justin bieber

New drawing. This one inspired by the M1Go monsters in suits that I love so much! I wish I knew how to make resin figures of my own - I would try to sculpt this guy out. He would make a cool addition to my shelf I think.

Just trying something a little different. I saw a piece of clip art of a landfill which inspired this drawing style. I wish I knew how to ink properly so i could really get this drawing to pop.

Yesterday I posted the lame story with the stuff I got from my first Celga shipment ever. Here is a photo of all the stuff together. I couldn't fit Kinnikuman Super Phoenix into the story. Lots of vintage Tiger Mask figures on the right. These guys are 30+ years old! They have become sort of my more-vintage Kinnikuman. Now I just need to find the show to watch I guess! Bemon is on the bottom... he's not a Celga (neither is the glowy mini-Zagora), but he arrived the same day so they are part of the biggest mail day for me! Bemon grew on me over time, and I had to drop a big chunk of change on him, but it ends up he's one of my faves. Plus, it has gotten me drawing again. I guess I just needed a free form to focus on. I think I'm done with Romandoh figures for the most part... these two large ones were some of the more difficult ones to find for me over the past few months (mainly because I hadn't used Celga) but I don't really display them or anything. They are f...

Mysterious crates....... A rustling comes from the pinnacle of the cardboard mountain... and a curious head peeks out Z: "UGH what a trip! It's hot in there! Hmmm... looks like I got some company here... Lemme see...." Z digs inside giant piles of packing to uncover an interesting looking companion... Z: "Oh man you look like shit! (badum dum!) Are you OK? Speak to me!" B-M: (in a slow, muffled voice) "Juuus ggget mmmmmeee ouuuuttaaaaa heeeereee, ....ppppaaaaaaaal" >>>>> Z: "Looks like I just got to you in time. I'll be you are glad to be rid of that bag there, huh? .....Ew do you smell something?" B-M: "NNNoooope IIIIII doooon't sssmmmeeeeell nuuuutthhiiiiin" Z: "My name's Glowy Z. I glow in the dark!" B-M: "Orrriiiiiggiiiinaaal nnnaaaame theeeerrrreee! Iiiii'm Beeeee-Emmmmm" Z: "B-M, eh? interesting...." Z: "Well Mr. B-M, I guess we better see if anyone else is ...

Glowy Z and Mr. B-M start digging through stale, indecipherable sheets of newspaper when it happens... >POOF   Mr. X: "It is I, Mr. Grieves! Here with my well dressed assistant simian Crackity Jones! My friends call me Mr. X. You haven't happened to see a man in a tiger mask around would you? I owe him something..." B-M: "Nnnnnooooo, ssssoooorrrryyyyy Miiiissssstteeeerrrrr EEEXXXXXX. IIIII jjuuuussss..." Glowy Z interrupts: "What my lumpy friend here wants to say is we just got here ourselves and thought we'd dig around and see what we could find." Mr. X: "Well, Crackity and I are the splendid hosts of a most spectacular party inside! We may be packed tightly and wrapped in this FUN bubble wrap, but it has been tea, cucumber sandwiches and general rowdiness for days in there! Allow me to introduce you to these rabble rousers... Crackity, could you help these fellows out, please?" Z: "Whoa! It's that kinda party, huh?" B-...

Crackity Jones and Glowy Z continue to dig through what seems to be acres of bubble wrap. This has turned out to be quite the party. B-M sits this one out because he continues to get skid marks on everything. Mr. X: "Ah here are the Dadas. The pleasant glowy fellow here is Dada C. And his smaller friend here is Dada WTF." (crickets chirping) Mysterious Duo: "We do not appreciate you mocking our small friend." Z: "AAAHHHH you guys scared the shit outta me! B-M we're lookin at you here!" Everyone: "HahaHAHAHAhAhahaLOL" Mr. X: "Please meet Miss Cleopatra the Egyptian TV Psychic..." Cleo: "Why pay 4.99 a minute darlin when you can have us for only 10 in da Celga feees!" X: "...and her life partner Jeff Goldbloom." Z: "Dude I LOVED you in Earth Girls are Easy!!" Jeff: "I have no clue what you are talking about. Please leave me alone." The digging continues. Z: "Yo B-M! We got some dead weight ...

