This website is about any and everything that sparks the creative genius in all of us. By profession I am a Graphic Designer, and enjoy all aspects of design. From traditional to urban from resin to vinyl, these are all great mediums and deserve to be explored. On top of that everything from music to movies from guns to graffiti.
Matthew Waldman, owner and head man over at Nooka, had asked the guys from Coarse Toys to customize one of their new vinyl Nooka figures... and WOW did they ever! Taking one of their fantastic 'Noop' bodies they utilized the shape of the Nooka 'U' shape and adapted it to the head of what is now titled "The Infinite Hunt". Mark from Coarse states "The noop proudly shows of his best side. A shiny presence in his latest swag, high in the sky with his hands covered and fully exposing all his amenities, visible to anyone hunting out in the wild. Appearing innocent on the outside, but calculating deep down. Waiting to be in demand and 'shot'. This hunter will become a trophy. A continuous cycle of seduction." One thing that blows me away with Coarse's work is not only the perfect craftsmanship of their figures, but the photography taken of them is flawless! This resin figure is currently being shown at Kapok in Hong Kong, so if you are near there be sure to sop by and take a look at this magnificent piece in person!
We are pleased to announce another exclusive release for Designer-Con this Saturday at the SS.com booth#203 as Yosiell Lorenzo aka Project Detonate has painted up 5 custom 3" Dunny's in the rad style we have come to know and love from him. These little guys may look harmless, but don;t get your fingers to close as they are known to nibble! Stop by and pick these up for $60 each, and remember these will be sold on a first-come first-served basis so get there early!
HOLY SMOKES!!! You looking for some awesome custom toys... make sure you stop by the SpankyStokes.com booth #203 at Designer-Con this Saturday and check out the amazing works by artist Mike P. aka Nebulon5. He has taken his time to mask off each one of these vinyl figures, and paint them with pin-point accuracy, and you'd be hard pressed to see cleaner lines and transitions from other artists world-wide! Oh... and above is just a taste of what Mike has to offer as he is holding back a few gems to reveal at the show!
Erick Scarecrow is proud to announce his latest and greatest colorway of his Wet-Suit Maria vinyl figure! This version dubbed "Buru Daiba" is going to be an exclusive release for Tomenosuke in Japan and will be limited to only 50 pieces worldwide. Each figure is signed by the artist and packed in blister tray with window box. The first 8 purchases get a 8"x10" Giclee print and each serial is automatically entered for the second raffle for the S.Maria Shiro figure! The 2nd drawing will be done Black Friday 11/26/10 on ESC Twitter 12am EST. The "Buru Daiba" is set to retail for $75 and is going to drop this Saturday, November 20th, 2010!
[PRESS]Toy2R drops the Skelanimal Qee assortment on the world waking the dead, but to add to the excitement of having the regular assortment on hand during the con, Toy2R presents the special edition exclusives, debuting this Saturday at Designer Con in Pasadena. Featuring Jason Freeny's 2.5" Visible Chungkee Qee - available in Classic Black and Arctic Clear Blue, which will be available via Dragatomi's booth, only 25 pieces at the show! Both are limited to only 1000 pieces each worldwide and with the heat that Freeny is developing with his recent anatomy sculpts - collectors now have a chance to add some of his art to their collections without breaking the bank! Even the blind box for his special editions were designed by Freeny!!
Also featuring Jon Paul Kaiser's 2.5" Skullee Marcy Qee (red variant) and Frank Mysterio's Black Skull Chungkee (all black variant) - these two special editions will also be available at the Toy2R / Apex booth. JPK's red infused variant and Frank's Luchadore Qee are both special edition releases, also limited to only 1000 pieces each.
As a special note - hot designer retailer NEON MONSTER is currently offering the Jason Freeny 2.5" Visbile Chungkee Qee GID Edition through their webstore - so add to your Freeny Collection with this limited edition gem. Limited to 500 pieces through Neon Monster exclusively!
Gold Coin just announced that they put the whole HIEROMAN collection up in their shop and it's now available HERE! This collection includes 2 tee styles, a sweatshirt, woodallion necklace, key chain and of course the HIEROMAN vinyl toy. This all started as a collab with legendary hip-hop crew Hieroglyphics and it branched out into something BIG! The piece titled "Hieroman" is a vinyl figure that stands 7" tall, has an articulated head that shows off the classic Hiero logo face on one side and the signature GOLD COIN logo on the other. Head on over HERE now to pick up that sweet vinyl figure, and check out all the other goods while your at it!
Nathan Hamill has teamed up with Kat Brunnegraff to create some really cool looking limited edition Boris plushes which are going to be available at Designer-Con via the U1 Toy Arts' booth #403 for $10 a pop!
