"Bad Genesis" custom Mr. Power from Cpassek

French designer Cpassek of Gangtoyz shares with us today his latest custom, and just like his previous completed pieces, this one just blows us away! This was his first custom on the Mr. power platform and he has titled this piece "Bad Genesis"... where I am not certain but it looks like he took the exact state of which Frank Castle transformed into the rad comic book character The Punisher! What a fantastic representation, and flawless execution. I love seeing customs from Cpassek as they are all top notch, more please :-)

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NYCC asks... are you part of the Cultyard?

Well are you? I will let you answer that question later... I guess the real question is do you want to be part of NYCC Cultyard... well now is your opportunity. As New York Comic Con continues to grow they are branching out and giving all the attended what they want, and those voices have been loud, so loud that with the help from StrangeCo they have adopted the "SDCC" Cultyard badge and have adapted it for NYCC this year... meaning all your favorite art/toys/design booths will be in one spot, so you don't have to travel far at all to take in all the designer toy goods!

Who's involved so far:
Chocolate Soop & Sketchbot, DKE, ESC-Toy, Executive Replicas, Go Hero, Jailbreak Toys, Lost Art Chains, Mimoco, Monster Worship + Plaseebo, myplasticheart, Onell Design, Raje, Reckless Toys, Retro-A-Go-Go, RockLove Jewelry, StrangeCo, Tara McPherson, Tenacious Toys, Tokidoki, Toy Tokyo, Toyqube, Zero Friends, and you... they still have about 6 spots left, so if you have been on the fence about signing up check out the contact info below!

Artists attending so far:
AW177, Bob Conge, Brent Nolasco, David Horvath, DrilOne, Jason Freeny, J*Ryu, NEMO, OsirisOrion, Patricio Oliver, Pushead, Rsin, Ron English, Simone Legno, Sket-One, Tara McPherson, VISEone, and many more!

So do you want to get involved and snag up a booth in this exclusive "Art" area? Well if you do you can contact Lawrence A. Settembrini via lsettembrini@reedexpo.com who is the Head Curator of Exhibits & Sponsorships... let him know your interested, and he will make it happen for you! For more information on this as well as up to date info on attending guests, visit the Cultyard Facebook page HERE!

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Smash Tokyo Toys at Designer-Con?

With Designer-Con approaching what does Smash Tokyo Toys have for their SpankyStokes.com giveaways this time around? At SDCC we saw their whacky handmade SEISMIC CENTURION Magnets hand cast by Mattyboombatty and some of the kids he works with but this time Matty is upping the crazy factor with his 3" scale DIY kits that come blindbagged with various colored mini SEISMIC ACE heads. Shown are the unpainted, plastic and machined at factory heads. Awesome! These are the same heads in smaller scale that come with the exciting SEISMIC SALLY custom doll showing up around the web (bottom left). There are also rumors of a vinyl collab toy coming out between JPK and Smash Tokyo Toys in the near future which would be very interesting.

Even better each bag comes with a free Lego minifigure thrown in to put the heads on if you choose. Matty says "Look, the heads fit on just about anything 3" and under so you can booty up anything you want. Want to make Luke Skywalker into Luke SeismicWalker than pop one of these between his shoulders!" There'll be more SMASH TOKYO TOYS CUSTOM giveaways and more pics of the finished products as the Con gets closer.

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CIRCUS POSTERUS: Dragon*Con 2010

Circus Posterus is set to release some amazing things at this years Dragon*Con... and I just have to say they are really pulling out all the stops with all of the artists involved with CP including Brandt Peters, Kathie Olivas, SAS and Colin Christian, Travis Louie, and Chris Ryniak. Below is a full schedule and a press release verbatim with info regarding all of their releases... so be sure to read it all very carefully, and get there early because these release will sell out fast!

FRIDAY (SEPTEMBER 3): Starting on Friday @ 4 PM… International recognized art duo, Sas and Colin Christian will be signing. Colin will be debut releasing his new HB3K (Hater Blocker 3000): a super limited edition sculpture (sculpted and painted by Colin himself // ed. 10 // 12” x 8”) made of fiber glass and silicon… each one will be unique with its own color variation of pin striping, goggles, etc. // Sas will be introducing her much acclaimed “SUPERNATURE” painting as an oversize giclee print – only a few will be on hand for this awesome event – Don’t miss out!