Another commission piece from Paul Kaiju www.paulkaiju.com The palette: The inspiration: The finished product! (photo snagged from PaulKaiju) Cool as ice! I picked up this Gargamel Hedoran on eBay awhile ago for much cheaper than I have seen it anywhere else... I believe it was overflow stock from kaiju-taro that makes its way to the bay on occasion. I never really cared for it all that much, honestly. It was my first Gargamel figure, and I was excited to get it at a great price, but I guess the yellow never really did it for me. I was sending Paul the Tepeto to change into a Dada clone, so I sent this along for the ride with the photo of the Bumble the abominable snowman from the old stop-animation Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer cartoon.  I got this paint scheme back and I think it turned out great! There is nice fading between colors on the belly especially, and I like his pink mouth. Glad to see the trademark Gargamel shiny eyes stayed also. It is a little hard t...

Alien Tepeto by M1Go was a figure I bought pretty early on when I started my kaiju craze this year. He was pretty random, but I never really got into him all that much... he's no Dada afterall. Oh but wait..... Enter Paul Kaiju www.paulkaiju.com I thought that if Tepeto looked more like my Dadas that he would fit in a bit better. It turned out really nice I have to say. BEFORE (see how sad he was?) AFTER (pic snagged from Paul) My only instructions were to use Dada (and to a lesser extent the Balzac Skullmerry figure) as inspiration and I really would like to see the hard black and white contrasty scheme maintained.  I think Paul did a great job! The zebra stripes look like they were an absolute bear to mask out, and they are different enough from Dada's geometric pattern to make the figure unique among the similar pieces. He has nice shading underneath folds in the clothing. Unfortunately the paint got a scratch in it somewhere before it got to me, but at least this i...

Anyone reading this most likely knows that magical "is-it-Scandanavian?-maybe-not" word. DETOLF! I've not been in the collection game for long... at least not toys that I look to displaying as though they are little artistic sculptures as opposed to the latest zombie action figure that I just want to have next to my computer monitor... but quickly I found myself wanting to show them off to no one really and having nowhere proper to do so. I began my search online for display cabinets about two months ago, but all signs continued to point toward the magical glass shelf sold by Ikea. Offering practically 360 degrees of pure viewing pleasure and no wooden joints or distracting solid cross beams, the Detolf shelf seemed like the way to go. One problem... the closest Ikea store to me is 4.5 hours away just outside of Washington, D.C. Thank God for the internet! But wait.... ikea.com informs me that the shipping on one shelf alone is going to be 111.00!! Dear Vinyl Lords, what ...

I generally refrain from posting about my childhood days. I have a feeling that it might make me feel bad that they’ll never return and I’ll be left brooding over how great life used to be in those days. Yet, I guess I should do this exercise sometime lest all those memories themselves sweep by with the waves of time and age. So here’s a list of some of those things from childhood that I could’ve spent a lifetime on… My pet: My dog, Hero. We named him after Hero, the horse in the Phantom series. He was nothing short of a roaring cub when I first saw him. He stayed with us for over 10 years and was simply the best looking living being that ever walked on this planet. Ferocious like a wolf at times and as gentle as a rabbit at times, he made coming back home from school that much more special. If I made a list of all the things of my childhood that I’d want back in my life today, Hero would top the list by a mile. You had to be blind to not admire Hero! C ricket: Galli cricket, to be p...

Neptuneman is a character from the Kinnikuman series who was a masked Kenkaman. This character Kenkaman is based on Hulk Hogan who was actually very popular in Japan as well as the US. In the story, the England native Kenkaman was depressed that he was so powerful and no one could stand up to him in the wrestling world. He felt he had nothing left to accomplish and decided to end his life by jumping into the Thames River. Upon jumping in, however, he was discovered by the Neptune King, a former battler who had gone to live beneath the waters hundreds of years earlier because he didn't like how the wrestling world had moved away from life or death matches. Neptune King gave Kenkaman a mask with magnetic powers, changing Kenkaman to Neptuneman! This M.U.S.C.L.E. character was a favorite of mine when I was a kid. I knew nothing of the Kinnikuman toys back then, and, like most kids, named my little figures however I chose. This guy was named Harvey. Actually they were both called Harv...