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Vinyl Artist Gacha (VAG) is a collectible vinyl toy series produced by Medicom Toy, featuring small-scale, capsule-style figures designed by renowned independent artists and toy designers from around the world. The VAG series is inspired by Japan’s gachapon (capsule toy) culture, offering highly detailed, affordable, and limited-edition mini figures that make designer toys more accessible to collectors. Each VAG series showcases a curated lineup of artists, often featuring original characters or miniature versions of their larger, more expensive vinyl art toys. Medicom Toy is a Japanese brand specializing in the creation of collection toys and figurines since 1996. It has been founded by Tatsuhiko Akashi. It all started with the Kubrick, a so -called standard figurine at the Lego and Playmobil border, a figurine made up of 9 blocks (in Japanese 九 (Kyū) means 9). This new format quickly was very successful and the kubricks will quickly take many licenses from Star Wars to the Planet of the Apes. In parallel Medicom Toy Produced toys of collecting art, sold in limited quantities and very quickly develops many ranges with the RAH (Real Action Heroes), the Mafex (Magical Action Figures Ex), the VCD (Vinyl Collectible Dolls) or even UDF (Ultra Detail Figure). But the planetary success will come with the Be@rbrick, an adaptation of the kubrick in a small bear version with a small plump belly. These figurines in the form of printed bear with different drawings and patterns will make the success of Medicom Toy putting the BE@RBRICK At the Pantheon of designer toy. Many artists and Brands have collaborated on this line of products, in particular Nike, Keith Haring or Kaws, but we also find characters from Movie theater from universes such Originally, the concept of restore is to bring back something to an original condition. The goal of "RESTORE" project is to add a new & fresh idea into this time of classical-minded and doubt. That is "RESTORE". It's fun for me to sculpt statues of prototype. But Most of them are the character that has been already created by somebody else. I can arrange them, but won't be able to be an origin. That is the problem. "Original" That's what i wanna be. I'm so sick and tired of lots of similar type of TOYS of this world. I want to create something more conceptual & functional & cool as well... in other words, something that i can find out various values from different angles. Every piece of my work deal with "Present", because I'm living in the present moment. The nearer to the present, the closer to the truth. Name JUNNOSUKE ABE 1984 born in Toyama Prefecture, Japan 2002 graduated from Toyama 1st municipal high school 2002 entered OSAKA SEIKEI UNIVERSITY (majoring Expression of Contemporary art's range in Art&craftwork Department) 2004 made his debut as a prototype figure sculptor by "GREMLINS" in KOTOBUKIYA 2005 sculpted prototype figure of "ALIEN" in KOTOBUKIYA 2007 graduated from OSAKA SEIKEI UNIVERSITY Present moved and had a studio