The HUGE upcoming Sketchbot #2 show is quickly approaching, and in fact we are 2 days away for the show launch! To get you excited for the show, which is hosted by Munky King, Steve Talkowski curator of the show, and creator of the Sketchbot figure, has put together a new set of teaser images featuring: George Gaspar, LYSOL, Overkill Creations, Ritzy P, Nathan Hamill, Ayleen Gaspar, Betso, Triclops, Kelly Denato, Pocket Wookie, Sour Bones, and Abe Lincoln Jr.!. Stay tuned as there are over 75 artists in this show... meaning there will be a ton more teasers to follow :-)
[PRESS]LOVE MOVEMENT is an art show using vinyl toys to deliver universal messages about love. After reflecting on the lack of love in the world, recently married artists, Shin Tanaka and Nao Shimojo, sent blank versions of their character toys to over 50 other artists around the world, including some who are also couples. The artists were asked to customize the toys with their designs and be part of the LOVE MOVEMENT. Each artist's interpretation is different from the next.
The finished works from Japan, America and Europe will be exhibited at SUPERFROG Gallery in San Francisco. LOVE MOVEMENT is free and open to the public from December 11th through January 16th. Shin and Nao are flying in for the opening reception, which will feature original art toys and canvases, a Japanese beatboxer, live painting by Shin and animation by Shin & Nao. LOVE MOVEMENT is Shin & Nao's first major art show in the US. They used their own money to manufacture and ship 100 vinyl toys to other artists. Shin and Nao view their figures as little messengers of love... and this is the part where YOU come into play!
Jeremy Brautman is helping them throw this show and is hoping to raise $3,000 for Shin and Nao's airfare from Tokyo and a place to stay near the gallery in San Francisco. Seeing as they put up all the money to get this ball rollin the least you can do is give back, so that is why Jeremy started a Kickstarter account to help raise some funds and if they receive more, your contributions will help pay back the costs of manufacturing the toys in Japan ($3,500) and shipping them around the world ($1,500+). IF you feel compelled to donate to this very worthy cause visit the site HERE and give what you can! Also, hit the jump for the massive list of artists involved in this show!
Nick from 'This is Vinyl' just passed along some info that I think would go over well for most all collectors out there... especially as we are all gearing up for the holiday season! Most of us are very fortunate to be able to purchase many great toys throughout the year. However, it's most unfortunate there are many needy kids who will not even receive a single toy to open on Christmas morning. 'This is Vinyl' would like to encourage everyone to do something for the underprivileged children. They are calling on the collector community to donate a toy to a charity for the holidays and in return you will be entered in a raffle to win a threeA Popbot from 'This is Vinyl'.... AWESOME!
How do you enter... that's easy just give a new toy to a toy drive or charity of your choice (for example - Toys for Tots, Goodwill). To be entered in the raffle, just send us an email describing the toy you gave and the name of the charity to noel@thisisvinyl.com by December 20th. They will then pick the winner and announce who it is on December 27th.
Frozen Empire Toys just added a ton of stuff up in their online store HERE including some seriously smokin deals on some hard to find designer vinyl pieces! I bet that caught your attention huh!?!?! Lot's of new items have been coming into stock as of late as they gear up for the upcoming Holiday shopping season so what are you waiting for... start buying!
We get to look forward to a series of 20 DROIDS coming over 20 DAYS, starting the 22nd of November from Tesselate Toys! What does this entail... no word on that yet but what we do know is that each droid will be cast in resin, limited to one of each and hand painted/finished and each one will come with their own handmade packaging. Did this pique your curiosity... us too, and if you want more info you can follow Tesselate Toys on Twitter HERE as they will be dropping hints here and there!
As the days draw nearer to the opening of Sketchbot #2, we continue to get teasers in our inbox of some really sweet customs... and today Ritzy P. is sharing with us a great little teaser of her submission which is titled "Skulls for Days"... I can't wait to see more! She also just announced that she will be doing a signing from 12pm-1pm at the Bic Plastics booth #316 where at that time she will be selling 5 packs of postcards for $5. Each pack measures 4" x 6" and they are printed on 100% recycled FSC certified stock, and if anyone says BAZINGA they can get 2 x 5 packs for $8! Also to note, Ritzy is going to donate 10% of all sales to Kiva.org... awesome!
What does a toy distributor do with damaged toys? Turns them into a fundraiser of course! All year DKE Toys puts broken toys under the stairs in the DKE warehouse in what has become known as "The Graveyard." At Designer Con 2009 DKE Toys had their first ever Graveyard Sale to incredible results. Now DKE is back with more fun stuff this year. I picked some amazing stuff up last year... some rad deals to be had for sure, but get there early!
