New Chibi coins continue to emanate from the New Zealand Mint, and while we’ve moved most coverage to our semiregular round up articles, there will always be interesting ones we want to cover on release day. Today is such a day, as the mint adds yet another new subseries to the ever-expanding Chibi juggernaut.

The first of the late January pair is the third in the Star Trek: Original Series coins, with Dr. McCoy joining Kirk and Spock. No surprises there. The second coin is far more appealing, and takes its theme from a genre, rather than a specific show or movie. We all love a good horror film, and there are so many iconic villains populating them that turning them into Chibi seems a no-brainer.

The launch coin features the very distinctive, and timely, Pennywise, from Stephen King’s ‘It’ novels and films. They’ve done a super job with the depiction, which bodes well for the series moving forward. Indeed, the next issue is a real head turner. More like this instead of rehashed ‘Harry Potter in pyjamas’ please. And Babylon 5 – I want a Chibi Shadow…

LINKS: AgAuNEWS CHIBI SERIES PROFILE