Free Goodie Friday 02/11/11 on SpankyStokes.com - Win 3 hand-made figures from Jay222

Who's ready for another Free Goodie Friday... I know I am... and today we have an extra special one thanks to one of the most amazing artists/customizers out there, and the guy with way too many two's in his name, Jay222!!! He put together not 1, not 2, but 3 hand-made customs named "Humphrey", "Harold", and "Hubert" for this giveaway meaning there will be 3 winners... SWEET! Wanna know how to win... well there are a few ways. Fist up you gotta give Jay a follow on Twitter @Jay222toy, he has been super active on there lately and has all kinds of great stuff going on! The next way is a fun one, and seeing as Jay is curating an upcoming show at Dragatomi on April 9th that is a tribute to 'Big Trouble in Little China' he wants you to leave a comment in this post with what your favorite part from BTILC is... simple right (if you have not seen it, make something up)?!?! You can also earn ONE additional entry by using that Twitter account you signed up for, make sure you're following Jay, and enter this text "#FF @Jay222toy to win 3 handmade custom figures on SpankyStokes.com http://bit.ly/exDo8E #SSJAY PLS RT to enter!" You can just copy and paste the above quoted text, without the quotes of course :-) Good luck to all that enter and we will pick 3 random entries on 2/12/2011! Thanks so much to Jay222 for making these figures and for doing this giveaway, you rock homie!

****UPDATE****

We have some winners!!! First up, thanks so much to all that participated in this contest, your really all so great, and secondly i want to thank Jay once again for making these figures for the giveaway... awesome work my man! Now to the good stuff, we picked 3 random entries from the comments and the tweets and came up with, in no particular order, John A. aka crazybaldhed1 - Malicious C. aka maliciouscandy - Katt J. aka BamBamLand! Congrats goes out to all three of you and look forward to a mystery figure hitting your door very soon thanks to the work of Jay222!

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"Bat Argus" by Leecifer

Customs are starting to steadily roll in for the upcoming "Alien Argus" Custom Group Show opening February 26th 2011 at Toy Art Gallery... and today we are getting a look at the awesome work of Leecifer as he turned, once again, an innocent vinyl figure into a batman inspired masterpiece! I am not sure how many "Batman" inspired figures Lee has made but it's gotta be more that 5, and out of the ones I can recall this is by far the coolest 'Batmanization' Lee has done! I absolutely love the talent this man has... how he can take a crazy Alien being and transform him into a mutated Batman... EPIC! To see this in person, be sure to head out to TAG on 2/26/2011... you'll be glad you did! For more pictures... hit up Lee's Flickr.

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**OPENING TOMORROW** "Girls Night Out" group show @ Dragatomi 2/11/2011

We have been seeing previews for the "Girls Night Out" show opening at Dragatomi tomorrow, and have been blown away... and tonight we are getting a little peek at the gallery before it opens its doors tomorrow. The three ladies involved did a stellar job... from Lunabee's fantastic primal yet cute character creation, Julie West's amazingly clean line work on her portraits along with the paired up ornate frames, to Sneaky Raccoon's whimsical world of beastly beauties... this show has it all! Be there tomorrow Saturday, February 12th 2011 at 7pm as this will be a show you don't want to miss. Oh and if these customs tickle yer fancy, you can preview them HERE and snag em up before the show even opens!

Dragatomi
2317 J Street
Sacramento, CA 95816

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**OPENING TOMORROW** Luke Chueh's “Contemptorary Art” @ Corey Helford

Another awesome evening in Southern California, at one of the coolest galleries as Corey Helford Gallery is proud to be playing host to “Contemptorary Art” the new solo show featuring the works of Luke Chueh. There are going to be sixteen new paintings on hand, a chance to get in the art by sketching with Luke as well as the first 800 guests to arrive will receive a FREE Luke Chueh mini-print... not to mention that enormous six foot tall fiberglass sculpture of his “Possessed” figure... check that thing out above!!! Come on out tomorrow night, Saturday, February 12 from 7pm-10pm and enjoy the festivities... see you there!

