Special Effects

Now for something a little different.
This is how I store the effects parts I use most often. Everything organized and kept in a covered container so they stay nice and clean for the next set of shots.

I have a bigger drawer where I keep larger and more obscure pieces. But these are the ones I keep coming back to, so I want to keep on-hand.

This is a combination of a Daiso flashcard storage bin and Daiso drawer organizers in varying sizes. I do wish I could find a container with a flat (stackable) top and squared edges - but finding something at this depth is tough.
Especially one what works so well.

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KAWS x General Mills
Monster Mascot

Back when I posted my KAWS x Kubrick set, I said it was probably the only KAWS piece I'll be able to afford.

But here we have a new KAWS release - and it was free!

Ok, so maybe they're not the most extravagant toys in my collection. But they're very unique, and very cool.

These were released as part of a lottery with General Mills for terror Halloween monster cereals. You buy a box (Fruit Brute in my case, the superior choice) and you can enter online. I said "eh why not," entered and forgot about it.

Two months later they emailed me that I won a set, and it showed up in the mail a month later.

Very simple, but a throwback to bygone era of freebie toys. And the packaging art (which of course I'm saving) is very cool.

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S.H.Figuarts:

• Kamen Rider Valkyrie (Serval Tiger)

It's been a while! Here are some new additions - and delayed deliveries - from the past few weeks.

As for where I was those past few weeks? Well, pull up a chair; let’s have a chat.

January started off rough for us, and after that it was like hit the ground running - pedal to the metal. New position at work (same office though) and all of the new stresses that are involved with that.
So it’s not creative burnout - far from it. The creative desire is there. The time and the energy just haven’t been.

And that’s the irony here, those creative outlets - even something as simple as taking pictures of toys - become another obligation that you hold yourself accountable to. Another goal you kick yourself for not achieving.
And in my case, I wasn’t even opening new arrivals. I actually used this post as an excuse to open Ultraman Decker (and it’s a great figure)

So what’s the lesson? I don’t know! But maybe we could all take the opportunity to chill out when we need to.
Toys are supposed to fun, anyway.

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