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.
It's time for some shameless self promotion! Ardabus Rubber here...I've been busy getting ready for DesignerCon, and the day has finally arrived. The picture above is a taste of what I'll have available, at both the SpankyStokes.com booth #203 and the Custom Toy Union booth #308. Plenty of my paintings are also available, so come check those out, as well as LOTS of customs by some incredible artists. I'll be wearing a black kidrobot hat and a black t-shirt, so come say hello!! Click the pic to make the image a lot bigger, or check out my website for more art and customs.
This year the Rustedhalo/KAIJUX-3 booth will be #404 at Designer-Con, and these 2 artists are bringing their "A" game with all kinds of special releases including KiLL's special "DARK DETECTIVE" Tentapuss plush. This 6" Tentapuss is dressed as his favorite detective, and are set to retail for $10 each. Next up is the "GOLDEN GLORY DROID" bootleg, where this figure is a tribute to a famous vintage error card showcasing a certain droid in all of his golden glory! These are hand cast resin and look sweet, set to retail for $25!
Also up is the debut collab resin figure by both KiLL! and Rustedhalo, as they have combined their talents to create "MUTANT CYLEK" which is a mashed up mutation of some sci-fi greats, limited colorway limited to 4 pieces and retailing at $40 each! Not to mention some rad t-shirts and a small custom run of "Kaibutsu No Nekos" and other misc items... stop by booth #404 and check it all out!
Holding out until the very last minute... obviously to build anticipation is the Brothers Washburn and their amazing Color Ink Book booth #218 at Designer-Con this year, and they just announced that they will be releasing a new Lurker figure from Skinner called the "Arctic" edition! This 6" tall resin figure is blue and white with red eyes and is 100% GID, and it will be limited to only 15 pieces!!!!! They will also be dropping pint-sized 2" Lurkers in an edition of 50 pieces with plans to take on your M.U.S.C.L.E. collection in a fight to the death, and along with these hard, ridgid, resin, releases they will follow up with some nice, soft, cuddly, EPIC neon plush Lurkers with plans on burning out your retinas and kidnapping your children.
Do you love monsters as mush as I do... or should I say as much as Paul Vincett does, who is the owner/operator/creative genius behind Stitches and Glue, a monster making factory :-) where up until now Paul has been cranking out monsters at his specifications... Well now is your turn to take the driving wheel, change the color, the appearance, the shape... it's on you now, and keep in mind that theses custom monsters measure 10"x20", and are made from high grade faux leather, faux fur. With hand casted facial features and arm armature to allowing the monster to be posable. All the detailing is hand painted, with a great attention to detail... and now Includes claws! They also come complete with official Monster workshop dog tag and adoption pack which includes adoption certificate, story card and stickers! Are you ready to take that next step, and adopt this lovable beast... head on over HERE now and get crackin!
Also S&G is running a promotion until the international cut-off date of the 1st of December (for standard to the US) where is you spend over £50, you get a free mini lucky monster claw. how cute are those severed arms... who needs a lucky rabbits foot when you can have a monster arm, right?!?
SpankyStokes.com booth # 203 is going to be housing all kinds of amazing art by some seriously talented artists, one of those is the above custom by artist Ian Ziobrowski as his rad 8" tall custom Munny with 2-heads titled "Nuggzilla" will be on display and sale this weekend. According to Ian this character "Nuggzilla" is a case of bad smoke, and you never know when it creeps up, haha! Stop on by and check this out in person, you won't be disappointed!
Mikie Graham aka Zombiemonkie is primarily known for his work with Blamo Toys, well just recently he has taken on his own personal side project an and today you are getting a first look at his new artistic venture, a small self run toy line named "Yokaiju." Mikie will be releasing his first character titled "Oni Baba" this weekend at Dcon. Mikie says that Oni Baba "is portrayed wearing a traditional Japanese Hannya mask. Hannya masks have been worn in Japanese Noh Theater for hunderds of years to represent a jealous or malicious woman whom has gone mad and transformed into demon form."
These figures are hand-cast in resin and hand-painted, and one of the really cool things about these figures is that they have articulation in the hands! "Oni Baba" comes housed in a traditional Kaiju style bag and header. Each purchase includes a printed 6X9 bio card / mini character print. This "Blue Demon" colorway is a limited edition of ONLY 8, 4 of which will be available this coming weekend at SpankyStokes.com Dcon booth #203 for $90.
