Max Toy Company Collaborating with Dave Dorman & Dorman’s Young Son On Monster Kaiju Toy
Not too long after posting about Dave Dorman's show “PI ala Mode” at Rotofugi, we now have exciting news of his upcoming toy collaboration with Mark Nagata of Max Toy Co., as well as Dave's 7 year old son, Jack! Toy progress and teasers will be announced on maxtoyco.com, and Nagata will be showing teasers during San Diego Comic-Con from the Rotofugi and Dragatomi booths. And while currently we do not have any visual representation of said toy (shown here are artwork from his current show at Rotofugi) - here is the official announcement press about the collabo nevertheless:
PRESS: Max Toy Company CEO Mark Nagata is pleased to announce his first-ever collaboration with Eisner and Inkpot Award-winning artist Dave Dorman, and Dave Dorman’s seven-year-old son Jack Dorman. This also marks the first time Max Toy Co. has collaborated with a father-and-son team, but according to Nagata, “Dave’s son Jack has already exhibited some uncanny art chops, so this unique team will make for a way cool monster design. Add Dave’s passion for Japanese monsters and his design sense to the mix, and I am confident this toy will be a best seller.” Nagata, who named his own company after his son, understands the power of the father-son connection.
Dorman, no stranger to toy design, worked with Hasbro for seven years creating G.I. Joe character designs, and also created the best-selling Alien: Resurrection action figures toy line. Both lines can be seen in Dorman’s autobiography, Rolling Thunder: The Art of Dave Dorman (IDW Publishing/Desperado Publishing).
[Above: artwork from “PI ala Mode”]
PRESS: Max Toy Company CEO Mark Nagata is pleased to announce his first-ever collaboration with Eisner and Inkpot Award-winning artist Dave Dorman, and Dave Dorman’s seven-year-old son Jack Dorman. This also marks the first time Max Toy Co. has collaborated with a father-and-son team, but according to Nagata, “Dave’s son Jack has already exhibited some uncanny art chops, so this unique team will make for a way cool monster design. Add Dave’s passion for Japanese monsters and his design sense to the mix, and I am confident this toy will be a best seller.” Nagata, who named his own company after his son, understands the power of the father-son connection.Dorman, no stranger to toy design, worked with Hasbro for seven years creating G.I. Joe character designs, and also created the best-selling Alien: Resurrection action figures toy line. Both lines can be seen in Dorman’s autobiography, Rolling Thunder: The Art of Dave Dorman (IDW Publishing/Desperado Publishing).
[Above: artwork from “PI ala Mode”]
“I am honored to be working with Mark. I’ve been a fan of his toys for a long time and attended his Toy Karma exhibit at Rotofugi here in Chicago. I am equally excited to be working with my son Jack on this project, whose early passion for Domos has evolved into a fascination with Kaiju, in no small part thanks to Max Toy Co’s wonderful toys. This will be one of the most fun and memorable projects I’ve had the good fortune to do.” ~Dave Dorman.(Read more on his blog-post here)
