We gave you a nice little WIP teaser of Jesse Narens aka
Ghost&Flower new resin figure called "Stegoforest" HERE and now this cool resin dino is up for pre-order HERE! So you may ask... why is it called the StegoForest? Well, it has trees coming out his back... pretty rad concept! Sculpted by Beth Graves (
who sculpted Bwana's sloth n' moth) this dino measures about 7.5" long and about 4" tall. He has 2 points of articulation... front left leg and the head, and with each figure you also get a mini figure called "battle damaged acorn warrior". You can have your choice of colors when you pre-order
HERE, where both are going to set you back $100 for the set! For more info, visit the Jesse's website
HERE.
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Hey, are you a fan of
Ledbetter and the work that he does, well the folks over at Tenacious Toys are running a sweet promotion right now that is up from now thru Friday the 15th, where all $40+ orders from
TenaciousToys.com get a free 3" Joe Ledbetter "Cold Day in Hell" Trexi included in the order! These were released YEARS ago, and are super sick pieces, so go drop a little cash and walk away with a limited edition figure!
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Spotted at last year's SDCC 2010
HERE was
Chris Ryniak's "Snybora" mini figure, and just as quick as it appeared it disappeared due to some minor flaws with it... but 2011 marks a clean slate and
Rotofugi and
Squibbles Ink are proud to once again release this little guy upon the masses at SDCC! The first version nicknamed "
Naked Mole Rat" will be available at the Triple Crown Yo-Yo Midwest Classic After-Party that Rotofugi is holding at the store on Saturday, July 16, from 6-8pm, which will retail for just $30!
The second version (Above), is nicknamed "
Baby Mossback" and will be available at the Rotofugi/Squibbles Ink booth #4736 at San Diego Comic-Con for $33. As you can see, both versions are on the same light pink soft vinyl and stand 3.75" tall... the slight difference is in the subtle sprays. So who is going to pick these up? I know I am going to try for the SDCC one :-)
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Sneak attack from left field... those tricky folks over at over at Toy Break just dropped a HUGE SDCC bomb as they proudly announced "Pocket Change" Art Coins! Presented by Ben Goretsky of
3DRetro.com, Scott Tolleson of
StolleArt, and George & Ayleen Gaspar of
October Toys series 1 is set to debut at San Diego Comic Con 2011 at the October Toys booth #4838 and features coins by
Andrew Bell, Frank Kozik, Joe Ledbetter, Scott Tolleson, and
64Colors. Each limited edition, 1.5" engraved metal coin will be available for $10... top notch quality at that, and look at that line-up!!!!! Oh and for you non-con attendees... if any coins are available after the convention, they will be available for purchase on
http://www.PocketChangeArt.com - so cross yer fingers!
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We revealed
HERE the first look at
The Beast Brothers new mustached Kidrobot mascot dubbed "KidØlaf " and now we get the full scoop on when this bad boy drops! During SDCC on Thursday, July 21 this will be released and along with that there will be a special signing for The Beast Brothers new Kidrobot KidØlaf 20 as the Beast Brothers will be on hand from 1-3pm at Kidrobot booth #4529 for the release of the latest KR mascot.
Retailing for just $50, there will only be 200 of these on hand, so get in line early as they will sell fast! Each one comes with a
rakish braided beard, a horned helmet, glow stick, milkshake and trusty battle-axe... and the 1 in 6 chase features an alternate colorway... pictured
HERE! If you can't make it to the con, KidØlaf will also be available on Kidrobot.com, in Kidrobot stores and specialty retailers worldwide.
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More
ESC goodness coming at ya today as this is the 2nd reveal for the 3rd release for SDCC 2011... "The Little Axe Pinku". This cool, limited to only 15 pieces, figure will come with an 8" x 10" giclee print by Japanese Manga Artist Moa (
posted to the left), where she did her translation of Little Axe based on my Erick's layout. Oh, and one of the cool things about this release, it's a a charity figure which ESC Toys will donate 50% of the sales to
Globalgiving.org Japan relief...RAD! You will be able to snag this up for $300. Release date, location and time TBD!
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Keithing just dropped word that he will have an
SDCC exclusive release for the
Toyqube booth #4934 that is a perfect fit for the con... it's on his 5” Baby Sharky and it's "BatBaby"!!!! This release is limited to only 150 pieces and comes with a custom made cape... hahaha, and you can go home with this little guy for just.
$47.99 a pop. Look out all you evil dooers... BatBaby Sharky is coming for YOU!
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No... it's not an STD... as much as Leecifer would want it to be, but continuing the wildly popular home spun blind box series,
Dragatomi has invited customizer fan favorite
Leecifer to hit up some Android goodness... and from the first teasers that have been revealed in the above flyer... look to be pretty amazing! This special release will be dropping Friday, July 15th at Noon PST on
dragatomi.com for the cool price of $70 each. The ratio for the series is as follows:
Bee Droid 5/16, Skele Droid 4/16, Imp Droid 3/16, Valykrie Droid 2/16, Forest King 1/16 and Honoo Droid 1/16! Don't sleep on this release folks, even though we are close to SDCC, these mini figs are a must!
