BUILT DIFFERENT: Japanese Soft Vinyl Toys | HOW they're made, WHY they're special

Wow! Thank you so much for making this video and for the shout out! You've explained the mysterious process of sofubi so clearly and beautifully, better than I've ever seen. You're the best!

"I digest" made me chuckle out loud. I love you, Crafsman.

The Crafman is like the Bruce Lee of toy production, looking all around the world at every culture he can find for tricks and techniques to work into his own style. Man's a Craf-Fu Master.

The slow horror of Crafsman watching Oto7 malfunction is peak comedy

King Jaguar!!!!! I'm so honored you included my original character in his sofubi form

5:45 A brief explanation is that the different liquids have a their own thermal properties. Oil can release more heat energy and remain at 100 degrees than toluene can. If the vinyl cures clear when heated over a long period of time then this makes sense as the toluene can only transfer so much heat energy into the vinyl before the liquid near the mold cools. Just by changing liquids you can achieve quicker or slower curing times using the same setup with little to no temperature adjustment. In other words, if you want a burnt egg put it on a red hot frying pan, and if you want a warm egg put it on a red hot sheet of thin aluminum foil.

Thanks so much for the shoutout! The kids thought it was the coolest thing ever❤🙏

Craftsman you really deserve millions of subscribers. Your video editing quality is top notch. I hope viewers take the time to share your videos around more. You should have 20M subs by now, your videos are SO GOOD.

I love seeing OTO7 and CrafsMan interact together. I hope to have a OTO7 sitting on my desk someday!

I'm so happy to see this video! I've been obsessed with sofubi for a while now and this is a great intro. Also very excited about the upcoming sofubi from Crafsman! (Also thanks for the brief shoutout taken from my own video about sofubi)

Man this video was packed with amazing toy content. Loved every second

We're so honored to be called out in this video!!!!!

😁thx for the video, i lived in Japan as a child, & that smell of the vinyl in the toy stores is one of the things that has stuck in my memory 50 years later, wish i still had some of those toys!

What a cool episode/history lesson - my Maker has an old windup “cat chasing a ball” celluloid toy that has “made in occupied Japan” on it. Looks like you have a lot of cool stuff going on, congrats on being featured in that magazine! Nice to see (and hear) OTTO7 again. And having a vinyl toy of him being made- whuuuut?!? xoxo

Thanks for making this video. Your kind calming voice, curiosity of the art of toy making, and willingness to share your research/experience with us are very much appreciated ❤.

Wow im so glad to see the channel has just kept growing all thes years!! I stopped watching back when the spacechicken first started being sold and now im back to see things are progressing more than ever! Much love man xxx you are a comfort, a genuis and an inspiration.

So cool, Crafsman!!! It's such an honor to have you in the FutuRETROistic magazine!!! I'm so excited to order my OTO-7!!! Thanks for such an edu-taining video!!! 🐼🐼

Seriously such a good video CrafsMan! Thank you so much for shouting out The Beast is Back/Chris Lee, following him online has introduced so much of the toy making community to me- even have made some friends at toy shows talking about his work! Such a genuinely great artist!

Softnicity. I love being here

Amazing video!! Thanks for sharing the world of sofubi 🍻🍻