ToyCyte: Toy Culture Collected

Last month, I was really entranced by the poetic resin robot known as Runcible Edition A by Cris Rose. While pursuing a peek at the follow-up bot, Rotund, on Cris’ Flickr, I stumbled upon these beautiful one-off editions of Runcible. Each figure is a custom with a story and unique head contents from peace lily flowers to machine gun shells. Runcible Edition A sold out in mere moments, so it’s unlikely that these will last long. But look to Cris’ webshop and blog here for pricing and availability. Very very cool.

Info: Serial: C001/ Run: 1/1/ Colour: Obsidian Black/ Location: London, UK
Head Contents: 3x 7.62 Nato M13 shells with link for the M60 Machine Gun (rusted)
Story: The first custom Runcible, “Battle Damaged” in a vision of his near-future self. In an attempt to avoid Reaper’s assults, Runcible repaints himself black and hides among the ruins of a city. The tactic is unsuccessful and after a heavy pounding, Runcible escapes and decides he needs to fight fire with fire…After the Reaper figure is launched in 2009, the following Runcible sculpt will see him equipped with all manner of armour and weaponry to fight back!!

Info: Serial: C002 / Run: 1/1 / Colour: Pearlescent Gold / Location: Rugby, Warwickshire, UK
Head Contents: Golden Oak Leaf
Story: The second custom Runcible, “Golden Oak” find Runcible enjoying the glory of Autumn.

Info: Serial: C003/ Run: 1/1/ Colour: Coffee and Cream/ Location: Burton Upon Trent, Staffordshire, UK
Head Contents: 3x Conkers
Story: The third custom Runcible, “Head Full of Conkers” is Runcible in a playful mood. Having been hit on the head one morning, he remembered the many seasons he would play conkers with the children of the family… and never won!

Info: Serial: C004 / Run: 1/1 / Colour: Pearlescent Metallic Pink / Location: Horsham, West Sussex, UK
Head Contents: Peace Lily Flower
Story: The fourth custom Runcible, “Peace Lily” finds Runcible in a calm and content mood as he plants new flowers around his home in the springtime…

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