Just some random updates since Dcon and look for a new Sillyamnder for sale next week !
Thank you for a most awesome Dcon ! We had an amazing response and will be back next year for sureย ๐ I wanted to also thank everyone who came up to me to just say “Hello”ย or give a kind compliment … this was the best part of the show !
Set up with booth mate Doug Hardy ! Doug also was selling his Witch Cat LuLu figure !
Max ready to go as the doors open … have no idea at this point if we’ll sell anything !
In the midst of the toy frenzy buying madness, the most famous cartoonist Thien Pham ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjvLgLvGZiQ ) surprised us with a gift… a box of Howlin Rays chicken sandwich. To be honest, I’ve never heard of it but a random guy saw the box and dashed over and told us it’s a 2 hour wait to get a box and in fact he’d never even seen the box so he had to take a picture of itย ;-P Thien did warn us it might be “hot” … Later, Max really wanted to try it but we aren’t really use to spicy foods, so i went first. Lets just say while the flavor was great I don’t think I’ve ever eaten anything this “hot” and my mouth was on FIRE ๐ I told Max he’d better not try it, though he did later and had the same reaction, haha …
Good friend Mike Minjares stopped by … with some good Car stories ๐
Photographer Brian McCarty ( http://brianmccarty.com/ ) and LATDA museum (A 10 year reunion,ย ) / Japanese American National Museum (http://www.janm.org/) store director Maria Kwong and I reunite after 10 years and the Beyond Ultraman exhibit. I can’t say enough good things about Maria and Brian, such great people !
The show was packed both days and we nearly sold out of everything we brought ;-O Only a few items remain, which are now in the max toy web store. Next year the show moves to a bigger venue in Anaheim ( across from Disneyland ) so we will see you all there for 3 days !
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Finished the last of the @Kaiju_One, Trinity figures for a lucky collector ( below )
Well decide to dump all the images hereย ๐ Max Toy Dcon stuffs, see us at Table TE17 !!!
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Hi Folks ! Here’s the first round of Dcon ( http://www.designercon.com/ ) exclusives we’ll have at our Max Toy Company table TE17 ( end aisle ).
Also look for special micro runs and one offs from Jay222, Javier Jimenez, Doug Hardy, Michael Devera and Todd Robertson !!
Plus we’ll bring some stock items ( figures, pins, keychains ) as well. I will be at the booth pretty much all day Saturday & Sunday (minus some walking around time) so look forward to seeing you all ! As you know, I rarely attend USA shows and haven’t had a booth/table in the US in 8-9 years ? ;-P
All items are first come, first served and one item per person, please.
Exclusive Tiger Boss & Office Cat , each sold separately ๐
Exclusive Crusher G Pink version
Micro run, Boy Karma, painted by Mark Nagata
Exclusive Squishy Micro Negora ( unpainted )
Exclusive Rainbow Micro Kaiju Eyezon painted by Mark Nagata. Micro run.
Exclusive Kaiju Drazoran micro run painted by Mark Nagata
Exclusive Kaiju Eyezon, micro run by Mark Nagata
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Next post, more exclusives and one offs !
Sorry for the lack of updates, been busy painting toys for next weeks Dcon ( http://www.designercon.com/ ) I’ll post up what I’m bring down next week plus send out a Max Toy email .. but you can see some of it via my Instagram – @maxtoycoย !!
Below, are various items I’ve painted and sold the last week or so …
Galaxy style Ammonaito figure by sculpted and produced by Mechavirus, now sold !
Above, custom Trinity figure, produced by Kaiju_One ! Had great fun painting him … now sold ๐
Above, second Kaiju Ray Gun from Fragile Darkness, this one in Galaxy style ! Sale pending … !
Had to pleasure to paint these Super Sun Sun figures by @Kaiju_One ! I’m sorry but they are all sold out .. but as you can see amazing attention to details on these .. plus a ton of extras ๐ย I’ll be painting a few more Kaiju_One related Kaiju figures for them so stay tuned for details on them.
Making their debut at the upcoming Superfest show in Tokyo, Japan is our new Kaiju Soko ( Kaiju Warehouse ) sofubi series. The warehouse refers to the old place that Tsuburaya Pro use to house all their Kaiju and Hero suits. Figures sculpted by Pico Pico, with Production by Yo-san !
Let side is Sadlar from Ultraman Jack ( Japan sales only ), while the right side is Taisho from Ultraman Leo ( sales in the USA soon ). Both figures will debut at Superfest.
We will be selling Kaiju Taisho in the USA, very soon … so stay tuned !
Had the honor to paint the header car art as well for this series. I’ll post a more indepth step by step images for this painting in the next few days. I had a bit of a time crunch and each step had to be approved along the way … but was happy with the finished result ๐
Painted by Mark Nagata. Copyright Tsuburaya Productionsย Japan
Had the pleasure and honor to be interviewed by Marusan President Eiji Kaminaga for his Marusan TV channel while in Tokyo a few days ago. Actually it feels like a week ago with my jet lag ;-P
It’s alway cool ( to me ) to hear history about the vintage Japanese toys I collect. Once the cameras stopped I kept asking more questions too !
Kaminaga-san was kind enough to give me a copy of his book about the history of Marusan toys. It’s all in Japanese, which I can not read ;-( I told him to do a version in English, haha … but he said it might be possible in the future.
To be honest, this mug, is like the best thing I got on this trip (!) It’s like being on the Kaiju Tonight Show !!
During this interview, I revealed something I’ve worked on for about two years now .. what is it ? You have to watch to find out !
Ghetto Hyakkiyagyo opens on Saturday August 26th, 2017 !
Max Toys is a sponsor of a mini custom show ( within this show ) of Tiger Boss / Office cat figures. Follow Javier via Instagram for more info : https://www.instagram.com/JavierJimenezXL/
web site : http://www.javierjimenezdesign.com/
Special Tiger Boss / Office cat release too !
Here’s my customs for the show:
