Atelier G-1 and Alex Wald give us... GARAKUTAGIGAS!

MEDICOM!!
Rocking so hard right now!!!
Keep on curating, dudes!

 

How does ordering from Project 1/6 work? I notice that it's somehow tied to my Yahoo Japan account with Celga. So ordering through Project 1/6 would incur all of the fees and exchange rate associated with Celga. not a terrible thing I suppose, but is there a way to order directly from Project 1/6?

 

that Medicom version looks the best of the lot.

 

Here's the Fire version for reference:

 

Garakutagigas 2nd: Red Mercury

IMG_3 by sensensempompom, on Flickr

 

That's a gorgeous color combo right there...

Glad to see more of these!

 

Awww....they're holding hands!

 

♡

 

toy karma 4 — alex wald garakutagigas “red metallic” custom, 1st release “fire” prototype, and “gold” custom

 

Hey ultra 999--you should have introduced yourself at the opening! Actually the photo shows the Fire prototype in the center. the Fire and Storm protos were the first vinyls of any kind I'd ever painted and the colors are subdued. Hope you enjoyed the show.

 

i was informed that night that "garakuta" means something like junkyard debris? i always thought the "gara" part was a reference to garamon. i didn't realize it was a play on words on multiple levels!

anyway, thank you for the correction and backstory. the description order has been updated here and on flickr. any other interesting tidbits or thought process you'd like to share?

 

Garamon's name is a contraction of "Garadama Monster" and the "garadama" is a "rattle ball;" that's what the meteor in the Ultra Q episode is called. "Garakuta" is rubbish, debris, junk. There's at least one collector's shop in Japan called 'Garakuta." I added "gigas" from the classical Greek meaning "giant." I really should work more on a printable version of "his" story but that's been on my plate for years...

 

thanks for sharing! that's great to know. little bits like that add so much to the character of a toy. it'd be fun to read his story in the form of a single page comic. know of a good writer/illustrator who could help with that?

 

Oh, that would be me...