Coming to San Francisco

These limited edition Tokoji Seijin figures will be released exclusively at my upcoming Super7 show (August 9). These will be fully hand painted with 6 colors, on light gray soft vinyl.

The Kappa Show

Junko Mizuno's "The Kappa Show" is now happening at Moshi Moshi in Portland, Oregon. The show features Junko's amazingly cute and sexy Kappa characters with kappa maki, brains, guts and more. You need to check this out. Runs until the beginning of August. For those not in Portland, see Junko's work and pics of the show on her blog. Purchase original Kappa artwork online at Moshi Moshi. LInks below.

MZN news

Moshi Moshi

New Stuff

Got Matt Alt's new book the other day, Yokai Attack! This is the first detailed book on Japanese Yokai (ghosts, spirits, monsters) written in English. The book features profiles of the most popular Japanese yokai, fully illustrated, and done in a fun, easy to read layout. Definitely worth checking out if you're either into yokai, or living in Japan. You can see more of the book on Matt's blog, link below. And that's Garuban (Galvan?) on the left, a funky scrap metal creature from the Captain Ultra series.

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Today

Got my international driver's license this morning. Pretty easy to do but it's annoying having to do it every year. On the way back, I got a pic of this crazy apartment building. Not sure what the story is on this but it's pretty nuts. Must be difficult arranging furniture inside. I locked myself in my room the rest of the day, preparing for the San Diego Comic Con and my show at Super7 next month. Got a few pieces done and decided on an upcoming Tokoji Seijin colorway. More info on that later. Today's soundtrack included Das Oath, Kid Dynamite, Mastodon, and Tragedy. Tragedy has to be one of the best hardcore bands rocking these days, highly recommended if you haven't already heard them. Later in the evening I head over to Gargamel's studio to put the finishing touches on the SDCC Tokoji Seijin exclusive. I'm pretty excited about this release. Info and photos to come.

Coming to SDCC

Coming to the San Diego Comic Convention, a new Tokoji Seijin release. This exclusive SDCC version is done in glossy green soft vinyl, and each will be painted with care by hand. Available at the Gargamel booth (number 4739) at the San Diego Comic Con, July 23-27.

Zagoran by Brian Flynn

This Zagoran features some greens and oranges, yellow, gold and black, some silver. Nicely done by Brian Flynn of Super7. A great addition to my collection. Thanks Brian!

Spacey X3

Takara made 6 original outfits for their Shonen Cyborg figures. The Spacey series outfits were especially cool, with real cloth body suits, and soft vinyl parts. After several years of searching, I was finally able to find the Spacey X3 suit to complete my set. So stoked right now. More on Henshin Cyborg and Shonen Cyborg later...

Kustom Killer Koi

A few of the Kustom Killer Koi figures, released yesterday to the mailing list.

Super7 Seventh Anniversary

A video of the event. Check out the geeks, the toys, and the action.

Killer Koi

Here's another pic of the standard Killer Koi release. In addition to the standard version, there will also be several unique custom versions available. To be released sometime next week to the mailing list.