Now this is some great news... artist Sket One does a fantastic job of creating a character and transferring it to different platforms... and that is exactly what he has done with his "Bacon" character. First seen on a 3" Dunny, then on a 3" Bic Buddy, and hopefully soon a 5" MAD*l this character has some charisma, and now this Friday, March 12th, 2010 at 12PM PST, Sket One will be releasing an edition of 10, 8" custom "Swine Flu Edition' Dunny's! These awfully gory customs come decked out in scrubs, and a blood filled syringe. Each is signed, numbered and will retail for $475 at Sket's Big Cartel Store HERE... these are great, that syringe is a nice touch for sure!
This rad little custom figure by Nakanari and Maihiro is based off the platform toy known as "Scooter Attack" which is a collaboration between Street Buzz X Extaverage which has the head of a sparkplug. The figure itself is really cool and the custom from Nakanari he is calling "Mini-TTH :Yakuza" turned out AWESOME! His customs are always so clean and the detail that he gets on a 3" toy is just staggering! Word has it that there is an 8" version of the figure out there... I can't find any info though :-( I will dig some more!
[PRESS]Announcing Monster Kolor by Dead Presidents Designs. What is it? A high quality custom paint for all of your vinyl, tin, pvc, die cast, shampoo bottle (jumbos), & resin painting needs. It comes packaged ready to spray through an airbrush. Along with the launch of the paint there is also an online interactive community to get all of your tech support questions answered & general talk by people who actually use the products every day.
Matt Walker aka Dead Presidents has hit the nail on the head with this one, and I think if the paints are as great a quality as everyone expects, this should be a HUGE boost to customizers and painters alike. Now I don't airbrush, I used to but it has been so long so I am completely out of the loop, but I do hear people saying that V-Color is the best to use... unfortunately they are an overseas company and struggle to get the product in the consumers hands. Monster Kolor is here to solve that dilemma, so get ready folks!
Myx can be seen on Comcast Channel 368 in the California Bay Area, Cox Ch. 479 (Orange County) and Cox Ch. 464 (Northern Virginia). It’s also on DirecTV – Channel 2067. Watch it if you get it, and support Jesse and our tight knit art community!
The Poster Cause Project just announced that they will have their exclusive event only print from DALEK available to a few online if your unable to attend the event on April 3rd, 2010. They have set aside ONLY 100 ONLINE of this full color 11 x 17 print on uncoated 100# stock... which will be signed by the artist of course! All profits from the DALEK prints go to "Murder Through The Eyes Of A Child", a documentary about the high murder rate in New Orleans and it's horrible effect on children.
PLEASE NOTE: Although NOT EXCLUSIVE TO THEIR EVENT, purchase of this print will allow you access to their 1st Annual Charity Party and Artist Signing with DALEK!
April 3rd, 2010 7pm - 10pm NICHE MARKET 1504 Camden Road, Suite 100 Charlotte, NC
Firt Skwak, Niark1 and Flying Förtress, had there spot in the limelight getting some sweet pillow made, and now it is MIST's turn! Mist, known for his graffiti skills, has teamed up with Thedirtycream.com to create some rad graphic pillows. These things are super high quality, not only in comfort but in style... and they range in all different sizes... from small to HUGE, the King Size Floor Pillow measures 55"x70"!!! Presales have already begun, limited edition to 100 copies only!
Hot off the press is the announcement Rotofugi/Squibbles INK about a new line of zipper pulls featuring the ever so cute ninjas created by Shawn Smith of Shawnimals! These come in at an inch tall and the Ninjatown Zipper Charms come in 16 different styles. Each Ninja is equipped with a clasp and a loop so they can climb and hang on almost anything. On sale at Rotofugi and other fine stores in the next week or two! Check back HERE for the official sales date.
