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.
What's up party people... I hope your ready because I sure am! Ready for what you may be wondering... well it's FREE GOODIE FRIDAY, where we here at SS.com show our support to all our loyal readers by giving away FREE vinyl! Today, we have been fortunate enough once again to give some awesome stuff away thanks to the kind folks over at Kidrobot, as they have ponied up 10 x Family Guy blind boxes for TWO lucky readers... yup you read that right, two people will each win 5 blind boxes plus other goodies! All you need to do is leave a comment below in this post answering this question... Who is your favorite Family Guy character? You can also earn ONE additional entry by using your twitter account and entering this text "Win 10 x Family Guy blind-boxes at SpankyStokes.com http://bit.ly/fqXvIc thanks to @Kidrobot #SSFAM 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 thank you for your continued support... and a huge thanks to Kidrobot for constantly supporting this site!
****UPDATE****
Wowzers... that was a HUGE response and in a 24 hour period we had a total of 237 entries... so pat yourselves on the back, you all rock! Unfortunately I do not have prizes for all of you, but we went to Random.org, plugged in all the numbers, and the two people who won the blind boxes were Brobles and Willie... so congrats you guys, and I will contact you via email! Thanks again to Kidrobot for putting together such an awesome prize package and to ALL OF YOU who participated... it means the world!
Deep within a secret underground jungle laboratory, the Beast Brothers have been keeping busy... REALLY busy that is as they are gearing up for a huge release... figuratively and literally! Based on their awesome 3" Dunny design from the recent Azteca Series 2, they are planning on releasing a large 8" version of this "Calendario" design... and from the pictures above they are going to release at least 12 of these... maybe more, maybe less depending if they keep some for themselves :-) Either way this is going to happen really soon seeing as all the resin heads are done... all that's left is to make em pretty! They were supposed to drop in February, but it appears it may be pushed back just a bit... so stay tuned for release info and more pics to drop soon :-)
Ashley Woods is certainly on a roll, back in 2009 fans were delighted to hear Jerry Bruckhiemer acquired the rights to WWR (world war robot), last years Comicon (2010) ended with a film company picking up the rights to Ashley's popular graphic novels Lore. And now this year Sony announced that they've picked up the underlying rights to his collaboration with Chris Ryall for Zombies Vs. Robots comics published by IDW. Word is writer JT Petty has developed a spec script titled Inherit the Earth based off the popular comic. Production is being handled by Michael Bays company Platinum Dunes, as well as Circle of Confusion and IDW. No word yet on if they will be keeping main story elements from the first graphic novels nor if they plan on using the existing robot designs as seen in the comics. More information as we get near. Now hopefully one day we might see Ashley Wood's 3A release some toys in the Zombie versus Robot universe...
Doktor A just posted up a really great picture of a custom Stephan LePodd with the tag "Woodland Lorez"... this is for his upcoming solo show on Friday, April 1st, 2011, titled "Mr. Whistlecraft’s Tarnished Day Dreams". This is being hosted by Ik’sentrik and will feature a ton of new custom figures like the one above... as I am sure other prints, doodads, and whosiwhat'sits as well... stay tuned for more info!
Ik’sentrik 3 George Street, Bath Somerset BA1 2EH UK
3A as always is never one to rest and yesterday dropped a cool new teaser image of their long awaited Ceaser robot. Ceaser is a robot in the Dropcloth style with the slender body and will stand 14 in. tall. Described as a Security forces bot these are supposed to be able to take out almost any other bot but the larger heavier robots. No word yet on availability nor colors but I'm sure they will be just as great as what we've seen produced so far.
This really cool black and white periodical from Color Ink Book is already on its 10th volume and this particular one features three amazing covers by Buff Monster, Miss Mindy and Ferris.... including art from notables such as: Aaron Crawford, Buff Monster, Deryke Cardenaz, Ferris Plock, Frijol Boy, Jared Deal, Jason Limon, Jopaucho, Miss Mindy, Sumbody and Super Ugly. These are produced in limited quantities every quarter and they measure 8.5" x 11" with 100+ pages of visual candy! As an added bonus, this volume features a DIY mobile by Miss Mindy! Retailing for only $10 a piece, these can be picked up via their website HERE, or at most all designer toy retail outlets!
Info from the very great, and amazing DKE Toys. For Wholesale Inquiries about this awesome product please contact www.dketoys.com.
