*EXCLUSIVE* Production shots of Onorio Depiro's amazing little "Rusty Robot"

Remember our post just yesterday about Onorio Depiro's "Metal Soldiers" robot... and how we had posted earlier about his first creation the "Rusty Robot" HERE, and how he was looking for someone to produce it... well look no further because the brilliant people at MANA studios led by Jay Garcia brought this dream into reality. His Rusty Robot is in the works of being made into a small production run of around 20-40 pieces, and is going to be made of rotocast plastic casts from original, metal poles with little articulation (spin arms/legs). The figure gets its texture from acrylic and weathering powders all applied by hand. This piece stand around 5" tall and will come with custom packaging where each piece will come in a ring pull or pop lid tin can (rusted) by Onorio... see photo of test can above! The release date is not set in stone, and neither is the price, but if you are interested in one of these for yourself please do not hesitate to contact Onorio via his e-mail HERE and he will put one aside for you.

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"Rotobox Suparobo Project Series 6" from Rotobox

The boys over at Rotobox Vinyl Anatomica are back at it, this time around they finished their latest custom for their "Rotobox Suparobo Project Series 6" and it is a HUGE 16" Gurren Lagann based on the Japanese mecha anime television series... and to show that it's really a 16" Qee, Spencer decided to get all romantic with this awesome precious moments like postcard posing with his beloved creation... awwww how cute :-) The work these guys do is super tight, production quality, and makes me jealous of their mad custom skills!

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Zombies in Love @ Gallery Nucleus

Gallery Nucleus invites you to witness ZOMBIES IN LOVE, an event that gathers artists, art lovers and a zombie enthusiasts to pay homage to zombie culture. The night will come alive with a horrifying spectacle as zombies take over Main Street Alhambra, and staggers on with a large-scale group exhibition at the gallery featuring new and original paintings, and sculptures by artists from film to fine art. Experience the thrill of zombie passion and see that love, like zombies, doesn’t die.

Volunteer’s are welcome for the Zombie Walk which will kick off the show, many professionals that have shaped the zombie indusrty will be attending. There will be a signing with several artists from the book “October Shadows.” Artist Chris Lane will be present to sign “Zombies: A Record of the Year of Infection.” Dancers from Jayvee Dance will also host a performance in the main gallery.

Opening Night features include:
* $2 cover charge at door but free to those that come in zombie make-up
* Free refreshments and Zombie/Valentines snacks served.
* Free give aways at the door and ever hour.
* Zombie walk at 6:20 pm (meet on the corner of Atlantic and Main St).
* Live performance by “Teen Groov.”
* Taylor White and other artists will be in attendance to sign “October Shadows” book.
* Chris Lane will be in attendance to sign “Zombies: A Record of the Year of Infection.”

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Mini Kaiju Series from Max Toy Company...

STRANGEco just posted up this FIRST LOOK for a Brand New series of Mini Figures, designed by Mark Nagata and Max Toy Company! This series is called the "CAPTAIN MAXX MINI KAIJU SERIES". this features five figures from Max Toy Company's original line up of characters. Inspired by the Golden Age of Japanese kaiju toys, this series shrinks down Nagata's original characters into a super deformed style of exaggerated proportions and features. The Captain Maxx Mini Kaiju Series will be release in late February/early March 2010; each figure is between 3 inches and 5 inches tall with a suggested retail price of $12 to $15 (depending on the style). Individually packaged in a polybag and header card, too. Made in Japan! The Captain Maxx Mini Kaiju Series features the following five characters: * Kaiju Eyezon * Alien Xam * Captain Maxx * Kaiju Tripus * Kaiju Drazoran (posted HERE earlier)

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Gordo "Jessamine" edition from Brent Nolasco

Brent Nolasco staves off the bitter winter weather with a visit from his creation, Gordo. The Jessamine colorway helps Gordo during the early months of spring to pounce on unsuspecting snacks. This limited edition hand painted resin figure will be available at myplasticheart.com and in MPH retail stores on Wednesday January 27th at 1PM. This is a great new colorway of Brent's resin figure and if you would like to see the making of this figure, plus his first colorway, hit up the link HERE.

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Custom mono Spiki from the Mai Hiro web store

With the start of the new year Mai Hiro is making it a point to keep things fresh and be true to their fans. So with that, Nakanari of Mai Hiro will be creating small batches of his highly sought after customs every month. These customs will all be based on the Ninja Spiki figure, and will be available through the Mai Hiro online shop on the final Friday of every month. Each custom will be created with the same quality that makes Nakanari's style so unique: 100% acrylic paint + brush. No taping. No BS. Nakanari Style.

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Petit Astrolapin - BLACK TEAM A

This awesome "Petit Astrolapin's" from Mr.Clement are back in black, with accents in white, gray, and black. Like the OG white version this stands at about 5" tall, and each is sold individually. These are in an edition size of 100 of each colorway, and will retail for around $30 each.

Info from the very great, and amazing DKE Toys. For Wholesale Inquiries about this awesome product please contact www.dketoys.com.

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Toy Break Episode 105 : Hats

The Toy Break crew takes a look at Doktor A's Mad*l, Disney Mickey Monsters, Bossy Bear's Pal Turtle, Idolz, and much more! Start boiling the potatoes and join us for a Toy Break!

