Amanda Visell "Jackalope" plush preview...

Paul Budnitz, founder of Kidrobot, has been on a posting frenzy of teasers lately and this time around he is showing of a little sneak peek of an upcoming plush figure from artist Amanda Visell... which appears to be a Jackalope figure. Kidrobot is pulling out their cute cards on this one, I can't wait to see the full reveal on this one!

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Rivet Galleries "Gray" O-No Sushi exclusive!

It looks like Rivet Gallery has teamed up with Andrew Bell to bring us an awesome looking exclusive. This very flashy "Gray" O-No Sushi figure which is set to drop on March 16th, 2010 at 12PM EST, this is extremely limited to only 150 pcs worldwide, and with a price tag of only $35 this is going to go fast!!!! I absolutely love this colorway and know that it will be very sought after... and after seeing this one... it makes me wonder what others are out there!

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Rubbish: A We Kill You show about worthless material 3/19/2010

WKY has a show coming up on March 19th, 2010 in San Francisco and he is working very closly with Mikie Graham of BLAMO Toys as they are turning the inside of the gallery into a house filled with WKY goodies! The show is going to be held at Million Fishes Galley and it going to contain so much handmade/found object artwork it will make your head spin... I can also almost guarantee that there will be some new resin figures from WKY as well.

Justin Pape aka WKY is also using all of his social networking tools to reveal sneak peeks at some of the work that is going to be in the show via his Twitter and Facebook pages, so be sure to follow him on both and be the first to see what to expect at the show!

Million Fishes Art Gallery
2501 Bryant Street
San Francisco, CA

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New PLASEEBO figure @ KC2 in Japan

Bob Conge of Plaseebo just passed along some awesome images of his newest resin creation he is calling The “Bituminous minor” aka “The GUNKANJIMA Kaiju”. This rad looking creature stand a full 8" tall and is completely hand cast resin with eye inserts and it also has the patented Plaseebo internal color changing LED unit to light up the night. This is going to debut at the "Kaiju Comrades 2" show in Japan. All of Bob's creatures ar seriously rad, and you deff would not want to run into any of them in a dark alley way... keep killin it Bob!

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"Bacon" custom munny from Kevin Gosselin

Kevin Gosselin does it once again, and by does it, I mean created an awesome custom! Last time we saw his work he was making a sweet custom to look like a detective, and now he turns his sites on a freaklishy friendly monster named "Bacon", who is part of Kevin's Dunny Eater series! Kevin says that "This little guy tries as hard as he can to be mean. He's even borrowed a bloody halberd and shield from his father but try as he might, deep down inside he's just a sweetie. Bacon is part gorilla, part boar and all around nice guy." This custom is based off a 7" Munny which then was covered in wire, plumber epoxy, screws, polymer clay and leather. I love all the small details added to this piece... the sculpted turtle shell shield, the spear, and even the bottom of his feet. Kevin is slowly becoming one of the top customizers out there, and it is a pleasure to follow his work, keep it up man!

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Kaiju Comrades 2 • Group Kaiju Show 3/12/2010

Kaiju Comrades 2 art toy show, presented by Max Toy Company's Mark Nagata, is at the Design Festa Gallery in Tokyo and is going down on March 12th-14th, 2010. There are a ton of artists involved in this show as West meets East, North meets South... this is going to be the melting pot of Kaiju shows! If you visit the KC2 site you will see all the awesome pieces as well as some great exclusives only available at the show! Be sure to CLICK THROUGH for a full list of the artists involved, as well as watch the great video below showcasing some exclusives!

