Boryoku Genjin Portrait (three eyes version) 9″ x 12″ on greytone paper. $350. SOLD
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Sketch for Sale: Boryoku Genjin (Three Eyes)
April 20, 2013Sketch for Sale: Boryoku Genjin
April 19, 2013
Boryoku Genjin Portrait 9″ x 12″ on greytone paper. $350. SOLD
Sketch for Sale: Mecha Godzilla
February 21, 2013
Mecha Godzilla w/ battle damage 8.5″ x 11″ $250. Email coop666 at earthlink dot net to purchase.
A Package From Japan!
May 8, 2010
I stayed home today with a nagging cold/allergy attack/sinus infection, but luckily I was here to receive the results of my previously-blogged collaboration with NagNagNag! When I looked at the customs declaration and saw there were three items in the package, I knew I was in for an extra treat.
I knew I was getting one of the “regular” edition of 10, and one of the even more rare “Siamese” versions, (edition of 3!) but I had no idea I was also getting a one-off custom Nag, painted in a pattern similar to the original Bullmark Garamon! wow!
The paintjob on all three figures is insane. Shigeru, the sculptor/painter/owner of NagNagNag really goes overboard on every one of these creeps, and the clear red vinyl on this version is the icing on the cake. Click for fullsize to really dig the gruesome.
COOP x NAGNAGNAG Collaboration Complete!
May 2, 2010
Edition of 10 sold out, mine are in the mail. Here’s the art, and a photos of the whole thing. As always, click to engorge.
VIOLENT CAVEMAN GUTS
April 21, 2010
Sneak preview of my collaboration with NagNagNag.
Edition of ten. I designed all the packaging, and collaborated with Shigeru-san on the colorway. The cutaway “guts” drawing is a tribute to classic Japanese kaiju cutaway art.
apologies to whoever I ganked this scan from. I’ll link to you if you email me!
Popy Toy Catalogs
April 12, 2010
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I’ve been spending some time cleaning out my studio, and when I found these 70′s vintage Popy toy catalogs, I felt the need to scan-and-share. Aside from the obvious and gratuitous display of voluptuous toy pr0n, I’m digging the photography and graphic design, which, like pretty much everything from Japan, goes that extra mile to make even the most simple piece of promo/commercial ephemera look irresistible. Just look at that type treatment! Probably hand-drawn, too. The JM (standing for “Jumbo Machinder”) shield/stamp on the back is wonderful too.
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Look at that photo! What red-blooded little kid could possibly resist its siren song? Not me – I have collected a lot of the stuff depicted on this page.
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This catalog was included with a boxed Jumbo Machinder accessory fist attachment. Jumbo Machinders were two-foot-tall renditions of anime giant robots, made from the same blow-molded plastic used to make shampoo bottles. Due to the storage constraints of the typical Japanese family home, very few of them survived the seventies, and all but a few ended up as gomi.
Here in America, Mattel brought over a few hardy examples and sold them as Shogun Warriors.
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I guess those little red missiles and spring-loaded fists weren’t enough of an injury-to-the-eye liability magnet for Popy, so they brought out a whole line of accessories to complete the job.
I have yet to find a complementary kid-sized eyepatch with a Popy logo, but I’m sure I’ll turn one up eventually.
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Clearly ZZ-6 is the money melon of the accessory fist series. It is a giant fist, made from a boulder, that SHOOTS MISSILES. I can think of no better example of the uniquely Japanese concept of AWESOME AND DESTROY.
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And then there’s ZZ-8, the Fortress Of Fists. For when you need a Guns Of Navarone-styled rocky emplacement to proudly display all this lethal weaponry.
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Each of the accessories came with a proof-of-purchase coupon, and when you had a complete set, you could send away to Popy for this little beauty, a suitcase/robot garage for your jumbo.
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This is another, smaller catalog from another box, with a nice selection of jumbos and diecast chogokin.
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The guys on the right are Jumbo Machinder villains, all from Mazinger Z. These are some of the rarest items in the jumbo pantheon. The guy in the middle of the bottom row, named Garada K-7? Only three are known to exist. The last time one was on the market, it sold for five figures.
