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ungawa222
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 They're all there....
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ungawa222
S7 Royalty
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_________________ M'wants ur but three: viewtopic.php?f=26&t=37580&p=573803#p573803
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logang1
S7 Royalty
Joined: Sun Jul 29, 2007 2:58 am Posts: 3992
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Amazing collection!
Honestly tho'....I'm a little freaked out by the pic of them all together.....I'm afraid of these guys....like I'm afraid of clowns.
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wing_clipper
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Joined: Tue Mar 06, 2007 5:25 pm Posts: 2538 Location: illinois
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these garamon just look so alive.. great photos and collection!!
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Fri Dec 07, 2007 11:22 pm |
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CrimsonTide
Toy Prince
Joined: Sun Nov 04, 2007 4:49 pm Posts: 206
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Fri Dec 07, 2007 11:29 pm |
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ungawa222
S7 Royalty
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_________________ M'wants ur but three: viewtopic.php?f=26&t=37580&p=573803#p573803
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jojo the dog faced boy
Side Dealer
Joined: Thu Jun 28, 2007 9:03 am Posts: 2007 Location: Melting in the desert....
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what's the story on the crystal dude?.....is that semi ningen? very nice collection btw....i've always loved that version with the balloon....
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plover
S7 Royalty
Joined: Sat Mar 04, 2006 11:34 am Posts: 3086 Location: Canada
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Like some secret society meeting.
Are there any figures that have as much character as good old Garamon? Regardless of sculpt he always holds strong - sometimes ominous, sometimes grumpy, sometimes cute...
Great pics!
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donnierobot
Comment King
Joined: Tue Oct 10, 2006 11:39 am Posts: 1409 Location: London
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do you live in a cave
Fucking creepy photos !
i love em.
sinister.
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Vombie
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Joined: Thu Mar 15, 2007 4:43 pm Posts: 7090 Location: Oregon
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great pics. you love this sculpt and it's not hard to see why! Thanks for posting these!
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Sat Dec 08, 2007 10:17 am |
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ungawa222
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Thanks, duuds!
jojo- the translucent green Semi-Ningen came w/ one of the red event-exclusive Garamons by Tsubraya (now Yamanaya).
Heh...Spence, I live in a cabin...sometimes, in the winter, all of Vermont feels like a cave, tho....dark and freezing!
All but about ten or a dozen of the Gara-pieces I own are in these pictures, to one extent or another. Four of the absentees are off being customized, and one other (particularly exciting) piece is being built and painted right now and will arrive in February. I'll update this thread with some pics of the MIA Garys in mid-Feb or so....
Conditions were perfect to snap a couple pics of this guy outside today:

_________________ M'wants ur but three: viewtopic.php?f=26&t=37580&p=573803#p573803
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Sat Dec 08, 2007 10:28 am |
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The Lost Kaiju
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Joined: Thu Apr 12, 2007 10:11 am Posts: 487 Location: Chicago
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Brilliant Garamon collection! Sweet lighting on the Monstock piece. I like the last Garamon on your first set of pics...is that a M1 figure?
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Sat Dec 08, 2007 11:32 am |
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the_z
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Joined: Wed Jan 25, 2006 12:05 am Posts: 2148 Location: a Ukranian village
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Amazing Garamon stuff as always! Love the smoky atmosphere too...perfect for these guys.
Which piece is in the pic below the one with the translucent green semi-ningen? It's kind of blurry and Gary looks like he's snickering to himself?
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playdohpunk
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Joined: Thu Feb 08, 2007 1:39 am Posts: 1358 Location: hippieland calif
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love these garamon shots! i don't knowe why exactly, but i somehow get the feeling that i am seeing cindy sherman dressed as the garamon in each photo....they (yourr photos, not garamons in particular) seem to share certain qualities with her work, especially her sex pictures, fairy tales series, and the clowns, of course. Very nice photos all around! greatcollection!
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silent killer
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Joined: Sat Dec 30, 2006 10:38 pm Posts: 1981 Location: FL
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these guys are just so cool. these photos look like theyw ere taken in the belly of the earth or something, in a colony where theyr all huddles together ready to come to the surface or something...
where does my mind go sometimes?
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ungawa222
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tlk, if you mean this guy:
...that's the Kaiyodo vinyl model kit from the mid-90's.
It was the second Garamon purchase I made; built up by me and my sister (her help was invaluable- each one of the spines had to be individually cut, trimmed and placed.... maaaaaaddening...) and painted by me. Terrific kit...still pops up on YJA frequently at very decent prices.
pdp- what an interesting comparison to make!
I've loved Cindy Sherman for years (first discovered her thru People magazine, of all places, when I was a kid)- her work is completely awesome. And yeah, tho it seems odd, I really can see what you're sayin' in regard to these pics!
z- that's the "Big Garamon" statue by X-Plus.
