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See behind the scenes drawings, pictures, prototypes and stuff of Max Toy Co. projects. Updated - 03/09/10 Off to Tokyo ! Off to Tokyo and the Kaiju Comrades 2 show, if you place an order between now and the 16th of March, we will not be able to process or mail your order till my return. Full report and videos when I get back ! Kaiju Comrades 2 - UpDates ! I can't believe in a matter of days i will be winging my way to Tokyo for Kaiju Comrades 2 ! We just got pre-show coverage in Hyper Hobby and Quanto magaizines in Japan ;-) Over the next few days on my Toy Karma Blog, I will be posting preview images of the amazing art and exclusives that wil be available at the show... you can also check out the OneUp link for images as well ...! All items will be available starting on the first day of the show, March 12th.. we will serve customers who come to the show in person, first.. at the shows end we will make them available to everyone. We'll post more details about that soon...
and these cool tees will be available as well !
Minis Update ! - They are in production, hope to have them before I leave for Japan, but if not should have them upon my return..thank you for waiting.. there coming ! Oh ya, and we'll have a few as keychains, too ;-)
02/19/10 - Kaiju Comrades 2 .... Soon !
Thanks to OneUp check out this LINK for updated info ( http://www.one-up.org/kc2.htm ) on exclusive toys and previews of toys and art for sale ! This link will have the latest image updates so keep checking back.. I just saw some amazing work by Emilio Garcia ( Jumping Brain fame ) that I know will sell out (!!) - show is free, opens to the public on March 12th-14th, Design Festa Gallery, Harajuku, Tokyo - Japan, See you there ! and Club members look for another email offering this Red Steregon from NerdOne ! Thank you sold out !
UpDate on Minis - Wow, is all I can say .. the orders have far exceeded my projections, in fact the order to the factory had to be amended twice, and as of today that order is still short ... fear not, I have a final third order going in next week.. and that will be it ;-) Club members, thank you for your pre-orders, your order will be filled in a few weeks... we will have very limited amounts to sell via our website as well ... ================================== 02/12/10 - Minis Land .. just not enough of them !
Ok, if your a club member look for an email today for pre-orders for the first release of the new mini series in Neon Pink ! We have some now in stock ready to ship, but, here's the but .. only have 3 Eyezons (!!) Yikes ... don't worry I have many more on order with the factory, and these are expected to be in stock in about 2 weeks or so ....
we have SOLD OUT of the Winter Wonderfest Eyezons( thanks !)... working hard on the Kaiju Comrades show in Tokyo March 12th -14th Design Festa gallery east, we'll post some art previews soon and exclusives news ...phew .. more news soon ! 02/03/10 - Test Shots Land !
It's always hard to gage the size of toys in pictures, so hopefully the video will help ;-) and this group shot with standard size max toy's behind their Mini sized versions ... coming soon to our web store ! ================================= 02/01/10 - Captain Maxx Mini Kaiju series ! This Sunday, debuts at the Winter Wonderfest in Japan ! Yo will be at the Max Toy / Dead Presidents table, A07-08 ! here's a sneak peek at the test shots ! Don't worry you will be order them soon via the max toy store.
01/25/10- Captain Maxx Mini Kaiju Series
Test shots will be posted soon, All 5 minis will debut at the Winter Wonderfest show in Japan, in February ! We will have them as well .. so stay tuned !
Thanks to Max Toy Club members the Rainbow Neo Eyezon has sold out ( sorry about that to non members ) Friday we will offer up the Eyezon 2 pack custom ( see below ) to all our email lists. The price will be $200 per set.. I will only have 2 sets to sell, if I sell out than you can also buy a set from D-Lux web store. Only 6 sets were made for sale. Now sold out ! 1/21/10 - Sold Out - thank you !
in other news look for this new Kaiju Eyezon coolab between Mark Nagata and D-Lux ! it's been awhile since I've done a 2 pack collab and I think this one truned out really nice ! D-Lux uses a Winter theme on his Eyezon, with a very cool, glitter top coat (!), on mine I took a Spring approach .. even though i painted this while the rain poured down (!) One can hope for warmer days ! ... we will release these next week ... oinly 6 sets, 3 offered by D-Lux and 3 offered here... UpDated 12/02/09 - 11/21/09 - Killer Kaiju Monsters !
Boo, looks like the release has been pushed to March 2010.. oh well, in time for Kaiju Comrades in Tokyo, perhaps ?!! ***here's a peek at this new book coming from Collins Designs and author, designer Ivan Vartanian. Kaiju Drazoran looms over Tokyo !! I had the pleasure of contributing some cross section drawings ( printed on vellum !) and other illustrations.. you can pre order from Amazon or get this book from all major book outlets around the USA. ============================
and check out this new music vid from Owl City the new song is available on iTunes, called Fireflies ... Max Toys make camo appearances ! Many thanks to Danny at Endeavor Media for the exposure ;-) UPDATE ! the video has been picked for play on VH-1 and MTV plus hit number 1 on the Bill Board Hot 100 !!! check out the VH-1 site for more info and to vote to make it the number 1 requested vid !!!
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