Toy Break Stuff

• Kens Tools Contest Winners - Thank you to everyone who participated and don't forget to check out KensTools.com for more great sculpting tools!
• Pinksk8er Contests - Thank you for participating in the calendar contest and congratulations to the winners! Now for another contest! Win a brand new skate deck featuring artwork by Brian Cummings, curtesy of PinkSk8er.com, by posting your own skateboard design on the forum! Hint: You can find templates and inspiration at boardpusher.com and also check out boardpusher.com/octobertoys. Deadline is February 3rd
• Sculpey Question - Thanks for calling Brian! Here are a few places to order Sculpey from: artsupply.com, Amazon, Blick Art Materials. George also recommends Magic Sculp which is a two-part epoxy putty that does not need to be baked.

News

• Blond Mrs. Claus - by McFarlane - 6" repaint of Mrs. Claus from the 2007 Twisted Christmas line - limited to 4,000 pieces exclusively available from William Davis Collectibles for $30
• January Masters of the Universe Classics - by The Four Horsemen & Mattel - Princess Adora and Battle Armor He-Man will be available on Matty Collector January 15th for $20 each
• Venture Bros. Toys - by Big Bang Pow! - coming soon: Action Figures, Bobble Heads, and Vehicles Based on the Adult Swim Series
• Headbanger Kage "Shadow" - by Erick Scarecrow - second colorway of the resin Headbanger releases on January 15 - limited to 20 pieces for $95 each

Reviews

• Doktor A Mad*l - by Doktor A - 5" figure limited to 300 pieces - exclusive to LIFT - $42
• Mickey Monsters - by Disney - 10" plush - $13 ($6 on DisneyStore.com) - also noticed 10" plush Vinylmations for $8
• Bossy Bear's Pal Turtle - by David Horvath & Toy2R - 3.5" figure - $15
• Idolz - by Idolz Toys - Gruntor - stack, wear, or customize them - limited to 3,000 pieces - $10

Events

• Rock The Future - this art exhibit and annual fundraiser for local Chicago-based music education kicks off Ohno! Doom's grand reopening in Chicago, IL on January 16th

Contact Toy Break

• 20% Off Coupons - use the coupon code "TOYBREAK" for 20% off at HappyPandaToys.com, Funkrush.com, and OctoberToys.com!
• Contact us! - send us your questions, comments, ideas, news about upcoming events and toys!
• Call Toy Break at 818-Am-I-Good (818-264-4663)
• Twitter with Ayleen at twitter.com/spookyamd
• Toy Brief - don't miss more toy reviews and fun from yours truly on YouTube.com/toybreak!
• Support Toy Break around the web by subscribing to us on iTunes, leaving us feedback on iTunes, and digging us on digg.com!

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Neon Monster's best of PINK for 2009!

Posted up on Neon Monster is their 2009 guide to pink monsters. This is their picks for the baddest most, raddest, most pinkest figures around, and above is just a sweet little teaser of what you will expect from the full post... so be sure to visit their site HERE for the whole story, along with some awesome photos of PINK toys! They also mention that they will be debuting a plush version of their mascot "Mitch" very soon!! 2010 is for sure the year of the Monster!!!

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MONSTREHERO takes out the TRASH

The boys over at MONSTREHERO are excited to present a new round of their astounding automaton, the DUMPSTERBOT! DUMPSTERBOT features articulated ball-jointed arms (keep in mind these are resin!!!) and a hinged mouth/lid to hide all your filthy secrets. Only five bots are available, and each is lushly painted by either Sean or Cliff. These dirty denizens of dreck will be available this Wednesday, Jan. 20 at 7pm PST, 10pm EST at their webstore HERE! I got to see these first hand at both SDCC09 and at Designer -Con and they are amazing, how they get ball jointed, articulated arms, taht are made out of resin to work is beyond me, but it is deffinitly pushing resin toys to the next level!

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"Mini Drazoran" from Max Toy Company

Above we get a little behind the scenes action from Max Toy Company owner Mark Nagata as he shows off his latest creation, and as he says "continuing with Max Toy characters getting small" he reveals their Mini Drazoran sculpt which is sculpted by Yamashita-san (Nakayoshi). This looks really cool, and very promising, not sure if the arms and legs will have articulation or not, like previous Nakayoshi work, but more details on this and others VERY soon.

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Stefan Bucher's Daily Monster #24

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:

Now, on to No.24. A dancer? A prancer? A stylish romancer? A member of the Ministry of Silly Walks? Or just a pedestrian avoiding puddles? Laura, what kind of music is this one listening to? We need the soundtrack and we're counting on you! Where is 24 headed anyway? A night on the town? If so, which town? So many questions! Please tell me what you think! (And don't let Simon, Sam, or Andrew's fine yarns stop you from adding one of your own, either! One of the best things about this experiment is how many different stories come together for one creature!)

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"Old School" by Arson on TeeFury

What a cool illustration, and not to down play this design at all but it reminds me of the rad temporary tattoos that you get out of a taco shop sticker machine! TeeFury is an awesome website that sells T-shirts for $9 a pop...the only catch is that it is only on sale for 24hours and then the next T-shirt is posted up! I have seen awesome shirts by some amazing artists on here and the total purchase price is $11. So that is $9 for the Tee and $2 for the shipping...that is an awesome deal that can't be beat! I will try and post the shirts up daily, or you can go visit the site yourself!

Money does go back to the artist and after today, this t-shirt will be Gone FOREVER! Today artist earns $1 for every tee sold. So make sure you get over there if yer diggin the design!

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