Huge, fantastic piece that I chased for 4 years, before scoring in October of '04!
Again, thanks all!
Glad you guys are enjoying these snaps; I really had fun taking them.
As for the atmosphere, it was pretty easy to achieve- all of these shots, save for the Yamanaya Gara's, were taken right thru the glass of my Detolf, using an LED button light.
_________________ M'wants ur but three: viewtopic.php?f=26&t=37580&p=573803#p573803
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WAND
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Joined: Sat May 19, 2007 12:39 pm Posts: 231
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ungawa222 wrote: Thanks, duuds! jojo- the translucent green Semi-Ningen came w/ one of the red event-exclusive Garamons by Tsubraya (now Yamanaya). Heh...Spence, I live in a cabin...sometimes, in the winter, all of Vermont feels like a cave, tho....dark and freezing! All but about ten or a dozen of the Gara-pieces I own are in these pictures, to one extent or another. Four of the absentees are off being customized, and one other (particularly exciting) piece is being built and painted right now and will arrive in February. I'll update this thread with some pics of the MIA Garys in mid-Feb or so.... Conditions were perfect to snap a couple pics of this guy outside today:  
The pics in the snow are some of the best pics ive seen man, great job and a great figure.
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Count
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Joined: Fri Oct 21, 2005 11:24 am Posts: 2928 Location: Canada
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Those pictures are awesome, the lighting makes them so creepy.
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ungawa222
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Joined: Mon Mar 20, 2006 8:10 pm Posts: 3404 Location: NOW QUASI IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND
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plover wrote: Are there any figures that have as much character as good old Garamon? Regardless of sculpt he always holds strong - sometimes ominous, sometimes grumpy, sometimes cute...
Well said, Tim...that's one of my favorite things about collecting Garamon- no matter what aspect of the character the sculptor/company chooses to focus on, he always has so much damn solid presence....
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ungawa222
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_________________ M'wants ur but three: viewtopic.php?f=26&t=37580&p=573803#p573803
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garadama
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Joined: Fri Dec 22, 2006 6:41 pm Posts: 1892 Location: Financial Hub
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That's amazing....
really amazing but beware not expose them in such freezing enviornment for too long coz the vinyl may be hardened 
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ungawa222
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Oh, no worries, g- they're right back inside after the pics are snapped!
I gotta say, tho, I would love a big wood, stone, or fiberglass Garamon that I could leave out in my yard!
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The Lost Kaiju
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Joined: Thu Apr 12, 2007 10:11 am Posts: 487 Location: Chicago
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ungawa222 wrote: tlk, if you mean this guy:  ...that's the Kaiyodo vinyl model kit from the mid-90's. It was the second Garamon purchase I made; built up by me and my sister (her help was invaluable- each one of the spines had to be individually cut, trimmed and placed.... maaaaaaddening...) and painted by me. Terrific kit...still pops up on YJA frequently at very decent prices. pdp- what an interesting comparison to make! I've loved Cindy Sherman for years (first discovered her thru People magazine, of all places, when I was a kid)- her work is completely awesome. And yeah, tho it seems odd, I really can see what you're sayin' in regard to these pics! z- that's the "Big Garamon" statue by X-Plus. Huge, fantastic piece that I chased for 4 years, before scoring in October of '04! Again, thanks all! Glad you guys are enjoying these snaps; I really had fun taking them. As for the atmosphere, it was pretty easy to achieve- all of these shots, save for the Yamanaya Gara's, were taken right thru the glass of my Detolf, using an LED button light.
Yeah.... That's the piece. Wonderful kit, I don't have any Kaiyodo's but if I was to get into putting them together this would be the figure. Outstanding, Thanks for the pics and info 
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ungawa222
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Update!
Received a very exciting email today regarding one of the aforementioned "away for customizing" pieces...
A bit earlier in the year, Eye Scream released what were basically smaller (12") versions of their 22" Garamons.
Again, Ken Yokota handled sculpting and did a fantastic job...but the factory paint ops left a bit (okay, quite a bit) to be desired (IMHO, anyway).
I contacted the great John Allred ( http://www.herebemonsters.org) about doing a repaint on the head and plugging in a pair of Glastic eyes; he was down for it, so in late September I mailed the figure off to him. John schedules his work far in advance, and very exactly- he told me two months ago that he would begin work on 12/11 and probably finish on 12/12.
Sure enough, the guy's like clockwork- he started yesterday...and I received the pics below today...
Before...
...and AFTER!
Yeah...it's safe to say I'm pretty psyched with how this turned out!!!
A bit down the road, I will definitely be sending John the green version to do the same enhancements; maybe even the Noda-Ya GiD, too (Glastic makes some red-irised orbs that might look pretty kickass in that one)!
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Shirahama
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