Kaiju Booska - Painted Edition
Officially licensed from Tsuburaya Productions of Japan, comes this Max Toy Company exclusive figure designed by Martin Ontiveros! Booska is the name of a cute, friendly human-sized Kaiju (monster) that looks like a cross between a bucktoothed teddy bear and a giraffe. Booska was a Japanese TV show and manga first appearing in 1966.
This standard size, 9 inches tall, soft vinyl figure represents Martin's take on the classic Japanese character Booska.
Booska also features header and backing card artwork by Martin Ontiveros and the figure was sculpted by Kiyoka Ikeda of Gargamel.
Price: SGD 60 Each
Kaiju Booska - Glow in the Dark Edition
Officially licensed from Tsuburaya Productions of Japan, comes this Max Toy Company exclusive figure designed by Martin Ontiveros! Booska is the name of a cute, friendly human-sized Kaiju (monster) that looks like a cross between a bucktoothed teddy bear and a giraffe. Booska was a Japanese TV show and manga first appearing in 1966.
This standard size, 9 inches tall, soft vinyl figure represents Martin's take on the classic Japanese character Booska.
Booska also features header and backing card artwork by Martin Ontiveros and the figure was sculpted by Kiyoka Ikeda of Gargamel.
Price: SGD 60 Each
Kaiju TriPus - Green Edition
From the depths of the sea comes a new Kaiju to battle Captain Maxx! Kaiju TriPus! Standing 10 inches tall with movable arms and legs. Comes bagged with header and backing card art.
Artwork and Design by Mark Nagata.
Price: SGD 90
Kaiju TriPus - Red Edition
From the depths of the sea comes a new Kaiju to battle Captain Maxx! Kaiju TriPus! Standing 10 inches tall with movable arms and legs. Comes bagged with header and backing card art.
Artwork and Design by Mark Nagata.
Price: SGD 80
Kaiju TriPus - Glow in the Dark Edition
From the depths of the sea comes a new Kaiju to battle Captain Maxx! Kaiju TriPus! Standing 10 inches tall with movable arms and legs. Comes bagged with header and backing card art.
Artwork and Design by Mark Nagata.
Price: SGD 90
Kaiju TriPus - Clear Edition
From the depths of the sea comes a new Kaiju to battle Captain Maxx! Kaiju TriPus! Standing 10 inches tall with movable arms and legs. Comes bagged with header and backing card art.
Artwork and Design by Mark Nagata.
Perfect for DIY, paint it yourself projects!
Price: SGD 60
Captain Maxx - Grey Edition
Inspired by my favorite hero, Ultraman comes this newest Captain Maxx figure with grey and red markings. Perfectly replicated from the only known vintage figure, Max Toy Co. presents Captain Maxx!
Standing 9.75 inches tall, this soft vinyl toy features a cool removable mask, jointed arms, waist and legs. Comes in classic style bag with header card and backing card.
Artwork and Design by Mark Nagata.
Price: SGD 60
Captain Maxx - Gold Edition
Inspired by my favorite hero, Ultraman comes this newest Captain Maxx figure with gold and green markings. Perfectly replicated from the only known vintage figure, Max Toy Co. presents Captain Maxx!
Standing 9.75 inches tall, this soft vinyl toy features a cool removable mask, jointed arms, waist and legs. Comes in classic style bag with header card and backing card.
Artwork and Design by Mark Nagata.
Price: SGD 60
About Max Toy & Mark Nagata
Ask anyone who knows Mark to describe him and the two things that will come up are toys and art. After attending the Academy of Art College in San Francisco during the late 80's and picking up a New York artist's rep, Mark embarked on a 10-year plus journey as a freelance commercial illustrator. Over the years he's worked with a diverse client list which has included Scholastic Books, Bantam Books, Harper Collins, Becketts Publications, Schlage Locks, AMD, Genentech, IBM, Square Soft, Activision, DC Comics, Sony, Galoob Toys, Lucasfilms, Hasbro Toys and numerous Advertising and Design firms nationally and internationally. The highlight of this time included over 40 cover paintings for RL Stine's Goosbumps book series, Give Yourself Goosbumps.
Churning out hundreds of assignments over the years, coupled with deadlines from hell took a toll, both mentally and physically. "I had to reassess what was important in my life and refocus my abilities towards a new goal. " said Nagata.
"I'd been collecting Japanese toys all along, and suddenly realized it would be cool to have a magazine of some type devoted to them. So it's no surprise that Mark ended up creating and co-publishing Super7 Magazine. After successfully building the Super7 brand for nearly 4 years , it was time to move on."I wasn't able to paint as much as I wanted, and I realized that the part of Super7 I enjoyed the most was creating toys and artwork " reflects Nagata.
Thus was born Mark's new venture called Max Toy Company, named after his son Max. With a nod to the Golden Age of Japanese toys, Max Toy Co. will continue the tradition of offering classic Japanese character toys by all the best toy companies. Max Toy Co. also produces its own exclusive toys, both licensed and original. Many of the original toys offered are hand painted by Mark Nagata. A tradition that goes back to Japanese toy makers. Also most of the offerings feature unique artwork on the headercards painted by Mark.
In September 2007 the first group Kaiju show in the United States featuring artists and companies from Japan, USA and South America was held at Rotofugi Gallery in Chicago. Called Toy Karma ( www.toykarma.com ) it was a historic gathering that featured many custom painted toys and art.
Following on the heels of this event in October 2007, over 30 of Mark's original paintings, toys and a selection of his vintage toy collection were featured in Beyond Ultraman: Seven Artists Explore the Vinyl Frontier, at the Pasadena Museum of California Art , a joint exhibition with LaTda , Los Angeles Toy, Doll & Amusements Museum. This marked the first time in a musuem setting that the influence of Japanese toys on California artists was explored.
And in 2009, Mark curated Mark Nagata and Kaiju Comrades art show in Tokyo, Japan, once again bring together artists from different aspects of the kaiju toy movement in this first of it's kind art toy show. From 2008 to the present Mark has also been selling his hand painted custom Kaiju toys via the prestigous auction houses Philips De Pury and Christies in New York and London. Mark's customs have sold in every auction and continue to spread the Kaiju art toy movement into new uncharted areas of the art world.
In addition, Mark has also written and Max Toys have appeared in the Eiji Tsuburaya biography from Chronicle Books , Kaiju Attack from Collins Books and Full Vinyl book from Harper Collins, Otaku USA magazine, and Japanese magazines, Hyper Hobby and KaiZine, Spectrum Fantastic Arts annual book, to name a few.
"Max Toy Co. allows me to produce original artwork, sculpt new toys, and work directly with a lot of my talented artist friends." Nagata says. Max Toy Co is a synthesis of toys and art ... both life long passions.