Alex Wald http://alexwald-art.blogspot.com/

BLObPUS http://www.blobpus.jp/

Bob Conge　http://www.plaseebo.net/

Buff Monster http://www.buffmonster.com/

Bob Eggleton　http://www.bobeggleton.com/

Chris Ryniak http://www.chrisryniak.com/

Carlos E. Gonzales N/A

Erick Scarecrow http://erickscarecrow.blogspot.com/

Emilio Garcia http://www.emiliogarcia.org/

Gumliens http://www.gumliens.com/

HARIKEN http://www.hariken.net/

Imiri Sakabashira N/A

Joshua Ellingson　http://www.joshuaellingson.com/

Junichi Yajima http://www.dream-rocket.com/

JUKI http://www17.plala.or.jp/chima_juki/

KONATSU http://tunacan.catfood.jp/

KAIJIN http://www.kaijin-toy.jp/

Kill!　http://www.killgraffiti.com/

Lamour Supreme http://www.flickr.com/photos/lamoursupreme_fixedfiend/

Matt Doughty　http://www.onelldesign.com/

Mike Slobot http://www.slobots.com/

Mark Nagata　http://toykarma.blogspot.com/

Matt Walker http://www.deadpresidentsdesigns.blogspot.com/

Nawoki Karasawa　http://www.nawosan.com/

Naohiko Hayakawa (Yutari) N/A

Nari Shintani http://www.dokurotarou.com/

NERDONE 　http://www.nerdone.org/

Noriya Takeyama http://noriya888.heteml.jp/

PICO PICO http://picopicoshimbun.at.infoseek.co.jp/

Paul Kaiju http://www.paulkaiju.com/

PECORIN　http://blogs.dion.ne.jp/pecorin/

SUNGUTS http://www.sunguts.com/index.html

S. Wakahara (Rumble-Monsters) http://rumble-monsters.net/

SHUJI http://toygraph.jp/

SHIN TANAKA http://www.ohashi-lab.bio.kyutech.ac.jp/~shin/

Shirahama Baikin http://www.shirahamablog.blogspot.com/

Sebastian Curadeau http://conesandstuff.blogspot.com/

Shigeki Okuda http://www.todoland.co.jp/G-1/G-1.html

TOUMA http://touma.biz/

T9G http://www.muse-um.com/

TULIP http://www.lovelych.com/

Tony Ciavarro http://www.tonyciavarro.com/

Yuki Ishiyama http://www2.airnet.ne.jp/ohyeahz/uki/

Yoshihiko Makino (TTToy) http://tttoy.michikusa.jp/tttoy.html

UAMOU http://www.uamou.com/

Ugly Dolls David Horvath & Sun Min Kim http://www.uglydolls.com/

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"Spray Painter" rad tee up on Tilteed...

Artist Dunz0 just passed along some awesome information about a t-shirt site called TILTEED where they take a curated design and print it... not only do they print it but it is only available for a limited time period... 72 hours to be exact, and for cheap only $12-$18 depending on the design! The shirt that Dunzo curated was created by artist Kristianhay and it is titled "Spray Painter" this is a 2 color print on an eggplant American Apparel t-shirt... and the design itself is super tight. I am not really a fan of eggplant colored anything but the design and colorscheme suits this shirt so well and I would totally rock this! The character on the shirt is really cool, nothing wrong with a rattle-can-man, clean lines, clean design, pick it up now before it is gone forever!

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3 custom resin "Oakors" by Tesselate 3/8/2010

Tessetoys is set to release 3 custom resin set coming up on Monday, March 8th, 2010. These sets are going to drop at 4pm (GMT) for £26 (each set) from the Tesseshop!

Each set is hand cast in resin and hand painted with acrylic paints, with also the aid of some spray paint! The three sets are titled "Rlikz and Terry Four", "Glokz and Terry Five", and "Blros and Terry Six"... if interested in thier back stories click on their names to read their bios! Each larger "Oakor" (above) figure stands at a whopping 4" tall where the smaller "Terry"(left) figure is a mear 1.4" tall!

These figures are really well crafted, sculpted and put together and be sure to check out the other goods in their store if your unable to sang one of these 1-offs!

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G40:The Summit presented by Art Whino

[PRESS]Art Whino teams up with Crystal City BID and Vornado to present G-40: The Summit, a month long exhibition and event series featuring over 500 artists from around the world. The mission of G40: The Summit is to bring the leaders of the New Brow genre together in Crystal City, VA in an effort to explore, discuss and grow this movement. G-40: The Summit will be a culmination of ideas and processes, brought together and highlighted by region and style, creating, for the first time, a full cross examination of this genre.

Floors:
1 – Show information / performance area / mixed use
5 – New York metro area artists
6 – All Encompassing
7 – California artists
8 – Washington DC metro area artists

Event Schedule:
Open Hours: Wednesdays & Thursdays: 5 – 10pm,
Fridays: 5pm – Midnight
Saturdays: 12pm – Midnight
Sundays: 12pm – 6pm
Mondays & Tuesdays: Closed

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Mystery Mummy Boy "XXXXX XXXXXX" TODAY!

Well it looks like Super 7 is up to their crafty ways... not to demean them by calling them crafty... in fact in this instance tis a good thing :-) They are set to release a new version of their beloved Mummy Boy figure, but it's a mystery as of yet what this vinyl figure is going to look like. They are calling it "Mummy Boy XXXXX XXXXXX" right no but it will all be revealed TODAY - Saturday, March 6, 2010... no set time, so start checkin!

**UPDATE** This was released at 11am today and retailed for $50 a piece... they sold out super fast at the SF store, and there are only a few left at the Florida store HERE, so get moving! This figure, as you can see to the left, was blasted with all kinds of color... not my fav mummy boy, but still an awesome figure!

Upcoming releases from Super 7:

• Gargamel Bakobasso, Gachamecha, Smogun - Saturday, March 13
• Monster Family Hollis Price - Clear Pink - Saturday, March 13
• Monster Family Le Turd, Gargamel Hujili's Ghost - Date TBD

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