The word and concept of "Yokaiju" are a mash up of two Japanese terms. 1: Yokai: traditional Japanese ghosts and monsters created over hundreds of years of oral story telling. Yokai are more than just monsters, they are unique characters with interesting back stories that often have a strong moral core. 2: Kaiju: giant battle monsters, shrunken down into a unique monster figure. Combining the two words you get a nonsense jumble word "Yokaiju" which perfectly encapsulates Mikie's concept: fun, creepy, handmade monster toys that you can love, collect, and yes, even fight with!
[PRESS]Neon Monster x Pretty In Plastic is proud to present "PSNAIL" an Exclusive Designer-Con exhibit of unique works by artists: Arbito, Castleforte, John Crowe, Julie West, Leecifer, Le Merde, Mark Nagata, Pretty In Plastic/Julie B., Reuben Rude, Shane Geil/Hello Maggot, and a few surprise guests! These special 3" custom Psnails will be for sale at Designer-Con via booth #119 and online starting Sunday Nov. 21st @ www.neonmonster.com. For pictures and info on each one of these extraordinary pieces, hit the link HERE for the complete rundown!
Happy Panda Toys is super excited to be attending Designer-Con this year... not only are they going to have a booth, but they will be releasing their first production vinyl figure... Project Detonate's "Poison Sweet"! They will have 50 pieces of this figure available at the show, and Yoseill will be signing at the HPT booth #112 at noon! This figure also has a super special price, esclusivley for the con, which is only $55... RAD, be sure you stop by and get one come Saturday!
Paul Kaiju has been rip-roaring on a custom toy rampage... getting all his ducks in a row, or should I say elephants as he is getting packed up and ready to make the trip to Pasadena for Designer-Con. Along with his charming self, he plans on bringing copious amounts of vinyl goodness including some amazing custom Gobons, Boss Carrion's, Pollen Kaiser's, and he even made little custom Boss Racer cars! he is going to have the majority of this at his booth #420, but come by the SpankyStokes.com booth #203 as we will have up for grabs that beautiful "Pumpkin Pie" Boss Carrion for your consumption!
Super7 is not only hosting a HUGE show at their shop on November 20th,, but they will also be on hand at Designer-Con releasing some awesome vinyl figures! First up is the Monster Family "Brown" Garuru, designed by Itokin Park. This figure stands 4" tall, is cast in brown vinyl, and will be available for $30.
Their other release is the first painted version of the mascot-scale Burgerbuns, designed by Le Merde.... keep in mind that this one is not technically "exclusive", as they will be offering it at the Super7 Store as part of the Custom Burgerbuns art show, but nonetheless all you crazy kids at Dcon can grab one! This figure is 6" tall, cast in purple vinyl, and available for $50. They will also have some past releases available, as well as some Super7 t-shirts, and a few other goodies.
Bic Plastics is proud to announce the release of Marka27's 8" Half Dead "G.I.D" Bic Buddy at Designer-Con 2010 for only $60!! The "OG" version of this figure looks AWESOME in person, and I can only imagine how rad this GID is going to be! These will be available in a very limited amount during the Con at booth #306, so be the first to add this Buddy to your collection!
Muttpop will be at the Designer-Con in Pasadena this Saturday 11/20/10 from 10am to 5pm at booth #212. They will be selling a few different goodies including copies of the Tequila Gamma Ray figure... which this is the first time this figures is being offered for sale outside of France, and they will retail for $80.00 (Cash Only)! They will also be showing off the paint sample of their much anticipated King Katch figure (Left) which is set to make its retail debut this December!
[PRESS] This special exhibition of over 100 original paintings by artist Bwana Spoons features portraits of vintage Star Wars™ action figures done in the artist's signature style. Bright colors, rainbows, humor and fart jokes come though in what Bwana calls, "an awesome dream project." Dov Kelemer and Sarah Jo Marks of DKE Toys commissioned Bwana Spoons to reinterpret each vintage Kenner Star Wars™ action figure from the original line 1977-1985.
