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Jul 10, 2008
Josh Clay - Un Autre Monde (7.11.08)
Josh Clay's solo, Un Autre Monde opens this Friday, July 11th @ Thinkspace (7-11 PM). Over the past year or so Josh has really transformed his style -- things are lean, mean and dangerous. The 'Vespa Queen' above is a good example of his refocused style.
Thinkspace Art Gallery
4210 Santa Monica Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90029
323.913.3375
Max Toy Co @ SDCC
Max Toy Company will be dropping several exclusives and special editions at the STRANGEco booth. Artist and Max Toy owner Mark Nagata will be in the booth on Friday, July 25th -- it's not a signing per se but we're pretty sure he'll be more than happy to sign one of your toy purchases. Mark's got alot of super limited Kaiju goodness in store for SD. Let's start.
First we're going to pimp our favorite -- the Max Toy x Cronic Tripasu shown above. This is the first edition of the fig to drop. Designed by Mark Nagata and sculpted by Naoki-san of Cronic this 100% Japanese vinyl beast was hand-painted by Mark himself. Less than 20 of these sweet figs will be at SDCC. Don't snooze on these -- you'll be very sorry.
Next up is a GID Booksa which will debut at SDCC. Less than 40 pieces of the GID version of Martin Ontiveros' updated homage will be available at the show. Speaking of GID, Mark will drop two versions of his sweet Boy Karma fig -- a GID and a black, both limited to 30 pieces.
Max toy will round things off with two hand-painted vinyls by Mark Nagata. First, there's his hand-painted gold Eyezon. There will be less than 20 of these at the show. Finally, Mark's also doing a super-limited drop (5 pieces) of his hand painted edition of the Pharaohs figure from Rumble Monsters. After the jump pics of each figure.
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The Making of Super7's SDCC Exclusive Himalan
I enjoy opening my inbox and peeking in to see if any gold is inside. Struck pay dirt today -- courtesy of Super7 here's a look at the use of spray masks to paint their exclusive SDCC himalan from Itokin Park. In 13 shots we go from the base orange translucent vinyl to fully painted sections. This is the first we've seen of production spray masks -- very cool (above). Click through to see the sequence in order. Be sure to pick this one up at the Super7 booth (#4729) @ SDCC.
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TOY2R’s Kaiju Qees @ TTF
As in years past, Toy2R has pole position – two booths directly facing the entrance to TTF. Most of the items in the boot have been seen before, but we thought we’d post up the display of the upcoming Kaiju Qees. It appears there are a few additional creatures beyond what was shown at NYCC. Also, note the larger Kaiju Qee.... I believe this is an 8" but my brain was stuck on empty as I shot this pic before dashing off on Day 1 (Thursday). I'll double check in a few minutes as I'm head back to TTF for Day 2!
Red Magic's CiBoys @ TTF
As in previous years, Red Magic has a large booth @ TTF with the CiBoys as the star attraction. CiBoys are a bit of a guilty pleasure -- not unlike admitting that you liked 'The Last Element'. They're fun for the sake of fun, and that can be refreshing. It's rare to see a large concentration of the figures and in such a display, they take on a sense of evolution -- from the original design to more sophisticated pieces like the new large three kingdoms figures (above) with helmets and armor. The destroyers complete with attached weapons are cool as well. The idea of a maxed out CiBoy with accessories and add-ons is worth a smile or two. More pics after the jump.
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Kaijin @ One Up's TTF booth
One Up is offering the Memory of Forest Fulcraim from Kaijin (35 pics) in their TTF booth. They are also showing a brand-new unpainted sculpt of their upcoming Kaijin figure. Eagle-eyed readers will note that Kaijin submitted a painted version of this figure for the Kaiju show at The Showroom NYC held this past April. If you're wondering -- Kaijin has yet to name the figure. We're stoked that One Up continues to promote Japanese artists through original vinyls and pleasantly surprised at the rate of production and progress.
