Kidrobot's lineup for SDCC 2010...

Kidrobot just unveiled pretty much all of their SDCC 2010 releases... with a few exceptions by blacking out some of the images to get our imaginations going. So with this post hopefully we can keep it short and concise to to with your daily scheduling! First up is preview night, Wednesday, July 21st, or as the KRonikle calls it pre-release night at booth #4529 and Kidrobot is getting the party started with the new Lard Lad by Matt Groening, the 3" Dunny of DJ Lance Rock from Yo Gabba Gabba and a secret treat that is sure to make your mouth water... which appears to be Sket-One's mini Sketchup figure... or is it?

Wednesday, July 21st
Lard Lad Pre-release: 6", 150 available, $45
3" DJ Lance Dunny Pre-release: $11 (Sunday signing)
3" Super Special Dunny Pre-release (Sketchup/Mustard)

Next up in line is the schedule for Thursday, July 22nd... the official first day of the con and Kidrobot continues to deliver the goods with a new figure from Ron English as Kidrobot will release their exclusive color of his new Figment Bust at 11am. Then from 1-3 pm, join Shawnimal Smith for the release of his new wee vinyl series, Ninjatown as well as a KR’s exclusive release of Yeti Ninja plush.

Thursday, July 22nd
Signing with Ron English, 11am- 12pm
Kidrobot Exclusive Figment Bust Release: 20 pieces, $200

Signing with Shawnimal Smith, 1mp-3pm
Ninjatown Vinyl Mini Series Release: $9
Kidrobot Exclusive Yeti Ninja Plush Release: 50 pieces, $45

On the second day of the con, Kidrobot is going to have a very special pre-release and signing at booth 4529 with Kidrobot’s president, Paul Budnitz and his new book, I AM PLASTIC, TOO. This should be a packed event as there are only 50 pieces available, and this would be the time to say hi to the man himself!

Friday, July 23
Signing with Paul Budnitz from 1pm-3pm
I AM PLASTIC, TOO Pre-release: 50 available, $50

Saturday... or should we just call it Day 3, Kidrobot will be letting loose their mystery figure from Huck Gee... who will also be on hand for a signing. There is speculation that this is an 8" Skullhead Dunny, what color could it be... we will just have to wait and see!

Saturday, July 24
Signing with Huck Gee from 1-3pm
SDCC Exclusive Release

Last but not least for the festivities... Kidrobot is bringing along their friend DJ Lance Rock from the hit show Yo Gabba Gabba, to sign his 3" Dunny! This is going down from 12pm-2pm and what a perfect day to do this as Sunday seems to be the "family day".

Sunday, July 25
Signing with DJ Lance Rock of Yo Gabba Gabba from 12pm-2pm
DJ Lance Dunny: 3-inch, $11

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Ron English's SDCC exclusive "Telegrinnies"...

Kazuhiro Takahashi of ZacPac, the toy shop from Tokyo, Japan just passed along some awesome news about yet another release at this years SDCC 2010! Ron English has teamed up with them to produce his new figure titled "Telegrinnies" which were by made by Monsters! This is the sequal to the previously released Charlie Grin. These are going to be releasing as a 2 part set at SDCC through Dragatomi's booth #3848. These are limited to only 24 sets at SDCC, and they will retail for $175, and Ron will be on hand at the booth on Saturday, July 24th, at 1pm to sign these exclusive figures!

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Redcoat – 8″ Qee custom by A Little Stranger

Holly Stanway aka A Little Stranger passed over her submission for the "Founding Fathers" Qee show that happened last weekend at the Spaghetti Project Gallery which was a custom Qee show featuring works from a ton of artists in theme of "The Civil War and Our Founding Fathers"... her piece is titled "Redcoat" is an 8" blank qee customized with sculpey, glass eyes and faux fur, where the anters are made form sculpey and little fake leaves... really cool looking!

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Nakanari's custom "Skitty" Spiki

Nakanari has taken another one of his great paintings and brought it to life once again, this time around it's his classic character "Skitty" on his Spiki Platform. Just like the Skitty painting, Skitty is done with 100% acrylic paint with a brush. Multiple layers of clear coat is applied in the end to give Skitty the finishing touch. Tony says that "Skitty may look like Hello Kitty but don't let her looks fool you. You will be her victim if you think she's cute and innocent. She's sexy and evil." This is available NOW in the Mai Hiro online shop HERE, and there are only 3 available.

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The Gnome Project from Happy Panda Toys...

Happy Panda Toys is extremely excited to announce that they are now accepting designs for their first artist mini-series! The Gnome Project (or tGP) will feature 3" gnomes designed by a variety of artists. This will not be a platform series like the Dunny or the Qee; each design that is chosen will have its own unique sculpt made. The series will be blindboxed, but with even ratios all across the board, meaning no chases. They are also accepting design proposals for the box art. Do not miss out on this opportunity to be a part of our first artist series!

The deadline for submitting your design is August 14th 2010. By submitting a design you are in the running to participate in the series, you are not guaranteed a spot. Any art submitted will be given great consideration and returned to the artist if not selected. Payment will be in the form of artist proofs to do what you wish with; the number is to be determined based on the overall run size.