These creative interpretations include not only the popular figures but also variations that every Star Wars fan will love! The show will be on display for one day only at DesignerCon, an art and design convention that smashes together collectible toys and designer apparel with urban, underground and pop art. For more information on DesignerCon visit www.designercon.com
Someone has been a busy little beaver, and that somebody is Nathan Hamill! He is set to release some new resin figures at Designer-Con this Saturday, and from the looks of it... there seems to be a new face in the mix. Introducing "Curiosity" resin, this little whipper-snapper is going to release in a very limited edition of 8 "OG" pieces and will retail for $80.
Next up is Nathan's rad "TyrannoCECILrex" figure in a luscious new "Bloodington" edition which is limited to only 15 pieces and will retail for $60! Both of these will be available at the Pretty In Plastic booth #119! Also to note, we here at SpankyStokes.com will be raffling off an AP of each of these resins at booth #203. The special tickets will be handed out at 1pm and the drawing will take place at 2pm... right after that Nathan will be available for a signing at Pretty In Plastic.
For many in the toy collecting world ThreeA is more than just a toy company. The legion as it's known is a community that collects great toys but more importantly looks after it's own and shares a tight knit bond. That's why a few weeks ago when news spread that Gimbat one of the mod's for the forum and the news source for all things 3A be it of twitter, various forums or facebook, had a heart attack it came as quite a blow. Gimbat being a modest person didn't say much about it and preferred to keep a low profile but now as he's starting to get his strength back we can all breathe a sigh of relief. And yet for Gimby there is still the many tests and doctor appointments for him to come as he's very young (mid 30's) to have a heart attack. There has been a fundraiser privately going for Gimby for a few weeks now, so if anyone would like to send a donation even if its just a few dollars, today would be a great day to do so as it's the final day of the fundrasier. So if your interested please send any donations via paypal to Dolly@karrellis.com
I am sure you have heard of the new resin figure that has come out in the past few months named "Gumpy", well creator of said figure Jose R. just completed a Sketchbot for the upcoming show at Munky King TODAY! Jose states that "The Gumpy is at it again , trying to mimic another. He might have taken it to far this time by taking out the competition he hopes to replace the Sketchbot. Will anybody know the difference , who knows?" I can't really tell what's going on, but it really looks like Jose used his Gumpy figure to be apart of the Sketchbot design... time will tell!
Remember... not only is Designer-Con this weekend, also going down on November 20th, 2010 is Le Merde’s custom "Burgerbuns" show! This is so rad, and the customs I have seen so far are top notch. In fact to get you all amped up, Mike has put together a little slide show that showcases some of the amazing customs that are going to be seen at the show... peep it below!
NoseGo just announced that he will be releasing a new shirt design he is calling "Lucky Cat" next week, but now is your opportunity to pull the trigger on this and pre-order it today! These shirts are only $13 and with each order comes a free print... can't beat that! This offer ends the 24th of November, so hop to it!
Speaking of Sucklord... Bic Plastics just announced that they will not only have Sucklord on hand signing from 3pm-4pm, but they also have Ritzy Periwinkle signing from 12pm-1pm, Kano signing from 1pm-2pm, Dez Einswell signing from 2pm-3pm... so booth #316 is going to be popping! Along with the signings they will all be releasing some cool T-Shirts, Prints, Toys, and other limited items for sale.
Sucklord made his way for NYC to attend Designer Con this year and along with his presence he is gracing us with some new figures as well! Available at the DKE booth #100 will be 2 new resin figures... first up is a new 'Dumny' figure in Dcon "Blue" which is limited to only 13 pcs at $40 a pop as well as a sweet "Gay Empire Space Mutant" limited to only 16 pcs at $60. He will also have some prints available as well as a signing at the Bic Plastics booth #316 from 3pm-4pm!
Artist Kathleen Ney has been doing art for quite some time now, and recently we featured one of her amazing t-shirt designs on our site... now she is proud to announce the release of a new series of giclee prints, she is calling "Graphic Florals". These look fantastic and a a step back from the norm... if interested you can pick these up HERE!
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Muttpop will be at the Designer-Con in Pasadena this Saturday 11/20/10 from 10am to 5pm at booth #212. They will be selling a few different goodies including copies of the Tequila Gamma Ray figure... which this is the first time this figures is being offered for sale outside of France, and they will retail for $80.00 (Cash Only)! They will also be showing off the paint sample of their much anticipated King Katch figure (Left) which is set to make its retail debut this December!
