Shipping Update December 2020

December 14, 2020 / Blair Marshall

This past year has been quite a logistical challenge and we wanted to advise you all about our current shipping situations and policies, as we anticipate several months still of unstable conditions.

As we ship orders from both London and Hong Kong our online pricing is setup to accommodate the most expensive shipping scenario, as the UK to the USA or Asia is more expensive than HK to the USA or Asia. Therefore, if we are able to ship your order from a cheaper option, we will refund you the overcharge at the time of order fulfilment. As inventory is split between both locations and we cannot fully predict the destination and combination of items in every order we cannot guarantee that each order will ship from the cheapest starting point.

We do strive to ship all UK and EU orders from London, this can result in some delays as stock needs to be moved from Hong Kong to London in some instances to fulfil these orders. With the possibility of major changes coming to UK to EU shipping as a result of the Brexit transition period ending on January 1, 2021, we may readjust this process as EU customers may be liable for import charges when orders are shipped from either London or Hong Kong. If customers will be subject to these charges it may make sense for us to ship orders from Hong Kong directly to the EU, this will save time and also allow us to keep our costs and prices down, being that we lower our own shipping and import costs for inventory brought into the UK. There is also the concern that UK shipping logistics will experience severe delays as a result of these fundamental changes and it may take some time for international shipping to return to normal.

Nothing is finalized for our 2021 EU shipping; we are just expressing our thoughts and concerns with the pending changes. We remain committed to providing our customers with the best possible experience and we will always work with individual customers to provide that the experience matches their wishes.

Thank you all for your continued support and we look forward to bringing you more wonderful products in 2021.

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Headlock Studio Amabie and Oculus Lottery

September 24, 2020 / Blair Marshall

Edit: Lottery is now closed and all winners have been notified.

We have set aside a dedicated portion of our Amabie Exclusive release along with the Oculus Beatniks Suit Version for UK and EU customers ONLY.

Please fill out the below entry from to submit your application, you can apply for either or both, they are being treated as separate lotteries. This will give you the right to purchase the above toys if you are selected.

Applications will be open until September 29th 11:59 pm BST. Winners will be contacted on September 30th.

The Amabie will cost £30 plus shipping and the Oculus is £95 plus shipping costs.

Additionally there will be a global shop drop of our remaining Amabie Exclusives on Oct 1st, this will be open to anyone unless you were a winner of the Amabie lottery release.

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Headlock Studio Oh The Guilt Lottery

July 21, 2020 / Blair Marshall

Edit: Lottery is now closed and all winners have been notified.

Our Headlock Studios Oh The Guilt Lottery is now open until 22/7/2020 11:59pm BST. Reminder this is open to UK/EU collectors ONLY, orders from elsewhere or resellers will be rejected. You must also select either the white Sick Boy or Black Lil Franky set, you cannot apply for both. The T-shirts are made in Japan and we have limited sizes ranging from M to XXL, but they will be undersized, so Japanese XL is closer to UK L, etc. The price will be £80 per set plus appropriate shipping charges.

Please email korekoreuk@gmail.com

Subject: Headlock Studio Lottery

-Name

-Selection of White or Black

-T-shirt size, please list 2 options for flexibility

-PayPal email address

-Shipping address

-Phone number

-IG ID (optional)

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Top Ten Toys 2017

January 08, 2018 / Blair Marshall

Another year of toys has come to an end, and 2017 was an intense one with releases, new brands and events happening at a rapid pace. Once again we have tried to sift through the mountain of quality toys and highlight the 10 that we thought were the best of 2017. We try to stick to new releases over the year, so please enjoy our unbiased, biased view of the designer toys of 2017.

10. Unbox Industries x Taku Obata Sofb Boy

Taking a wooden carving inspired by B-Boys and their culture and reproducing it as a vinyl toy was an amazing move by the guys at Unbox. This figure was something different for 2017 combining an unusual shape with brilliant hand finishing to create an extremely desirable piece and our first entry on the 2017 list.

