Ashley Wood just dropped a new picture for
Fighting JC (that's right Jesus Christ) his new Ass kicking
AK figure for
Adventure Kartel. On Sale
Oct. 14at 6p.m. pacific time at
Bambaland. More info to come....
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Dan Orosco aka
D-LuX has been in the custom toy art scene for some time now, always dabbling here and there with anything he could get his hands on, but it wasn't until a few years back when he finally reached his stride and really took a liking to Eastern vinyl, and now all of his hard work has paid off as his first solo show titled "
POORLY VENTILATED" is set to open at
Super 7's new location on Haight St in San Francisco
(how fitting from our last post :-) this Saturday the 25th of September. This show is going to feature
over 40 pieces, a whole slew of customs, done up by Dan which are ALL created using the entire
Monster Kolor system... so you know these will shine! Be sure to hit the jump to get a peek at some items in the show, and come on out this Saturday to support Dan as he is flying out from Detroit for the opening!
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On Sunday, September 19th,
Super7 closed the doors to the Post Street shop it has inhabited in San Francisco's Japantown since June of 2004. The store will re-open this Friday on Haight Street. I stopped by the shop on Saturday, and I was quickly rendered powerless against their 50% off books and magazines sale.
(The $5 and $10 toy bin had already been sufficiently scoured.) I picked up all but one
(sold out and long gone) issue of Super7's Japanese toy culture magazine of the same name. The pages read like a glimpse into another era, which, I guess it was. Volume 2, Issue 2, went out in July of 2004. Looking at the photos of the store and the scene then, are there clues to the splintering of companies and fracturing of friendships that would follow? Hard to say, but damn were there a lot of great toy photos in a really well-designed print publication from the days when "kindle" was just a thing you did to increase fire.
Removed from its Japantown microcosm,
Super7 the store will now be neighbors with other toy and design shops including Kidrobot and Giant Robot. The potential to open up new eyes to Japanese vinyl is there. If you can withstand the scent of piss and patchouli, Haight/Ashbury could soon serve most of your toy-buying needs. Thanks to Josh, Aaron, Alex, Glenn, Brian and everyone else who nerded out and occasionally even got arty over the last several years. See you on the other side.
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Today we are getting a look at
Cris Rose's fantastic submission for the upcoming Jouwe show at
Toy Art Gallery on October 2nd, 2010 in Los Angeles! This creation by Cris is titled "The Metallurgical Evaporator" and has some seriously cool elements incorporated into the custom like all those specifically machined parts, the tubing, wear and tare... I also love the use of the head as he turned it around to alter the shape to fit his needs, great work! This sweet figure also comes with 2 matching resin "Sprogs", one of Cris' newest characters, along with a removable raygun "beam assembly". This is a must see in person as the intricate details aren't done justice through photos, so be sure to come on out to TAG on October 2nd!
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LTD Tee has teamed up with the Jet City Comic Show in Seattle to produce this exclusive shirt with acclaimed comic book artist
Shane White! The show is on 9/25 and tickets are only $8!! Stop by their booth and say what's up to em' at the show! To celebrate the convention, they have offered up this shirt along with an artist print for presale
HERE from September 20th until September 26th, and it's retailing for only $26.99! These shirts come in both men’s and women’s sizes and as a special offer for SS.com readers you can also use discount code
"spankystokes" to get 10% off this shirt!
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The
Steve Brown Gallery has just announced its latest release of limited edition artist Yo-Yo's, this time they teamed up with Kansas City based artist
Jeremy Madl aka MAD, featuring a newly designed "Biker Zombie" character that was seen first at the Art Hustle #2 show
(image on the left), and just like the previous releases these amazing designs are laser engraved into a nice maple blank from
YoYo Factory. This release is going to be limited to only 50 pieces worldwide, and will never be manufactured again. These are set to drop on
September 23rd, 2010 for only
$15 a pop, so set your alarms, mark you calendars, tie a ribbon around your finger so you remember this is going down, because just like the previous releases, this will sell out without a doubt!
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This Thursday, September 23rd,
Gunnzo is hosting a trading party... for what yo may ask, well the details aren't very specific but from what I can tell, and from their very cryptic message it may just be a Dunny release as well. Gunnzo usually only holds these trading parties for Dunny releases and seeing as we have been finding teasers of
Kidrobot's 2-Tone series popping up all over the net... this would only seem fitting. They aren't spilling any beans though, but I am sure more info will drop very soon, what are your thoughts?
Gunnzo2445 Juan St.
San Diego, CA 92110
Time: 6 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
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Today is a good day, especially if your name is
Rsin as he has just been graced with the title of Kidrobot's "King of the Boards" award which is up on the
KRonikle right now... and just like the previous nominations for this award, Lonnie aka Rsin is so deserving of this title, and I can remember joining the KR boards around the same time and watching him grow as an artist is so great to see! So in honor of this award, KR did an
interview with him, and they are also giving away a special customized 8" Dunny that Rsin created. All you need to do is email
wheelbarrow@kidrobot.com with a picture of your most prized Dunny in your collection by 5p EST this Friday, September 24, so get your comments in and good luck. Head on over
HERE now to read the interview, and congrats goes out once again to Lonnie, so rad!
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