Mikhail and I are in San Diego this week for Comic Con 2008! This is our first time for us both, even though we have been such comic book and toy nerds our entire lives! Yesterday was only preview day it was insane, I can only imagine the rest of the week.Toy Tokyo Booth #5237 where you can get the Mishka x Toy Tokyo x Lamour Supreme exclusive t-shirt!

Lamour Supreme x Super 7 “The Snakes of Infinity”

Gorilla Biscuits x Super 7…yup!

Monster from some new Robert England movie! So sick!

The X-men family. I think they got in trouble for trying to smuggle beer in the cooler.

Lamour Supreme x Ernie Chan. All he could keep saying was DUDE, SAVAGE SWORD!

Went to an Activision party last night!

Lamour met some dude named Stan Lee.

He had him sign his Greaser Field Jacket.

I don’t really get it…

Skull Brainers know how to party!

The (in)famous kaiju customizer Paul Kaiju with friend!

Friend in food…

This past week I had the pleasure to meet one of my favorite artists, Carlos Enriquez. Carlos is a Venezuelan artist whose hand-painted fiberglass figures are the perfect mix of fine art sculpture and sick twisted Kaiju.

I was introduced to Carlos by my friend (and Mishka collaborator) Lamour Supreme. We met him and his wife Daniella at Toy Tokyo and then went over to Kenka for some drinks and dinner. I tried to get our friend Henrik to eat the Bull Penis from the menu but unfortunately it didn’t come in a child’s portion.

After dinner and getting to know one another, we went back to the apartment where Carlos & his wife were staying at so we could see a few of his newer pieces that he had brought with him. I had seen a couple of his pieces online, and when I saw them in person the Kaiju Invades NYC show last month, I was blown away and I couldn’t wait to see more!

Needless to say I was floored again! Getting to see The Mushroom Carousel in person was truly amazing! The details, the colors, the weirdness, it was great! The colors of the paint totally reflect differently depending on the kind of light hitting it. If I had $3500 I would have bought it from him in a nanosecond. Another of my favorites was The Vagina Brain. Check out the video below of Lamour Supreme asking Carlos about the meaning and inspiration behind The Vagina Brain.

Carlos later showed us a DVD with some of his up and coming work. One of the photos was of a 14 foot Kaiju that he carved out of wood, and then used the carving to make a mold of a just finished a 1/1 fourteen foot fiberglass Kaiju. You can check out some photos of him making the mold in his myspace gallery. He told us it was going to take him 1 month to paint it. I guess that was going to be his next project as soon as he got back to Venezuela. I am sure he will send us some pictures as soon as he is finished with it.

Enjoy some more photos of Carlos’ work!

Anyone who knows me, they know how into toys I am. Especially Kaiju! One of the Kaiju Blogs that I check on the regular is Omni-Monster!!!

Omni-Monster!!! always has great images of Kaiju. Actually some of the best out there!

I actually posted quite some time ago about a Carlos Enriquez piece that he had on his site, and Geozilla pointed out that I never credited him. I know in this day and age you should credit another blog for photos and content… It’s not only the right, but the courteous thing to do and I apologize for neglecting to do so way back when.

So check out the site and especially it’s archives. They spend a lot of time and hard work getting you some great photos of new and vintage Kaiju! Something I think a lot of Mishka fans may be interested to see and not even realize it yet!

Photo by Vinyl-Pulse

Check out Cyco Simon greeting all of his new found fans! Now that he’s had his coming out party, Simon’s gotta get ready for some big, big things!

Vinyl-Pulse has done a fantastic re-cap of last weekends Kaiju Inavdes NYC show that we were a part of.  Head over there for photos of most of the custom Kaiju from the event!

This Saturday, April 19th We proudly invite you to the opening reception for Kaiju Invades NYC. Hosted at Toy Tokyo’s The Showroom NYC Gallery and orchestrated by Don ‘Datadub’ Kratzer from Fig Lab and Lorne ‘m3kcomp’ Colon, this exhibition will feature custom pieces from top Japanese and American toy designers who have been influenced by the Kaiju culture of strange beasts.

Attendees should expect to see exclusive toys from artists like Blobpus, Real X Head, Gargamel, Tim Biskup, David Horvath, Bwana Spoons, Pushead and LeMerde.

We will also be collaborating with friend & artist Lamour Supreme on a custom piece and limited edition shirt for the show. Definitely the place to check out after the New York Comic Con.

Kaiju for those unfamiliar is a Japanese word that means “strange beast,” but often is translated into English as “monster.” Specifically, it is used to refer to a genre of tokusatsu, one of the most popular forms of Japanese entertainment, which utilized special effects and puppetry. The most famous kaiju is Godzilla. Other well-known kaiju characters include Mothra, Anguirus, Rodan, King Kong, Gamera and King Ghidorah.

Hmmmm… I wonder what this could be that’s ready to say hello to the world? Come to the show and say hello to Cyco Simon!

Toy Tokyo Showroom Gallery
Saturday, April 19th
8pm-11pm
117 2nd Ave. 2nd Floor
East Village, NYC

This dude plays Guitar Hero.

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Gargamel with some of thier new micromen! Oh, and look, the Keep Watch Varsity well represented! What’s up Yutaka!?

I am a Huge fan of the BlobPus! Hell I even a JK5 version of it tattooed on my arm.

Our friend Lamour Supreme sent me a preview from the Wonder Festival 2008. I have to say that I’m pretty fucking excited! Plus, I think the name of this little guy is Priest of Darkness or something crazy like that!

The Kozik Galtan came today! Looks really really good Kozik!!

We should be getting a couple of these Bad Larry’s sometime soon, I cannot fucking wait!!! Kozik x Garimpo Galtan by Exohead!!!