Happy Holidays!

Time Off

The holidays are coming, and that means the start of my 10 day vacation. The New Year is the biggest holiday here in Japan, and while most people will be returning home to celebrate with their families, I'll be here at home. In addition to painting and a few late night movies, I'll be catching up on some reading and watching DVDs, some old and some new. A lot of relaxing, a lot of late nights, coffee and tea, waking up late, sleep, and rest. Maybe a walk in the park and a visit to Thrash Out to countdown the new year too. OK, here we go...

Gargamel Year-End Party (Part 2)

2007 proved to be an awesome year for Gargamel, with a very successful showing at the San Diego Comic Con, collaboration projects with Tim Biskup, Bwana Spoons, and Martin Ontiveros, not to mention clear standard Zagoran, mini airplane and tank Zagoran with helmet, the Pocket Kaiju series, clear glow vinyl, more. And if you thought that was cool, just wait until next year. Keep on rockin' Gargamel!

Gargamel Year-End Party (Part 1)

This year, Gargamel celebrated the year-end on a "yakatabune" or a Japanese style dinner cruise boat. You can see some yakatabune in the photo in my previous Thursday Night Odaiba post. The boat took us down the Sumida River to Tokyo Bay, where we anchored and hung out for a while. The night view was pretty spectacular, a lot of bridges along the river were lit up, as well as Tokyo Tower, the Rainbow Bridge, and Odaiba. Lots of food, lots of drink, and lots of fun.

Thursday Night Odaiba

Odaiba is right across the Rainbow Bridge from Tokyo. Lots of entertainment, shops, restaurants, and a good view too. Godzilla was there tonight. Not sure if he is destroying that tree or wishing us a Merry Christmas.

Bwana & Koji Collabs Released

Released yesterday with good response. Thanks for all the orders. I've been going through them all, and will be sending notification messages soon. Unfortunately, it looks like there aren't enough figures for everyone. Sorry to all those who couldn't get one! Round 2 collaboration figures coming sometime next year, please stay tuned.

Bearbrick World Wide Tour Opening Party

The Bearbrick World Wide Tour "Triumphant March" opens tomorrow in Shibuya. This show has been traveling around for a while now. The new show features a lot of the original pieces from the first few shows, as well as some new pieces. I think my favorites were Tim's Relphe (bottom picture) and Shag's Ancient Idol Bearbrick (not pictured). Around 60 pieces total, worth a look if you're in the area.

War & Peace

The last of our hand painted figures have been photographed and are ready to go. Please see my Bwana & Koji album on flickr for the complete set of figures with detailed photos. Pictured here is a 2 piece set called War & Peace. Both are standard size M1 figures, Ritora and Ragon. Mailing list members watch your mail for order information. This should be going out within the next couple of days.

Zagoran Pair

Another Mini Zagoran. This one is clear vinyl. You can see the clear more in the head, and it fades into opaque.

Fancy Suit Keronia by Bwana & Koji

M1 Keronia. Another collaboration piece. This is my favorite one of the batch. The colors turned out really nice, and the detail in the face and head is like real. Very leafy.