IN AMERICA!

Hello Hello!

Ok, this 'not writing anything on the blog thing' has gone on just about long enough!

Things have been a wee bit nutty - wrapping up painting for shows like Wonderfestival and Grasshut's "It Came from Sandiego" - moving my home and all my stuff from Northern Japan down to a temporary storage spot in Tokyo - and now traveling to and around the USA!  Lots and lots happened at the end of July, and there are oodles of toys that hardly got up on the internets (many of which are off at new homes already!).  So, here's a post all about playing catch-up.  Pics and some words from the late July and early August Rampage Toys' world :-P

SAN DIEGO COMIC CON!

There were RAMPAGE TOYS in decent numbers represented at the Dragatomi Booth durring this years SDCC.  All but the Cyclops Dinos went away with happy new families :-D

First Painted Run of the Cyclops Dinos!  The leftovers of these little guys are up on the Dragatomi website, here:  http://dragatomi.com/products/cyclops-dinos-by-rampage-toys


Manotaurs - 2 versions.  We did a few more of these after SDCC, and they are up on the Imps and Monster's website, here: http://impsandmonsters.com/3dstuff.html


Ugly Unicorns!  GID metallic Rainbow Hair!


RAMPAGE x KIKKAKE animals



GRASSHUT "It Came From Sandiego" show.  I was very happy to be invited by the man Bwana Spoons to participate in this fun little showing of cool stuffs from this year's SDCC.  I did a little bundle of one-off dinos (a few shown below) - all available on the GH website now:  http://grasshutcorp.com/blog/products-page/san-diego/





Wonderfestival!!!!!!!!!!

One of the biggest toy/model events EVER takes place twice a year - near Tokyo.  I was able to attend with a box of goodies - just before departing Japan for my summer travels.  Highlights of my little bundle of toy love included:

RAMPAGE x GRUMBLE TOY  Lilth and Wormrah



Orange vinyl version of the Cyclops Dinos (this version will also be up for sale at next week's Singapore Toys Games and Comics Convention)


RAMPAGE x Ilanena "Girly UU"  (Blythe Eyes!).  One of these guys made his way into my own shop - here:  http://rampagetoysandart.bigcartel.com/product/rampage-x-ilanena-girly-uu


AKIBA One Up 'Pandemonium' Exclusives.  The monthly showig of custom sofubi at the Akihabara One Up shop has been a fun venue a couple times now!  I released another Manotaur custom as well as the next batch of cyclops dinos - Sea Slug colors on Purple vinyl :-)

Coming up next is prep for a little shindig in LA, and then some traveling in Europe and THEN New York Comic Con!!!!  Lots of BIG plans for that - YAY!

Thanks for having a look folks!  More to follow in the coming week or so ;)

DROPPING THIS THURSDAY!

Ummm...yeah - that's tomorrow... I'll be dropping a bundle of blank vinyl, and some painted stuff in the RAMPAGE SHOP on Thursday (7/12) at around 8PM EST. This is what I'm calling:
'Can't go to SDCC - here's some cool stuff you CAN get!'
Here's a glimpse:


And here's what will actually be up:
-Blank (unpainted) bright green Ugly Unicorns
-Blank solid-green dino sets (same green as the SDCC painted release)
-Blank NEON green RAMPAGE x Kikkake elephants and bears
-Painted neon green RAMPAGE x Kikkake elephants and bears (same colors that will be at the Dragatomi booth).
-Perhaps a surprise or two

Also, there are still things left from last weeks double release!

RAMPAGE x FRENZY

Goto-san UU's


Blurble UU's


Thanks for checking in! Buying toys is GREAT therapy for not being able to make it to SDCC :-D

DINO COLORS!!!

