=27:fool's General Zoo "Part 1: Origins", this figure is pure heat!!!

=27:fool's and Fool’s Paradise are making some smoking hot figures these days and after seeing their amazing General Zoo "Injury Edition" figure HERE, I was completely sold, and now they are releasing this awesome figure in more of an attainable fashion. General Zoo "Part 1: Origins" is going to be limited to 270pcs worldwide, and is going to retail for $120. This like the other figure stands at a large 9" tall and is made out of polystone. This is an unreal figures and the fact that it splits in half leaving a pile of bones (if you wish) to the side is really great, one of the coolest figures I have ever seen... that being said, all the pieces are connected by magnets, WOW! If you are interested in picking up this piece email them at 27fools@gmail.com and expect this to ship before May, I need one of these, anyone out there looking to make a charitable donation :-)

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Buff Monster's "Buff Bunny" coming this summer

We first posted about Buff Monster’s new art toy, simply named, "Buff Bunny" HERE and now they are closer to seeing the light of day. Mindstyle says that this is going to be an 8" tall figure and is slated to release this summer, so keep your eyes peeled. This is a quirky looking figure and I am sure tons of people are going to be all about this, keep em' coming Buff :-)

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Dust La Rock - Occult of Personality (Clip)

Above is a really great clip of Dust La Rock's piece for Scion's Installation 6: VIDEO - national art tour. The piece is entitled Occult of Personality and "is a study on religious and counter-culture iconography from an esoteric perspective." ~ Dust La Rock

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The traveling "Custom Yoka Show" is making a stop @ Black Maria Gallery on 2/18/10

AdFunture provided their 3” blank Yoka panda bear vinyl figures and DKE Toys co-founders Dov Kelemer and Sarah Jo Marks found over 200 artists to participate in the Custom Yoka Show. Featuring work from 20 countries the show turns the quirky little panda into everything from a dirty thug to a sweet snail in this tremendous exhibition. Pieces range from $25 to $800 and will be available for purchase through Black Maria Gallery. There are seriously so many artists invlved in this show, its crazy, and more are being added every day, like the awesome "Drachenloch Cavebear resin Yokas" from Wax Bean Studio (picture above), some amazing work for sure!

Show features:
Anthony Ausgang, Jophen Stein, Heidi Kenney, Uamou, Steven Daily, Snaggs, Arbito, Chris Ryniak, kaNO, Itokin Park, Dan Goodsell, olive47, Dacosta!, Chino, SpankyStokes, Reactor88, Leecifer, DrilOne, Scott Tolleson, Nathan Hamill, Suckadelic, Kii Arens, Ritzy Periwinkle, BetsO, Phu and literally hundreds more!!!

The Custom Yoka Show premiered at Designer Con in Pasadena, California on November 21, 2009. More tour dates, following the Black Maria Gallery exhibition to be announced soon.

Black Maria Gallery
3137 Glendale Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90039

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"Raffia" custom from Troy Stith

Troy Stith continues on his custom creation kick as he took his first crack at the new Munny World custom figure... this one is titled "Raffia", which is based off the Raffy platform. Troy says that "Obviously my inspiration came from the Chia Pet, but the best part about Raffia is that he doesn't require water or sunlight." This piece is up for sale in Troy's shop right now, so if you are interested, go HERE and pick it up!

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"Jizo-Anarcho" ancient resin figures from DHP!

Check these out... this awesome figure from Devils Head Productions (makers of The Saddest Devil and Alien Space Cadet) comes this awesome figure titled the "Jizo-Anarcho". These rad ancient artifact looking resin figures will be coming out very soon, and above is just a taste of what there is to expect... more details to come!

Here is the very intriguing backstory:
"According to ancient Japanese legend, children who die prematurely are sent to the underworld as punishment for causing great sorrow to their parents. They are sent to Sai no Kawara, the river of souls in purgatory, where they pray for Buddha’s compassion by building small stone towers, piling stone upon stone. But underworld demons, answering to the command of the old hag Shozuka no Baba, soon arrive and scatter their stones and beat them with iron clubs mercelessly. Bodhisattva Jizo-Anarcho comes to the rescue by hiding the children in the sleeves of his robe thus defeating the evil attacks of Shozuka no Baba and her malicious demons. The message of Jizo-Anarcho to her as she is forced to flee in frustrated defeat is imortalized in this statue…"

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"COOL KIDS NEVER DIE" art/plush/custom toy show

"COOL KIDS NEVER DIE" is an art/plush/custom toy show featuring work from artist all around the world, focusing on nostalgia type elements that made us who we are today... like awesome animated cartoons i.e. He-Man, ThunderCats, to Batman and Robin, Legos, Video games like Punch-Out, and TMNT!!! This show is going to have it all! This i going down on February 20th and will be from 6pm - midnight, so get there early and stay late! More images and info can be found HERE!

Studio Broadway
1810 Broadway S.E.
Albuquerque, New Mexico

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Podgy Panda twitter giveaway contest...

Richard Kuoch aka Podgy Panda has reached 1000 followers, and in celebration of that he has decided to do a giveaway! What you say... that awesome laser engraved woodne print above! All you need to do, is follow him on Twitter HERE and retweet this message below (copy and paste it):

“I wear doodley socks like @podgypanda #ppgiveaway”

That's it! This ends on 26th February 2010,
and please only one entry per person.

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5' Show Opening... featuring Camilla d'Errico

The new group show, titled '5', featuring Camilla d'Errico, Ben Tour, Lani Imre, Peter Taylor and The Dark opens On Saturday, February 13th, at Vancouver's Ayden Gallery.

All 5 artists will exhibit new works, and I'm pleased to share with you images of my key piece, Canadian Tiger. The painting is 18x24 and the theme is Canadian Nature. Every animal in the painting is native to Canada and the colors, like the Canadian flag, are red and white. My intention behind the painting was to express my fondness, love and pride of Canada, as my hometown of Vancouver gets ready to host the 2010 Winter Olympic Games.

For information about the paintings or the show, please contact Ken Lum: info@aydengallery.com. Opening reception runs from 7 pm to 10 pm, with after party at The Melk. The show runs until March 14th.

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$5 Blind Bag T-Shirts...on TeeFury!

If you missed it the first time around, they are at it again. TeeFury has some extra tees from a bunch of the designs they have printed in the past and they have decided it's time to do a grab bag surprise! Once again this sale is only for 24 hours...and then poof...GONE!

Just select the gender and size you want, and the TeeFury Shaman will pick a random design and ship it to your doorstep. You better order quick cuz there's only a few extra tees per design (like less than 5), and these are going to go quick! Click HERE to view a gallery to view a taste of what you might get...these are all pretty solid designs and for ONLY $5 how can you go wrong!?!?!

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