If you're not familiar with Hideshi Hino, he is a Japanese artist whose horrific stories are filled with homicidal deviants and grotesque monstrosities. As a fan of his particularly gruesome stylings, it's thrilling to see that
Unbox Industries have arranged to produce a collectible figure based on his concepts, specifically the two figures above whose title, "Panorama of Hell", are derived from one of Hino-san's best known, self-contained works. Depicting nameless boy and girl characters, this duo comes with accessories topped with the severed animal heads! Standing roughly 6- to 8-inches tall based on the original photos, we're told that it "is very likely that they will be sold as a pair." Sculpted by
David Arshawsky and personally approved by Hino-san himself, the pictured renditions are test casting to make sure that the figures and accessories fit together properly. Announced as coming soon, these soft vinyl beauties will be full painted when released, and it seems that Unbox also has the "approval to make tee shirts and pins based off his [Hino-san's] entire body of work", which means a bevy of beautifully creepy things are coming our way shortly!
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