seen @ kidrobot la: 1978 playmate vinyl release & paul pope signing

Paul Pope launches his 2nd toy with Kidrobot; the 1978 PLAYMATE (aka Playboy Miss November 1978) vinyl figure [tagged] with a signing at Kidrobot LA. Peep event images over on the KR flickr-album [all images via] and CLICK THRU for more mirrored pics of Pope signing on white vinyl panties, like only a rockstar would :)Ya know, the 7.5-inch tall vinyl-femme is actually starting to grown on me -

playboy miss november 1978 by paul pope x kidrobot

...Now, that is a gorgeous sight indeed! And by that I mean Paul Pope's box-art, yeh? (youse naughty blog-hopper youse) and would make a pretty darn cool poster or print (IMHO) to go along with the Miss November vinyl figure by Kidrobot [tagged] complete with gold spot-print (very classy, this).The 7.5 inch tall MISS NOVEMBER 1978 soft vinyl figure is based on the cover of the vintage Playboy

and her name is monique st. pierre (budnitz interviews pope)

"PAUL BUDNITZ: ... So, why did you choose that girl for the Playboy toy?PAUL POPE: I chose her because I thought her pose was radical, it was just a good pose and her attitude was so strong, so alluring in a powerful way. It was not the thing you think of when you think of Playboy ... Also–I loved her boots. That chick has style!"Read more about Kidrobot-headhoncho Paul Budnitz's online-interview

playboy toys from kidrobot x paul pope x eboy

vKidrobot powers thru with Paul Pope's second toy, after The MASKED KARIMBAH with a vinylization of a vintage playboy magazine covergirl? [Insert cover image via Zaldiva] which I'm quite confused about becoz why couldn't they have used an original character from Pope's own vast universe (THB or otherwise), rather than a lift? Is this the beginning of KR's foray into "hentai"? (maaan, I feel a