Dorogami. As in, CRONIC Dorogami. Not as in ‘Dorogami lubvi 1‘ which is apparently some strange video clip of unknowable origin and repute. I can’t tell if it’s an excerpt from a movie, or maybe a lead-in ‘cinevideo’ like the beginning of Rush Rush. You, O reader, can be the judge. This week’s NF is light on talk, heavy on rock. It’s one of those lead-up weeks where it’s NOT QUITE apropos to do a holiday-themed post, but, well, it’s getting close. Do you—can you—feel that?

I was sitting here, hyperlinked to my desk yesterday thinking “Man, I’m running out of new and interesting lots of toys to blog about. What, o what, shall I do?” And then it hit me. I would blog about these toys that I actually—Lo—bought in a lot. I don’t need to express to you just how awesome it is to get a deal on something, but, well, when you have the opportunity to buy 9 of something for the price of one-and-a-half, you sit up a bit straighter in your chair. You notice. You consider.

So goes for these awesome CRONIC Dorogamis, of which I have 9. As I bought them in a lot. To be totally honest, I had never really given them much notice, as they’re sorta small and sorta kooky. This is sort of an inside thing, I guess, but there’s also this ongoing debate on this discussion board about how the company/dude that makes Dorogami—CRONIC—either is or isn’t awesome. At times it has been a loud debate, one that sort of ends up being bad for everybody…sort of like the Raider Nation or something like that….the mere fact that you are making this much noise about whatever it is you’re making noise about makes me want to not be a part of it and/or your noise. Etc.

But! Like I said, a deal is a deal, and I pulled the trigger…and I couldn’t be happier with these little dudes. So much character in (both of!) their faces. The colorways are so super awesome, and, well, it turns out that their being small and kooky is EXACTLY what I like about them most. So there.

Incidentally, I know a dude who knows a dude who is VERY passionate about the fact that ‘real toys’ should not ‘just sit there’ as if that is the case, then they are not ‘playable’ and as such do not ‘qualify’ as being ‘toys’. Well, these dudes have an articulated midsection, but be not mistaken. They just sit there. There is no playability to them, unless you count taking their picture and then blogging about them as ‘playing’ with them (I do). The irony is that this dude I know through this other dude absolutely LOVES Dorogami! I think he’s got ‘em all…and there’s a shitload more than nine. So you tell me, O reader: toy or not? ‘Just sitting there’ or ‘melting your face off with both of it’s melted faces?’

The choice is yours. More photos after the jump. Plus a bonus shot of Dorogami’s second-cousin Nougaki, shown sporting a limited resin NerdONE head. Ding. How’s that for down-the-rabbit-hole?

- Hateball