3A held their Japan Fundraiser today and quickly sold out of their
JDF WWRp Armstrong,
raising nearly 30K in the process and creating a wave of emo for those who missed out.
Ashley posted on the production blog : "
3A to donate nealry 30k usd to a Japan charity, soon as we know which one and other details we shall share with you guys ! And of course thanks to everyone that supported the sale !" Oh, and what's a 3A sale without a little sneak preview of things to come so Ash tossed out a teaser image of the new "
NightVision MK2 Square" no word yet on specifics but it's always great to get a new teaser pic... and look at that beast stand up... gotta be twice the height of a normal square!
Also it should be noted that
FI vol. 3 is up now at
Bambaland,
priced at $45, this latest issue is 96 pages full color, 12″x12″ in hardcover. Price includes worldwide shipping. For more info check out the
3A production blog.
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A week ago we posted up an image of a new project that French porcelain art company
K.olin tribu announced as they teamed up with pop-surrealist artist
Ron English to turn his classic "McSupersized" figure into porcelain... and they did just that! Releasing this Wednesday, March 30, 2011 at 12:00 Noon PDT via their online site
HERE is this really cool figure which stands over 8.5" tall, comes with a silver chain locket with a porcelain decoration plate around the neck. Limited to only 150pieces, this true art piece is set to retail for around $565... and if your a Ron English fan you are used to paying prices this high... not for the fair weather collector though, that's for sure! So I am curious all of your thoughts on this... is the price and quality of this figure pushing art toys in the right direction, or is it pushing it out of collectors hands?
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We just received some great news about a new resin figure designed by Bandung, Indonesia based Erwin Cahyono aka
theMongar... titled the "
Toasterboy", you get the best of both worlds, breakfast, and resin :-) This figure was launched in December 2010 at HELLOFEST, a big animation festival and unique exhibition. This Toasterboy DIY series stands 3.5" tall with the toast inserted and about 3" without. Each Toasterboy figure comes with packaging, 2 pieces of toast, a manual, and is priced at only $15 a piece! This DIY figure has an open production, so feel free to make your own Toasterboy Army. If interested in snaggin one, contact Eriwn via
themongar@gmail.com, for ordering and further info... how fun is this figure :-)
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Posted up last week
HERE was the awesome news that artist Tam D. aka
Okedoki would be releasing her very first original figure which is being produced through
VTSS Toys! Titled "Benny the Dreamer", this figure will be made of
polystone resin, limited to an edition of
200 pieces, stand
11.5" tall and is set to
release this April. Today we also found out that it will come encased in a hand crafted bamboo box that will be laser etched... and as you can see from the picture above it looks beautiful! According to Tam there are many more surprises to be revealed with this release, so stay tuned!
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This is yet another case where an artist pushes his altruistic values forward to help those in need as
Emilio Garcia is set to release a special 3" version of his Jumping Brain figure dubbed the "Hinomaru" which is the name for the red dot on their flag that represents the Rising Sun! These are limited to only 10 pieces and will go on sale via the Jumping Brain online store
HERE on March 30th where 100% of the proceeds will be donated to the Japan earthquake and tsunami relief! The exterior of this figure is very plain, but what is important is the inside where the single red dot represents an entire country in distress. What a cool figure, and an even cooler cause... don't sleep on this folks, at only 10 pieces these will sell out!
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Following a series of tweets from
kaNO this morning I became privy to an art show that has kinda flown under the radar... at least to me. It appears that this year is "South Park's" 15th anniversary celebration and
Comedy Central has teamed up with
Ron English, to curate a show allowing those artists invited to interpret South Park, and the characters in it! This actually opens TONIGHT, Monday, March 28 at
Opera Gallery New York! It appears that they had a press opening a few nights ago and thanks to the folks over at
Laughing Squid and
Arrested Motion we have all the pictures you see above and below.
Ron English hand-picked 14 artists including: T
ravis Louie, Colin Christian, Sas Christian, Beau Stanton, Kid Zoom, Dave White, KaNo, Kathie Olivas, Clark Fox, Greg Craola Simkins, Mark Dean Veca, Lindsey Way, Naoto Hattori and Tristan Eaton. One of the really cool features of this exhibit is the addition of a mini-figure line which is being produced by Kidrobot... and as you can see, the initial figures look pretty great, and I can only imagine what is in store for this series as in one of the photos you can see Stan's dad sitting on his balls... GROSS! This exhibition will be on display at
Opera Gallery New York through April 10.
