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GARAMANIACAL

I am thrilled to finally announce this... an event so Garamonically epic, it may rend the very fabric of reality...

Astromonster/Alex Wald

Bill Nordstrom

Bob Eggleton

CUPCO/Luke Temby

Dave Dopko

Gargamel

Gorilla Mouth/Troy Stith

Greasebat/Jeff Lamm

Grody Shogun/Luke Rook

GUUMON/Brian Mahony

hellopike/Phil Staszkiw

Isabel Samaras

Jacquelyn Heloise

Jason Edmiston

Jim Groman

Josh Herbolsheimer

Koji Harmon

Lauren Stutzman

Leecifer/Lee Gajda

Mark Dabelstein

Mark Nagata

Matt Sesow

Miles Nielsen

Monster Worship

Mutant Vinyl Hardcore/Rich Montanari Jr.

Paddy Charles

Paul Kaiju

PLASEEBO/Bob Conge

Prometheum5/Ben Mininberg

Ralph Cosentino

Robert DeCastro

Steve Seeley

zapatoloco/Benoit Robitaille

Walter Parenton

Toybot Studios/Kirlkland Jue

Michael Skattum

Walter Chauskoskis

Rob Kimmel

Street Grapes

Stay tuned... much more to come on this!!

GARAMANIACAL

FOE
February 2012

US Toys Garamon, Semi-Ningen & saucer set

Great-looking mini set from US Toys, to be sold in January 2012 at SuperFestival:

To my knowledge, this is the first time all three of these have been packaged together.
I’m not much of a vehicle enthusiast, but the Semi-Ningen spacecraft is an awesome toy (I used it, and the UST Semi-Ningen, in my recreation of Cicada-head’s punitive frying). Super-appealing paint ops on this set, and it looks as though the Garamon may be GiD.

Winter

It is here.

Howl's Move-Outta-The-Way-Gary Castle

Smashing new Garamon sculpt from X-Plus

Pics of a new Garamon from X-Plus have hit, and sculpturally, it looks like a real winner (as ever, let's see how the paint ops turn out on the production piece... and in any case, let's hope they put this one out in a resin kit version, as they did with their Pygmon). Seems like he will be available with a Garadama or destroyed dam base. Nice!

They really kept this one under wraps until now; I had no clue it was coming.

Interestingly, the late-December release date of this one will roughly coincide with the release of Atragon-GK's Garamon...

UPDATE:  Got some further info on this guy: he's about 15cm (6"), and the dam version will be the shorter-run variant and a bit more expensive.

Butanohana Garamon: painted sample

UPDATE: new pics from the Buta blog!

With fangs (or is it drool?) and a chest symbol:

HOLY GARY-MOB!!!

Banpresto Gary has landed

Hunted this one for a long while; at last he's here and he's freaking GREAT....

Made in China for Banpresto, 2004; 5" tall; seven parts, mostly rigid vinyl but the hands and tail are cast in a soft, rubbery PVC; apparently sold (foot is stamped "NOT FOR SALE") only in a large, blister-carded three-figure pack (the other two were Ultraman and Ultra Seven); flat-out amazing, unique, peculiar sculpt.

I'm thrilled with it in person; it's quickly made my short list of all-time favorite Gara-sculpts.

Marusan Garamon

Yeah, it took me way too long to post on this guy... but here you go, some shots of Marusan's great new Garamon sculpt (which, right off the bat, I like a lot better than their Pygmon sculpt from a few years back).  Here we've got the original clay sculpt, the red first-release version, and the upcoming gold and pink glow releases:

Galtamon

Garamon x Galtan.

Brought to you by Walter Parenton.

Butanohana Garamon preview shots

From the Buta blog:

Atragon-GK keeps chuggin' along...

...towards a truly superb Garaccomplishment:

Are you keeping up?

"Calling to report that our Trandoshan friend...

... has been neutralized."

And the Yamanayas keep marching in...

Pics of the third of three Fall 2011 Yamanaya releases hit this morning:

This is another "Revenge Of Garamon" edition, featuring the other chest symbol shown on a Garamon in that episode (it's the astrological symbol for Leo, actually).

Pretty cool... yet, on each of these, there's just a little something about the sprays that keeps me from loving them.  The color combos are tasty, but as I've said, I feel that the accent sprays are heavy-handed; in this case particularly, the green sprays on the legs just come off as disharmonious stripes.  If I got my hands on one of these, I probably wouldn't put it up on the shelf without some significant fixin'....

Three jaw

"This kit will provide a three jaw.
So you say can change the opening of the mouth by the replacement of parts.
Neodymium magnets are embedded in the filtration 差Shishi as replacement parts can be fixed firmly,
We will devise a strong magnetic force easily dislodged."

http://atragongk.exblog.jp/15803960/

They always come in pairs...

...so it's no surprise that another new version of the Yamanaya Garamon is set to drop in November:

I like this one, but not quite as much as the September release; on both, actually, I feel that the oversprays on the face and body are a bit heavy-handed. 

Like earlier versions which have sported chest symbols, this one is considered a "Revenge of Garamon" release, the chest symbols being featured in the Ultra Q episode of the same name.

JAW

Gnarliest set of chompers on a Garamon EVER!!



I really think, when all is said and done, that Miyazaki's piece is going to be unlike anything we've seen before; every in-progress shot he posts amazes me.  Go back and check out the hands pic from a few days ago. Really, really special; so much heart and soul going into this one...

THERE IS STILL TIME!!!

To get in on Astromonster's lottery for 5 one-offs of the new Red Mercury Garakutagigas!
Not much time, though, citizen- you have until midnight tonight!!
RUN!!!
(Well, click.)

Also available: 15 standard edition pieces... dig it:

Gary's day at home: nappin' with baby, bothering dogs, nappin' with coffee

Wunnerful snaps from the photostream of one jhateball1....

 

Atragon-GK: work on the Gara-head continues...

Looking great so far; as you'd expect, Miyazaki-san is putting his usual careful, masterly thoughtfulness into this one.

Click to embiggenate, and read all about it here.

New Yamanaya Garamon coming in September

Thanks, Yamanaya... always great to see you guys poppin' a new color of your amazing Gary.

If you don't own one of these, you need to... and this would be a fine place to start:

Nice color scheme, truly... kinda what I was thinkin' when I commissioned this custom back in '07:

Blue Flying Squirrel Garamon

Atragon-GK Garamon

Aaaawwww yeah... it's begun...

Stay tuned to the Atragon-GK blog for the latest in-progress shots... and start saving up your yen!