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Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Lunartik’s "Plastik Surgery" FREE resin casting workshop 4/06/2011


Check this out... this year at Pictoplasma, a 4 day art festival and conference, Matt Lunartik JOnes will be hosting a FREE resin casting workshop for Trainee Surgeons. This will be a hands-on demonstration where Matt will be teaching folks how to make resin cast figures. It seems as though the date and time are in the air, but it appears that it will happen on April 6th at 2pm! For more info visit the Pictoplasma site HERE, and do note this is for attendees only.

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Dai Kaiju Card Monsters... sales for Japan relief!


Once again... how awesome is our community as we just got word that Ilanena, Fig-lab and the talented group of international artists who participated in the "Dai Kaiju Card Monster Custom Toy Show" last month have all agreed to donate 100% of the proceeds from the Show sales to relief for the victims of the disaster in the Tohoku region of Japan. If you are interested in purchasing any of the customs from the show, please send an e-mail to relief@fig-lab.com with the artist name, your name and shipping address by April 1, 2011. If there are multiple applications for a custom, the winner will be decided by lottery.Buy some sick pieces and know your money is going to those in need! For more info visit the show page HERE.

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Argonaut Resins x Jelly Empire "Jelly Bot" resin


Eric from Argonaut Resins has teamed up with Selina Briggs of The Jelly Empire to help create an army of "Jelly Bot" mini resin figurines! These little guys stand around 2" tall and will be debuting at this years MOCCA festival on April 9th and 10th in NYC... gotta love lil bots with googly eyes!


If you know Eric you know he loves to do ton's of fun stuff with his resin so expect to see GID's (glow in the dark), clear tints, solids, jades, magnetic versions, key chains and a few exclusive painted versions by Selina herself with custom hand made packaging. Along with the resin Selina will have all sorts of Jelly Empire prints, Tshirts, bags, buttons and postcards featuring her art the show. For more info join the Jelly Empire Facbook page HERE and be on the lookout for more info to drop very soon!

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Nemo's "The Day After" custom Dem Bonez


Just off the the successful opening of the Dem Bonez "The Reconstruction" customs show that went down last Friday at Zakka in New York... custom artist Mike.M aka Nemo sent over his awesome submission for this show that is most definitely inspired by horror flicks and his obsession with zombies. Mike took this custom, and blew it outta the water fabricating all kinds of extra pieces including a mini slide show screen mounted to the base that was rolling the entire night of the show with picture of this piece... unreal! The amount af detail put into it is hard to fathom, as are most of Nemo's customs! Great stuff man!

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Today 3/29/2011 is Scott Tolleson Day...


Well... it actually isn't Scott Tolleson Day... but I figured I would say that because we have a ton of news to share about Scott, and first up is something really exciting... the launch of his fully revamped website StolleArt.com! This features links to many new features including a gallery of painting, digital art, customs, production toys, and even an online store where he is promoting his "Button Party" sets which are being modeled by the wonderful Linda Le. The buttons are available HERE in 2 separate packs and are $5 each including shipping.


Not to be outdone... Toy2R just announced some Scott Tolleson news themselves as they took Scott's original custom 5" Mini Qee "Uncle Argh" from the NYC♥QEE event that happened last February and turned this loveable character into a production piece! Dropping this summer for around $28 each, you can add this awesome figure into your ever growing 5" Qee collection!

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Art Hustle daily series 2 original art sneak peeks!


Gearing up for for the next Art Hustle Series 2 trading card release... which features trading cards exhibiting an international group of over 75 artists working in street art, toy art, kaiju, sketch, illustration, painting, aerosol art, poster art, tattoo art, digital art, collage, sculpture, photography, blog :-) and more... phew outta breath! The great folks behind this will be posting a daily sneak peek of Series 2 original Art cards on Twitter... and first up is one by Joe Ledbetter! If you want to stay up to date, follow them HERE!

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"Contemporary Figurative Modifications" a 6-man group show @ Toy Art Gallery 4/02/2011


Opening this Saturday, April 2nd, 2011 and being hosted by the one and only Toy Art Gallery, is the 6-man group show titled "Contemporary Figurative Modifications". This show is going to feature new works by some of the most prominent toy customizes around including: Bob Conge of Plaseebo, Brent Nolasco, Leecifer, Jim Koch, TaskOne, and NERVISWR3K. This opens at 7pm, where a few of the artists will be in attendance to meet and greet with their fans. Expect to see some pretty spectacular works on display from small customs to large 20"+ figures... this show will have it all! SS.com will be in attendance so if you can't make it out, we got ya covered!

Toy Art Gallery
737 Seward St. #1
Los Angeles, CA, 90038

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Blamo Toys @ WonderCon 2011


San Francisco's biggest pop culture convention is back. WonderCon is launching this weekend, April 1-3rd for its 25th year, and Blamo Toys will be there! For the second year in a row, Blamo will share a booth with their good friends, "Five and Diamond." but instead of splitting one booth they will have two booths #1230 and #1232, giving you plenty of space to try on clothes and look at incredible handmade art figures!


