So I have been working the resin parts that I cast to complete some ‘Microcustoms’ I have been working to finalize. Things been getting car-azaye to say the littlest. The parts I create for my Micro-customs are first sculpted from Sculpey, then painted with a super-glossy finish. Then, once the gloss coat dries thoroughly, I […]
Read more "Fanmode to Full Phigures"Check out these most AWESOME Microman-like candy-toys or maybe capsule toys that came into the studio today. A cool toy brand named ‘Epoch’ has released several different capsule-toy kits that are procured in pieces to build the ‘Subody & Wheelmachine’. These small micro-scale kits are sold unbuilt, with excellent graphic instructions included illustrating the steps […]
Read more "Epoch is EPIC"I have a few incomplete vintage Microman ‘Magnemo’ pieces in the studio, so I have been making some more of my ‘Micro-custom’ ideas come to life. Fun stuff to do while the epoxy resin slowly cures …
Read more "Magnemo Kitbashing"Takara! Solid The Robot 7 Micro Pilots
Read more "Micro Robot 7 and Me"Takara’s ‘Robot 7’ is one of my all-time favorite toy kits that was released in the early 1980s. I did not realize that Takara released downsized versions of this epic ‘pre-transformers’ kit. Thanks to a good guy ‘Microbry’ that clued me in on my YouTube Phantomoshop Chan, I tracked these rare Microman kits down. It […]
Read more "Robot 7 Kit Variations"… is filling up FAST. Bop on by for some interesting items for the giving AND receiving! Lots o’ RARE fun for your perusal! I have listed some rare 1960s Marx parts and vintage games as well! Check’em out! – John Phantomoshop
Read more "Phantomoshop EBay"Takara 1980 Diaclone ’Walk Insecter’ – Type 2 The time is here at long last! The time to unveil one of my personal all-time favorite Japanese toys from Takara. In 1980, the Diaclone ‘Walk Insecter’ hit the shelves to ‘wind-up’ walking into the lives of every Micro-toy collector in the Microverse. Little did I know that […]
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