J.Shea will be unveiling a new collection of work at his small works solo exhibit @ Lyrik Gallery on Friday, March 19th 2010 and will run until April 22nd the title of this show is "Bric a Brac". The opening reception will begin at 7pm -Midnight... and "Bric a Brac" is a show focused on the rummaging through garage sales...flea markets and secondhand shops, and as you can see J.Shea utilizes each and every piece that he collects and implements them in sculpture, carving, assemblage work, either freestanding or hanging or in his familiar shadow box style
Three A dropped another new image last night for the upcoming Little Shadow 1:6 figure coming out on Mar. 18th 5 p.m. Pacific time (Mar. 19th Hong Kong time). The first thing you might think is "Hey this isn't a girl figure like shown before" to which you would be right. The second thing you might be thinking is "Hey this looks like a Boiler Zombie from the Adventure Kartel line" and you would be wrong. No word yet on just what this new figure is though Ashley Wood did mention that it is in fact not a zombie. No word yet as to pricing either. In fact the only thing we can be sure of is that it is from the Adventure Kartel line of 3A toys, it's name according to the title picture is Theodore and it looks pretty cool. Little Shadow is still for sale the same day. More news to come soon.
Avatar666 absolutely killed this custom!!!!! If you can't tell this amazing figure used to be a Muttpop El Panda figure that he completely tweaked using some sculpy, and other misc found objects. I love his attention to detail, the scarf, the vest... even the monocle chain, so amazing. The accessories are such a nice touch as well, with the hat and giant umbrella... this is one top notch custom! If you would like to see more, and he has a ton more great customs, hit up his Flickr HERE! Great work man, seriously my jaw has dropped open!
The CTU or Custom Toy Union is having another contest and would like to invite as many as possible to have some fun and win some cool prizes from Ardabus Rubber. All you need is a Camera, you must be a CTU member... sign up HERE and then find a double image somewhere in the world around you, take a picture of it, and upload it to the CTU Facebook page, it's that easy an you will be entered! The deadline for all entries: MONDAY, APRIL 5th, 2010 at 10pm PST... so go out and take some pictures!
The Lake Monster's site just revealed it's next subject upon the masses and it is a new version or Chris Ryniak's Muscamoot figure... slated to release later this week. This rad figure is painted with greenish - blue and black on Glow in the Dark vinyl... WHAT GID! You heard it right folks this version is going to shine, even not in the dark the figure pops with color... and almost has a pearlesent look and feel to it, and contrasting dark eyes really set this figure off! No word on exact release date or time, or even the price but all will be revealed soon!
Happy Panda Toys is proud to announce their first line of production prints from artist Acrylicana... titled "The Girls". There are 4 prints total: Blueberry, Lime, Lemon and Strawberry. They are all 10" x 12", and are printed on 250 GSM Smooth White paperstock with archival quality ink. Each print is in an edition of 25 pieces and they all come signed and numbered by the artist! Pick one of these up HERE now... in fact why not pick up all 4, they would look smashing as a group!
Bob Conge from Plaseebo has been really busy with all kinds of customs and collaborations and this time around he has teamed up with Cannibalkaiju to deliver "General Skullo and The Kyoufuoctopus". These two rad figures are a mash-up of "Skulloctopus"(by Plaseebo) and "General Kyoufu"(by Cannibalkaiju) in an Ultra Limited edition of just 5 sets. The 5 1/2" tall "General Skullo" with swirled glass eye inserts has the patented Plaseebo color changing LED and the skull is hand painted by Bob Conge of Plaseebo... now the 3 1/2" tall "Kyoufuoctopus" with 2 internal motion activated color changing LED units is painted by Michael Pro of Cannibalkaiju. Bob has painted each of his 5 figures in a slightly different color scheme with various brain and arm inserts that can be seen through the clear part of the skull and arm. Both figures are made from clear vinyl produced in Japan.
The sets will be available from the Plaseebo web store on Friday March 12th, 2010 for $195 per set. What a great mash up of artists, and the figures are super cool!
About the figures: [Press] "TWO HEADS ARE BETTER THAN ONE" or so the story goes. They met in 1956 at Paradise Ranch aka Area 51 millitary testing facility in southern Nevada. The Skulloctopus was a survivor of a flying saucer crash thought to have come from the planet Mars and General Kyoufu, a bio-cyborg soldier the government was experimenting on to create the ultimate killing machine. It was a match made in Hell and to make the most of it they exchanged heads as a symbol of their alliance before escaping into the moonlit desert.
