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PHYGURE PRIME VOL 01 | COLLECTION OF THE BEST TOY & FIGURE PHOTGRAPHERS AROUND THE WORLD 

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THE FIGURE PHOTOGRAPHY E-MAGAZINE 

PHYGURE

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for the toy & figure 

photography community 

Thank you to everyone 

who contributed 

- Nico / Otakumouse -

Drops, Canon EOS 1100D EF-S18-55mm, ISO 100 f/11 30s. Photo by Grishnàkh 

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dr. cow studios 08.15 


kixkillradio 16.27 


elzephon 28.35 


mitch1911 36.43


grishnakh 44.53 


noble beast 54.61 


stereometric 62.69 


imrandz 70.77 

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mryap prod. 78.83 


love, pinkcheeks 84.91 


shomaniquinne 92.97 


kappamikez 98.105


nendoroidoodads 106.111 


phtoygraphy 112.119 

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dr. cow studios 

RN: Vien Nguyen 

Hi, I’m Dr_Cow! Currently living in The Netherlands, an 

IT Teamlead in the IT world. A big passion for Dollfie 

Dream-, Nendoroid-, Cosplay- Videographer/Photographer 

with a love for food. Combining it all together, 

showing to the world that you don’t have to be afraid or 

ashamed of your hobbies. Been expressing my passion 

everywhere I go, be it at work, out for dinner, public area 

or private life. When people ask why I’m not embarrassed 

shooting Nendoroids, I answer: Why should I? I am who I 

am, don’t let other people limit your life. 

“Don’t be afraid to express your hobby/passion that you 

like” 

facebook.com/SimplyDrcow 

twitter.com/Dr_Cow 

instagram.com/dr_cow 





Spring, Canon 5D Mark III 35mm, F/2.5 100ISO 


Relaxation, Canon 7D Mark I 35mm, F/3.5 100ISO 



Autumn, Canon 7D Mark I 35mm, F/2.8 400ISO 



Sushi, Canon 5D Mark III 35mm, F/5.6 6400ISO 


Summer, Canon 5D Mark III 35mm, F/3.5 100ISO 






Music, Canon 5D Mark III 35mm, F/3.5 320ISO 







kixkillradio 

RN: Sheng Gonzales 

Kixkillradio is a figure photographer from the Philippines. 

Works featured in various international websites including 

Tokyo Otaku Mode and Goboiano. Having a wonderful 

hobby life with Kotobukiya and Good Smile Company, 

currently Sony Philippines Ambassador. Passionately inspired 

by love, life experiences, anime and people’s emotions. 

www.kixkillradio.com 

facebook.com/kixkillradio 

twitter.com/kixkillradio 

instagram.com/kixkillradio 
































elzephon 

RN: Etienne Denys 

Hi everyone, I’m Etienne from France ! In early 2011, I was 

looking for something to put myself in the photo, that’s 

when I discovered the nendoroid. I instantly fell in love 

with these cute figurines and now my collection is significant! 

Make funny pictures is one of my favorite things, 

mixing nendoroid, creating dioramas and set comical 

scenes. 

I love going out with my nendoroid, but it’s always dangerous, 

some of them are damaged following different 

trips... But I always draw beautiful pictures, and that all 

that I want : immortalize these scene with my figurines is 

a real pleasure now. Feel free to start shooting, it’s only 

happiness :D 

www.elzephon.com 

facebook.com/elzephon 

twitter.com/elzephon 

flickr.com/photos/el-zephon 

instagram.com/elzephon 



Ciel Alencon, Panasonic GF1 14-45mm, ISO 200 f/5.6 1/50s 




Sonikutsu Band, Panasonic GF1 20mm, ISO 400 f/2.2 1/6s 






Happy Halloween, Olympus E-M5 MarkII 45mm, ISO 1600 f/2.5 1/15s 






Miku Bithday, Olympus E-M5 MarkII 45mm, ISO 200 f/4 1/30s 



Miku Senbonzakura, Olympus E-M5 MarkII 45mm, ISO 200 f/2.5 1/200s 





mitch1911 

RN: Mitch De Jesus 

A figure collector / photographer from Philippines. An 

anime & manga fan most of his life & started his own 

figure collection in 2010 & started photography 2 years 

later as a hobby. His collection mainly consists of Good 

Smile Company’s Nendoroid figure line. He also own a 

few Figmas & Banpresto scale figures. The main theme 

I use when using my Nendoroids as subjects (which is 

usually the case) is “Taking on the big world”, since it fits 

their chibi form. 

mitch1911.weebly.com 

facebook.com/mitch1911photography 

twitter.com/mitch_1911 



Hello, Mr. Mailman 




Waiting for Winter 






Light Song 



Little Melody 




Hide & Seek 







Grishnakh 

RN: Luigi Filiberto Nostrale 

I’m an Italian student of Philosophy fond of Japanese culture, 

manga and anime. From the year 2012 I united two 

great passions, photography and figure collection, giving 

origin to something completely new which is rendering 

me great satisfactions. 

