This week, Don Kratzer is back and he brings Japanese designer and illustrator, Teresa Chiba with him. We talk with Teresa about having her first toy produced by Max Toy Company, self-producing, and currently having her Inu-Harigon character in Medicom's Vinyl Artist Gacha(VAG) series and as a Bearbrick in series 34. We discuss the motif's that inspire the "folk toy kaiju" of Teresa's toy designs, toy lotteries, licensing, colorways, sculpting, upcoming conventions, and much more.

Leaks and Sneak Peeks:

Morris soft viyl toy coming from Hinatique

Rato kim sofubi 

DinoCat sofubi

Tengart

FluffyHouse Blindbox series

Yasu - shrimp like figure 

Vinyl Artist Gacha series 12

 

Folk Toy Traditonal Motif Influences:

Ino Hariko

Tengu

Kibuna

 

Teresa's Facebook Fan Page "Folk Toy Kaiju"

 

Teresa's Media:

Web：http://p-genmu.com/

Blog: http://ameblo.jp/pgenmu/

Facebook: teresa.chiba

Twitter: @p_genmu

instagram: teresachiba

 

Other mentions:

Powercore

1000toys