Uploaded January 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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This video is about the world of SOFUBI (soft vinyl toys made in Japan). Soft vinyl toys are "a whole 'nother monster", in more ways than one, all the way down to how the molds are made. Vinyl pulling is a unique, time-honored, slower-paced process that has produced some of the most pleasant plastic figures on earth.

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BWANA SPOONS
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VIDEOS REFERENCED OR SHOWN IN THIS EPISODE:
The Great Process - The world of sofubi you don't know!
youtube.com/watch?v=wLD4OYonFVo
Rampage Toys - How to make SOFUBI
rampage-toys.blogspot.com/2011/09/making-sofubi-how-it-all-works.html
Making Toys - Como se hace el SOFUBI? Visitamos una FABRICA...
youtube.com/watch?v=yyiQdHRY0a8
Mighty Jabba's Collection - SOFUBI
youtube.com/watch?v=L-Xec0Eniks
Sharmeleon - Japanese Sofubi Toy Factory Tour
youtube.com/watch?v=UoVjU77_Q1s
KaijuKornerAndy - Japanese Soft Vinyl (sofubi) Toy Factory
youtube.com/watch?v=BL8R5woxyAY
Wonderbot - youtube.com/watch?v=VeAErSF_sIw
What is Sofubi? - youtube.com/watch?v=eTIZGZ92Y3Y
Brandon Bwana Spoons - youtube.com/watch?v=XGu00SszpHU
AllMovieJapan - youtube.com/watch?v=lkIoABKI7ng
Plastic Fantastic: Japan’s obsession with soft vinyl toys
youtube.com/watch?v=kQ_w8UpCWPc
Bearo - Japanese Sofubi Toy Technique "Bucket Method"
youtube.com/watch?v=HMB6PqmEE84
Dongyuanxing - Shenzhen soft vinyl sofubi toy making factory
youtube.com/watch?v=YsBG7YG-qPY
Don Kratzer - SOFUBI - Made in Japan
youtube.com/watch?v=WMqA6RhLoyM
Japanese American National Museum - In the Clutches of Kaiju
youtube.com/watch?v=LcIonZtqscQ
70 Years of Service: Post-WWII Reconstruction in Japan
youtube.com/watch?v=BlbqFyXxpgo
The Repatriation of Celluloid Dolls from the USA
youtube.com/watch?v=jFY7SpB2hWM
SOFUBI TOY FACTORY
youtube.com/watch?v=VcW_DFAq_4k
EVIL ROY STUDIO - Making Urban Toy
youtube.com/watch?v=itjwT8K9uV4
SPACERAMBLER - Sofubi Vinyl Resin Toy Sculpture - Graybeast
youtube.com/watch?v=09u6rbZWh5Q

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