Source[SouthPark Press]
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San Diego based artist Mike P. aka
Nebulon5 recently had the opportunity to work an artist who he has admired for for many years, and it's not traditional artist you are thinking of... he collaborated with none other than Rakaa of legendary hip hop crew
Dilated Peoples on a project that Rakaa has been wanting to do for many years now. Based of the "mascot" of the Dilated Peoples crew, Mike took Rakaa's lead and created a mini-version of the "
Expanding Man" character
(listen to the track HERE) that is seen on the majority of many Dilated Peoples albums, and on most of their merchandise. Mike said that this is a dream come true as he has looked to Dilated Peoples music to draw inspiration from, and to create something for them is an opportunity that does not happen very often. Mike sculpted the "Expanding Man" then cast him in resin with a variety of different flavors including a glow in the dark version... the ones you see above are still rough prototypes but you can look forward to seeing these being released in small limited runs in the very near future.
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It seems as though everyone is gearing up for
WonderCon this week, and rightfully so as it starts this Friday April 1st and runs until the 3rd, and in attendance will be
Nakanari and his sub company Maihiro! They are set to release a bunch of new items including "Spikiemon" Spiki Chisaii, Ninja Spiki plush keychains, and a recently created custom 8" Spikiemon! This is all going down at the
Kuso Vinyl booth #736, where Tony will be on hand to sign and sketch as well!
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Yikes does this look awesome... even though I am not a fan of rainbow colorways per say, just the fact that it's a skull I am sold! Japanese Toymakers
Secret Base and French Toy company
Artoyz teamed up once again for an exclusive variant of the awesome 1/1 Skull Head. This piece measures 5" tall by 8" wide and is cast in clear vinyl with rainbow sprays! It is limited to only 30 pieces worldwide, and can be picked up
HERE for around $180. These may be a little bit pricey, but at such a limited quantity I can see this selling out fast!
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In honor of 2011’s WonderCon, Jerome Lu of
Hyperactive Monkey will be releasing a very special Glow-In-The-Dark Edition of his Deadly Ninja Monkey... and check out that photo above... SWEET!!!! Sculpted by Nate of
Squid Kids Ink, and manufactured by
Mana Studios, this little, but lethal Glow-In-The-Dark monkey stands 5” tall comes packed in a metal tin with a custom printed wrap along with 2 removable katana blades and a Glow-In-The-Dark Mini 2"x 3" print. The Special Glow-In-The-Dark Edition of the Deadly Ninja Monkey is limited to only 10 pieces and is set to retail for a
small sum of only $40. He will available for sale this Friday through Sunday, 4/1-4/3, at the
Squid Kids Ink Booth #1137 at San Francisco’s Wonder Con. Any remaining monkeys will be sold online the following Monday.
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Be taken over by Robos! Check out
Gagatree's latest addition to the range of RoboCard Mails, To-Fu Robo - a collaboration between Gagatree and the renowned creator of the popular To-Fu design,
DevilRobots. These cool cards come flattened in a package but stands tall when formed, see how each part of the robot is engineered precisely for connecting and dismantling in the simplest manner. RoboCard Mails - the perfect one-of-a-kind 3D card, gift and collectible toy. These are set to retail for around $28.
All the above info from the very great, and amazing
DKE Toys. For Wholesale Inquiries about this awesome product please contact
www.dketoys.com.
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UK artist
Squink! just announced that he will be releasing a new custom 1-off hand-painted 3" Dunny today March 28th at 6:30PM DST (GMT+1) titled "Woodland Awakenings". According to the myth "
As the frost clears, he emerges from his tree trunk hideout, perhaps this year will be better than the last..The sunlight is warm and soothing, filling him with a fresh optimism." This beautifully rendered creature features tons of fine details upon his mostly brown body and comes with a nice bow. Squink has some serious skills and if you wanna grab this for your collection be sure to visit his online shop
HERE at the above time!
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Mark Nagata of
Max Toy Company is proud to announce that his traveling Max Toy 5th Anniversary show opens this coming Saturday, April 2-3 in Tokyo at Design Festa Gallery in Harajuku... Then the show travels to San Francisco where it will be on display at
Double Punch Gallery, with an opening on Saturday April 23rd! Not only is there going to be exclusive art that features either Captain Maxx or Lady Maxx, but there are going to be some exclusive toy releases like the first fully painted release of Lady Maxx as seen above... as well as tons of food and beverages. This is going to be an epic event and is you can make it out to either one you will not be disappointed. Hit the jump for tons of pieces that will be up for grabs at the shows!
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