Th time has finally come... Opening tonight, Saturday February 26th 2011, Toy Art Gallery is set to host Mark Nagata'sAlien Argus Custom Group Show! This is going to be a massive conglomeration of custom Alien Argus', which is the first collaboration between TAG and Max Toy Company! They have put together a group of artists from around the globe, all showcasing their talents on this crazy figure... in fact this is the largest custom show TAG has put on to date and includes work from:
Alimana, Arbito, Art Denka, Baikin/Shirahama, Ben Mininberg, Bert Gatchalian, BlobPus, Bob Conge / PLASEEBO, Buff Monster, Carlos Enriquez Gonzalez, Chauskoskis, Cieromuco/Abel Vasquez, Cliff Kirschner / MONSTREHERO, Cometdebris, Cris Rose, C-toys, Daniel Goffin, Dead Presidents, Dlux, DREAM ROCKET, Dr. Strange Toys, Dustin Cantrell, Emilio Garcia, Fig-lab / datadub, Goccodo, Hariken, Hints And Spices/Shane Haddy, Ilanena, Itokin-Park, Jan Calleja, Jeff McMillan, Jesse Moore/Rawshark Studios, Jon Knox, Kaiju Chronicle, Keith Fulmis, Kikkake, L’Amour Supreme, Lash, Leecifer, Mark Nagata, Matt Doughty / Onell Designs, Megan Smithyman, Mikie of Blamo Toys, Motorbot, Nakayoshi, Nebulon5, Onaka Takeshi, Osiris Orion, Paul Kaiju, Pico Pico, PPPudding, Rohby, RsinArt, Sean Blay / MONSTREHERO, Skinner, Skulltoys, Spooky Parade, Steve Talkowski, Sunguts, Tan-ki, Thiyea Project/ Takeshi Togo, Thiyea Project/ Mai Nagamoto, Toybot Studios, Triclops Studios, Troy Stith, TTToys, Tulip, Uamou, uhoh Toys, Velocitron, Yamazakura and Yamomark
Curated by Toy Art Gallery, Max Toy Company, and Fig-Lab. The Alien Argus Custom Group Show opens on February 26th 2011 from 7-11 PM, with many artists in attendance. I know SS.com will be there to cover the event, and we are pumped to see all of these customs in person, just like the ones posted in the very top from Mark Nagata,Nebulon5, Jeff McMillan, Ilanena, and Bela Alvarez! Can't make it to the opening... no worries as the show runs until March 26th and all will be posted up online for purchase HERE tonight at 7pm!
FI 3 short for F*%! It 3 is soon to be released no word on a date yet but the first shots from it look amazing. Nearly 100 pages long this time it should be a great product. This will be released at bambaland and based off the other art books from Ash... this should be priced around $25.
Oh yeah!!! Seeing as March is just around the corner we can expect to see a new Ninja of The Month plush dropping very soon from Shawnimals and today just announced is exactly that... the awesome "Macho Ninja"! This well groomed gent measures 7"x7" and comes with name tag, buttons/stickers, and a sweet felt stache comb! These are limited to 100 pieces worldwide and are set to retail on Wednesday, March 2nd 2011 at 10am PST via the Shawnimals online shop HERE for only $30.
Featured on this site many times, artist Allen Wen aka AW177 has just recently been published in the showcase section of the Japanese design issue, Computer Arts Projects issue #145! It was released in the UK back in December 2010, but in the US, should be released at bookstores on January 30! It features some of Allen's Asian influenced art like his "Koi" Dunny and "Elite Division Warriors" Mad*ls! And on the CD-ROM, they've included some of his other art works! Pretty awesome man... and congrats!!!
A bright green Cavey has been posted up with the headline "Something zingy this way comes…", not sure what that means, but what we do know is this coming March we will be seeing a new Cavey release :-)
Okay... let me preface this by saying the photo above may be only half of what you can expect to see at this show from Leecifer... and that's just from Lee, as Paul Kaiju will be joining in on the mayhem with his own slew of customs! That needed to be said, because the amount of time and effort put forth by these two artists is unreal! Opening this Saturday 2/26/2011 in the SF area, Super7 is proud to be hosting the 2 man show of both Leecifer and Paul Kaiju, and today we are getting just a glimpse of what Lee is bringing to to the table. The majority of these pieces seem to have a centered theme... FLAME... which would only make sense seeing as his first vinyl toy "Honoo" aka the Flame is making his debut at the show. We also get to see all kinds of funny toys mashed-up, turned into Batmen (more than one) Fink piggy-banks... phew... you name it, it will be on display. Seriously amazing work from Lee, and be sure to hit the jump for a slide show of even more customs!
WOW... news just keeps on popping up all over the place, and this little bit snuck up on us for sure as Reckless Toys is very proud to announce that that well be releasing the awesome skull headed mascot from Toy Punks fame which was designed by renowned artist Mike Giant this Saturday, February 26th at 12:00pm Noon EST for $99! According to their site, this is the first and only vinyl toy that's based on a Giant illustration... making it pretty sought after if you ask me! He stands 8" tall, comes with a custom lettered removable baseball bat, has articulated wrists, feet, head, and is full of toy beating angst! I am sure quantites are limited... so be sure to snag one up!
Munky King is gearing up for the Series 1 Omi release which is happening on March 3rd, from 7-10pm! This first series includes designs from Luke Chueh, Kozik, Buff Monster, Yoskay Yamamoto, Greg Simkins, Nathan Jurevicius, Dave Pressler and Ferg... which you can see the majority of them above. Along with the release of the series, MK continues to reveal peeks at new color variants of submitted designs and today we are getting a look at Ferg's and Greg “Craola” Simkins' alt colorways. Artists will be at the MK shop to sign their designs, sketch and chat it up... this is going to be a great event! Be sure to hit the jump to see the color variants in full spinning glory!
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