HB2K: $650 (each) ed. 10
SuperNature print: $200 (each) ed. 50
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SATURDAY (SEPTEMBER 4): Saturday @ 11 AM… Fine Artists and Creature/monster, and character designers: Travis Louie & Chris Ryniak will be sketching and signing…

This session marks the first release in Circus Posterus’ signature line of artist Skelves – The first release – Chris Ryniak’s CUSPID SKELVE (1sy colorway) will debut-release in a super limited quantity (Chris not only hand sculpted the mask, but has also hand painted every one of these production figures // only 12 will be on hand for the event). Travis Louie will be releasing his new 2010 postcard set, taking on weekend commissions and as well releasing a brand new t-shirt design to kick off Circus Posterus’ new line of clothing, apparel and accessories. In addition to the above mentioned D*C releases, both artists will have a small amount of custom CP figures on hand for the event… sketches, prints, books and other swag will be available on hand from these artists all weekend.

Artist Skelve Series: Chris Ryniak "Cuspid" Skelve: $165 (each) ed. 30
Travis Louie Postcard Series: $28 (each) w/ mini print (+ $15)
Travis Louie CP TIGER TIGER T-Shirt: $30 (each)
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SUNDAY (SEPTEMBER 5): Sunday @ 1 PM… Circus Posterus Studio founders and international art couple, Kathie Olivas and Brandt Peters will end the weekend with their sketch and signing session. They will be kicking off this signing with what has become their signature, staple release at Dragon*Con – The Plasma edition. Last year’s Plasma figure, Jack and Lucky, sold out in record time… so don’t miss out on this much sought after color-way… the follow up with this years’ Plasma release will be both a standard size 9” Skelve and a mini Skelve… and if that wasn’t enough -- Circus Posterus X Super 7 X Dragon*Con will be releasing their first glow-in-the-dark Big Sal vinyl figure. Supplies are limited. In addition to the above mentioned D*C releases, both artists will have a small amount of custom CP figures on hand for the event… sketches, prints, books and other merchandise will be available on hand from these artists all weekend.

Plasma Skelve: $150 (each) ed. 66
Mini Plasma Skelve: $50 (each) ed. 100
Super 7 // Dragon*Con Big Sal: $30 (each)
*NEW KO/BP T-Shirts: $30 (each)
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Also available at the Circus Posterus booth will be a selection of original work from many of the guest artists, art books, new limited edition prints and t-shirts. Most of the CP guest artists will be participating on panels at Dragon*Con throughout the event.

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"Sketchbot" Marshall's by Steve Talkowski

Tenacious Toys is hosting an upcoming "Marshall" blind-box custom series, and we have seen reveals of a few set so far from Nemo and OsirisOrion and now we are getting a great look at Steve Talkowski's rad customs for this series where he re-interpreted this shape into his own Sketchbot figure... in fact we have the OG yellow colorway, and he also created the next versions of his Sktechbot figure, which are yet to be released... the pink and the blue, great job on these Steve! This custom series is based on the Marshall platform designed by 64Colors and produced by Rotofugi. Tenacious toys has assembled a group of artist that all have been tasked to create a certain amount of customs, which when released will sell for $50 a piece! Keep your eyes open for more on this series, but until then just peep the artist list below!

Artist Roster:
Mike "NEMO" Mendez, Brent Nolasco, OsirisOrion, Ian Ziobrowski, Den Ramos, LYS0L, Rolo, Bryan Collins, Phetus, John "Spanky" Stokes, Leecifer, Steve "Sketchbot" Talkowski, and ZAM

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Release the "Techno Viking"...

Carlos and Ernesto East aka The Beast Brothers are unleashing their awesome AP Dunny from the 2010 series titled "Techno Viking". They only have 24 of these available so be sure hop on this, oh and did I mention that not only do you get the figure signed and numbered with an artist proof card including all of the amazing accessories that come with this figure, but you also get a full set of their awesome buttons and a neon sticker (left). These are going to retail for 90$ + s&h in their store HERE right now... and will sell very fast, so go quick before it's to late!

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Red Carpet Kaiju Show... updates featuring Mark Nagata, OsirisOrion, and Emilio Garcia!

Today we have some more updates for this weekends HUGE Red Carpet Kaiju Show going down at Toy Art Gallery on September 4th, and first up are some of Mark Nagata's submissions for this show including some amazing looking custom TriPus, Neo Eyezon, Kaiju Eyezon, and his Mecha Eyezon which all look fantastic, not to mention his own OG sculpt for the TAG exclusive Alien Argus figure.

Next up are some awesome looking custom from OsirisOrion as he continues to develop his rad "Oil Slick" technique as he applies it to so many figures including a Elegab Shuttlegon, Puppet Minis, and Monster Patrol Car... also on Dream Rockets Marnons and a Zollmen Zudon... some seriously rad looking work for sure!

We also have a look at Emilio Garcia's TAG exclusive 2" custom Mini Jumping Brain which features 2x20 separate versions: a black version with golden highlights and a red version featuring gold highlights... these will be available during the show, and I am sure Emilio has other customs up his sleeve for this event!

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"Gold" Tuttz Cookies-N-Cream Wave 2 teaser...

