Yamato USA is about to unveil its Fantasy Figure Gallery, a lineup of high quality PVC statues based on classic fantasy paintings by Luis Royo, Boris Vallejo, Dorian Clevenger and Julie Bell.  The figure line is the result of Yamato’s constant quest to increase the quality of PVC figures and to overcome the medium’s tendency to shrink, deform and lose detail.  Yamato’s PVC research has yielded ways to minimize shrinkage (without Viagra), deformation, and parting lines.   Yamato has used its new manufacturing processes along with revolutionary new painting techniques to produce what the company calls “resin-quality PVC figures.”  The fantasy line, which will debut in the U.S. December, will provide resin quality figures for an M.S.R.P. of $98, less than a third of what a comparable resin figure would cost.

Yamato’s Fantasy Figure Gallery features a number of interesting East/West collaborations including Luis Royo’s Medusa sculpted by Shungo Yazawa, Dorian Clevenger’s Akira fashioned by Plant-jzero Moekichi, and Boris Vallejo’s Monica’s Axe sculpted by Heavy Gauge’s Tobe.