From Rotofugi's Toy Karma website:
What is Toy Karma? Well, in our case, it’s an art exhibit featuring artists expressing their love for classic Japanese toys. But it’s so much more than that. As Mark Nagata, founder of Max Toy Company and curator of this exhibit explains on his blog, it’s the idea that if you’re honest in your dealings that one toy that you’ve always dreamed of getting will eventually come to you. For many serious toy collectors it’s a guideline, a mantra and yes, even a lifestyle. This exhibit pays homage to the mysterious force and power that toys have over us.
Toy Karma, the exhibit, is held every other year at Rotofugi Gallery, Chicago. The first Toy Karma exhibit was held in September 2007. Toy Karma 2 (aka TKII) will be held at Rotofugi Gallery September 5-20, 2009. We hope you can join us!
Toy Karma 2
Rotofugi Gallery
1955 W Chicago Ave • Chicago, IL
Opening Saturday, September 5 • 7pm-10pm
Music by dep
TOY KARMA WEBSITE
Bwana and I visited Dehara other day, where we each painted Dehara's Satoshi-kun figure. It was pretty fun painting together, kinda felt like kids in art class. After painting, we traded figures and got stuffed at a nearby izakaya (Japanese bar/restaurant). The figures from left to right: Satoshi-kun by Bwana, Koji by Dehara, Kappa Hunter Satoshi-kun by Koji, and Bwana by Dehara.
Dehara & David Have Mono! opened tonight at Stitch Tokyo in Dakanyama. The show features black and white paintings, illustrations, plush, and figures by both artists, as well as some exclusive soft vinyl releases. David Horvath's new My Friend Dave soft vinyl figure made it's debut today in a variety of bright colors, and I was stoked to find Dehara's new hand painted Kappa-chan strap available as well. Dehara & David Have Mono! runs through September 27th.
Here's another pic of my custom Sucklord 600 on a custom card with blister pack.
In addition to my Suck figure below, Gargamel did a few customs themselves. From left to right: KaToPe's Sucklord, Chanmen's Soundwave Blaster Sucklord, Kiyoka's Hedolan Sucklord, and Naoya's Zagoran Sucklord. Some of these are still available if anyone is interested. Link below.
This will be displayed in a blister pack on a custom Cometdebris backing card. See previous post for show details.
From Suckadelic's website:
Here are my customs for Toy Karma 2. Clear purple Tokoji Seijin, glow Tokoichi Seiju, and clear blue glow Tokoji Seijin.
From Rotofugi's Toy Karma website:
