I found the old email from May 2006. It says that Anraku only had blank green bodies at the time and that he would chemically alter a green body to make a black body for the Aurora...

Not sure what is involved in the chemical alteration.

There is also reference in another email to the fact that the chemical solution would be boiling.

I wonder if he did that with the old vader as well. Fascinating.

Are they the same vinyl? That one preceded the aurora if I am thinking correct timeline.

As for "one-offs", personally I think of each anraku piece I own as being a one off because he paints them all by hand and each one is going to vary a little from another.

To see the layering and paint application on these older figures up close is really something.
If you look at mine at a glance, it would almost be difficult to figure out the base color. I'd say there are probably 10 colors on it.

Anybody have a pic of the "brown" goga?

Anybody save copies of the "for sale" pages of Anraku's old website?

Please let me know.

It might be fun to try to recreate a reference gallery of all known goga versions, as well as all known versions of other Anraku pieces.

i can haz goga plz?

I just created a blog called "The Splendid Monstrous Beast" to be used as a reference site ("shrine"?) to try to catalogue all known versions of Goga, plus other Anraku figures, using pictures, details, and informative bits from wherever they can be found. It is intended to be a fully collaborative effort (NOT just photos of stuff in my collection, for example).

Right now the blog is completely blank...

Any ideas on what any of you might like to see on such a blog before I start to fill out the details and make it active? Right now, I am open to any reasonable suggestions.

Would people be willing to share pics they have to be posted on the blog?

Feel free to post your ideas here, or PM me.

I'd like the blog to have high res scans of the mini posters that came with the figures. AND if someone could translate what they say, that'd be nuts!

Not all versions came with them, and I'd really love to print out a quality version of the Dako and Goga ones. Plus it'd be cool just to see. Also headers.

Oh what do you know.

I like the 2D Goga art better than the toy. Such a cool drawing.

Cool Joe, but I'm gonna "pickleloaf" it here and say:
Higher Quality/Bigger
No page Creases Please

The drawings and toys are all pretty amazing IMO.

anyone have that image of the sheet with all the black painted gogas? (is it still on their site?)

Some great ideas so far!

I would like to include the best images available. In some cases, it may not be possible to avoid creases...

For purposes of going forward, if you have pictures, scans, information, screenshots, etc. that you can contribute, please PM me and we can trade emails to share things and combine resources.

I do have a day job too, so I will proceed as quickly as I can given the realities of how much time is available. Volunteers welcome!

Anybody know how to use the "way back machine" or whatever it is called to possible harvest some screen shots or pics from the old Anraku site?

is this it?:


I also had these saved:





found most of them right here on SB

That Goga header with the pic of him breathing fire is the best! Love those two drawings!
And is Gorilla the one with the tusks? Whatever it's called - I really like the drawing of it too.

The high res is on my flickr.
Didn't want to post it here since it's so big.
But it does have the creases.

ah. that's what i'm talking about Lixx. *drool*

And those Gogas. Oh my!

I covet certain anraku sculpts. I will probably never own one because I'm not cool kid or can afford after market price but one can still look for free.

Same here...it's hurts when you see something so amazing, but probably will never have.... but its kind of a sweet pain...Like sneeking a peek at that hot chick you have no chance in hell with..

I can scan the giant venus gorilla and glutamin handbills soon. *

*soon could entail weeks to months, timeframe subject to change w/o notice.

btw. Im keeping the handbills in a flat portfolio, I want to get the creases out and frame them.

Great!

As soon as anyone has anything they think would be useful, please PM me so we can exchange contact info, etc. Thanks!

Wrinkles aint shit!




I want to get on Glutamin/Punch Guerilla, Methyl and Drunk Boy soon as well as the headers, but it might be a week or so for me to really find the time.

Those are great. Thanks!

Is there anyone that can provide a translation for things like this? Please let me know.