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LA’s Munky King just put up the fantastic results of their DIY Pushers Show, based on the popular ‘Pusher’ figure by Thomas Han, released in a blank DIY form back in August. The show included custom Pushers by Joe Shea, Nathan Spoor, Elizabeth Ito, Marka27, Kii Arens, Racecar13, Axis, Brandt Peters, Dave Pressler, Paintmonster, Luke [...]
Continue reading...Friday, March 20, 2009
LA’s Munky King will be presenting its first group show of 2009 with their DIY Pushers Show, based on the popular ‘Pusher’ figure by Thomas Han, released in a blank DIY form back in August. The show is scheduled to include a huge array of top-notch artists, including (but not limited to) Joe Shea, Nathan [...]
Continue reading...Monday, March 16, 2009
Well its the beginning of a new week, and let’s start it off with some good news! This past Saturday Double Punch in San Francisco held the opening reception for the group show Continuous Spectrum, which will runs through April 5thth. The artists featured are Mark Todd, Martin Ontiveros, Bwana Spoons, and local artist Jesse [...]
Continue reading...Friday, March 13, 2009
This weekend, Giant Robot reclaims the “zodiac” from California’s Zodiac Killer and brings it all back home in the form of a group art show in Los Angeles. The Year of the Ox show celebrates the year 4707 on the lunar calendar. Pieces will include illustration, oils, pencils, prints, watercolor, sculpture, and other media “all [...]
Continue reading...Friday, March 6, 2009
It’s super-cool to finally meet artists I write about, and it looks like I’m going to have the chance when the much-blogged Bwana Spoons [tagged] and Martin Ontiveros [tagged] arrive at local toy shop slash art gallery, Double Punch next week. From March 14th through April 5th, Bwana, Martin, Mark Todd and Jesse Balmer will [...]
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...Tuesday, January 13, 2009
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Now you can grab one of Martin Ontiveros' Ojo Rojo pink and black shirts for $15 or a print for $20. Entitled "Hell Ain't a Bad Place to Be," the print depicts Ojo Rojo as Angus Young. The 9"x10" two-color screenprints are a limited edition of 45 and come signed and numbered by Martin.
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...Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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The all-star lineup includes: the Grass Hut Corp (see image above), Jon Burgerman, TADO, Shawnimals, Dehara, Reach, Abe Lincoln Jr., Peskimo, MCA, Nakanari, Stephan Britt, Nanospore, KOA, Jeremyville, DGPH and many more.
Continue reading...Thursday, November 6, 2008
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Bringing an “impressive showing of monster, demons, space yetis and more!” artists Martin Ontiveros and Skinner will be unleashing all their powerful fury and more at their joint show ‘Our Salvation is Your Fiery Death’ on November 22. The magic will happen at the Super7 store in San Francisco’s Japantown with a opening reception at 7PM. Move over Derek [...]
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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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, 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...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...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...Wednesday, July 2, 2008
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You know what I like about the Comic Con, the evenings. Yeah, I totally love working the floor and checking out what’s new, what’s upcoming, and it’s always fun see to see gawky teens dressed up as Worf. But by the end of the day my head is just spinning from information overload. After grabbing [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, June 26, 2008
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Summer day camp for me was pretty abysmal. I recognized that my parents deserved some time alone, but I couldn’t reconcile how that meant I had to go drink bug juice, play tetherball and make macaronicrafts with kids who were less than friendly. I thought, I’ll save you the price of a bottle of Banana [...]
Continue reading...Monday, June 23, 2008
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A new Ojo Rojo designed by Martin Ontiveros, sculped by Kiyoka Ikeda and produced by Gargamel drops on June 29th. This time, the 140mm. (5.5 inch) Ojo Rojo is glow-in-the-dark. Who exactly is Ojo Rojo? In a Grass Hut interview earlier this year, Martin said: I guess you could say he’s a bit of an alter-ego. [...]
Continue reading...Friday, May 9, 2008
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Officially licensed from Tsuburaya Productions of Japan, comes an exclusive figure from San Francisco’s Max Toy Company designed by Grass Hut guy Martin Ontiveros. This 9″ soft vinyl figure represents Martin’s take on the classic Japanese kaiju character Booska. The figure was sculpted by Kiyoka Ikeda of Gargamel and features header and backing [...]
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Thursday, April 2, 2009
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