Corey Helford Gallery
8522 Washington Boulevard
Culver City, CA 90232

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Betso's "Vday" resin bear release

What a nice surprise this was to me... and I am sure is to you, as Betso has been dabbling in resin for the past year or so now he keeps on releasing his cute creature creations in very limited quantities... and that is totally the case with this new resin bear set to drop on Monday, February 14th, 2011! This bear shares the same sentiment that alot of us do on this day, as he has reached into his chest and ripped out his heart... awww schucks! This "Vday" bear is rocking some sweet heart adorned boxers along with a custom paint job, he stands 7.5" tall of pure rotocast resin, and is the only one made... wanna be his owner, well for $100 you can, just email Betso directly at bilbetsovic@yahoo.com to bring this guy home... and maybe, just maybe it will cure his broken heart :-)

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*OPENING TONIGHT* New Moon 2011 @ MPH 2/11/11

myplasticheart is proud to present the 3rd annual New Moon: Interpretations of the Chinese Zodiac group exhibit. This year 24 artists including: 64 Colors, Andrew Bannecker, Catmandru!, Daisy Church, Molly Crabapple, Camilla d’Errico, Jason Freeny, Patrick Gannon, Leontine Greenberg, Harley & Boss, Koralie, Frank Kozik, Travis Louie, Guy Mckinley, Junko Mizuno, Dabs Myla, Noferin, @my Ruppel, Amy Sol, Steve Talkowski, Roland Tamayo, Yosuke Ueno, Julie West, and Yoskay Yamamoto will try their hand at re-imagining the 12 zodiac animals of the Chinese lunar calendar. There will be a wide range of art available including paintings, digital as well as sculptural pieces. Many of the artists will be in attendance at the opening reception to discuss their work. Curated by John Wong and opening up tonight February 11th, 2011 at 6pm, this show will have a little bit of everything... so don't miss out!

myplasticheartnyc
210 Forsyth St.
Lower East Side
New York

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iCOVERS4U now carrying Headphonies!

Carrying some of the coolest iPhone, iPod, and iPad covers around iCOVERS4U is now proud to start carrying accessories to co with that "i" device of yours starting out with Headphonies. These little characters combine the designer vinyl style toy with the functionality of a portable speaker... and these guys pack quite a punch for how big they are. head on over HERE now to pick some up at the crazy low rate of only $20 a piece!

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"Green Eyed and Grumpy" release from Cris Rose

Cris Rose just announced that he has a new release for this upcoming Monday, February 14th, 2011 as he is dropping a new versions of his Sprogs and his Clear Vision Mk1 Mini-Munny! Cris has 10 Sprogs (2.5" handpainted resin robots) and a matching Clear Vision Mk1 Mini Munny (4" hybrid vinyl/resin), and he is calling this the "Green Eyed and Grumpy" series. Each figure sports glossy black bodies and grumpy green eyes, all are limited to just 2 with a single Clear Vision Mk1. The 10 Sprogs priced at $50 each (+ shipping) are being sold blind, and the Clear Vision Mk1 is $150 (+ shipping). You can snag them up via his webstore HERE at the above date!

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Woebots & Ekundayo wall in Hawaii

Lofa from Lightsleepers sent over some sweet pictures of a wall that both Angry Woebots and Ekundayo hit up last Monday at Fresh Cafe in Hawaii for the upcoming Pow Wow Hawaii show! It's really cool to see a collab of this nature go down, watching as both artists unique style merge into one piece... nice work boys!

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"Red Dragon" Myth Warriors from Keithing

Keithing is crackin on some new custom resin Myth Warriors and seeing as Chinese New Year is among us... he painted a very special edition of the his Dragon Warrior that is being called the "Red Dragon". The colors of Red & Gold in Chinese culture means good luck, and good fortune... Keithing also painted the kanji Dragon symbols on the custom box meant to bring you good luck in the coming Year. The "Red Dragon" Warriors will be released HERE as an edition of 8 pieces on February 14th, 2011 at 1pm EST, and are retailing for $238.00 each.