[Press] ToyStreet presented by Cookies -N-Cream is a grassroots event that aims to connect toy collectors, artists, vendors and people who share the same interests, in a unique experience where they can buy/sell/trade designer toys and other related merchandise such as art, clothing, handcrafted goods, sneakers etc. The goal is to foster more of a personal interaction between artists/brands/collectors/customers in a fun setting, and build a community of people who all appreciate creativity and the arts.
ToyStreet will take place in New York City on April 2nd, 2010 from 4pm - 9pm. The location of the event is 268 Mulberry Street (Between Prince St & Houston St) and is easily accessible by a number of different subway stations. SpankyStokes.com is extremely excited to be a part of this, and plan on covering it as best we can from the West coast :-)
Here's just a teaser of what to expect:
Booths with exclusive items by respected artists/toy designers such as TooFly, Sucklord, Dave Cortes (Inu Art/Pugzee) just to name a few. Brands like GoodWood offering one time exclusive items that will only be available at ToyStreet....and many more artists/brands/toy collectors!
Live music performances by the hard rocking Brooklyn band Shinobi Ninja and a special guest. Also, live painting by NYC street art collective URNewYork and Lee Iturbe.
Room full of toy collectors/designers/artists/fans/vendors and people who appreciate the arts!
Artist DMS is mostly known for his fantastic custom wax Dunny candles, but as of recently he created an awesome new character he is calling "Duster"! This awesome robot sculpted and cast by DMS is about 4" tall and is made out of resin plaster. As of right now this figure comes in three different colorways, the OG, Camo, and Medic with a cost of only $20 a piece! These figures are really cool, and at first glance remind me of Mr.Jago's Camobot figure. I really think DMS has got something going with these and I hope he continues to pursue design like this! Each version is limited to only 25 pieces... and can be picked up HERE!
This is some serious unfortunate news coming to us from Lulubell Toy Bodega... their shop was broken into, there are no leads as of yet to who/why anyone would do such a thing but I will let Amy explain what happened "On Sunday or Monday March 8th in the wee hours of the morning some as**ole was nice enough to throw a rock through our window & steal what they could grab in kaiju before the cops showed up. Lulubell is 2 people - 2 lives who give their all to enrich Tucson's art community. What was taken is very easily identifiable." Please CLICK THROUGH for pictures of what was stolen and if you have any information, please contact Amy at 520-622-5858 or amy@lulubelltoys.com. Please help out if you can, just put yourself in their shoes... this sucks!
Teimaru, a French customizer, and a good one at that just sent over some very cool pictures of his two latest customs. These 2 Koibitos titled "The Guardian" (right) , and "The Abyssus" (left) are very well put together customs, and I love how it almost seems like this is how they came out of the box, they seem like production pieces IMHO! I asked Teimaru how he comes up with his customs, and what his process is, and this is what he had to say: "First, I put the Koibito's on my desk, and look at them for a long time, traveling in my mind, searching for what these toys "tells me", inspire me, and how i'll transfer that into the custom i'll create.... In the case of the Koibitos, it told me about a Warrior, sacred, tribal way." Teimaru uses acrylic paint, rope, jute, and some other miscellaneous things to put the finishing touches on each custom! If you would like to see more picture please visit his Flickr HERE... and keep on the lookout for a custom Dunny "Addicted" series coming out soon from Teimaru!
Looking to spice up that toy collection with some nice clean WHITE... well Neon Monster has discounted every white toy in their store... and by everything I mean DIY toys like Kidrobot’s Munnys and Munnyworld figures, customizable Toy2R Qees, Zakkamono’s Miao and Mousubi and Thomas Han’s Pusher. But you’ll also find lots of art toys that just happen to be white. A cat by Touma, an alien by Daniel Johnston, Chris Lee’s Mellow–stuff like that. You don’t need a coupon code. Everything white is on sale for 10%-25% off. Check it out HERE. Thanks to Jeremy B. for the great info!
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