"Partyball" exclusive vinyl figure to Designer Con from Super 7 and Paul Kaiju

Remember the initial sculpt of this figure HERE, well it has finally come to life for famed kaiju customizer Paul Kaiju and he now has a vinyl toy to call his own. Introducing "Partyball" from Super 7 and Paul Kaiju which stands in all its glory in the first colorway a nice clear purple... which is going to be an exclusive release to Designer Con! Paul will be on had at the convention and will be signing at 1:00 at the Super 7 booth #63, so stop by, pick one of these up and say hi to Paul!

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EXC shirts available at Designer Con...

EXC tees created by Brian DiNonno who grew up and still lives in Queens, NY. Has been designing and illustrating (for a paycheck) for the past 7 yrs and draws inspiration from childhood memories of interest in art like the O.G. TMNT comics and "Eddie" from all the Iron Maiden albums and merchandise. Brian says that "It wasn't til I stumbled upon a portfolio of Hydro 74 and saw what you can do with illustrator, that I really got into working with the computer. I forced myself to learn illustrator and was able to take my art to that next level." With the help of artist DrilOne, Brian took on silkscreening and that is where his love for apparel creation began, and then later on in his life started his own clothing brand EXC.

We will have the two shirts, King Cobra and Annukai, from EXC available in limited quantities at Designer Con at the SpankyStokes booth #35, so stop by and grab one of these before they all sell out! All shirts are printed with fashion soft ink on Tultex combed ring spun cotton tees.

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Designer Con exclusives from Lulubell's...

Ready for Designer Con exclusive #1 from Lulubell's Toy Bodega, where all of these are being released at their booth #57?!?! Throwback inspired colorway on the Mutant Zone series 3 EvilBat by Real x Head. Clear purple base... how much do you love it? Exclusive #2 - Full Size Chicken Fever - hand painted by Mori, includes signed and numbered card. LTE of 25! Last but not least exclusive #3 - Ai Ai mini cat - first in a series of 4 weekly releases. This guy goes up for sale Saturday at DesignerCon, then one a week go up online each Saturday following. All on clear purple bases. These 3 were all designed specifically for Designer Con release, and any remaining figures will go up for sale Sunday, 11/22 at 9pm AZ time (8 Pacific).

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DKE's vinyl toy graveyard sale...

For years DKE Toys has been taking broken toys and damaged box toys and putting them under the stairs in the DKE warehouse in what has become known as "The Graveyard." For the first time ever open to the public come shop for one day only in this lot of missing box, broken piece, smudged, fudged, no arms, vinyl and designer toys all at Crazy Eddie discount prices and feel good about it! All the proceeds are going to the Los Angeles Fire Department "Spark of Love" Holiday Toy Program.

Pieces and parts are great for DIY customizers. So come buy some of their junk at drastically reduced prices and make the holidays a little brighter for some LA children. This is going down during Designer Con this Saturday August 21, 2009.

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UNKL SIDEWALK SALE

Odd & Ends. Parts & Pieces. Scratches & Dings. And all points in between. Lots to be grabbed, so come and get it! Start your holiday shopping this week! Even misfit UNKL toys need a home. Last time around UNKL had people calling wanting to know what was available and some who also wanted us to ship to them. That?s a NO GO this time around. Must be present to win, that is to say, you gotta be here to get the deals. Or if you're not here, send someone.

When:
Thursday & Friday at UNKL HQ
600 NW Naito Pkwy, Suite F (out front)
Portland, OR 97209

Hours:
Thursday 10:00 ? 4:30
Friday 10:00 ? 7:00

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Kid Dragon Golden Edition @ Bestia Extraña

Sam Flores “Kid Dragon”
Exclusive Release
Golden Edition limited to 100 pieces Exclusively at Bestia Extraña

After a successful pre-release of the Standard color way, which sold out in just a few days, Bestia Extraña is excited to announce the arrival of the Gold Edition of just 100 pieces. Sam Flores will be the honored guest at the first Pop Surrealism Gallery in Colombia and will be in-house signing on December 4th from 7-10pm at the exhibition “Bastards & Hunk” that will be showcasing the work of 8 graffiti artist from the Colombian scene and Sam Flores as our international guest!

Unlike most other vinyl figures, the Kid Dragon is made up of 3 pieces creating the illusion of the dragon floating through the clouds. Inspired by the painting from his first book with Upper Playground and has been featured in his “solo show at Subliminal projects, Kid Dragon will be Sam Flores 2nd collectible vinyl figure. Manufactured by The Loyal Subjects, the 10” tall and comes housed in a double-sided window box with a scenic insert card. Limited to 100 units, the Kid Dragon Bestia Extraña Golden color way is slated to release in December 4th LIMIT ONE PER CUSTOMER Ships December 9th.

