Takashi Murakami × BOME KO2 1/5 Garage Kit – Kaiyodo Superflat Bishoujo Figure Complete Set Rare Early Edition

THE SUPERFLAT BISHOUJO ICON RETURNS
Kaiyodo × Murakami Takashi × BOME — 1/5 KO2 Garage Kit

An exceptionally rare collaboration from the formative years of the Superflat movement, this 1/5 scale KO2 garage kit represents one of the earliest intersections between Takashi Murakami’s postmodern art philosophy and Japan’s otaku sculpting culture. Co-created with legendary bishoujo sculptor BOME and manufactured by Kaiyodo, the most respected garage-kit studio in Japan, this piece is widely regarded as a landmark item in the evolution of anime-influenced contemporary art.

This example is a fully complete, unused kit — a near-impossible find more than two decades after its original release. All resin components, the printed blueprint shirt, the KO2 visual poster, and the original Kaiyodo box are present. The resin parts display correct early-2000s Kaiyodo detail, crisp casting, and no sign of recast contamination, making this set suitable for advanced collectors and museum archiving.

KO2 herself is an iconic early Superflat figure — a visual embodiment of Murakami’s exploration of exaggerated bishoujo aesthetics, hyper-flattened surfaces, and the consumerist fantasy culture that would become central to his later works. This piece predates the global Murakami × Louis Vuitton boom, coming from a time when his art was still deeply intertwined with garage kits, otaku crafts, and experimental sculptural forms.

A complete KO2 kit is both an investment-grade artifact and a cornerstone cultural object representing the unification of high art and subculture. Whether displayed unassembled as a historical document or professionally built for exhibition, this kit delivers staggering presence and historical value. It is a true S-tier collectible for Murakami, Kaiyodo, and BOME collectors alike.

This kit is clean, unused, and extremely well preserved — no missing parts, no damage, and no deterioration. With the scarcity of original KO2 kits increasing each year, this item sits firmly within the “future blue-chip” category of Japanese contemporary art collectibles.

📦 ITEM SPECIFICS & CONDITION REPORT

• Brand: Kaiyodo × BOME × Takashi Murakami

• Series: KO2

• Scale: 1/5

• Type: Unassembled Resin Garage Kit

• Condition: Unused kit, full completeness

• Included: Resin part set, printed T-shirt instruction blueprint, KO2 poster, original box

• Era: Early 2000s, Superflat / Pre–LV Murakami period

• No defects: No cracks, breaks, or missing components observed

• Storage: Dry and clean environment, poster and shirt kept bagged

💎 WHY COLLECT THIS PIECE

• Museum-grade early Murakami artifact

• Historically significant: part of the original Superflat development era

• True crossover collectible: art × sculpture × otaku culture

• Kaiyodo + BOME = top-tier craftsmanship

• Complete KO2 kits have shown steep upward value trends

• Ideal for long-term investment, archive, or exhibition

📚 CULTURAL + ART-HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE

• Represents Murakami’s pre–LV era and the earliest phase of Superflat.

• Sculpted by BOME, the single most influential bishoujo sculptor of the 1990s–2000s.

• Produced by Kaiyodo, Japan’s god-tier manufacturer of high-end figures.

• A pivotal artifact showing the merging of fine art × otaku culture × garage kit movement.

• Rare, low-production garage kit — no mass factory run ever existed.

• Considered “blue-chip Murakami ephemera” by collectors and museums.

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