*CONTEST* "Name that Mugo" - Frank Kozik edition...

Mugo wants you, the fans, to come up with a clever name and a short description (100 words or less) of the new Frank Kozik Mugo character posted above (which is due out this Christmas). Get creative, come up with a good one and submit your entry to submit@mugoplayer.com by September 8th. The winner and 1 runner-up will win a signed Mugo by Frank Kozik. Now you may ask... how do I win, well the winner and runner-up will be picked by Frank and the Mugo fans on Facebook. Get those entries in and be on the lookout for other "Name that Mugo" contest designs as they are doing them for both Jon Burgerman and Scott Tolleson.

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Two-Feet-Deep HUGE summer sale...

Two-Feet-Deep, a UK based distribution company and retailer of all things designer plush and vinyl toys and pretty much all things we all find cool is having a HUGE summer sale that is going on right now! There is a little bit of everything for everyone, but stock is limited so if you see something that strikes your interest pull the trigger because at these prices... this stuff won't last long!

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Giant Fire Breathing Robot - Episode 28

In yet another thrilling episode of Giant Fire Breathing Robot's podcast... Jeannie, Andrew, and yours truly talk about a wide variety of topics. Including: I amped up the brolationship with Andrew by sending him a Sket-One Mustard Dunny vinyl toy, Jeannie has opinions, the vinyl art toy scene is likened to a meritocracy, Spanky talks about the Sket-One Bacon vinyl toy release, and Rick Astley* stops by and sings Cee Lo Green’s new song... so head on over HERE now and give it a listen...

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The Vinyl Frontier in NYC this weekend

[PRESS] Catch the East Coast Premiere of the documentary SPREAD, NOTCOT, JUXTAPOZ, CLUTTER MAGAZINE, KIDROBOT AND TECHNORATI are raving about this Saturday night at ACEFEST in NYC. "The Vinyl Frontier" explores the world of vinyl toys and features some of today's top designers including El Maz, Tara Mcpherson, Attaboy, Jermaine Rogers, kaNO, Keith Poon, Thomas Han, Sucklord, Frank Kozik and so many more!

See the film. Meet the artists. Enjoy.

Tribeca Cinemas (One show only!)
Sat, Aug 28 at 8:20pm
Tickets: $8 - get them HERE

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Custom paper toy "Salty Tom" from Horrorwood

Jack Hankins aka Horrorwood just posted up a custom paper-toy based off the original piece by Thomas Hamlyn-Harris’ “Ship’s Cat”... Jack however turned this cute kitty into what he is calling “Salty Tom”, where he did some research on old sailors’ tattoos and decided to cover him in them. if you like what you see you can get this model from Thomas' online magazine HERE or as a stand alone PDF directly from the Horrorwood site HERE.

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Toy Break Episode 133 : Drawable

Yo-yo enthusiast Chris Hawley joins the Toy Break crew in taking a look at an artist edition yo-yo, Whiplash, a new AT-AT, Miss Mary Jane, and more! Get that sausage sizzling and join em' for a Toy Break!

Toy Break Stuff

• Tilteed Contest - win a gift certificate good for one free Tilteed shirt of your choice! Go check out tilteed.com/shop and then post your favorite design in the contest section on the forum! - deadline is September 15th
• Toy Break Call For Logos - post your logos in the contest section on the forum and you could win our undying appreciation and probably another surprise prize - please note that by posting a logo, you are consenting to our use of said logo on our website, for advertising purposes, potentially on merchandise in the future, etc. - deadline is TBD
• Chris Hawley Photography - photography by our guest, Chris Hawley
  

SDCC Stuff

• Skulloctopus Bedlam Edition - by Bob Conge & J222 - this collaboration collection is limited to 10 sets of two custom figures each for $200 per set
• Domo 7" Qee - by Toy2R & Dark Horse - limited to 500 pieces of each design including Wood Grain, Glow in the Dark, Skeleton Edition, and Glitter Edition - $60
• 21" FabriQee Collection - by Toy2R - Doink Series available now! Plush line of Qee characters limited to 840 peices, available in 7 colors: Orange, Black, Red, Purple, White, Yellow and Blue through Apex Trading Company
• 8" Zombie Pirate Qee - by JonPaul Kaiser & Toy2R - limited to 500 pieces, coming in September, $65
• 5" Samurai Pumpkin Qee - by JonPaul Kaiser & Toy2R - new scale Qee available soon
• DIY Qee stickers - by Toy2R - reminder to show off your skills on the DIY Qee stickers that came with Qee Designer Colleciton Series 6 - color 'em, stick 'em, or scan them and send them to info@toy2rusa.com

