A Nag Pa I Root (NAGNAGNAG) and der Angora Patio

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Now he should let us see those Gorilla Jus!!!

 

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Yea the blue headed guy is awesome. They are all amazing.

 

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Apparently, Jeb is not only a fan of nags, but of Pm's as well!

 

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So when is that Johnny Ryan x NagNagNag NZombie release going to happen?

 

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No time soon, i hear that 2013 at TripleNag castle is going to be all about pink hair and poneys.

 

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Well damn, I wasn't too far off! Not an Nzombie, but Four-Eyes!
via @mrjohnnyryan
"Working on a NagNagNag comic"

 

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haha thats pretty cool

 

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Nag comic! I wonder how will the storyline goes?
some good & bad memories on this one!

 

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I love all of his other stuff. Cant wait to see it all finished.

 

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Yay for you. Why not celebrate by flipping your mishka nzombi on eBay?

Hype, flip, repeat.

 

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I remember saying something awhile back that a Nag comic would be cool...But this really doesn't interest me and I like most of the drawings I've seen by the guy. Maybe it has more to do with that I don't care to know about the origins of Nag.

 

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I was thinking the same thing. I like the origins of Nag being mysterious. Almost like make up your own. But I'm sure Johnny Ryans will be fun. Definitely will involved poo and piss.
I hope its the insert for a release! Flyer comic!
If its anything like the latest Prison Pit, I'm in!

 

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I hope its not, the only nag related thing I own (not for lack of trying) is the GID Coop print, I liked that it was available to just straight up buy from the mishka webstore, I understand the need for lotteries and all but it was refreshing being able to just buy it.

 

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This is true. Great idea actually.
I got the GID Warhol shirt that was released two years ago at SDCC. Greg was nice to enough to take requests on those.
Yeah man, NagNagNag comic zine!

 

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I think a insert for a release would be great. I would also make it available on it's own like the prints. I think there's been a lot of nice art for all the headers and unless you get really lucky...You're SOL. Three years of trying and I think my luck is going into the negative.

 

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Unfortunately it's going to be only a insert.

 

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Fourth, how many times have you entered and won a Nag of some kind, Original, Siamese, Four Eyes, Ball, Zombie? Spend the last couple of days in off time enjoying reading old posts because I like these. But confused by the lotto thing. Seems like the guys with the most wins have a leg up on everyone else. Put aside that Coop and Mishka have HUGE collections of Nags because of the business relationship, there still seems to be a gigantic bias towards some people. Way beyond just luck or statistics. Not opinion I don't think, just the facts from hundreds of posts. So why is it a lottery of 10+2 as an example when it seems the lottery should be more like 5 to random people and the rest to partners and favorites??

 

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"Facts" I tell you! Damn lizard people are behind all of it I'm sure.

 

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Sure Realdeaocho, I will answer your question (a strange one at that for being such a newcomer) but I'll fill you in and everyone else on some stories.
Call this "The Skullbrain Dairies".
I won't make this an expose, so I'll save the names, but here it is.

I have only won 3 lotteries, shockingly. Which I guess in the NagNagNag world of lotteries, that is alot, but really it has just been 3.
My very first win was with the first release of the Nagball aka Necronomicons.
My second was the split-faced/fur-coat Nzombii.
Third, the 2012 NAMBA Four-eyes.

And that is few and far in-between given the amount of releases:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lawrencech ... 587808809/

The one and only original Genjin scupts I own, the GID Warhol, was from COOPs gallery release.
I guess it seems like I have won or own more, especially with all the excitement and hype I post in regards to each release, but I don't.

