Coarse Toys presents their latest release and it is a good one. This coarse release presents the two embryos in their most attention-catching interpretation. The exceptional set includes two 7” [18cm] shimmering chrome plated vinyl figures each limited to 250 pieces only.

Each streamlined seedling is finished in a mirror like gloss coat. They are tucked in snug black sponge and packaged in a deluxe hand crafted paper enclosure, stamped with silver foil and completed with ventilation ducts and a clear transit handle.

Going on sale October 11th, 2011, the toys will drop at the following times, exclusively in the Coarse online store:

10:59 pm Hong Kong
04:59 pm Berlin
10:59 am New York
07:59 am Los Angeles

Take a more detailed look after the jump.

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After their recent ‘Casting Shadows’ toy box set, Coarse is back with the ‘Casting Shadows Switch To Fall’ box set, in time for the new season.

“The hunched noop and nervous nism hide in soft black sponge, waiting to be saved. They are protected in a heavy hand crafted cardboard box, 6 tone printed and stamped with nism’s eye of gold. Pull at the ‘noop’ and ‘nism’ fabric tags to reveal the two shaken souls. In the kite bag, you will find the noop’s paw! kite. Set it up and let the paw! loom high above the troubled duo, tinted with red and golden autumn accents and surrounded by c-o-a-r-s-e leaves, as their world begins to crumble around them.”

As usual Coarse does not stop as simply producing a toy, but rather creating an entire small world around it. The outcome is as usual beautiful and perfectly executed. The box set goes on sale July 18th, 2011.

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Coarse is at it again and presents the new Oop Loser Toy Set. Consisting of two toys, the characters are essentially embryo versions of their two most popular characters. As usual both quality of the toy and packaging are very impressive. The two 7 Inch figures are limited to 200 pieces. Look out for a release on March 8th here.

Detailed images of these new Coarse toys follow after the jump.

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Coarse Toys follows up on their recent releases and presents an exclusive new version of their Paw! toy for SDCC – the Paw! Spectrum. The line-up consists of three colors – yellow, blue and purple.

“The paw! spectrum series is available as a rare artists edition. The paw! triptych is limited to 50 pcs (entire stampede). The tiny monkey rabbit is packed in an exclusive solid banana carrot box topped with a felt leaf. Open it and you will find paw! embedded in color erupting sponge. A unique coarse project.”

A SDCC 2009 exclusive
blue / yellow / purple
limited worldwide to 50 pcs
available as single figures or entire stampede
Price US$ 150, Stampede US$ 400
daily available limit: 10 pcs of each color
DKE booth #4732

Detailed images of the new Coarse toys and their beautiful packaging follow after the jump.

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Coarse Toys got together with Pixie to collaborate on their popular Jaws character. The details are currently unreleased, but it appears as though the toy will be adorned with a camouflage pattern. The figure should make it’s debut during the Pixie hosted Taipei Toy Festival, which runs from July 9th-12th. Coarse will also make an appearance at the DKE hosted San Diego Comic Convention from July 23rd-26th.

You can view one more image of the Coarse x Pixie “Jaws” Toy after the jump.

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Coarse Toys got together with toy store and gallery Rotofugi to collaborate on their Jaws character. The outcome is a darker version of the toy, looking equally hot as the original. They will soon release this collaborative version, which is limited to 100 pieces. It comes nicely wrapped and with a cool set of accessories, such as a real plywood skateboard. The craftsmanship applied on the Coarse toys is unseen on most toys these days and certainly impressive. You can register until March 3rd to get one of the toys upon release.

Have a detailed look at the Coarse x Rotofugi Jaws after the jump.

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We are following the designer toy market now for several years and just like with many other markets that gain popularity, the toy market has also seen a massive increase in releases. Among these releases you find some interesting new toys, but they can of course not all be good.

When recently visiting the Coarse exhibition in Berlin, we were for once again pleasently surprised to see a series of well designed and also well constructed toys. Their most prominent figure, entitled “Jaws”, has now been released. Not only the toy itself is constructed in the highest quality, also the attention to detail on the toy and its accessories are very impressive.

Have a more detailed look at the Coarse “Jaws” toy after the jump.

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Not long ago we gave you a look at the recent Coarse exhibition in Berlin, where they also previewed this new “pain” edition of their Paw! toy. Today we can inform you, that the toy will be released on January 16th. The toy is limited to 200 pieces, which means that this is one of the very few toys from Coarse that you actually have the chance to get a hold of, since their other handmade pieces, come in series’ of only 2 or 4.

Have a look at some more detailed images of the toy after the jump.

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We had the pleasure of checking out the Coarse Toys exhibition right before the opening today. Most of you should be familiar with the Hong Kong based premium toy makers. With most of their toys being handmade in very limited quantities, Coarse sets a standard for the market and keeps on impressing us.

Similar to their recent exhibition in Chicago, Coarse shows their latest figures at the 4010 store in Berlin Mitte from tonight. A couple of new characters joined the exhibition since Chicago and they are definitely worth checking out. You can see and feel the craftsmanship involved in each toy, which makes it a much better experience. When you sometimes feel like the designer toy movement has been too explored in recent years, Coarse brings it back to what it used to be.

Aside from checking out the exhibition, you can also purchase Coarse t-shirts and a couple of other accessories. Our favorite, the large Shark toy unfortunately goes for 15′000 USD. It is limited to only five pieces worldwide and handmade. In case you have some cash left over, you might want to consider.

Now head on after the jump to check out the complete Coarse Toys Exhibition.

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