For questions and submissions contact:
artistliaison@happypandatoys.com

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Giant Robot @ SDCC 2010

[GR PRESS] Giant Robot has been exhibiting at Comic-Con since 1995, when they just had a folding table selling homemade zines and T-shirts in the small press section. Since then, Giant Robot has grown into into full-fledged magazine with retail stores in Los Angeles, San Francisco, and New York City. Giant Robot still shows at Comic-Con, but now their booth is more like an overloaded, hyper-colorful shop stocked with back issues and cool gear as well as pop culture treasures including design books, unique figures, cute toys, odd USB devices, and original art.

This year's Giant Robot booth at Comic-Con will feature the following appearances:

THURSDAY, JULY 22, 12:00 - 2:00 pm
Artist David Choe will be signing his brand-new, hardcover monograph from Chronicle, as well as the Giant Robot booth's exclusive new Munko figure.

FRIDAY, JULY 23, 12:00 - 2:00 pm
Artist David Choe will be signing his brand-new, hardcover monograph from Chronicle, as well as the Giant Robot booth's exclusive new Munko figure.

SATURDAY, JULY 24, 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
David Horvath, artist and co-creator of Uglydoll indie plush toys, will be signing hand-painted custom figures.

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New Kokeshi Clan Customs from Two-Feet-Deep

Two-Feet-Deep just announced that they have some really cool, hand-painted Kokeshi dolls by Muluc of Temple7e which are for sale on their site HERE. The Kokeshi Clan is an Original work of art that is entirely painted by hand and signed by the artist. Not only are there the rad ninjas,but all kinds of other hand-painted characters, so head on over HERE and check out all the goods!

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"Milk Munny" custom show... LAST CALL!!!!

Trevor of Acrylicsquid has teamed up with Arizona based toy store Red Hot Robot to put together a custom Munny show where 100% of the proceeds go to keep-a-breast.org, a very worthy cause! This show titled "Milk Munny" is going to be held at Monorchid Gallery, and will go down on October 1st, 2010! This is your last call to participate in this event, as time is getting close to the deadline... so if your interested hit up Trevor via trevor@acrylicsquid.com and tell him your interested!

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Lysol's exclusive resin "Gread's" for SDCC 2010

Lysol will have a few exclusives this year for SDCC, in fact he is dropping two new colorways of his resin Gread figure, clear with blue eyes, and a Zombie Gread. These are going to be available at the Dragatomi Booth #3848 for $25 each, and each version is limited to only 5 of each colorway. They come packaged in the standard bag and header card... and boy do they look great!

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GRAFFOLUTION group exhibit and Nemo's amazing “Abdul” zombie sculpture...

GRAFFOLUTION, Group Show will feature artists from the early days of graffiti to the current graffiti and street artists. Contributing artists are from spain, france, and the united states. This is going down on Thursday, July 15th, 2010 and will be a show not to be missed!

Featured artists: subtexture, matt siren, see one, sae ster, eric orr, meres, joe russo, rob luciano, billi kid, fumero, vickipages, josh goldstein, masahiro ito, ur new york (2esae & ski) , peat wollaeger(stensoul), veng (robots will kill), daniel “krave” fila, charlie green, toofly, erotica, abe lincoln jr, clark fly id, ribs, ka, ellis g, joe iurato, slave, sane 2, gigi bio, haloz, anera, armo, dil, tmnk (nobody), grimace, shine, nemo, etaks.one, oliver rios, bader israel, sienide,aaron spaze crafte,jeneveive, royce bannon, and reskew

Posted below is Nemo's amazing sculpture that he did for this show. It's a lifesize relief zombie sculpture titled “Abdul” done for the graffolution show which is curated by Frankie Velez... and in true Nemo fashion he totally killed this, the details are amazing, and the concept and execution behind the piece are phenomenal, can you expect anything less from him, I think not!

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Rusted Halo's SDCC exclusive "Zombie Slugs"

Rusted Halo just dropped word that he will be releasing an exclusive San Diego Comic Con version of his "Zombie Slug" figures... a really cool charcoal colorway! These will be limited to only 6 pieces, and will retail for only $15 each. To get them, follow him on Twitter @rustedhalo for more info on where to find him as I'll try to update regularly. Also he will be posting on ways to score some FREE swag including stickers, buttons, artists cards, mini busts, sketches and more just for finding him at SDCC... it seems like there are all kinds of scavenger hunts this year!

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Sergio Mancini's "Scott, the Sailor" custom Qee

Sergio Mancini just passed over his entry for the show at Spaghetti Project Gallery which was a custom Qee show featuring works from 44 artists in theme of "The Civil War and Our Founding Fathers"... his entry called "Scott, the Sailor" was created in loue of "The Anaconda Plan" which is the name widely applied to an outline strategy for subduing the seceding states in the American Civil War. Proposed by General-in-Chief Winfield Scott, the plan emphasized the blockade of the Southern ports, and called for an advance down the Mississippi River to cut the South in two. Because the blockade would be rather passive, it was widely derided by the vociferous faction who wanted a more vigorous prosecution of the war, and who likened it to the coils of an anaconda suffocating its victim. The snake image caught on, giving the proposal its popular name.

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