Now here's a kicker.
As of a couple of months ago or so, I thought I was banned from the lotteries. D-listed. That's right.
It was after winning the fur-coated Nzombii, I traded my Nagball for Gorilla-ju. Yes, a hyped-up, ball of insanity for a plain old Gorilla-ju. What can I say, sometimes the simple stuff pleases me. And I really didn't involved the hype or eBay value int he trade, it was just as straight-forward as that.
Well, a little after that trade, I've had no luck with lotteries, communication with Shigeru had been silent (I send him the fan-art for fun, and he usually replies with a smiley-face and some translated english or japanese thank you), and well, I thought I streak was over.
BUT, I found out from a source that Shigeru found out about the trade and was pissed. He took offense. So I was "dropped". Even after all the fan-art, praise and hype I generate FOR HIM, he dropped over TRADING (yes, trading, not flipping) a toy that I WON and PAID FOR, and was well over a year old.
Hell, does anyone remember these:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kp2Z9_yeAao
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABuxKmuyEN4
I've probably supported his toy more than anyone else, and yet I was going to be done in like that.
I mean, I can understand if it was a "gift", and I guess in Shigeru's world it was a "privilege" that I won. But I won a lottery, and paid for it like everyone else who did.
So side note, be careful trading your toys.
I also found out that Shigeru sent a pretty diva-queen like e-mail to a certain someone for selling one of his toys on eBay. This toy was well over 3 years old, but I guess if you are "blessed" with a Lottery winning, there are no exceptions. So for those who have won a lottery one time or another and have sold one, well that might be the reason why you haven't had any luck lately. Just a hunch.
He's even gotten upset from seeing some Grody Shogun in someones personal collection. True story.
What I think is what it comes down to is translation barrier. For trading a toy that is over a year, or having someone elses toys in your collection, Shigeru seems to take offense and personal. But to us, its the norm/tradition. And I think there could be some explaining to help understand our ways and reasoning. Shigeru is a touchy (but friendly) person. And he takes it seriously personal. Almost as if the Four-Eyes and other creations were his sons and daughters he was lending out for adoption. And we've all seen the fiasco from early disputes with Mishka in the past. Then again, this seems to only apply to NagNagNag. I don't really ever see this kind of drama with Gorilla-ju, Butanohana, MVH, Paul Kaiju, etc etc.

Anyway, flash forward the the Namba release, which I have given up for awhile from past lotteries, I decided to enter for kicks.
Well, looks like Shigeru had a change of heart, and I won.
But I also got a side-note e-mail from him about not to trade. Weird, but ok, thanks.

Now, like you Realdeocho, I began to think. With all the gifting Shigeru does to his collaborators (artist who get one for the hell of it, or other affiliates) and with the re-occurring lotteries winners (that have been couple of others who have won more than me) it makes you think: So basically he's making a toy for himself and "friends" to enjoy? Sounds weird, but if you think about it, haven't you ever wanted to make a toy for yourself or a circle of friends to have fun with?
And really, its his toy to begin with, so if he is picking favorites, I think he has the right to do so. He can do whatever he wants. But really, no telling what is really going on in that mind of his or his intentions/reasoning.
But for those that are rewarded with his toys, it might seem as a gift, but I kind of see it as a curse also. I mean, you are kind of stuck with it unless you want to piss him off and trade or sell it. I mean, look at Mishka/Coops collection. Nothing really has changed, or else they'll be sure to get an angry letter from the master himself. Though you can ask permission, which I have heard that is what you kind of have to do. But even at that, it gets awkward. And really, its a toy?! If you paid for it, why can't you do whatever you want with it?
Anyway.
I can go in deeper into some other stuff, and I'm sure there are others who can come out and do so too. There is enough conspiracy theories to go around. But I'll scoop that dirt under the rug for now.

Now even after all of that nonsense and the hyper/bullshit/drama that is attached to this toy, I am still a fan. Always will be. Even if I never ever win another one for the rest of my life. The original Genjin sculpt is was got me into this hobby neck deep, and inspired so much creativity for myself in my everyday works and creations.
All in all, I am thankful for someone like Shigeru is making toys. And I hope he continues to do so.

 

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Love this!