Released at Japan’s A-Nation festival in 2003, CHOMPER gave Bearbrick a glossy blue bite and KAWS’s trademark attitude. It remains one of the rarest—and most expensive—KAWS figures on the market today.

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Edition Size: 500

KAWS took the Bearbrick silhouette and stripped it to its boldest essentials in the CHOMPER, released exclusively at Japan’s A-Nation Music Festival in 2003. Originally limited to just 500 pieces in both 100% and 400% sizes, the design popped with nothing but a slick blue gloss, a distorted jagged grin, and those instantly identifiable “X” eyes. It was sharp, simple, and quietly irreverent—a figure that didn’t need loud graphics to leave a mark.

That same edition later included a 1000% variant, equally rare and reportedly capped at 500 units. At roughly 28 inches tall, the larger format magnified the minimal iconography into something commanding and sculptural. Resale pricing has skyrocketed over time, with the 1000% version now commanding five-figure listings. While less discussed than KAWS’s Companions, CHOMPER holds weight as a crossover artifact from a moment when art toys, streetwear, and music culture began to merge in earnest.

By anchoring its release to a massive J-pop festival, CHOMPER became more than a collectible. It marked a shift—where vinyl figures became event-based, experience-tied objects. Few early pieces from KAWS’s archive feel as culturally embedded or as quietly influential as this blue brute.