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Buff Monster exclusives for Designer Con

Buff Monster just announced that he will have a booth at Designer Con, #19 to be exact, this weekend and will have the exclusive figure above at the event. This a 100% Hand-painted 3" Buff Monster GID vinyl figure with high gloss polyurethane topcoat. Packaged in a box (silkscreened by Buff Monster), and a 3-color signed and numbered silkscreen print. Edition of 10 (+1 A/P), $200 each. Buff will also have all sorts of one-off custom toys (Dunnys, Qees, etc.) and prints, stickers and all the usual fun stuff.

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Upper Playground November T-shirt Release

Upper Playground’s November tees are here and feature the work of Augor, Grotesk, Munk One, and Usugrow, among others. The new releases include Grotesk’s ode to some fallen legends. Munk One’s tees show ladies some love while another reminds us that white men can indeed jump. Usugrow brings more of the Shinganist style with some classic black and white graphics. While one of Augor’s four new designs feature a bus ride for those that ride old school. Along with the tees Upper Playground is proud to introduce four more beanies and two new hoodies for the coming winter season. The new collection is available at all Upper Playground retail stores and online at the new Upper Playground web store.

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Vasava x 55DSL x Atom Plastic Señor Blanco Art Toy

The Vasava x 55DSL x Atom Plastic Señor Blanco Art Toy was created specifically to honor 55DSL’s 15th Anniversary and has been traveling this Summer meeting celebrities, photographers, journalists and 55ers around the globe. Only 1,555 Señor Blancos have been produced, and this figure stands almost 8" tall and retails for around $70. The Vasava x 55DSL x Atom Plastic Señor Blanco toys are available at 55DSL stores, Kidrobot stores, Kidrobot.com, Atom Plastic stores, Atomplastic.com, and YOOX.com. Thoughts?? I do like the pigeon toed feet :-)

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Black Market at Black Maria: Skip the Mall

Black Maria Gallery is pleased to announce the fifth annual, "Black Market at Black Maria: Skip the Mall" exhibition. As always, the exhibition will carry a bazaar theme, complete with some of the accoutrements of the shopping experience: paintings suspended on clothing hangers, displayed in shoe boxes and on display stands holding a variety of artworks.

Artists:
Adam Alaniz, Lydiaemily Archibald, Jan Beran, Julian Callos, Lucy Campbell, Grace Chee, Catia Chien, Katherine Chiu, Bryan Collins, Nanami Cowdroy, Steven Daily, Nicole Dreyfuss, Alexis Dubois, Lauren Gardiner, Jane Gotts, Kio Griffith, Tom Haubrick, Aaron Hitchcock, Michael Hsiung, Tyler Jeffers, Aaron Kraten, Benjamin Long, Danni Shinya Luo, Jon Measures, Minchi, Paul Nagel, Dany Paragouteva, Taylor Marie Prendergast, Noah Ptolemy, Shark Toof, Suso, and many more...

"Black Market" is quintessential Black Maria, showing the work of emerging artists and established artists side by side. It is a great opportunity to see work by artists with international collectors as well as by artists who will be showing their work outside of an academic environment for the first time. The idea is to both poke gentle fun at the cosmopolitan shopping experience and, on a serious note, remind ourselves of the spiritual rewards of appreciating and owning great art. In keeping with the shopping mall theme, patrons will also be able to take with them whatever they purchase, just as they would in a store.

A painting can be as satisfying as wearing a sexy dress or owning a feature-laden barbecue, except there is an actual, sometimes life-changing meaning waiting to be derived from a work of art. Hence the subtitle of the exhibition:Skip the Mall.

Black Maria Gallery
3137 Glendale Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90039
323.660.9393
www.blackmariagallery.com

Gallery Hours: Tuesday - Saturday, 12pm until 6pm (or by appointment)

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"Stick Up!" resin figure ON SALE THIS FRIDAY!!!

Well the wait was worth it... just check out the final packaged piece above and I am sure you will agree, the GOLD COIN toy turned out AMAZING, and Friday is the big day. At 12 noon est wave #1 of this sweet figure titled "Stick Up!" will be up for sale in the Argonaut Resin online shop HERE. This wave consists of 10 red versions of the toy. Each figure will come hand numbered and boxed with an official Certificate of Authenticity. Each COA will be signed by both the artist (Three - GOLD COIN) and the sculptor (END - Argonaut Resin). Retail will be $99.

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Hobo Sandwich plush by Shawnimals

While Fliggins searches for his home land, hoping to find it before Mr. Demon does, he must land in the Lumplands to avoid a huge swarm of Flying Devils! While there, hiding from the baddies over head, he devises a plan to escape with the help his new Lump friends. Off he goes to Foodlandia, where he hopes to find the final piece of the puzzle, and specific directions to Professor Island.