Seeing as Argonaut Resins is making their second go-around of their exclusive Tuttz releases... we are now getting a look at wave 2 of the "Gold" Tuttz Cookies-N-Cream versions... and boy do they look rad! These will feature signed figures, custom numbered boxes and signed certificate's of authenticity. Look for these to drop very soon in the Cookies-N-Cream webstore!

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"Karuzo" mini figure series revealed with first design by French artist BUNKA!

We have been following the development and creation of "Karuzo", the brainchild of Mexican artists Chauskoskis and Frank Mysterio, where we first saw this developed as a 6.5" resin figure... well now I am proud to announce an upcoming mini-series that is going to include 24 designs by some of today's top customizers and graphic artist out there, and above is the first look at one of these designs by French artist BUNKA, as he thrills us with some fantastic line work which really takes full advantage of the size and shape of this figure!

This set of mini-figures will be blind boxed and measure 4" tall, and will be about that thick around as well. Stay tuned for more updates as they roll in, as we still have 23 more designs to unveil... AWESOME! So can you make out any other designers in that very pixelated picture above... I can, but I will leave that up to you all to figure out :-)

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Series Zero "Girl" & "Ninja" Bitbots revealed...

Jats Gill just sent over some new images of his Bitbots Jinny designer blind-box figures and today we are getting a look at two new designs, the first being "GIRL" on the top by artist Camille Descartes and "NINJA" on the bottom by artist Valentina Grasso which both looks awesome, but I am partial to Valentina's design... because it's a ninja!! So now we have seen 6 of the 8 blind boxed designs for the upcoming Series Zero release party which is going down on September 9th, 2010 at Play Lounge London. Stay tuned as more figures will be revealed in the coming weeks!

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"Snap! Tag! Create!"... win a DIY vinyl MEGA figure!

Artist Mo Abedin, based out of Dubai, and his rad company Foo Dog is giving all of us the opportunity to win 3 of their cool DIY "MEGA" figures in a contest/competition they are calling 'Snap! Tag! Create!' The best part about this competition though is that there are no country restrictions as they will ship the MEGA to the winner anywhere in the world, and seeing as MEGA is only available in Dubai at the moment this is a great opportunity for people to try and get their hands on one! The competition starts now and runs until the 27th of September 2010, and if your interested... visit their site HERE to get all the info and supplies needed to compete!

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MyMimi's awesome "Happy Letter" pillow

Mymimi have just released a new cushion called "Happy Letter" which measures approximately 6" tall x 9" wide x 3" deep, and is made from 100% cotton and stuffed with 100% fiberfill. This cute little pillow will go great with pretty much any room decor, and will most definitely be the conversation piece. You can pick yours up HERE for only $18... so what are you waiting for :-) ?

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Custom Munny "Possum" by Andrew R. Shondrick

Andrew R. Shondrick is an artist working out of Cleveland, OH. and has a very traditional background as an oil painter... but as of recently he is taking a stab at his first DIY figure and WOW is my initial reaction as I can't wait to see more! He did this for a Munny-themed show sponsored by Vivid Plastic Toys, in what they hope will be the first of an annual event.

Andrew really took his time on this piece, and it reflects as it is really out of the ordinary to see a Munny as a possum, let alone a custom hanging upside down. He also based this off an older painting he completed titled “An Awesome Possum Hung From the Moon Trying to Steal the Stars from the Sky.” and as you can see, the execution was spot on, and like I mentioned earlier, can't wait to see more customs from Andrew!

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"Snackz" zipper pulls from Titanium Toyz

Tony Titanium has a new line of vinyl zipper pulls debuting at New York Comic Con at the A.G.E. studios booth. These are called "Snackz" zipper pulls created as a line through his company Titanium Toyz. This character, just like he previous release, is called stud because... well quite frankly he's a muffin and he's handsome. For more information on this release as well as upcoming projects, visit his website HERE!

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Nemo - Promo video for Arth Hustle Series 1

Mike Mendez aka Nemo sent over a really cool video showcasing his artist series card for the already released and HUGE hit Art Hustle series 1 trading card set. The video pretty much just steps through what Nemo did as an added bonus that was slipped into random packs. This series is really great and if you have not seen them yet, check out the Art Hustle site HERE!

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Buy a toy, get a free shirt...

Jesse Narens aka Ghost & Flower just sent over a little promotion he is doing where if you purchase a resin Mossback or custom from him, you will be able to get one of these for free. Just put which color and size you would like in the note section... but keep on mind sizes are extremely limited. Also you can purchase these for $10 in the shop if you don't feel like picking up a custom with it... but I would most definitely go for the first option :-) Jesse says that it was a tedious task to design this, as he actually cut open a bunch of apples and stole their seeds to lay out the letters... rad!

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