9. Goccodo Kiaidaddy

Hitting us with a dash of nostalgia combined with some impressive Japanese soft vinyl engineering, Goccodo debuted the Kiaidaddy at DCon 2017 in November. That mix of Optimus Prime with classic Japanese elements had us drooling and we cannot wait to see some painted releases in the future.

8. Medicom Toy x Fragment Design Poly Wood Bearbrick

We always need to put a Be@rbrick on our list it seems and this year is no exception. The difference is we have gone for a wooden version of the 400% size, skillfully updated by Hiroshi Fujiwara of Fragment Design, putting a polygon spin on that classic bear shape. The result is spectacular and the only problem is we hope we can afford one some day.

7. 16M Design Popsicle Mon

A sleeper hit that really caught on later in 2017 and witnessed a crazy amount of colourways. This simple yet adorable foodstuff captivated our attention as it began selling huge numbers in Asia and we even were able to design our own version for release at DCon. Making us think of warm summer days gone past, this fun soft vinyl toy melted our hearts this year.

6. 2PetalRose Kid Katana

Liam from 2PetalRose continues to deliver his unique Japanese inspired style along with impeccable attention to detail on his first smaller scale series. It was no surprise the two versions sold out extremely fast and we have grown very fond of these adorable assassins.

5. Planet X Asia Death Goliathon

Planet X Asia continued on where they left off in 2016 with a constant assault of amazing figures and releases that caused lottery fever on every occasion. The two-headed Death Goliathon was our favourite figure with the amazingly flowing fur, angry stance and both those heads showing a menacing look. In both painted and unpainted form this beast was a winner in our books.

4. Kaiju One Super Sun Sun

Kaiju One burst onto the toy scene in 2017 and that was fueled by this impressive debut release. Showing superb details and a variety of accessories, along with some wonderful packaging the Super Sun Sun has to be a highlight of 2017 and the fast sellouts would mean we are not alone on that thought.

3. OKluna Jobi The Moon Fox

Although appearing in late 2016 we think OKluna's Jobi the Moon Fox was one of the biggest hits of the years. Coming in a variety of beautiful colourways and with a number of fashion accessories this figure caused hysteria and sellouts in minutes at every event they attended. This adorable fox has opened up the world of cute classmates and friends along with keeping cute toys in the fight against all those monsters.

2. Hinatique Morris

Speaking of cute, when we first saw Morris (the Cat with Antlers) appear in Medicom's VAG gacha series we knew this amazing character was going to be a big hit. Now with a few soft vinyl releases happening at events we are caught up in Morris fever and think it will be a huge toy in 2018. We just hope we can actually get our hands on some!

1. Blackseed Toys Yu Shou Long

2017 witnessed the evolution of Blackseed Kenneth Tang from an amazing painter to an amazing toy designer. With his Yu Shou Long piece we think he was successful in creating something very different in the current scene. The blend of monsters, legends and modular architecture incorporates so many characteristics of what we love about designer toys and we think this piece deserves a spot in everyone's collection. The newly released mini version is also a bonus making this crazy piece into a small and cute compliment to the original.

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Hong Kong Toy Summer - Part 2

September 13, 2017 / Blair Marshall

The summer events continued with the Rampage Day pop-up shop put on by the amazing guys at Vintage & Vinyl Club (VVC). Jon Rampage sent over a crazy amount of toys and there were even some locally done customs, for those who braved the heat to add to their collections.

Animation Comic Game Hong Kong (ACGHK 2017) was the next event on the schedule, a larger more mainstream event with representation from prominent brands like Lego, Hot Toys, Microsoft and Sony. There was a subsection dedicated to art toys which offered a look at some of the new designers and their work as the indie toy scene is exposed to the masses of Hong Kong.

Soft Vinyl Festival (SVF) has quickly become a very important event on the Hong Kong toy collector's calendar. Put on by Andy and his team at Angel Abby there is a crazy assortment of sofubi toys all in one place, spread over two very busy days. There are also many designers / artists in attendance for meet and greets, plus some rare items in the lottery component of the event. We were lucky enough to have a VIP ticket and do well in the draw orders and thus bought a lot of items for the Ko-Re Ko-Re family.

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