My intent is to extract, in the best way, the soul of my 

figures creating scenery and atmospheres that fit perfectly, 

playing with the dimensions and the perspectives, 

at times helping myself adding some effect in post production. 

grishnakh666.deviantart.com 

facebook.com/grishnakhphoto 

twitter.com/GrishnakhGaruda 



Celty, Canon EOS 1100D EF-S18-55mm, ISO 100 f/4.5 30s 





Sweet Cherries for Me!, Canon EOS 1100D EF-S18-55mm, ISO 100 f/8 5s 





Game of Death, Canon EOS 1100D EF-S18-55mm, ISO 200 f/18 66s 






Birth, Canon EOS 1100D EF-S18-55mm, ISO 100 f/11 30s 






Graceful, Canon EOS 1100D EF-S18-55mm, ISO 100 f/8 30s 



Gentle Lady, Canon EOS 1100D EF-S18-55mm, ISO 100 f/11 30s, 





noble beast 

RN: Matthew 

Hi! my name is Matthew, but please just call me Monty. A 

cook, caterer and semi-pro figure/cosplay photographer 

that lives in Tucson, AZ USA. I have been avid figure collector 

for little over seven years now. 

facebook.com/noblessbeast 

instagram.com/noble_beast_photography 



Got ya you little runt, SONY NEX-5N 50mm, ISO 100 f/1.0 1/25s 




Swift Huntress, SONY NEX-5R 30 mm, ISO 400 f/8.0 1/60s 






Musashi’s Samurai, SONY NEX-5N 50mm, ISO 200 f/1.0 1/80s 






Iron Gaze, SONY NEX-5N 44mm, ISO 200 f/9.0 1/40s 







stereometric 

RN: Tania Raharja 

Hello! I’m Stereometric and I’ve been an avid figure collector 

and photographer for about seven years now! I 

began this hobby after being inspired by some very talented 

photographers such as Kodomut, Adun and Danny 

Choo. 

I mainly love to work with natural light and color, but recently 

I’ve been exploring diorama building and indoor 

lighting. My collection consists mainly of nendoroids and 

scale figures. 

It’s been wonderful watching this hobby grow and I hope 

to continue to be inspired by all the talent. 

stereometriclove.wordpress.com 

twitter.com/Stereometric 

instagram.com/stereometric 



Autumn Colors, Nikon D7000 40mm f/3.2 ISO125 




Haregi Homura, Nikon D7000 40mm f/3.2 ISO125 



Sonico, Nikon D7000 40mm f/4.0 ISO100 




Springtime, Nikon D7000 40mm f/4.0 ISO100 



Tell Your World, Nikon D7000 40mm f/5.6 ISO100 




Happy New Year, Nikon D7000 40mm f/3.2 ISO100 







imrandz 

RN: Randy Abing 

Hi, I’m Randy but my friends call me Randz - feel free to 

do so, I don’t mind. I’m a corporate slave by day and an 

amateur photographer by night. From the Philippines. 

I was hooked with Instagram during its early years where 

photography sharing sessions and hitting the 

popular page (now the explore page) were a thing. Thru 

this network I’ve met a lot of different types of 

photographers and some of them actually inspired me to 

do toy photography. 

I started collecting Revoltechs first around 2012; then 

Figmas, ThreeAs and now getting hooked with 

Nendoroids. My collection mainly focuses on Japanese 

brands since I’m more of a fan of Japanese animes than 

Western cartoons. 

Been recently creating my own dioramas as well so I 

can do indoor shoots that would look more natural than 

forced. Was inspired by 3 out of my many toy photographer 

idols to do dioramas; masters kixkillradio, lovepinkcheeks 

and vince454 Photo-desu. 

twitter.com/imrandz 

instagram.com/imrandz 



Right Here Waiting, Nikon D3200 18-55mm, ISO200 F5.3 1/60s 




A Beautiful Mess, Nikon D3200 35mm, ISO100 F1.8 1/50s 



Focused Like An Archer, Nikon D3200 35mm, ISO100 F1.8 6’’s 




I Walk Alone, Nikon D3200 35mm, ISO100 F1.8 6’’s 







One Fine Summer Day, Nikon D3200 35mm, ISO100 F1.8 1/80s 




Queen of the Damned, Nikon D3200 300mm, ISO100 F5.6 1/4s 



mryap productions 

RN: Princeton Yap 

I am an art director who happens to have fallen inlove 

with figures and scaled statues. I’ve long been an Anime 

fan during my childhood but recently found out about 

figures last 2013. Since then, I started to make it my inspiration 

to keep myself motivated during work. 