Blindbox

• This week : Metallic Qee Series - by Toy2R
• Next week : Ninjatown Wee Vinyl Series - by Shawnimals

Reviews

• Artist Edition Yo-Yo - by Chris Ryniak & Steve Brown Gallery - one in the ongoing artists series of wooden yo-yos - $15
• Whiplash - by Mattel & The Four Horsemen - August MotUC figure - $20
• Galactic Hero's AT-AT - by Hasbro - with electronic light and sounds - $40
• Miss Mary Jane - by Paigey & Patch Together - 8" resin figure - $60

Events

• Power Morphicon - at the Pasadena Convention Center in Pasadena, CA August 27th to 29th
• Past the Cosmos - solo show by Scott Tolleson at Screaming Sky Gallery in Portland, OR August 26th to September 19th

Contact Toy Break

• Coupons - use the coupon code "ToyBreak10" for 10% off at tilteed.com and the code "TOYBREAK" for 20% off at 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
• Follow us on Facebook at facebook.com/toybreak
• 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, like us on Facebook, and digging us on digg.com!

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Toy Art Gallery: "The Red Karpet Kaiju Show"

Toy Art Gallery is gearing up to play host to arguably one of the best kaiju shows to grace the Western Hemisphere as they have invited some of the best monster and kaiju-inspired artists from around the world to showcase their unique visions on production toys and hand-painted customs to unique sculptures made from a variety of mediums. The Red Karpet Kaiju show is just that... the best of the best!

Red Carpet Kaiju features art and toys by:
Akoart (Japan), Alimana (Mexico), Blobpus (Japan), Bob Conge/Plaseebo, Carlos Enriquez Gonzalez (Venezuela), Emilio Garcia (Spain), Lil Japan, Ilanena (Japan), L’amour Supreme, LASH, Mark Nagata, Matt Walker, Paul Kaiju, Pico Pico (Japan), Toshikazu Nozaka (Japan), Tulip (Japan), Uamou (Japan), Velocitron (Japan), Yamazakura (Japan) and more.

Some highlights include the debut of Blobpus’s newest figure BERORON, a collaboration with Akoart and an exclusive run of Emilio Garcia’s JUMPING BRAIN vinyl figure. TAG will also be debuting their first vinyl figure in a new toy brand titled "TAGTOYS" with sneak previews of new figures: ALIEN ARGUS by Mark Nagata and HIEROPHANY by Carlos Enriquez Gonzalez, both made in luscious Japanese soft vinyl. The opening reception is September 4th 2010 from 7-11 PM, with artists in attendance, music, drinks, a food truck, giveaways, live video streaming, and more!

Toy Art Gallery
737 Seward St. #1
Los Angeles, CA 90038

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"Plush You" opening at Munky King

[MUNKYKING PRESS] Munky King presents an exhibition of 65 of the "best of the best" plush artists from around the globe curated by Kristen Rask of Schmancy Toys in Seattle. Plush You! started six years ago at a little shop in Seattle called Schmancy. Since then it has been turned into a book (Plush You!: Loveable Misfits to Sew and Stuff) has toured once in SF at Double Punch Gallery and has drawn people as far as The Netherlands to the opening each year at Schmancy. Plush You will be held for the first time in LA at Munky King Melrose.

Opening Reception: Thurs, August 26th 7-10pm
8.26.10 – 9.19.10

Munky King Melrose
7308 Melrose Ave. (x Poinsettia)
Los Angeles, CA 90046

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Bucky Lastard's "STUD" Designer Toy Prototype

Oh where, oh where has Bucky Lastard gone?!?! Nobody really knows... but he is coming back with a vengeance as he has teamed up with Steve Talkowski of Sketchbot fame to create a prototype of an original figure Bucky is calling "STUD"! The figure itself has some very familiar design elements, like the Poker/Card reference seen inn the head of this figure! Bucky made a name for himself a few years back with all of his awesome customs he created using a strong gambling reference in his designs. As you can see from the pics above STUD will be a great size, standing around 6" tall, and in comparison to the Mini-Munny and the Sketchbot figure, fits in very well!

I am really excited to see this figure come to life for Bucky, as when he was at the peak of his custom game many had wondered where his own figure was, or even if he thought of making one. It's really cool that Steve Talkowski jumped on board with this as well as he just finished up the same process of model making from concept to completion with his Sketchbot figure, plus he has some skills when it comes to 3D modeling and rapid prototyping!