He lands, and famished, finds a sack lunch on the ground. Perfect! Except for one thing: There's a family inside, but Fliggins doesn't notice until he takes a bite. It gets worse when Fliggins realizes the very basket he's been using for his airship once belonged to this Hobo Sandwich and his family. Ugh! There's much more that's revealed as Fliggins figures out his next step, including an EPIC BATTLE!

NOTE: This is the 11th of 12 Discoveries. Available Thursday Nov 19th @ 1pm CST

From the tag:
"This vagabond family was forced to live in a paper sack after their picnic basket home blew away. Now they have to take turns keeping warm in a cellophane sleeping bag. Sad!" Like all Fliggins' Discoveries, there are 100 pieces of this plush available. It's handmade, and measures approx. 6" x 6" x 2". This time however, there's more: A whole lunch bunch including chips, a napkin and a note from Mom, all in a brown paper sack!

Each month Shawnimals will release a new discovery...
* Special accessories – Lunch Bunch buddies!
* Character-specific artifacts – A note from Mom!
* An all-new handmade plush character
* Tagged with its description and numbered
* Limited to 100 pcs
* Each comes meticulously packaged with brown paper, tied with a cotton string
* A goody bag filled with a sticker and two special buttons!

These monthly releases have an MSRP of $40 each plus shipping. First come, first served! Read more about Professor Fliggins, his adventures and Discoveries HERE!

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More new customs from Rotobox...

The boys over at Rotobox have got to have little helper elves, especially during this holiday season where now they are working on a series of customs for the holidays. The tricked out Celsius above has what appears to be a rocket pack attached... really interested to see what this turns into... and just like the rest of their teasers, time will tell, and I guarantee they will be awesome!

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Custom Qee Spotlight #1 - Preparing for Toy2R's 15th Anniversary World Tour

2010 is quickly approaching as when it does - Toy2R will celebrate its 15th Anniversary. A major milestone indeed and to commemorate the event - Toy2R is launching a Worldwide Qee Tour exhibiting new DIY customs from new, amazingly talented artists. Each event will allow artists to choose an original DIY character from the Qee Universe (Bear, Toyer, Mon, Cat, Dog, Bunee) to customize and exhibit. Locations for the stops on the tour are being locked into place and more added each week. As part of the promotion, Toy2R will be spotlighting new customs by some of the artists involved with the tour.

Today's group feature original designs and nods to pop culture entertainment.

Emilio Garcia's Brain Pattern Egg Qee custom features Emilio's signature brain design which will be a major release next year when Toy2R drops the 2" Jumping Brain Mini Figure Assortment. Next, a custom tribute to Star Wars, Doggy Maul by Zac Barton, a unique twist and creation using one of the many original DIY characters from the Qee Universe. And a two piece set from artist Jeremie Memming, Where the Wild Things Are Qee, using an 8" Qee Bear and a 2.5" Cat Qee to complete his vision of the classic tale.

To be a part of the Qee World Tour (as an artist or venue) email info@toy2rusa.com for more information. What will YOU create?

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PHU's "Feed My Tummy" custom sneak peek...

We just got word from Prototype and 808orbit that they are starting to receive pictures for piece created for the "Feed My Tummy" art show at Prototype Ala Moana. The picture above is from PHU and he is totally rockin his style on it. This show is going to involve Indonesian artist Marine Randamhi's Jouwe figure. PHU always does a great job and from the looks of the pics above this piece is going to be titled "Urban Bandit". Stay tuned for more pics as they are planing a photoshoot for some of the customs!

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Buff Monster x Brushforhire customs

"Warning! The Scurve are coming! The invasion has begun. I have managed to capture a few of the beasts so that they may be studied. They are a parasitic organism that infects the host body. The host then begins to grow a mouth around the entire body. One of the other features are the huge eyes that the host body will develop. The host body is then driven by the need for a constant source of food, and no other motivation."

A limited run of blind box custom painted 1.5” buff monster toys created by Sean McAfee aka Brushforhire are totally rockin. They will be $40 each shipped in the U.S. and you can snag them HERE. One box will contain a certificate for a free 3” Custom Scurve Buff. Official drop date is November 23rd, 2009 at 12 pm eastern time. There are only 20 available to the public. These are all hand-painted by Brushforhire, and you can follow all his updates via his Twitter HERE.