My collection started from GSC’s Triumphant Excalibur 

and it slowly started growing there. And now, I’ve come 

to collect from different manufacturers like Tsume Art, 

Kotobukiya, Good Smile Company and Megahouse! 


facebook.com/MryapProductions 


Goddess Descends, Canon 70D 50mm, f3.2 ISO 100 




Phenomenal, Canon 70D 50mm f4.0 ISO 200 



Night Changes, Canon 70D 50mm, f3.2 ISO 200 




Digital Divide, Canon 70D 50mm, f5.6 ISO 200 







love, pinkcheeks 

RN: Scher 

Scher (Pinkcheeks) is a toy photography enthusiast from 

the Philippines who loves milktea more than anything 

else. She’s a visual designer by day and figure blogger 

on her free time. Her passion for bringing toys to life 

through photography has helped open doors for her to 

work for major toy companies like Good Smile Company 

and Kotobukiya US. 

www.lovepinkcheeks.com 

facebook.com/lovepinkcheeks 

twitter.com/lovepinkcheeks 

instagram.com/lovepinkcheeks 






















shomaniquinne 

RN: Bryan Paul Guieb 

ShoManiquinne is a Figma collector/ photography enthusiast 

from the Philippines who comes up with his idea 

every time he takes a very nice bath. Like other figure 

enthusiasts (especially Nendoroids), he also manages to 

switch different parts to come up for a nice shot. Started 

last May 2014 in collecting and June of the same year in 

photography as a hobby. 

facebook.com/shomaniquinne 

flickr.com/photos/128685589@N07 

















kappamikez 

RN: Michael Wijaya 

Hi! My name is Michael Wijaya and I am from Indonesia. 

I started to collect figures from around a year ago and 

I mainly collect Nendoroids because of how cute they 

are and how you can easily take them to travel. I haven’t 

done much of mix and matches for Nendoroids, but I am 

planning to do so in the future. 

I started learning photography because of my hobby of 

figure collecting. I started learning photography about 

2 months after I started collecting figures. I am inspired 

to learn more and more about photography after seeing 

all the brilliant and talented photos from all the very well 

known toy photographers out there and hopefully I can 

be as good as they are someday. I am proud to take part 

in this community and hopefully someday my photos 

can inspire someone else to be the same. 


instagram.com/kappamikez 









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nendoroidoodads 

RN: Myra 

My name is Myra known as Nendoroidoodads online and 

I am from Australia. 

I am still new to this hobby and only recently stumbled 

upon the figure collecting world. I bought my first figure 

which was a nendoroid around February 2015 and I now 

own 25 of them and its growing fast! Soon after I started 

collecting I stumbled upon facebook pages that took 

cute photographs of their figures such as Kixkillradio and 

NYOtaku and fell in love with it. 

On March 14th 2015 I decided to make my own facebook 

page and try taking my own photos. I started off just 

using my mobile phone to take photos and as my page 

grew I decided to take a step further and buy my first 

proper camera. My page is now just over 900 likes which 

I am so happy with as I never thought me joining this 

hobby I joined would come so far! 

nendoroidoodads.wordpress.com 

facebook.com/nendoroidoodads 

twitter.com/Nendoroidoodads 

nendoroidoodads.tumblr.com 

In the short time I have been a figure photographer I 

have met so many amazing people and made lots of new 

friends, it is such a wonderful hobby to be apart of. I am 

still very new to everything and have a lot to learn especially 

with lighting and what my cameras settings and 

capabilities are. I am glad that I stumbled upon this awesome 

hobby and community! 



Animal Lover, Nikon D3300 55mm F/3.5 ISO800 




Donut Eating Race, Nikon D3300 55mm F/3.5 ISO700 






Mami Teatime, Nikon D3300 55mm F/3.5 ISO600 



Madokas Teatime, Nikon D3300 55mm F/3.5 ISO800 





phtoygraphy 





















Congrats to all the selected 

figure photographers and 

see you in our next issue! 

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PHYGURE® NO 03 PRIME 01 

DESIGN / ART 

Otakumouse 

PHYGURE 

PHOTOGRAPHY 

SHOWCASE 

Dr. Cow Studios 

Kixkillradio 

elZephon 

mitch1911 

elZephon 

Grishnàkh 

Noble Beast 

Stereometric 

imrandz 

Mryap Productions 

Love, Pinkcheeks 

ShoManiquinne 

Kappamikez 

Nendoroidoodads 

phtoygraphy 

SPECIAL THANKS 

Toy Photography 

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The Geek Behind Phygure® 

Otakumouse is a Designer / Developer and a part time otaku 

based in Manila, Philippines. He worked on a lot of international 

brands including Marvel, Nickelodeon, Activision, and Hasbro. 

He also worked as a Designer / Developer for Danny Choo and 

his brand, Culture Japan. 

He loves playing video games and collecting figures. He maintains 

his own personal blog at www.otakumouse.com. 

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