Chi-Kit Kwong's Chibo @ TTF
Chi-Kit Kwong's wildly ambitious Chibo project (blogged) debuted in display form in the Locomotive Productions booth (A17). These look good in person and there's alot of variety. Sixty figures in under two years will be something to see (6 figures every two months).
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RCWORK - 1/6 SURIYO Figures @ TTF
Raymond Chan produces some of the sweetest handmade 1/6 figures around under his RCWORK label. His SURIYO: The Forgotten World line features a unique rural aesthetic -- a trip back to a simpler lifestyle. A staple at TTF, Raymond showed his [Ha] Worker along with a card showing the [Songing] Fishman. Both figures were listed as sold out on the printed cards [presales?]. We'll try to track this down a bit more. At any rate, this work is too beautiful not to show now.
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Touma's Poopty from Headlock Studios
Touma's ability to create characters that translate well to vinyl has made him one of the most prolific creators particularly in the Asian market. His next figure Poopty is the latest addition to his long-standing collaboration with Headlock Studio. Other figures in the same line include Talons, Snout, and Slither to name a few. More than his other creations this one feels decidedly Japanese in terms of humor -- with the sculpted gas 'cloud' emerging from the creature's (skunk/squirrel?) butt. Coming soon. Close up shot after the jump.
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Tim Tsui – Da Fighter + More at TTF
Tim Tsui provided the biggest ‘wow’ moment of the show IMO with the unveiling of his brand new Da Fighter figure – the first in his new fighter series. This thing is huge (wide) and very funky – the tribal patterns, the horned shoulder armor, the bling collar, the red transparent left claw and mace. Oh and did we mention, that it’s a wolf and not an ape? Great stuff.
The colorway shown here was for sale at TTF for about $100. It’s limited to 150 pieces total – 50 for TTF, 50 for SDCC and 50 for his online store. It sounds like the fighter series is Tim's alternate mostly non-ape series. While Tim usually ships his ape figures in a cloth bag, he's gone for a flashier silver heavy bag for Da Fighter (pic after the jump). Oh if you're wondering why Da Fighter was launched so soon after Da Warrior -- the answer is that Da Warrior took much longer to produce than expected which resulted in the bunched up releases. Sounds like the TTF supply is sold out.
Tim also dropped his Sharky from ToyQube – really slick. It was going for 2000 nt (about $60). It will likely be available at SDCC. It comes with a cool banana accessory that fits nicely into the aquatic carnivore's jagged teeth. And if you’re wondering, there will be at least one more edition but that’s all we could pry loose -- well, we didn’t want to pry too hard ;-) Tim is also offering a new ape head key chain/lighter topper (400 nt, about $13).
Finally, Tim dropped a custom Da Warrior in black, gold and red. It sold within the first few hours (~ $400) – not surprising given that Tim rarely does one-off customs for sale. More pics after the jump.
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The Excitement of TTF ‘08 – Day 1
Day 1. TTF is located on the 9th floor of the Mira department store in the Living Mall in Taipei. Getting up to the venue is made a little more challenging by the two very slow elevators (no AC on a very humid day = hmmmm). The entrance area for the show was very crowded – even on a Thursday TTF is a popular event. I don’t normally show crowd shots but I think it’s key to understanding the popularity of the show and the toys in Taiwan. Plenty of energy and excitement to go around. A few more pics after the jump.
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MPH Presents:Julie West – Sickly Sweet (8.08)
Myplasticheart brings to you another solo show by a lovely women from the UK, Julie West. She will bring to the New York crowd a vast amount of art pieces, from paintings to customs based on the the theme of “Sickly Sweet." All the way from across the pond Julie will be making an appearance at MPH to hang out with everyone for her show. This even will take place on Friday August 8th from 6-9PM and if for some reason you cannot make the opening, the show will run until the 9th of September.
Myplasticheart
646.209.6866
219 Forsyth St.
Lower East SIde
New York, NY 10002
