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When last we saw Ooze Bat, he was hanging loose in Hawaii. Now he’s back in black. The figure is the next in the Snakes of Infinity line, following L’amour Supreme’s Mongolion, released last week. The Ooze-Bat, designed by Chanmen of Gargamel, was first seen as a head for the Snakes of Infinity Zombie and [...]
Continue reading...Monday, March 23, 2009
Le Merde’s “We Are Brothers” show at Gargamel’s flagship shop, Thrash Out, in Koenji, Tokyo was a great event. Hosted by the affable Gargamel staff along with Le Merde. Koji Harmon was handling most of the translation duties but really they were hardly needed with this enthusiastic crowd. Lots of broken but understandable English was [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, March 12, 2009
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Le Merde has released photos of the factory test shots for his upcoming Bangal Price figure. He reports that the first figure will be a different colorway released at the “We are Brothers” show at Thrash Out in Japan on Saturday, March 21st. The figure was sculpted by Kiyoka of Gargamel and is a Le [...]
Continue reading...Monday, February 2, 2009
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FullyVisual is attempting to relieve some of the recession tension with a sale. Although it’s a bummer that Joe Ledbetter’s Bummer figure remains sold out, you have a shot at hand-cast metal figures by Bwana Spoons, Amanda Visell, Frank Kozik, Buff Monster and Gargamel at up to 50% off. The sale will be short: today [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, January 13, 2009
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The Grass Hut/ Gargamel Gang event went off this weekend, and somewhat shockingly, there are still a bunch of customs and exclusives available in their webshop. Act now to get customs by Chanmen, Kiyoka Ikeda, Naoya Ikeda and Koji Harmon and the three exclusives: Zombie Ojo Rojo, Dolly the Dolphin and a Tokoki Sejin.
Continue reading...Monday, January 5, 2009
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As the Grass Hut/ Gargamel Gang event creeps closer, Bwana Spoons is sending out some custom sneak peeks. The Martin Ontiveros/Gargamel Zombie Ojo Rojo figure above is one of three exclusive pieces they will have on hand. But there will be copious customs. Bwana sent us the two below, but he’s dividing up the previews [...]
Continue reading...Friday, December 12, 2008
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Fully Visual continues to thrill us all with some hot new metal. Don’t worry, it’s hot but not molten: you can still buy it and hold in your greedy little hands. This time Fully Visual has partnered with the awesome and mighty Gargamel and the metal makers have taken on the Zags! With skill and [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, December 9, 2008
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Bwana Spoons’ email read: “Gar-gamel gang is co-ming to town. That was supposed to sound like the christmas song.” No offense to Santa Clause, but the Gargamel gang is real. And if the current prices of gas stay where they are, you might be able to travel from somewhere in the US and actually [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, December 4, 2008
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After developing a following through his blog, Flickr, mailing list, customs and collaborations with Garagamel and Super7, Koji Harmon just launched his Cometdebris website. Now he’s got a “super-powered” centralized location for all his endeavors. Fans can: Expect regular Cometdebris releases, collaboration exclusives, custom figures, and more. Orders accepted from anywhere in the world. Keep track of [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Yup, you can get some hot pusher or Kaiju action, and you can get it less than full price, from Los Angeles toy mecca Munky King. Right now, they are having two sales. One is their Thomas Han-designed Pusher sale. These limited edition six-inch vinyl are amazingly cool and beautifully executed. If you haven’t already [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, October 28, 2008
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We're just a few days away from one of the most anticipated group shows (and quests for world domination in the galaxy): Sucklord's Super Group Suck-Off and Toy Release. Click here for all the info and links to participating artists. Sneak previews of 17 customs, including Amanda Visell, Gargamel, Urban Medium, Devilrobots and more follow.
Continue reading...Monday, October 27, 2008
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Gargamel has a slew of new releases, including a pair of collabos with west-coasters Martin Ontiveros and Tim Biskup. Martin’s Ojo Rojo is priced at ~ $80 USD. Tim’s Mini Dragamel is priced at ~ $40 USD. See the Martin Ontiveros turnarounds here. See the Tim Biskup turnarounds here.
Continue reading...Friday, October 24, 2008
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In describing what Super7’s Halloween Zag Zombie is going to be for this most festive of days, they gave a play by play narrative where their Gargamel’s Zagoran evidently not only walks but talks! Here is the “conversation” they had with this pumpkin orange Zag about his costume: Joe: Are you GeGeGe No Kitaro? Zag: nope! Brian: He’s [...]