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Sam Flores' Kid Dragon Blue Edition for DCON

Remember the first two editions posted HERE... well check out the third edition of the Kid Dragon from Sam Flores, Upper Playground and The Loyal Subjects which is limited to just 99 pieces, the Blue Kid Dragon will be available for pre-order exclusively at Designer Con this Saturday, November 21st in Pasadena at The Loyal Subjects booth #56. Collectors who pre-order the figure will be given invites to a private release party on December 2nd in Los Angeles with Sam Flores in attendance... this is one of the cooler figures out there right now!

DesignerCon @ The Pasadena Convention Center
300 East Green Street
Pasadena, CA 91101

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3-2-1 Solstice @ Adapta Gallery

Adapta galleries fourth project follows closely on the heels of the Tokyo show. This time, back to Hong Kong, in association with the Schoeni Gallery, we will be curating a show called 321 Solstice. The show starts on November 17th, (the 321st day of the calendar year) with a live art demonstration by Graphic Airlines, which leads up to the event opening November 19th and welcoming in the winter solstice. A time when creatives take refuge from the cold, in the warmth of their studios, where they can finally get back to the business of creating! This year, we have collected 10 artists from the UK, USA & Hong Kong; Bill London (UK), Cept (UK), David Bray (UK), Friendly Liu (HK), Graphic Airlines (HK), Jon Burgerman (UK), L1ES ONE (HK), Phil Ashcroft (UK), Swoon (USA), Vesna Parchet (UK).

It has been alot of hard work, but we feel that it has all been worth it with the line up of artists we have showing this year. Adapta has handpicked some of the finest talents from a broad spectrum of artistic skills; illustration, graffiti, streetart and graphic design are all backgrounds these artists possess.

Exhibition venue : Main Gallery, 21-31 Old Bailey Street, Central, Hong Kong
Opening Date : 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm, 19 November, 2009
Exhibition runs : 20 November 2009 – 3 January, 2010
Contact Details : Tel +852-28698802 Fax: +852-25221528

www.schoeniartgallery.com • www.adaptagallery.com

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3' Deluxe Mono McSupersized Me

MINDstyle is going LARGE these days and the proof is in the pudding with this deluxe fiberglass mono version of Ron English's McSupersized Me figure. How LARGE you ask... a whopping 3' tall... bigger than your baby brother, or sister for that matter. These are going to be available at De La Barracuda, Toy Tokyo and MINDstyle ATS direct, where they are in super limited quantity at only 10 pieces worldwide, no word on price but I can assure you they will be a pretty penny :-)

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Vinyl goodness from Buff Monster...

Mindstyle just layed down some more Buff Monster goodness, the first being the new giant “Super Scoop” Buff Monster, which come in at about 15" tall, this will be a very limited release coming online and at an exhibition in 2010 by Buff Monster.

The next is of Buff Monster’s new art toy, simply named, Buff Bunny. Mindstyle says that this is going to be an 8" tall figure and is slated for a second quarter 2010 release. If you can remember I posted about both of these figures HERE and now they are becoming closer to reality for Buff Monster fans... keep your eyes peeled for updates on both of these figures!

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Stefan Bucher's Daily Monster #55

Stefan is a super talented artist, and a super cool guy to boot! You can now follow all of his updates via his Twitter profile HERE, not on Twitter yet? Get a move on!

From Stefan's Blog:

Monster 55 is a weird one. I understand, of course, that all these monsters are a little bit weird almost by definition, but this one's weirder than most. It came out a little differently. It's a wild-eyed creature. Wild-eyed, but also strangely zoned out. Somehow I doubt that 57 holds down a job. Or lives a life within normal boundaries. What do you think? Is it of this Earth? Is it dangerous to you and me? How does it survive? How does it gather food? Are all of its kind just as strange as this one? Or is 55 simply a bad seed? Please take a minute and help us figure this one out...

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Sket-One: Stay True DVD Vol 1. Interview

Off each volume of Stay True Video magazine, we will release one of the interviews via the web for people to enjoy freely. Only one. For this issue, acclaimed artist/toy designer Sket-One is their pick. Sket-One is an artist who is very well accomplished and respected worldwide, yet he is the most humble individual you would ever want to meet.

In this Stay True interview, you will get a chance to learn more about him, his work, inspiration, hobbies and also get some words of advice. An enjoyable and inspirational interview that the world has to see.

The full length Stay True video magazine Vol 1. is available at Cookies -n- Cream (www.BakedinNY.com) and select retailers like MyPlasticHeart and Boundless NY. It also features interviews with Dave Cortes, Tara McPherson, KaNo, Ali Vegas, Emilio Rojas, Shinobi Ninja, Vincent Yu (My Plastic Heart), Byron Velasquez, Pesu, TooFly, Kerri (Goodwood), Jared Deal, Teddy King (King Stampede/Boundless) and Peter Kato (Art Curator).

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