases of the first two colorways) and Tropical (the retailer exclusive colorway sold as individual pieces online and at conventions.) Tropical pieces were limited to an edition of 100 for each character. Cardboard Spaceship also released a full set of unpainted DIY figures, in a light lavender vinyl. Returning in Fall of 2018, series 2 saw the introduction of 10 new characters and four new colorways: Birthday Party, Unicorn Galaxy (created and released exclusively through Hot Topic), Succulent (the chase hidden inside cases of the first two colorways) and Canyon (the retailer exclusive colorway sold as individual pieces online and at conventions.) Canyon were a limited edition of 85 pieces for each character. Now licensed through the Good Smile Company in partnership with Bindlewood, Thimblestump Hollow was back on shelves in the fall of 2019 with 13 new characters created for Series 3. The first colorway, Mermaid,
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- Height 3.00"
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