Continue reading...Friday, October 24, 2008
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From a Grass Hut in Portland, OR to an auction house in New York, NY, the faces of western kaiju have beards. The Phillips de Pury auction will present a generous selection of Grass Hut pieces, including figures by Martin Ontiveros, Bwana Spoons and Scrappers x Gargamel, Mike Le Merde. The toys are a [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, October 23, 2008
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Customized plush has completely taken off in recent years, but some might credit Circus Punks with starting the craze. Circus Punks refer back 150 years to their Americana predecessors–the knock down dolls. Carnival booth proprietors handpainted the dolls, which were then battered by baseballs in the quest to win large, deformed stuffed animal prizes. Paul [...]
Continue reading...Monday, October 13, 2008
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Halloween is for amateurs. The really party will be on Thursday October 30th at Munky King with the opening of the Suckadelic’s custom art show – Super Group Suck-Off and Toy Release. To promote Suckadelic’s “quest for world domination”, he got together such A list artists as Gargamel, Huck Gee, Frank Kozik, Sket One, Mishka [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, October 9, 2008
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This Friday, October 10th, marks the release of The Great Pocket Globby Pumpkin Tree by Bwana Spoons. This prolific artist of the mightly Portland, Oregon based Grass Hut Corp. will be debuting a new print as well as a small production (ten of them) of customized pocket (read=small) Globbys. Each one of them will come [...]
Continue reading...Monday, September 29, 2008
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Proving that Ugly vinyl isn’t dead, David Horvath has posted a few pics of the Uglycon Tokyo version of his Super Puncher Pocket Kaiju with Gargamel. This is the “Yokai” version where the Lonely Otaku returns from the grave and begins to take form. You can turn his head around 180 degrees to transform the [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, September 23, 2008
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This week, the kids of Super7 are invading Japan. As part of their takeover of Tokyo, they’ll doing an art show and toy release party at the store, ThrashOut. ThrashOut, for those not in the know, is the Gargamel Flagship store that is a must for any toy collector when overseas visiting our friends in [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, September 11, 2008
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What happens when you cross a Super Puncher monster yokai with the lonely Otaku? You get the Super Puncher pocket kaiju which will debut at UglyCon Tokyo. Super Puncher is a collaboration between Gargamel and the team of Sun-Min Kim and David Horvath. Here is the story behind Super Puncher pocket kaiju: Lonely Otaku collected too many [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, September 9, 2008
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If you are a fan of the one and only Bwana Spoons, Gargamel or just any hot kaiju action, and really…who isn’t, then you should get your finger on the trigger to buy one of the new Cosmos Eaton’s he did with Gargamel. It’ll be for sale this Friday September 12th (noon pacific time). It’s [...]
Continue reading...Friday, September 5, 2008
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UglyCon Tokyo takes place next month on October 8th at Stitch. The event will feature plush, paintings, prints, drawings, and exclusive items. David Horvath listed a few event details on his blog, and he’ll post more information as the date gets closer. We do know that UglyCon Tokyo will also feature some fabulous guest art. [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, September 4, 2008
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Following the GID Ojo Rojo, Super7 presents this new Martin Ontiveros x Gargamel Burning Ojo Rojo. The “Rock ‘n Roll Demon” is blazing hot and ready ignite your collection with its release this Saturday, September 9th. Hot on the heels of his elder twins, the Burning Ojo Rojo is the first painted clear release of [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, August 21, 2008
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Grass Hut has filled out their shop with some customs and SDCC ‘08 exclusives from Le Merde, Bwana Spoons, Martin Ontiveros, Tim Biskup and Gargamel. The Bwana/Max Toy Co. Edward the Gator polkadot colorway is awesome. Now if only I could find that elusive Black Metal Steven the Bat… Prices range from $15 for [...]
Continue reading...Friday, August 15, 2008
Now if I could only figure out a way to safely stow away in their luggage, I’d totally hitch a ride to Tokyo, Japan with the kids from Super7 and take them up on their offer of a “Tour of Toy and Design Culture in Tokyo”. They’re calling this their “first ever annual Tokyo Underground [...]
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Friday, April 10, 2009
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