I have been collecting designer toys since 2004 and this is my weekly column. I also have other interests (I am for example the Curator of the Breyer Horses and Warne’s Observer’s Pocket Books and generally am known to add anything cute to my collection).
This week’s Art Toy of the Week is Ojo Rojo by Martin Ontiveros and produced by Gargamel. First released in 2008, Ojo Rojo is a vampire kaiju sofubi figure standing 5″ tall. A number of different colourways have since been released including glow in the dark and clear coloured vinyl.
Ojo Rojo original
These guys aren’t easy to find these days, they do pop for sale occasionally though.
Ojo Rojo’s vampiric kaiju DNA still mutates through the art toy collective unconscious 16 years later – those glowing iterations aren’t just figures, they’re time-capsule pieces for the initiated.
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