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ThreeA and Ashley Wood have declared this medic week, we already knew that medic grunt was going on sale this Wed. July 13 at 6PM pacific time, but according to the latest preview on the 3A production blog there might just be a chance that a new 1:6 Armstrong Medic could drop as well, that's just speculation but it looks good. Also don't forget that 3A is dropping their 1:1 scale severed foot on Thursday July 14 at 6 pm pacific time, no wonder so many medics are needed... all items can be found at bambaland.
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We first showed some teasers of Jesse aka
J★RYU and
Brent Nolasco newest collaboration HERE, and today YOU are all in for a treat as I talked with Jesse and asked him to give us a rundown of how this came about, from concept... to almost near completion!
This piece titled "
My Drifting Heart" will be the second art collaboration between both Jesse and Nolasco, with the help of master resin caster
Dodgrr who brought this to life! We have journal notes, og sculpt shots, along with some never before seen WIP pics of this upcoming release, so hit the jump and enjoy!
[Words from J★RYU] I first met Brent Nolasco in Oct of 2010 at NYCC but I was already familiar with his work on custom toys as well as paintings and it turns out that he was a fan of my art as well. After a righteous and oft-times blurry weekend in NYC mobbing around with Paul Kaiju, Sucklord, WTFunks, MPH crew, Jeremyville, Jack Muramatsu and others, we kept in touch and were looking for a project to work on that would meld our styles. A couple of months later, he sent me a basic sketch of what would eventually become "My Drifting Heart", where he took elements from both our works and combined them in a way that I found very exciting . The combination of a human heart combined with various avian and organic attributes was a little outside of of my normal body of work but the challenge of pushing myself further with my art is something that I always want to do so I immediately started sculpting out the heart.
Brent was very insistent that both of our signature styles be evident in the piece so we decided that the heart should be made of wood, a common element in my work. After I was finished, I sent him over this test shot and he was super stoked at the result.
After I finished the initial heart, we both got busy with other projects and shows that we were participating in we put it on hold while we took care of our obligations. During that hiatus, he sent a revised drawing based on a lot of the themes that we talked about and served to give me a clearer idea of where we wanted to go with this piece.
Then around March, I was invited to participate in Matt Siren's "Ghost in the Machine" show at MPH. I was already booked for my three-man show at Dragatomi which was taking place on the same weekend but the opportunity to work on the Ghost Girl platform again as well as have a piece shown in an MPH show was too good to pass up. That said, I knew I would be pressed for time so I called Brent and asked him if he would want to do a quick collaboration that could serve as a precursor to "My Drifting Heart" that used some of the same elements. He was coming off of a short sabbatical from the toy scene and was totally down to work on that piece together. I created the creature and used a lot of elements found in Brent's work and then send it off to Brent to be painted. That piece became "What Came Before, Will Come Again" (posted below) and upon completion, we were both really happy at how it turned out. It's one of my favorite pieces that I've worked on.
Buoyed by the reception to the Ghost Girl, we immediately started to get back to work on My Drifting Heart and now knowing that our styles could seamlessly mesh, we decided to incorporate a Haunt, the spectral figures commonly seen in my work.
Based on the various conversations, reference photos and the sketches, I crafted the piece where it was not strictly adherent to any one sketch or painting, focusing more on the idea that we wanted to convey. By this time, we knew that we were wanting to get this cast and reproduced for SDCC so we knew we had to find someone that had the skills to carry off something of with kind of detail and not have to acquiesce anything, due to technical or production limitations. Given the complexity, we switched from the person that we were originally going to use to the one and only Dodgrr. I rang him up, pitched the idea and there was no hesitation in his voice when he agreed to help out with bringing this piece to fruition. With his inclusion to the team and Dragatomi offering to give us a place to showcase it, we were set.
After I finished the sculpt, I sent it off to Dodgrr and upon receiving it, he immediately began to analyze in person, how to cast what he had only previously seen in WIP shots that I had sent him along the way. He spared no time in making molds of the simplest of the 19 pieces and continually sent both Brent and I shots of his progress along the way. Any reservations that we had were quickly thrown away as he continually amazed us over and over again with the ingenuity in how he was able to replicate our piece. Upon completion of one complete "..Heart", he sent it over to Brent, who after months of waiting, would finally be able to start painting and adding his signature style. Within 2 days of receiving it in his hands and almost 6 months after the initial sketches, the "My Drifting Heart" was almost finished. The final piece will be available at Dragatomi's booth during SDCC2011 and both Brent and I will be on hand and signing on Friday, July 20th at 3pm.
As for the story of "My Drifting Heart"?
The heart drifts freely in the ebb and flow of our lives, with the tide's current taking it wherever it pleases. Knowing that it is fragile, thorns and spiky barriers are erected, armoring itself from those who wish to do it harm or to protect itself from the feelings it cannot help. And for every heart, there is but one key out there that can finally release it to flourish and fly, and shed itself of the ghosts that remain. It may not know where it may heading, but eventually the drifting heart will find it's way...
On behalf of Brent Nolasco, Dodgrr and myself, we really hope that all of you enjoy this piece which will be in very limited supply at Dragatomi's booth #4935 during SDCC 2011.
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Hanouman's Nine Plan Studio is setting up their first figure for production. Titled "Dust the righteous twin" This 1:6 figure will come with a full outfit, handgun a original headsculpt as well as the removable helmet. This released is limited to 30 and priced at $199 plus shipping and is expected to be delivered by the end of 2011. Pre orders are being taken now at nine.plan.studio@gmail.com for more information check out Hanouman's blog.
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