The Coming of Last Samurai by Nate Van Dyke x adFunture

Spotted on Eddi Yip's HighSnobiety-blog is a shot of Nate Van Dyke's "Last Samurai" figure with adFunture ~ last seen as a prototype at 2009's Taipei Toy Festival [PEEP] featuring his man-ape / simian-creation ~ who has gone from bank-robber (aka "PayDay" with UpperPlayground) to wandering ronin (inclusive articulated shoulders, as seen from the "salute" in pic above) ... wonder if the

upperplayground orange edition payday vinyl by n8 van dyke

Peeped (and swiped) from HypeBeast is an UpperPlayground-exclusive Orange colorway of N8 Van Dyke’s PAY DAY vinyl simian-crook [tagged], clad in Orange (like, duh) with the UP-logo. Standing 5 1/2" tall @ a SRP of US$60 [BUY] Quantities undetermined.Produced in collbaoration with Ningyoushi - this colorway was previously previewed in this post.

payday comic & signing by n8 van dyke @ double punch (aug 2)

Double Punch invites folks to join them "in a special limited engagement with San Francisco artist, Nate (N8) Van Dyke, with the art of his new mini comic, PAY DAY, featuring DUTCH, the bank robbin’ chimp. This one day event will include original and concept art from the comic and the signing of his new vinyl figure, produced by Double Punch." [via] - CLICK THRU to see different colorways of

you dirty chimp you: about nate van dyke's payday

Sweet new pics of Nate Van Dyke's PAYDAY Vinyl figure for Upperplayground x Fifty24SF x Double Punch x Ningyoushi for you folks since my last feature - featuring both the MONOTONE and COLOR Editions!Each 5.5-incher tall criminal-simian has a removable mask and is limited to 500-pcs each @ US$55-per. Denise also mentions that they made the Colored Edition with "an extra “dirty” look as he’s a