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Plaseebo's new "Molezilla" vinyl teaser...

This Spring Plaseebo will release a new vinyl figure... the best part is, this figure is being made in the USA! From the looks of it, this beast is being called "MOLEZILLA" and seems to be a fairly large creature... in fact it's as large as a building :-) More on this later, but for now, hit the jump to enjoy the awesome backstory that Bob is so great at writing.

MOLEZILLA's backstory:
Our story began on the night of January 19th in the year of our lord 2011 in room 17-b of building 5 on the grounds of an animal testing facility for the pharmaceutical industry located in East Millstone, New Jersey. Here was the henchman firm that did the dirty work for many of the pharmaceutical companies who bring us those all important products to whiten your teeth, loosen your bowels, color your lips, get rid of your mucus, and many other goodies that give meaning to our empty lives.

This company has long had a reputation of going beyond the call to inflict unspeakable acts of torture upon our meek and innocent neighbors in the name of " safety for the superior species " otherwise known as "profit and fear of liability".

The payment for the many decades of the Auschwitz like treatment of animals at this facility came due this night of the 19th. Karma was embodied in a mole that had been injected daily for six months with enormous doses of an experimental growth hormone and radioactive isotopes. A lab assistant found the 10 inch mole lying belly up in his damp and dark cage. Assuming the mole had lost its ability to continue suffering for the good of mankind, he dumped the lifeless yet still warm body in to the cart with the others that made their final escape that night. The cart of fate was left in a dimly lit room at the back of building 5 to await incineration at mornings call.

The call would not come that morning, for the mole was still alive and the full effect of their experiment was about to be realized. As the mole slowly emerged from the drug induced stupor, the growth hormone treatments of the past six months all kicked in at once and he grew to a hight of 50 feet smashing through the skylight into dark of the night. By morning the behemoth had eaten all of the employes, freed the other animals and demolished every laboratory at the facility.

Today is January 20th and Molezilla is sleeping on his full belly in the comfort of the Holland Tunnel. The sign above him reads "Stay In Lane For New York" !

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The Beast Brothers 'Original & Eclipse' "Piedra de Sacrificio" AP Dunnys... released NOW!

Not only did the Beast Brothers just drop their blood splattered "Piedra de Sacrificio" AP Dunny with a hand sculpted and painted heart accessory and sacrificial knife, and swapped out eyes and replaced with red Swarovski crystals in their store HERE, but they also just announced a special 'ECLIPSE' version of this rad Dunny that features a black blood splattered paint job, hand sculpted and painted heart accessory and sacrificial knife with piercing white Swarovski crystals in the eyes... those guys are sneaky :-) Both of these are $80 each, are very limited and, can be picked up HERE... go now before they are gone for good!

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Monstrehero's Valentines Day special release

Monstrehero is here to make that strain of the upcoming Valentines Day holiday disappear into nil as they are set to release a new version of their M(ysterious) Ape and his lady friend. This sickly sweet set is cast in crystal clear resin with transparent clear sprays and is available this Sunday, February 13th at 12pm PST only at the MONSTRESHOP.

Source[MonstreBlog]

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20,000 Tweets Creates a Miscreant Giveaway from Troy Stith!

Troy Stith has hit the 20,000 marker on Twitter, and to celebrate he is doing a Miscreant giveaway on the Gorilla Mouth blog, but this one has a twist to it... you get a say in the design! Here is what you get:

*1 Small Miscreant. Plaque size is in the 3"-5" realm.
*Choose up to 3 colors that you would like to see on your diseased friend.
*Tell me the symptoms and I'll write the rest, plus design the sculpt around those symptoms.

All you have to do to enter is leave a comment in this post and that will be your entry number. The contest will be up until Saturday 2/12 with a random winner selected on Sunday 2/13, so hurry up and enter!

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