Color Samples are UP for the Cyclops-dinos! Head on over to the shop to pre-order yours in the colors of you choosing ^_^

NEW RAMPAGE SOFUBI! DINOS

OK folks!  Pre-order for the new vinyl is up!  You can grab a set or individual figures.  Just head on over to the ol' BigCartel and choose your Cyclops Dinos!  Here are pictures of the test pulls in vinyl - the colors swatch shows the various colors that are available for order:
I also just got word that color samples are on their way to me now! I'll update the listing with those once they arrrive. More toys next week as well! Lots to update as my first year iun Japan comes to a close - BUSY!

DINOS ARE A'COMING!!!!!

A bit late to be posting this on the blog, since things are already in full swing, and actual VINYL is coming THIS WEEK - but better late than never!!!
The newest RAMPAGE sofubi is coming!!!  There will be three new figures - DINOSAURS + CYCLOPS = CYCLOPS DINOS!!!  Presenting: "T-clops," "Bronto-clops" and "Anklyo-clops."  Here are the Clay sculpts:



More pics of the clay prototypes can be seen HERE (Flickr set).

About a week ago I also receied images of the wax prototypes (used to make the steel master molds).  I do so love the progress of making all this stuff, and I like to share too!  Here are the three figures in Wax:

Anklyo-clops! This guy is articulated at the neck and the tail. The back ('shell/carapace') is also a separate part - this facilitates the pulling of the figure from the mold, and also makes painting and mixing parts more fun ^_^


Bronto-clops! Articulated at the base of the neck and the hbase of the head - making the head more poseable, and, again, good for mixing the parts up. This also leaves me with 2 different joints that could potentially fit parts from other figures in the future ;)

T-clops! Articulates at the head and the little itt-bitty vestigial arms! The arms are less than 1/2 inch long!


As I mentioned, vinyl is actually up really soon, so I'll be updating about these guys as soon as I can!  I will be offering a pre-order for blank orange, green (bright green!) and purple vinyl once I have images of the test pulls from the molds!  The option wwill also be offered to mix parts - mixed to your specifications for eeach of the little guys!  Keep an eye on the blog and Flickr for updates and new images!

One last thing - SDCC is coming FAST!  Fingers crossed there will be a nice little bundle of RAMPAGE TOYS in the mix over there!  Updates to follow ;)

RAMPAGE x UAMOU - Take 2!

Hey Folks!

In an effort to offer some Uamou Custom goodness to all the people who weren't able to attend my show in March (at Studio Uamou - covered in an earlier post) - I will be launching "RAMPAGE x UAMOU PART 2" in my webshop this Friday!!!

This new "show" will feature custom Uamous (by me), Custom Ugly Unicorns (by Uamou) and a couple small paintings (by both me AND Uamou!).  All items will be available for purchase in the RAMPAGE BigCartel shop (http://rampagetoysandart.bigcartel.com) starting Friday 6/15 at 11 AM here in Japan (which, btw, is 10PM Eastern Standard Time in the States).  Here's the goods:

Pen and Acrylics on Canvas

Metallic Neon Uamou

Uamou custom Ugly Unicorns!!!

Neon Glow Micro Uamou

Blue-star Uamou and Boo (on clear blue sofubi!)

"Horned Beasts" - gouache on Paper

See you on Friday!!!

Collaborations in the Works!

Hey Folk!
When did I write last?... I forget :-/

Anyhow, been back at it for a couple weeks now - painting some Uamous (catching up on a big batch of pre-orders from March's show at Studio Uamou), updating the shop and getting to work on some great new collaborations!  I'm super psyched to be able to many so many people's sofubi!  It's especially great because I I have awesome stuff to do while I wait for my own vinyl to be pulled at the factory (delays, delays...).

So, without further blabbering - photos!



RAMPAGE x KILLER J

4 versions of Killer J's "Starpet" - all neon and metallics, all on GID vinyl.  These are dropping on June 9th via Killer J's website/blog.  Information about buying these guys is here:
http://yaplog.jp/killerj/

And then a little WAAAAY early tease of something for July :-P 



RAMPAGE x FRENZY - work in progress of course...

More on these guys at a later date.

And much more to come too - another update tomorrow!