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Max Toy Kaiju Updates

Hi All ! A few updates, I’m, sorry the Wonderfest post is late ( the event is over and the items have sold ). This time we sold all, one day license items, meaning there were no sales outside the event. Mostly from GeGeGe-No-Kitaro and bottom right, Chiyo-chan from Azumanga Daioh.

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And coming very soon Max Toy X Monster Boogie, we will release x10 different gachapon style figure series, called Gacha-Max ! Don’t worry I have order them for USA ๐Ÿ˜‰ Most sculpted by Makino-san ( TTToys ) and Ozawa-san ( One eyed cat and octopus ). More details soon !

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Pixel Hearts Art show

Here’s a quick look at in progress pics of my painting for Gallery1988 (west) Pixel Hearts show, curated by Chogrin ! Everyone is working on these pre cut out wood Pixel Hearts.

I chose Master Chief from Halo .. well because it’s Max’s favorite game (or was it Destiny ?) I probably shouldn’t say this, but I don’t play video games and only did a bit back in the 80s ;-P Maybe I should have done a Coleco game character ๐Ÿ˜‰

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I can’t show the final, just yet ๐Ÿ˜‰ But I think next week I can .. more info about the show will be posted too. FYI – new GID tanks landing very soon !

Kaiju Keronga Frogs

Happy New Year ! Finally finished these frogs ! Max Toy Club look for an email soon for this and the Fish. Followed by any unsold figures in the Max Toy web store ( I’m guessing in about 2 weeks or so but check back here ) Also OneUp store in Japan will be offering half of the run, so you can also try to order from them.

Both the Frogs and Fish are all painted by Mark Nagata, using Monster Kolor paints.

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Below, header card art for the figures ๐Ÿ˜‰

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Kaiju King Negora !

Kaiju King Negora !!! Now in stock and shipping !

Firstly, I want to thank all the folks who pre ordered many months ago. Your orders all went out today, nearly 3-1/2 months laterย  ;-(

I’m really not sure why it took so long, but I can say the figure is stunning in hand ! The good news is we have stock of them and would make a nice Holiday present for your Kaiju Cat loving fansย  ๐Ÿ˜‰

I’m randomly posting up a few customs too … so keep checking back !

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By the way, did you know you can pose King Negora into three different poses ? Standard is up right like Godzilla .. but you can twist him into a cat like attack pose … or simply as a baby sitting there ( below ! ) Meow !

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above Christmas Negora is now sold out … but be on the look out for a few more customs in the next week or so !

King Negora pre orders update

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Ah ! Finally the pre order Kaiju King Negora’s are done and being shipped to me ! I’m sorry for the delays, but the last year has seen an explosion of new vinyl makers and far too many orders for the very small number of soft vinyl casting factories in Japan. Despite new factories coming online, it’s still not enough for the current demand. While Max Toys is lucky enough to get our orders, a few of the orders ( like this one) have been delayed by months. I had this conversation with another toy maker in Tokyo and we both agreed that many Americans seem to think all you have to do is pick up a phone in Japan and complain about an order being late to get them to go faster, but it’s really not that simple and culturally there’s other layers to this onion. One day I’ll write a blog about making sofubi in Japan … and the many encounters I’ve had with artists and makers who’ve tried to apply American “thinking” to a Japanese process… haha.. needless to say, that’s totally NOT the way to do it.

I appreciate your patience and we will ship these ASAP. I’ll post pics of the final painted versions in the next few days as well ! Meow !

Nyagira Kaiju Cat

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New Kaiju Cat Nyagira mini sized soft vinyl (sofubi) figure now in the Max Toy web store. This was just released at the Design Festa show in Tokyo, Japan, last weekend. We only have a few left ๐Ÿ˜‰

 

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Meow ! Also for those who pre ordered the King Negora .. finally they are just about done at the painting factory ;-/ I’m so sorry it’s taken so long, but the delay is industry wide concerning soft vinyl production in Japan, I’m sorry to say.

More Max Toy Kaiju news soon !!

EMP Museum Seattle

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Well I suppose one should not under estimate the power of Hello Kitty Fans ๐Ÿ˜‰ The newest entry in the Hello Kitty Kaiju line quickly sold out at the EMP museum store. I think I can say we are working on making more but a lot of the timing of when the next batch arrives will depend on our factory in Japan. Many thanks to Chris and the store staff as well they had a massive line all night.

Stay tuned for more info and thank you to those who were lucky enough to grab one !

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Seattle is of course a stunning city and the EMP museum is located right next to the majestic Space Needle. You can’t tell from this picture but it was pouring rain ;-P

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I didn’t take nearly enough pictures but the preview show was totally packed on all levels of the museum. The rain had no affect on the Fans !

By the way, when you go be sure and check out the basement, as it contains some super duper rare movie props from Sci Fi & Horror films … like original Star Wars light sabers and original Big Chap Alien costume (!)

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Seriously not fake … all Max and i could do was stare and droolย  ;-P

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I drag Max along to all these shows as much as i can, and you can tell he’s thrilled to see this piece … yet again ! Well, Hello Kitty Kaiju is now owned by Sanrio so I suspect she will see much more of the World than I ๐Ÿ˜‰

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The shows up thru May 2016, I highly recommend seeing it, and of course Seattle, too !

More info:ย  http://www.empmuseum.org

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