That being said they have several special events planned for the show. First, is a WonderCon exclusive release, a line of custom wooden robots by the Bays Area's very own toy destroyer DrilOne! Originally designed by Leighton Kelly, this was released at last year's WonderCon, and this year he's back with a special new colorway by DrilOne. Packaged in their own cardboard display boxes, these "Drilbots" are a limited edition of ONLY 6 and will retail for $100. Next up, a new furry version of an old Blamoville favorite... "Furry Munch" is hand crafted out of sheep fur, solid cast brass, and taxidermy eyes. He comes in his own portable display bag and will retail for $230!


In addition to their two show exclusives, Blamo Toys will have on hand its full line of original characters as well as a large selection of custom toys including all of the remaining figures from the recent "Nimbus custom toy show." As an added WonderCon incentive all Nimbus customs will be 10% off during the show! Don't miss this opportunity to pick up a discounted custom Nimbus figure by one of the industry's leading designers!

Source[Blamo Press]

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MUNNY Painting Party @ Catalyst


For those of you located around or near Westminster, CA. we just got word of a FREE event that is kicking off at Catalyst and is happening April 1st from 6-10pm as they plan on celebrating "Munny Munth"! Bring you blank Munnyworld vinyl toy to decorate, and they will supply the materials! No need to register, just grab your character of choice and show up! Feel free to bring your own materials with you too. This is a good way to meet people who share the same interests as you and all the while have fun with some DIY toys! For more info visit their site HERE.

Source[Catalyst Press]

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New "Rostrum - Edition A" from Cris Rose


Slated to release this coming Thursday, March 31st is a brand new resin bot created by UK artist Cris Rose... and he put together a really nice video showcasing this new figure! Titled "Rostrum - Edition A" this figure stands tall among the rest (5" tall x 4" wide) as he is a medium sized bot, with very long rigid arms that seems to be the same length of his body!


The specific colorway being released on Thursday is being called 'Omega White', which is limited to 10 pieces. This figure comes with 3 removable heads... a 2 eyed, 8 eyed and clear version. They are set to drop HERE for $120 on Thursday March 31st at 18:00 London time... don't sleep folks! Hit the jump to read the entire backstory on this figure!

The backstory of Rostrum:
"Rostrum was built to fill a gap in the market, the need for a medium-sized bot with a lot of grunt. For most small businesses, a flock of Sprogs was usually adequate to achieve most heavy duty tasks, known as they were for working hard and sharing the load between them. Even large industrial scenarios found this setup ideal, especially when supported by the odd Rotund and Runcible units. Installing Sprogs directly into heavy-lift bodies became a popular choice for the largest factories and recycling companies, but the incredible cost of these custom built mechanisms proved too great for those smaller outfits that needed more punch per tonne."

"Designed around the same core as Rotund, the focus of Rostrum's 5 foot frame was on power and robustness. Equipped with 2 huge, interchangeable arms and a thick, armour-plated body, this bot was slow, yet purposeful. The standard model featured a reinforced head that could be used as a battering ram when thrust forward, a feature specifically requested by the emergency services, should the ideal route be through a wall. Manufacturing looked for greater accuracy and control when moving heavy components, so the multi-spectral optics of the precision alignment head was a popular choice. The 3rd standard head choice was the classic holo-projection unit that many had become used to on other models, preferring it for it's familiarity and wide range of applications."

"Whether repositioning heavy machinery, crushing boat hulls for recycling or tearing the roof off a blazing hover car to free it's occupants, Rostrum's immense strength and compact size satisfied a wide variety of roles."

"However the situation that placed him so fondly in the public eye, was also the least expected. The largest global chain of nightclubs suddenly replaced their entire staff of bouncers with Glossy black Rostrum at every one of their 700 venues. When they weren't terrifying troublemakers before ejecting them bodily, they were doing what everyone had really come to see, breakdancing in formation on specially reinforced iron dancefloors."

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Tuesdaily custom "I [eat] U" by timselF

I hope you start to get used to this because we here at SpankyStokes.com love the work of Tim Munz aka timselF, and we have decided to share with all the fine readers of this blog customs from him on a Tuesday basis, and today we are showcasing his rad "I [eat] U" 10'' MADL which has been adapted from a Dunny design he completed a few months ago! I really love the big gaping mouth and the ever so slight blood dripping from the "U" :-)! Tim states that this will be up for sale in his online shop HERE by the end of this week... exact time will be announced soon through his blog HERE... so keep checking back!

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Vannen watches for the UK!


Are you living overseas and have been itching to snag up on e the many Vannen designer watches... well look no further as the Netherlands own Mintyfresh is an official Vannen retailer and is bringing you almost all of these awesome designer artists watches. From the first series which included, Buff Monster, Chris Ryniak, Brian Morris, and more... even to the latest McBess "XL" series watch... they have em! Head on over HERE now and pick one up!

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