There's a short blurb about me and Tokyo Underground in today's Boston Globe Northwest Edition. It also mentions a signing I am doing on 4/28. Read on for more details..

There's a short blurb about me and Tokyo Underground in today's Boston Globe Northwest Edition. It also mentions a signing I am doing on 4/28.

You can read the article here http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2008/04/20/globe_northwest_people/

I'm going to be part of a local authors event at the Chelmsford Public Library on Saturday, April 28, 2 PM, in Chelmsford MA. Details can be found here:

http://www.chelmsfordlibrary.org/programs/programs/local_authors.html

I'll be signing what few copies of Tokyo Underground I have left. Come by and say hello!

You can now take CollectionDX with you with our video stream available on iTunes

Our YouTube page gets a lot of views, but you can't take it with you. I've gotten so many emails asking, "why can't i watch your videos on my iPod."

(actually, no, nobody has asked).

But still, how cool would it be to watch our videos on a plane, in a car, at the beach etc..

So now, our videos are now available on iTunes, for your subscribing pleasure. We only have a few up now, but we'll be going back and adding videos all the time. From this point forward, you should get new videos on iTunes each time we add one to a review.

Who knows, there may be non-review content that appears there as well.....

so what are you waiting for - Subscribe in iTunes

Here's a little something I cooked up to promote the main site on our Youtube channel.

Here's a little something I cooked up to promote the main site on our Youtube channel and figured some of you would get a kick out of it. Enjoy.

We've got a Group on Flickr! - Join the group and your photos will appear on CollectionDX!

We've got a Group on Flickr! - Join the group and your photos will appear on CollectionDX!

Flickr groups are collections of photos bound together by a common interest. If you have a Flickr account, and you upload toy pictures, why not add those pictures to the CollectionDX group? When you add pictures the 5 most recent photos added to the group will display on the bottom left corner of CollectionDX pages.

You can find the group at: http://www.flickr.com/groups/collectiondx/

First you join the group, then in your photostream you select the images you want to add and select "send to group"

I thought this would be a neat way for CDX members to get to know each other better and show off their photography skills. Of course, we would still love to see your collection photos in our Gallery.

Thanks,
Josh

The new server is up and on-line. let us know what you think!

Thanks for bearing with us during this transition. We successfully migrated to a larger faster server.

This means great things for the CollectionDX community;

- No more hideously long page loads
- No more out running out of disc space
- Reduced downtime

We have more storage space and processing power which should last us a good while. Please let us know if you encounter any errors on the system, as there are bound to be a few bugs to work out.

Thanks again,

Josh and CDX staff

CollectionDX is pleased to announce our first toy - the "Gore" version Sky Deviler from Kaiju Big Battel. Produced by Marmit, Sky Deviler is made out of black soft vinyl and accentuated with red and white spray. This figure stands 11" tall and features 5 points of articulation.

CollectionDX is pleased to announce our first toy - the "Gore" version Sky Deviler from Kaiju Big Battel. Produced by Marmit, Sky Deviler is made out of black soft vinyl and accentuated with red and white spray. This figure stands 11" tall and features 5 points of articulation. Sky Deviler was created by Rand Borden, and the "Gore" color scheme was designed by CollectionDX's JoshB!

View the full gallery of images here: http://www.collectiondx.com/gallery/Toys/Marmit/KaijuBB/SDgore/

This figure is limited to 50 pcs worldwide - 40 of them allocated to retail. Each figure comes bagged.

HOW TO ORDER

• Sky Deviler will cost $65 including shipping in the USA.
• International buyers, please inquire for shipping rates.
• This is a first come-first serve figure.
• Please email josh@collectionDX.com with your name, address, quantity and payment method.
• Paypal is preferred.

WHILE YOU ARE BUYING STUFF

We also have limited amounts of Tokyo Underground: Toy and Design Culture in Tokyo book for sale at $20 each (free shipping with sky deviler order)

We have even more limited amounts of the official CollectionDX T-Shirt. We only have black in XL right now. Shirts are $15 each.(free shipping with sky deviler order)

Since you like Sky Deviler, why not check out Onell Design's CLEAR Parasitic Phantom Version vinyl Sky Deviler - Matt did an awesome job on these. They were made in the factory together - they are like brothers.

CollectionDX is unloading some stuff on ebay - CDX members get a special gift!

I'll putting some new stuff up each week, so keep an eye on this thread.

Also - are you selling things on ebay? Post a link to your auctions in the comments for this post!

CollectionDX wouldn't have its unique identity if it weren't for the artistic stylings of Robby Musso (AKA Rex-203). Come inside to see all of this years banners in one place.

CollectionDX wouldn't have its unique identity if it weren't for the artistic stylings of Robby Musso (AKA Rex-203). Robby has been providing the art for our banners since our re-launch in Jan of 2006. His unique style really gives CDX a great look.

You can check out more of Robby's work on his Deviant Art page or his Myspace page.

CollectionDX has posted its 100th video to Youtube, and has also been chosen as YouTube Partner! What does that mean to you? Read on to find out...

I didn't realize it until after someone left a comment, but the Soul of Chogokin Irongear video is our 100th video posted to YouTube. If you haven't checked out the CollectionDX channel on YouTube, you are missing out.

This also is the first video shot with our new video camera, the first shot in my new house, and the first video shot in widescreen.

YouTube Partner Program

I thought this would also be a good time to announce that YouTube has selected CollectionDX to be part of its YouTube Partner Program. YouTube invites content providers that consistently provide regular original quality content to be part of a revenue sharing initiative.

In English that means, we will now get PAID by YouTube. How cool is that?

In becoming a YouTube Partner, you will now see advertisements on our YouTube video pages, and also a small in-video advertisement on each video. These advertisements only appear when videos are viewed on the YouTube site, and don't appear when embedded on other sites. CollectionDX gets paid for each video view that has advertisements. This will allow us to grow even more!

CDX Tweaks

I decided to move the advertising down towards the bottom of the news pages - they squish the pages too much when viewed on smaller monitors. For now they are still on Article Pages like this one. We'll be changing around the placement of some advertising in the near future, so if there is something you don't like or want to comment on, let us know!

Now go watch some videos!