Come shop for one day only at Designer Con 2010 in Pasadena in this lot of missing box, broken piece, smudged, fudged, no arms, vinyl and designer toys all at Crazy Eddie discount prices and feel good about it! All the proceeds go to the Los Angeles Fire Department "Spark of Love" Holiday Toy Program. In addition this year visit the DKE Garage Sale where DKE will offer all kinds of action figures, new and loose, from Star Wars, Transformers, GI Joe, Power Rangers and more. Source[DKE Press]
Jon Paul Kaiser... that's all that needs to be said, this man's name resonates in the designer toy filed so much these days, and his most recent commission is AMAZING! This was completed on a Coarse JAWS for Jeffrey K. in Singapore and JPK designed this with Star Wars in mind as the theme is a young battered Boba Fett without his helmet on with an aging Krayt Dragon skull! I am honestly blown away by the work Jon does and I apologize if I come off like I am jockin him :-) but for real, dude has some serious talent! One thing that really stands out about his work is the raw form of the original figure stays in tact, and Jon uses the negative space along with distinct lines to create a whole new character! Great stuff man!
We have been following the work of Jason Freeny for quite some time now... his amazing anatomy type projects started out in the digital form, now years later he has been sculpting some amazing custom toys, split in half, and all of his hard work and dedication have brought him some much deserved recognition as Fame Master, the masters of anatomical toy's, are releasing one of his most notable designs The 8" Anatomical Gummi Bear 3D puzzle. This is amazing news, and not only are they dropping one colorway, but 5 total including Orange, Red, Clear, Yellow and Green! Look for these to drop this Spring, and stay tuned for more updates!
Blamo Toys just announced an exclusive Dcon release... in fact this is a new character all around to the Blamoville universe and his name is "Super Micha"! This rock star stands 8" tall and is made of solid hand carved suar wood, and Super Micha comes clothed in hand sewn undies and cape. One of the really cool things about this figure is his guitar accessory features a laser etched Blamo logo into it... rad! You can pick this figure up at Dragatomi's booth #202 for a show special price of $125, and do note that this is extremely limited where it is an edition of 10 pieces, 5 of which will be at Dcon!
Cris Rose just announced a last minute sale on some awesome custom one-off Sprogs and a Rampart which go on sale at 18:00 London time, today, November 17th! All are 1/1 with proceeds going directly to Andy Heng of ToysRevil to assist him and his family after his recent stroke. There are 3 blue Sprogs which are a variant of the 3 given away with my NSPCC "Cup of Tea" custom - the eyes are bronze instead of black. Then there are 3 TRE black and red inverted Sprogs which are a variant of the gold eyed versions sent to Andy himself - the eyes are bronze this time. Head on over to his online store HERE and in a few and snag these up!
Nakanari was one of the elite few to be involved in Squid Kids Ink "So Analog" group show at Designer Con 2010, where he customized their new resin "10-Doh!" figure, and wow did he knock it outta the park! This custom is based on Tony's favorite old school game called "The Legend of Kage" from Namco and Tony mashed up one of his Ninja Spiki figures with it to create "The Legend Of Spiki"... great work man, and you can see this in person at the Squid Kids Ink booth #426 during Dcon!
123KLAN just announced they’re hosting a contest via their brand BANDIT-1$M, thanks to which a lucky winner will get two of 123KLAN’s coveted “Fellastar” designer toys under their Christmas tree. Starting today and until November 29th, participants worldwide can submit a Fellastar-themed video of their making to enter. And the possibilities are endless: animation, film, motion design, stop motion, there’s no limit besides YouTube’s.
If the video getting the most views during the Competing period will be awarded the Grand Prize, it’s also a nice opportunity to get crazy as 123KLAN will select their fave entry to receive a Special Prize!
Oh what's that... another Dcon exclusive... okay :-) Check out what Toy2R is bring to the party, and unlike your normal bean-dip or fruit salad that one normally brings to a shindig, they are bringing seven amazing customized 10" Homer Simpson Qee figures that will be on display at the Toy2R / APex booth #302! these are all fantastic and include works from: DrilOne, Kim Mayhew, and Mike Leathers, Reactor 88, Glass Ink, Mikie Graham, and Slobot. Springfield never saw Homie decked out so cool.
Continuing with the theme of Designer-Con and more specifically The Loyal Subjects above is another awesome piece set to release at Dcon and TLS have onboard once again artist Joe Ledbetter to help lead the charge with this, going to be, much sought after, PICO AND WILSHIRE "LAVA EDITION"! This stark, almost all black set, is going to be released exclusively at DCON and it features a 2-figure set of a Sabertooth Cat named "Pico" who is about 6" tall, and a Wooly Mammoth named "Wilshire" that stands a whopping 12" tall. This set is limited to only 98 units worldwide and will retail for $170.00 at 1pm on Saturday November 20th, 2010 where Joe Ledbetter will be on hand signing Pico and Wilshire during that time. Once again... GET THERE EARLY, there will be a LONG line!
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Frozen Empire Toys just added a ton of stuff up in their online store HERE including some seriously smokin deals on some hard to find designer vinyl pieces! I bet that caught your attention huh!?!?! Lot's of new items have been coming into stock as of late as they gear up for the upcoming Holiday shopping season so what are you waiting for... start buying!
