Going to Shibamata is like boarding a time machine and going back 40 years into the Japan of the Showa era. This past Monday, I took the trip back in time with my friend Paul Kaiju and Mori of RealxHead.  Here is my list of 5 must do things in Shibamata. [1] Visit Taishakuten temple and see the…

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SOFUBI-MICHI captured the glory of our Design Festa table. For Refreshment, Rampage and myself it was cozy quarters but good fun was had by all. Catch more of the show over at the SOFUBI-MICHI TV channel on U-stream.

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For the 3rd Symposium running now, Blobpus has may wicked contributions to the Millennial Monsters series. For those who like their monsters large, there is this striking Dokugan in the classic MM colorway. And for those who prefer their Kaiju fist-sized with guts, there is the BlobPus DX – clear vinyl and lovely organs.  The…

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Thanks to Ralph Niese for this amazing illustration! Thursday, July 21 2011 All Star Bazaar – Open – 2pm  A smorgasbord of Global Figure goodness including mini minis from UAMOU, new Millennial Monsters from BloBpuS, Barbarians from Frenzy Bros., new aliens from Galaxy People  PLUS select goodies from the FIG-X.JP warehouse. Team Europa – 2pm – close The Tarantulas,…

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Portrait of Gardner Fox by Gil Kane This year marks the 100th birthday of Gardner Fox, one of the most influential comic writers of the 20th Century. He was born in Brooklyn, New York on May 20, 1911. During the Golden Age of comics, he worked on Batman from Issue 3, contributing to the early development…

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Once again this year’s Global Figure Symposium is graciously hosted by Matt Doughty from Onell Design and Jesse Moore from Rawshark Studio. We have a nice mix of familiar faces and first-timers. Unfortunately none of the Japanese artists were able to come over this year – but will still be there in spirit and toys.…

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GFS 2011 – ALL STARS, originally uploaded by datadub. It’s that time of year again! We almost thought it wasn’t gonna happen – but you can’t keep a good symposium down. MORE DETAILS SOON!

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Fig-lab was honored to be involved once again with the Art Hustle project. For series 2, we coordinated the participation of 9 Japanese artists. Touma Devilrobots Art Denka Goccodo Mad Barbarians Itokin Park Kaijin Skulltoys T9G Also its great to see a nice showing of western KAIJU artists like Paul Kaiju, Brian Flynn and Lash.…

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 Cy’Os – definitive version – $77 shipped worldwide Cyberius.droid13 was originally created by Pr. Arkaroy at Kinetic Organic Laboratory (KO-lab). In an unfortunate lab accident, he went off his original programming becoming a rogue agent calling itself Cy’13 and engaging in dastardly acts of  malice and mayhem. One of his hobbies is ripping huge holes in…

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