January '13 Pandemonium show at One Up Akiba

One Up Akiba's monthly Pandemonium show is becoming a staple on the Tokyo sofubi circuit. With so few big shows left, small shows like these help makers ply their trade while providing a platform to try out new things. Pandemonium is the only custom show I know of that's held every month.

At these shows, you're more likely to see new or experimental styles, maybe because the numbers are so small. The figures are mostly one-offs or super-small runs. Also, the selection isn't limited to sofubi. You can also spot resin, plush, and mixed media pieces.

There are often figures that clearly involved a huge amount of work, and some of these lean towards the fine/conceptual art side of the spectrum and are less toy-ey than other works. But you've got straight out toy toys too, if the idea of art toys sounds too hoity toity.

Today, the January Pandemonium show opened, with works by Del Roffo, Blobpus, Todd Robertson, and a few others. At the opening, the Monster Factory toys were especially popular, but with a bunch of folks lined up, there was plenty of love to go around.

As always, if you see something you like, send One Up an e-mail to see if it's still available. They will ship overseas. Tell them andy from Kaiju Korner sent you. Here's their e-mail: oneup.webinfo@gmail.com

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New sofubi + resin at One Up Akiba

New toys spotted in the exhibition case at One Up Akiba by Cerrito, Dream Rockets, Frenzy, Monster Factory, and Sunguts. Overseas ordering is OK. Just send an e-mail to: oneup.webinfo@gmail.com

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Cerrito by Cesar Zanardi:

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Cerrito Meets Monster Factory Show

Today at the repainted so that everything's emptying into white (Any Cat/Yusuf fans? Yes? No? Watch this video and love life) Design Festa Gallery in Harajuku - where many an indie toy luminary including Blobpus, Max Toy, Sunguts, and others have held shows - a three-day show opened featuring the work of Cesar Zanardi (the maker of Cerrito) and Mayumi Kojima (Monster Factory).

The show is interesting, as it has both individual works from the two makers as well as collaborations between the two.

Cesar flew to Japan from Argentina. Let's start with a look at his work. First I should mention, if you see something you like by Cesar, you can send him an e-mail, and if it isn't sold out yet, he'll ship it to you from Japan. (But get in touch soon, since he'll only be in town another week or two.)

Here's his e-mail: cesar.zanardi@gmail.com

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prints + figures

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