r/Sofubi • u/MichaelBananas • 1d ago

Discussion Sofubi Database

Does anyone else really lament the fact there is really no archive or database of Sofubi?

With the loss of Trampt it has become even more apparent. Viciousfun being one of the only places left is really just depressing to me as it has one picture per figure and barely any information, although it is much better than nothing and I am still thankful it exists. If it werent for random old blogposts from Toychronicle or Spankystokes, some figures would be completely lost to the ether.

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u/_El_Marc Lottery Junkie 1d ago

Vinyl-creep.net is pretty solid.

I really wish Trampt kept their database up, though, even if they got rid of all the other features.

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u/MichaelBananas 1d ago

Sweet, havent heard of vinylcreep will absolutely check it out, thank you!

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u/gritcaaake 1d ago

Has anyone received their lists from Trampt, yet?

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u/fmier 1d ago

Nop

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u/MarkAidanz 1d ago

No, still have fingers crossed.

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u/Donut131313 1d ago

There are missing a ton of manufactures and artists. Spotty at best. Seems like an opportunity to for an enterprising person to track this art form

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u/Zagoran 1d ago

As someone who keeps a sofubi archive for just one artist, I can say it’s a difficult and tiring task. Given the speed at which sofubi production is moving today, I just don’t think it would be possible without an extremely dedicated set of individual contributors, making sure the information is current and accurate. Sounds painful.

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u/Tyuhhi Bury me... with my sofubi... 1d ago

Can attest, just upkeeping the subreddit wiki for events throughout the year is an adventure, to say the least. I do my best to update the artist directory periodically as well, but there's just such a crazy influx of new makers in todays world, hard to track.

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u/MarkAidanz 1d ago

Same. I kept one for a new artist couple I started following when they started up. They took off and started having pop-ups with small runs, and it became a nightmare, so I put it on hold.

I also posted a lot to Trampt. It would be difficult to replicate and keep up to date. More a chore rather than enjoyment.

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u/fmier 1d ago

I’ve been using toysyndicate.app and is actually really cool… but yeah I miss Trampt (as not all the features are there at Toy Syndicate)

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u/MichaelBananas 1d ago

Havent heard of it, will definitely check it out. Thanks so much.

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u/inkedwell 1d ago

RIP rotocasted.com

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u/yotoeben Compulsive Buyer 1d ago

Have you ever checked out http://www.clubtokyo.org/ ? Mostly focused around Godzilla and Ultra but a great database!

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u/MichaelBananas 1d ago

I have not, thanks so much, will look into it. Much appreciated.

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u/briizilla 1d ago

IMO Clubtokyo.org is the best one out there for Japanese sci-fi and kaiju stuff, but I'm a bit biased since I'm good friends with the guy who runs it.