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Ever-so-far-away in Japan, and ever-so-far-away at the end of March will be the ‘Kaiju Comrades’ show at the Hyaku Gallery in Tokyo. The show will focus entirely on interpretations of Mark Nagata’s various kaiju characters, and be home to a ton of beautiful monster-y exclusives. Of special interest is Bob Conge’s reinterpretation of Nagata’s Tripus. Fitting [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, February 26, 2009
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Lest you thought Canada’s Sebastien Curadeau only made glittering vinyl plush ice cream cones, here’s proof to the contrary. Collector, customizer and all around toy hero, Mark Nagata, commissioned this Ultraman. The figure is authentic straight down to the back zipper. Very cool to see Ultraman realized in continuously original ways.
Continue reading...Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Gino Joukar, a Los Angeles-based pop surrealism and urban art collector, is curating Movers & Shakers, a group show with an amazing roster. For a Valentine’s Day date that seeks to go beyond dinner and a movie, POVevolving Gallery is the locale. There are over 80 artists involved, and a sampling reads like a who’s [...]
Continue reading...Friday, November 14, 2008
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Here’s a really good excuse to go get some an injection of culture and make your way to a museum. On December 6th at the Japanese American National Museum in Los Angeles, there will be an opening reception for this star-studded custom vinyl show called Dreams to Dreams. The reception will be from 1-4 and the show [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, October 9, 2008
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Mark Nagata emailed a heads up about the new grey suit version of his Captain Maxx figure. Standing 9.75 inches tall, this soft vinyl toy features a cool removable mask, jointed arms, waist and legs. It comes in a classic style bag with header card and backing card for $45. While browsing through Max [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, October 2, 2008
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Mark Nagata has created a new ape head for a figure in the Space Troopers series from Toygraph posted today on their blog. The figure has a Planet of the Apes meets Mars Attacks look. Mark was asked to contribute the head and says he went with an ape knowing the “fondness the Japanese [...]
Continue reading...Monday, September 29, 2008
Beyond seeing toys on your television and being able to call out, "I have that," Toys Are Us is interesting on a number of levels. For instance, the interviews with Frank Kozik and Brian Flynn are particularly educational, from their perspectives on who gets "O.G." credit for the designer vinyl movement (hint: it's not Michael Lau) to some choice words for and against extended colorways.
Continue reading...Tuesday, September 16, 2008
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Less than twenty four hours after I posted news of an intriguing Eyezon from PlaSeeBo, a new missive arrives in my inbox from one Bob Conge: On Wednesday, September 17th, Mark Nagata of Max Toy Co and Bob Conge of PlaSeeBo will release a joint custom set, “Eyezon MEETS Night Gamer.” The figures are being [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, August 20, 2008
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The auction includes both Japanese and western Kaiju. Some of the items: Japanese monsters from Popy and Marmit and modern takes from BLObPUS, Mark Nagata, Dead Presidents x Gargamel and the Grass Hut collective.
Continue reading...Friday, August 15, 2008
New York City-based Suckadelic has produced DJ Trooper: an artistic adaptation of the iconic ‘Stormtrooper’ from Star Wars.This 12-inch art toy depicts the DJ in 1:6 scale wearing a custom track suit and mini-headphones, spinning his collection of records on a double turntable stand.
Continue reading...Friday, August 15, 2008
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I've got a few exclusive pics of the KAWS pieces which will be offered at auction. There's a yellow Chum, a 1999 Companion and a Kate Moss ad art piece. Get your bids ready because you know you'll be competing with Kanye.
Continue reading...Wednesday, July 30, 2008
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Now back from a globe-trotting exhibition, The wait is over. Toy2R has unveiled most of the 10-inch Bart Simpson Qee customs on the Toy2R forums. But if you’ve got ADD, anticipatory anxiety, high blood pressure, something in the oven or a slow Internet connection, you’ll feel like you’re still waiting (for the pages to load; [...]
Continue reading...Monday, July 21, 2008
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ToyTokyo has been cool about giving us slices of their sweet roster of SDCC exclusives, but for a couple of snaps of the kaiju, I had to go straight to the sources. Blobpus delivered on a full photo of the Blobpus DX & Dokugan Dayglo Green Version (above) and Intheyellow supplied a glimpse of the [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, July 10, 2008
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Amidst the fury of SDCC ‘08 teasers from STRANGEco, comes word of a great big dose of kaiju from Max Toy Co. Turns out, STRANGEco will be sharing a booth (#4629) with MTC’s Mark Nagata (who will be there on Friday, July 25th). Check out some of the hand-painted exclusives from Mark Nagata for [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, June 26, 2008
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Mark Nagata just announced this Hedorah figure from the Japanese company, Atelier G-1 sculpted and hand-painted by Shigeki Okuda exclusively for Max Toy Co. Each figure is “a work of art as only a true master like this can do.” Atelier G-1 is well known in Japan for some of the best, if not the [...]
Continue reading...Friday, April 18, 2008
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Forget eBay, go to a place with a way fancier name to overpay in a bidding battle to support your vinyl toy addiction. At Phillips de Pury & Company, you can raise your number (or send in a bid form) to acquire goodies like the Balzac’s Ogon Skullman (pictured above), Skull B by Secret [...]
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Monday, March 16, 2009
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