Max Toy x Wonder Goblin TriPus Lottery
These one off Max Toy Office Cats painted by Mark Nagata will be available at this weekends ( December 9th) Gift Wrapped 2017 Holiday show at the Clutter Gallery.
Info and Preview list here: https://www.cluttermagazine.com/about/gallery-preview-list
Meow !
I showed a test shot of my newest character, Sofubi-man, at this past Dcon, which by the way was a fantastic show !
Awesome sculpt by Cristina Ravenna, who perfectly captured the spirit and character !
Sofubi-man stands about 6 inches tall.
Below is some info on him and pics… Pre Orders for the first version with be up in a few weeks ! Check Back !
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Sofubi-man is my homage to the men and women of
Japan, who have perfected the art of soft vinyl casting.
The process was originally brought to Japan in the 50s
by Mattel to produce their Barbie dolls. Soft vinyl — or
Sofubi, as it is known in Japan — are hand poured and
cast using heated liquid vinyl poured into iron molds.
These molds are heated up and cook the vinyl to the
desired thickness. At this point, the vinyl pieces are soft
enough to be pulled out of the mold and allowed to cool
down. Extra flash or trim is cut off these pieces and the figure
is assembled and painted.
Japanese toy collectors, and especially Kaiju collectors,
know this process through classic Ultraman & Godzilla soft
vinyl figures from the 60s & 70s.
Today this process of toy making in Japan remains basically
unchanged, though there are not as many factories left.
Max Toy Company is proud to use these craftsmen and
support this toy making tradition for the figures we make.
My initial sketches 😉 Actually a more complex version that maybe someday I’ll get to !
Well decide to dump all the images here 😉 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 😉
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 – @maxtoyco !!
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 😉
Above, second Kaiju Ray Gun from Fragile Darkness, this one in Galaxy style ! Sale pending … !
Friday, October 6th, 2017 – at 12:12 pm PST Only via Corner12.com !! I’ve painted up these very special Darkside Eclipse Dunnys ! Each is hand painted, signed and numbered on the bottom. They glitter in the Sun as well 😉 Painted with NagataColor !
These two Kaiju Ray Guns ( Cursed Ray Guns ) will be for sale at the upcoming Taipei Toy Festival via Booth B21 FragileDarkness.
Had a lot of fun painting these and look forward to doing a few more very soon 😉 Zaappp !
Above RZL, the sculptor and creator of the Cursed RayGun at STGCC2017. Follow him via Instagram at : fragiledarkness
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 😉
Painted by Mark Nagata. Copyright Tsuburaya Productions 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 !