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.
Analog Playset and Joe Ledbetter are proud to present Wrecks and Dazey! This vinyl figure set marks Analog Playset’s first toy release, and these two characters from Joe were first seen gracing Motion City Soundtrack’s “My Dinosaur Life” album artwork. Wrecks is the lovably disturbed dinosaur, and his ever-present, unlikely companion Dazey the bee is his foil. The figures are available as a set, stand 6” and 3.5” tall, are limited to 700 pieces, and are releasing this spring. It's really so fantastic the leap from 2D to 3D that all of Joe's figures make... it's almost meant to be, and these look so cool... perfect for all Ledbetter fans out there! Oh and not too shabby of a first release for Analog Playset... congrats guys!
Time is ticking down folks, in fact we are only 5 days away from the official launch of the Most Wanted Series 2 custom blind box Dunny series, and to give you something to salivate over, we have a little teaser of the Golden Ticket 8" Dunny that one lucky collector will go home with! This is a collaboration between artists Tim Munz and Simon Walter, and even though it's a little cryptic, that appears to be a severed arm with some type of detonation device...SWEET!!! Look for these to drop on February 19th, at 12noon PST via the MW store HERE for $60 a blind box! this series is the real deal folks, and these customs are top notch so don't miss out on this opportunity to own one, or two, or ten!
Dragatomi is excited to host the - For the Love of Vinyl - Custom Show, a collaborative group art toy show, curated by Denise Cortez! This is celebration of doing what you love, the way you want to, and how ever you want to do it, in this case the artists and designers had the opportunity to create their very unique vision, by encouraging them to use the technique, medium and theme of their choosing applying all their creative talent on a blank Symbiote vinyl toy platform.
Launching, and running from March 12th - April 2nd, with the opening night being Saturday, March 12 2011 from 7pm-11pm! This is going to be such a good show, and having the eclectic group of artists involved will not disappoint. I know this is a ways off still... but we are gearing up now, so mark those calendars! Visit the FTLOV site for up to date info!
Dragatomi 2317 J Street, Sacramento CA 95816 916-706-0535
As the upcoming Alien Argus Group Show at Toy Art Gallery is getting closer to the opening night 2/26/2011, we here at SpankyStokes.com will continue to post up entries into this show... and today we have some really awesome ones to show off! First up is the master-craftsmanship of UK based artist Cris Rose as he transformed his Alien into a cyborg of types, mixing in robotic parts from 3A figures and found objects... this is one sweet custom. Next up is the work of Bob Conge from Plaseebo as he used the top half of the original figure and attached it to a custom resin squid like body... I wouldn't be surprised if this has a patented Plaseebo LED unit inside it :-) Onto the more traditional approach of kaiju customization as both Skinner and Prometheum5 but their artistic talents to work giving these figures some seriously sweet paint jobs... both really unique and super eye catching! This show is going to be seriously EPIC... don't miss out!
Ashley Wood announced the final line up as well as pictures of the latest drop from ThreeA, Grunts. Grunts (shown above) are from the WWR (world war robot) line. These 1:6 12 in. figures are fully articulated and come with many accessories. Priced at $120 each there are four versions that will be available, Desert, Stealth, Deep Powder and DIY, available as singles or in a 4pack set priced at $430. Sale will be on Tues. Feb 15 at 5 P.M. Pacific Time. at bambaland
Nathan Jurevicius explores Lithuanian folklore and a love of Strigiformes to present his first-ever Dunny he is calling "Dievas". Named for the soul-escorting god, this black-flocked 8" figure features some awesome geometric eyes, gradient-tipped wings, and a really cool black flock over the body. This figure is going to release on Thursday, February 17, 2011 for $75 a pop, and if your in San Francisco, Miami, or New York you will have a chance to meet Nathan... as he will be at those Kidrobot locations to release and sign this figure. Starting in SF on Wednesday the 16th from 6-8pm, then off to Miami on Thursday the 17th from 6-8pm, and finally in NYC on Friday the 18th from 6-8pm!
Jon Paul Kaiser posted up some seriously cool pictures of a custom Pocket Stomp from Super7 that he just completed. He stands only 3" tall and JPK says that the one he got was clear and it was tough to see all the details so by adding a base coat of white and calling out the details with black, really made this figure pop!
First and foremost... can you say resin, and secondly... make it so Paul Kaiju! Posted up over the weekend via Paul's Flickr was this really cool picture of a figure dubbed the "Seagool" which Paul explains was his second consideration for Super7's Monster Family entry... where they ended up picking Partyball instead. Paul did not let it stop there as he went right ahead and sculpted the figure anyways to see what it would look like... and I dig it!!! Would be rad to see a small run of these, self produced, and knowing Paul... this may happen :-)
Artists and customizer Jay222 has teamed up once again with Bob Conge of Plaseebo to create another awesome run of custom vinyl figures... and instead of using the Skulloctopus platform like they used last time HERE, Jay tackled Bob's epic 'Night Gamer' figure... and how rad are they!?!?! This ultra-limited NIGHT GAMER edition by Jay222 is an Edition of only six sets worldwide. There are two custom 6" high vinyl figures in each set. All of the figures in these sets are hand built customs by Jay222 that incorporate the original vinyl Night Gamer figure parts in each. NO TWO OF THE CUSTOM FIGURES ARE ALIKE / EACH ONE IS UNIQUE IN BOTH HAND SCULPTING AND PAINT. These are signed by Jay on the base of the feet.
This will be a will be a blind lottery. The sets are randomly numbered 1 thru 6 by Bob of Plaseebo where the first buyer will receive set #1, the second buyer will get set #2, and so forth. The edition will be offered via the Plaseebo web-shop HERE this Friday, February 18th, 2011 for $400 per set... and don't sleep on the release folks, the last set of customs from these two sold out FAST!!!
German artist Dust is not only super busy creating customs, original figures, and paintings... but he recently got involved with Eastpak for a really cool artist series of backpacks! This is for the SNNC (Style need no color), art exhibtion @ Artfair in Cologne, Germany... and above is a really cool video recapping on the event. His pack features the really rad abstract characters and landscapes which look really cool in this form!
Hey sneaker-heads... this one's for you. Introducing "Stance" a DIY designer toy for sneaker collectors, designers, artists, or anyone with some creative energy to burn. Imagine Munny meets sneaker culture... and oh the limitless possibilities! Creator of the Stance, Delroy Dennisur, is looking for some help from the community and he has set up a Kickstarter page to get the ball rollin on this project. It seems as though the sneaker culture and vinyl toys go hand in hand so I have a feeling this will go over pretty well. Head on over HERE now to help Delroy make this dream a reality, and know that a $25 pre-order get's you a vinyl sneaker in hand!!!
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