Steve also took the steps to document the full process as he recently posted up pics on his Behance site HERE! Look for this figure to be in full production mode very soon because rumor has it, authorized bootlegger Dodgrr has been tasked with the resin replication of STUD!

Source [Steve Talkowski's Behance]

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New Shawnimals plush: Evil Syrup Ninja

New from Shawnimals, is this extremely awesome new plush figure that is sure to tickle the fancies of all plush fans out there! [Shawnimals PRESS] Something evil has been brewing in the Dark Syrup pits deep within the Dark Forest, unbeknownst to even Mr. Demon and his band of baddies. Turns out an otherwise harmless Wee Ninja, drawn to the seductive toxic goo from afar thanks to a plate of waffles (no joke), has taken up residence inside. Inside the pits! Weird, right? Like a sort of Dark Syrup swamp thing! Eek... This awesome looking plush is going to be available HERE on Wednesday, September 1st at 1pm CDT!

From the tag:
"Sweet purpley syrup on a stack of tasty waffles is harmless, right? Wrong! This once-good Ninja unknowingly ingested a ton of the wicked slop, and is now forever transformed into the Evil Syrup Ninja – a creature possibly even more evil than Mr. Demon himself!"

Motto:
"Look deep into my eyes and you will see pure evil..."

When you order this $30 product you get...

A handmade 7" × 7" plush Ninja limited to 100 pcs.
Signed and numbered fancy hang tag
Fun accessories – Dark Syrup spears and... a mysterious sash?!
A character sticker
A character button

You can also purchase more Ninja of the Month merchandise like stickers, buttons, a poster and more, including a full SUBSCRIPTION, right over HERE. Read more about this NotM release at Ninjaofthemonth.com.

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Jacked Rabbit vinyl figure from Robert Curet

Jacked Rabbit is the first of three character vinyl figures from artist Robert Curet's "Foofnick Universe" project. This guy has a very nostalgic look and feel to him with the classic 5-o'clock shadow, and facial features making it feel like a throwback figure... at least in my opinion :-) Jacked Rabbit has articulation at hips, shoulders and neck. and he stands 6 3/8" and comes packed in great cardboard box covered with some rad graphics. These re set to retail for only $20 and should be available for purchase at pretty much all you local or online vinyl retailers!

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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"Galaxxor" resin robo from Ben Spencer

Galaxxor, the monster hunting robo, is a new resin toy created by Ben Spencer of Nerd City Online that he designed and sculpted, and is set to release in the near future. The great thing about this project is that he has some HUGE names in the industry helping him out including Marty Hansen aka The Godbeast, who is doing all the resin casting for him... and Kirby from Rotofugi, who has taken the rad photos you see above of the prototype sculpt! The figure is approx. 5.5" tall, will be articulated at the shoulders, and is set to be released in hand painted editions of 5. When ready, they will be up at the official Galaxxor blog HERE, which is also the place where you can follow the process of the creation of this rad looking space robot!

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"Photos from the Uglyverse" a David Horvath and Sun-Min Kim UglyDoll show at GR2

[PRESS] Giant Robot is proud to host Photos from the Uglyverse, an art show featuring work by Uglydolls creators David Horvath and Sun-Min Kim. Photos from the Uglyverse will include a collection of super-limited edition of prints taken from Horvath and Kim's current projects with Abrams Books and beyond. Horvath adds, "Can't find GR2? Just look for the giant jumping Uglydoll outside!"

September 11 - September 29, 2010
Reception: Saturday, September 11, 6:30 - 10:00

GR2
2062 Sawtelle Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90025
gr2.net

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Lulubell's is GLOWING with CURE

Just when you thought you had finished buying vinyl toys for the month Lulubell Toy Bodega presents these amazing kaiju figures from Japanese toy company CURE... and the best part about them is that they glow!!!! These are all GID vinyl with multi-colored sprays making them pop no matter what the lighting situation is! The "200% GID Devil Boogie-Man" is up for pre-sale right now for only $120, and the ever popular "Suck Flys" are up for pre-order as well and are going to be blind bagged - four possible - each retailing for $25! Head on over HERE now, go quick and snatch em' up before these disapear into the darkenss!

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Hello Again Monsters rad plush creations

Artist Romiette hails to us from the lovely city of Seattle and she produces vinyl plush monsters... and they are RAD! Under the moniker "Hello Again Monsters" she has assembled a small army of rad creatures that will surly bring joy, or maybe terror (in a good way), into the homes of those that choose to welcome them! Each one is individually handmade and equally awesome, and the best part... they are all totally reasonably priced! Head on over to her shop HERE and pick one up today for your collection, you know you wanna... how can you resist!

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