What motivates the collector?
How does the iconography of a specific genre of toys from childhood continue to maintain a hold on us well into our adulthood? What moves us? Is it sentiment, appreciation of a beautiful object, or simply the innate desire to acquire? With pop culture from Japan influencing the globe, the film takes a deeper look at the obsession with vintage robot/kaiju toy collecting as well as the people and stories behind it.
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Steve Sherrick
Executive Producer / Cinematographer
Sherrick Creative, LLC
Steve has been involved in every facet of the film and television industry for the past 25 years. Whether it’s producing independent films and documentaries or working alongside some of Hollywood’s best cinematographers to dial in the look of their images, his experience and calm demeanor bring value to every production.
Steve will bring his skill set to Mint in Box as Executive Producer and Cinematographer, working closely with director Josh Fraser to tell an engaging story and create a visual palette that draws audiences into this fascinating world of collecting.
John Eye
Composer/ Audio+Sound Engineer
Beach House Studios
Starting as a multi-instrumentalist songwriter before immersing himself in recording, editing, producing, mixing and mastering, John has been involved in the music business for the entirety of his professional career. He now works out of several studios around New England as well as Beach House Studios and has composed, produced, engineered, mixed, and mastered music from all genres, ranging from acoustic, pop, rock, hip hop, to world, electronic, and classical.
John has also won awards for his sound design, mixing, and audio post-production for film, as well as composing music for film and TV.
Josh Fraser
Director/ Writer
A sneaker designer for past 26 years in the footwear industry, Josh spends his time shifting between designing, painting and collecting robots. His path towards creating the idea for this film arose from his long-standing friendships with other collectors all over the world, the ubiquitous quirks of collecting and love of the Japanese design language.
Esoteric
Soundtrack artist
Czarface
CZARFACE is an entire brand universe made up of music, art, comics, merchandise, and more. The original concept was to deliver music and comics via the all-powerful, anti-hero character named CZARFACE. In this vein, co-creator Esoteric, and his long time partner 7L called on Inspectah Deck of the Wu-Tang Clan to form a new “super group” to carry out this mission. Since 2013, CZARFACE has released numerous projects, delivering everything through the lens of CZARFACE's adventures, including custom tracks for Marvel's Black Panther comic and collaborations with MF DOOM. The brand is built heavily on its sonic haymakers & visual art, illustrated by NYC's Lamour Supreme. CZARFACE’s fast growing audience supports many streams of revenue including the CZARFACE website, merchandise and several collaborations, all of which are managed entirely in-house.
7L
Soundtrack artist
Czarface
Likes records, a nice pair of sneakers and warm weather. As a member of the brand CZARFACE, 7L has been able to combine his many interests not only on the music front but also in the physical realm. With a string of vinyl, action figures, comics and clothing releases, CZARFACE has always been about keeping things fresh evolving and exploring new ideas.
John Vang
Web Developer
Web developer by day, collector of plastic robots by night. When the Mint In Box creators found him on the side of the road with a sign reading "Will build websites for toys", they knew he was a good fit. When he's not messing around with code, he lurks on auction pages looking for the next piece to add to his collection.