Tag Archives: max toy company

Kaiju Gals art show Happy Birthday Parade !

Kibunadon_2

Max Toys x Kaiju Gals presents Happy Birthday Parade ! A customs show in Tokyo at MEEE gallery featuring the characters Nemuke ( artist HikariBambi ), Kibunadon ( artist Teresa Chiba) & Kinora ( artist Kaori Hinata ). Show opens August 8th, 2015 and runs thru August 12th, 2015, with various other events at OneUp & Daikaiju Salon.

More info via: http://kaijugals.wix.com/hpd-parade or Facebook group: Kaiju Gals

 

Above and below is my custom Kibunadon for the show. I’ve seen a few other customs and they all look amazing as well ! They are first for sale at the event, but any figures not sold will be up for sale via Max Toy web site… details soon !

Kibunadon_3

 

KaijuGalsShow2015

Cat Kaiju Nyagira … Meow !

Nyagira_july_2015Now on sale, limited to x14 pieces ! – http://www.maxtoyco.com/shop_item.php?id=1042

Cat Kaiju Nyagira micro soft vinyl figure hand painted by Mark Nagata !

Also new Mini Alien Argus, hand painted by Mark Nagata using Monster Kolor paints ! Yay !

http://www.maxtoyco.com/shop_item.php?id=1046

ArgusJulyFront

Argus_julyPacked

Plus assorted new customs, randomly posting over the next few days … enjoy !

Wonderfest Japan, Monsterkolor painting, Kaiju Gals

Sorry for the late post but Max Toy released a bunch of one day licensed items at Wonderfest 2015 Summer (more toy pics soon). Some of what was released included more cool Yokai figures .. sorry we do not have extras and I can not sell them outside the event (!) So do not email me about them (haha)

0200238794288

0200238794291

Also had a informal gathering over the weekend to paint some toys with Monsterkolor paints 🙂 It was cold and windy .. typical SF weather, but a good time talking Kaiju toys.

2015-07-25 16.47.58

2015-07-24 15.53.47

and last but not least here’s a peek at my custom for the upcoming Kaiju Gals “Happy Birthday Parade” show in Tokyo. See previous posts for more info and if you’re on Facebook they have a page under Kaiju Gals, so check it out for all the other artists involved as well  😉

Glow Kitsura, MOAH Eyezon & Kaiju Gals Show

Kit_all_glow72

Offered to Max Toy Club members, if any are left I will post them to the web store tomorrow. Glow in Dark Kitsura painted by Mark Nagata. Kitusra is a Fox character by artist Candie Bolton. Sorry if you don’t get one !

MOAH_2015Eyezon

Thanks to Deb for this nice shot of Kaiju Eyezon at the MOAH museum in Lancaster, California.

Show runs thru September 2015, visit their site for more info: http://www.lancastermoah.org

KaijuGalsShow2015

And coming up August 7th – 12th, 2015 in Japan is the Kaiju Gals, Happy Birthday Parade custom show. More info via their web site: http://kaijugals.wix.com/hpd-parade

Kaiju Eyezon & Trainwreck movie !!

This is weird and funny … so Kaiju Eyezon is waaayyy in the background in this new movie called Trainwreck !

Trainwreck_eyezon_72

Thanks to good buddy, the super talented Jimbo Matison – http://jimbomatison.com – who helped dress the set in this scene as well as did the interior design for the bar it takes place in. Jimbo and I go way back, in fact part of my Japanese toy collection was in his Chronicle book, So Crazy Japanese Toys ! ( http://www.chroniclebooks.com/titles/so-crazy-japanese-toys.html ) and he’s the guy who inspired me to come up with a Japanese toy magazine … not to mention making me “think” outside the box on my projects. A true renaissance man !

MOAH museum show 2015

MOAH_show2015Web

I have a several versions of Kaiju Eyezon toys and art work in this upcoming museum show at MOAH – Museum of Art & History, in Lancaster, California. There’s a bunch of artists in it and you can get more details on a Vip opening this Friday via their web site: http://www.lancastermoah.org

Also have a small run of hand painted mini Alien Argus in the museum store. Not sure if they will be posted online or not, but maybe send them an email if you have interest.

Yes, Art Toys or in this case, Kaiju toys in a museum  😉

SDCC 2015

So this was the year I wasn’t going to SDCC aka Comic Con … the Max Boy really wanted to go so who am I to stand in the way of the next generation of collectors ? Not having luck in the ticket pool, toy friends got us in ! It was as usual an onslaught of everything ! I’ve been going since the late 80s, so I’ve seen the convention transform into what it is today. In my opinion, not really my cup of tea, I miss the old school dealers and actual comic sellers, but time marches on.

SDCC2015_web

 

(l to r) Ed, Joe, Mark & Kirby

Once again the fine folks at Squibbles Ink / Rotofugi hosted several of my customs (which sold out). Do yourself a favor and check out Rotofugi store online: http://www.rotofugi.com/home

 

 

Card2015

Personally I don’t really find much at these conventions anymore … I take that back, I find LOTS of things I’d want … like a $70,000 Jack Kirby piece of art (!) Ha ! … not in this lifetime ;-P

Max and I do take our annual YuGiOh card picture, which is free … and honestly the best thing i could get from the convention 🙂

HsuBooth72

So the first Galaxy Pup I did, was stolen, so i quickly painted up another and brought it down for artist Martin Hsu’s booth … luckily it sold within minutes 😉

Also a big Thank You to Mike Minjares for all his help and our annual lunch with Honda and Andrew.

So basically I told Max I’d buy him whatever he wanted, but I’m not going to wait in any lines or go to one place to get a coupon, only to return to another place to MAYBE get a toy. He agreed nothing is worth that much trouble… plus he noted everything ends up on Ebay .. haha … I’m glad he’s not buying into the hype.

Max found plenty to buy regardless, so we didn’t return empty handed for sure. At the end of the day, I turned to him and asked if he’d like to come back next year … there was a slight pause … and he faintly said .. yes ! I guess i don’t have a choice … 2016 .. ugh !

Kaiju Axron pre orders !

AxronRed2015_web

Now up for pre ordering is the latest Kaiju Axron ! Painted with Dino Rage Red v color over Flesh vinyl base 😉

Usually I just paint a run and sell them, but this time because I have to hand paint all the teeth I decided to paint them to order ;-P I’ve gotten a head start, but expect shipping on them to start middle of next week. Rawr !!!

Axron_sample72

Alice in MaxToyLand Kaiju Negora set

I recently had the pleasure of collabing with Shifty toy photography ( @shifty_toys ) on this special 14 piece, custom painted Negora ( by Mark Nagata ) with print, Kaiju Negora set. Inspired by the Cheshire Cat & Alice in Wonderland ! The result was this stunning photo by Shifty !!

2015-05-28 22.49.24

Check out the process pics as well. The set is fully hand built with later photo manipulation. The result is a moody but fantasy filled image, with nods to Kaiju Eyezon ( see the tree hands !), and other “hidden” Max Toy figures  😉

Process_shot72

I’m sorry to say that Max Toy club members bought them all ;-(

Shifty_group72

We had fun with this project, so stay tuned for another collab very soon ! 🙂

If you want a copy of this or other toy images Shifty has created, please contact him below.

===================================================

Image copyright by Shifty Photography 2015 – https://www.facebook.com/shifty.toys  https://instagram.com/shifty_toys

Negora character copyright Konatsu

1 23 24 25 26 27 29