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.
Megan aka MeSmithy just finished up another set fantastic leather clad customs... and this go around she choose the subject matter of the Simpson's cartoon, and more specifically "Itchy and Scratchy", as she customized 2 Qees for Toy2R's booth #876 at NYCC! The craftsmanship of each piece that she creates keeps getting cleaner and cleaner, and this is a fantastic combo! The attention to detail is so precise... shoot, she even made 'Scratchy's' head removable so it appears to be decapitated... so cool! Be sure to swing by booth #876 to see this piece, as well as many others in person!
Well look what we have here... an updated shot of "George The Vampire" from Tara McPherson as she is proud to be hosting Pretty in Plastic, Cherry Vinyl, and Lulubell Toys on Saturday, October 15th from 7pm-11pm for the exclusive release of this blood sucking fiend! According to Tara this figure will be hand cast resin and is going to debut in a "Gold" colorway! One thing I do notice about this figure, that is different than last time we saw him HERE, is the hollowed out heart shaped chest cavity... a much needed touch to put this already rad figure over the top! What else will this group of talented individuals bring to the table that night... time will tell, but one thing is certain, if you are out in NYC for this event... don't miss it!
I was curious as to when we would hear from the folks over at Plastic City... and just announced is their NYCC line-up... but it's not what you think! They are giving artists their own space this NYCC, and the artists are taking it over, meaning each day of NYCC at their Cultyard booth #676, it's being taken over by a different artist on Friday it's by Josh Taylor, MCA on Saturday, and Sara Antoinette Martin on Sunday! They will have new work, old work and special treats for all their fans. Oh, and there will be some Plastic City toys there to sell but the main focus is the artists... so be sure to swing by and say what's up to these awesome talents!
George and Ayleen of Toy Break are back once again with a brand new episode of their weekly video podcast! This go around they talk Real Fighting Robots, Resin goodies from Onorio Depiro, Marvel Frenzies, Designer-Con, NYCC, and so much more! Take a few minutes and give em' a watch!
We posted the bottom left custom Qee made by artist Carson Catlin titled "Dead Red Threaded" HERE a little while back and now he has just revealed 3 more awesome Qee's which will all be up for grabs via the Toy2R booth #876 during the convention as an exclusive for NYCC 2011! All of these look fantastic, and Carson really went all out on every single one... and check out that piece with the LED lights... soooooo cool!!!!
Just what the doctor ordered... or would it be just what Splurrt ordered, in any case... just announced and ready for consumer consumption is a special NYCC colorway of Splurrt's gruesomely cute Cadaver Kid. These pink and green bundles of joy will be available Saturday at the Toy Tokyo booth, release time will be announced soon... so be on the lookout!
Artist Ashley Wood announced pricing for the upcoming release of his Nefarious 10 Finger Robot Gang. But don't worry 10 finger's wont cost you a arm and a leg, they've been priced individually (sold as blind box) at $85 each with the special 11 figure set priced at $650 and their leader King Finger is priced at $90. The 10 finger gang, part of the Adventure Kartel world, go on sale Sunday Oct 16, at 6PM pacific time only at Bambaland. More details to come.
Artist Daniel Yu aka Dory sent up pics of these two awesome customs that were done up in a soviet style paintjob, and he killed them! From the three faces and rusty red of the "Red Alert" Bambaboss, to the added sculpting on the "Soviet Infiltrator" Playmobile figure, Daniel has brought two more incredible customs to his portfolio and I'm jealous of the owner! These were done as a commissioned set, so if you want your own custom then contact him here or hit up his flickr for more pics of these rad pieces!
Just when you thought all the NYCC 2011 releases had been revealed, we have one more for you, as I was tasked by Benny of Tenacious Toys to make a small special NYCC run of my resin "Borracho De Los Muertos" figures! I was stoked to say the least and this edition I am calling "Tenacious Blue"... get it?!?! These measure 6" tall and about that size in girth. This set of 5 hand-sculpted, hand-cast, and hand-painted figures feature three shades of blue with hints of pearlized silver accents all over... which, by the way, were almost impossible to catch in the photograph above... so you gotta see them in person to really appreciate the paint, it's stunning! These will be made available at the Tenacious Toys booth #876 everyday during the convention for $65 a piece. Oh, and if you are around on Sunday the 12th, swing by the booth to get something signed, sketched on, or to just chat as I will be there at 12:30PM!
If you are coming to NYCC, the folks over at Toy2R/Tenacious Toys would be very happy to meet you in person at booth #876! This year they teamed up to you our biggest NYCC event ever! They will have dozens upon dozens of exclusive custom Qees, resin toys and assorted artist-produced products for sale at their booth. Plus, Toy2R is set to release a whole slew of new items available for the first time, including Jon-Paul Kaiser's 5" Captain Strunbrau Figure - Pieces of Eight Edition (with less than 100 pieces available at the con - so don't miss out!) as well as prototypes of upcoming releases! Oh, and below is a list of signings for the 3 days as well!
Friday, October 14th: 1PM: Rsin & Matt Anderson 3PM: Mr. Munk 4PM: Nasty Neil & David Foox
Saturday, October 15th: 11AM: JCRivera Noon: Jon-Paul Kaiser 2PM: Jason Freeny 3PM: OsirisOrion, Mike "NEMO" Mendez & Plaseebo's Bob Conge
Sunday, October 16th: 12:30PM: John “Spanky” Stokes 1:30PM: Kris Dulfer / Kid Ink Industries 2:30PM: Nathan Hamill
How about some more My Plastic Heart x Pobber Toys news as they are proud to announce the elusive new colorway of Doktor A's "Humphrey Mooncalf" vinyl figure! In an a distinguishing red and black motif, this three-legged suit wearing robot dubbed the “Entertainer” edition stands 8″, is limited to 100 pieces and will be available at NYCC via the My Plastic Heart booth #879 for $95 each.
As if there is not already a ton of rad stuff out there for us to spend all our hard earned cash on, artist Huck Gee throws out a brand new run of custom figures titled "Courageous Spear Boy" which is also included in his new Gold-Life series as a 3" counterpart! "Courageous little spear boy. Going off to fight the big fight. Gonna make his mama proud. Courageous little spear boy. Doesn't know what he's in for. His armor plate. His pointy stick. His wooden hat. Gonna grow up and be a big samurai some day. Courageous little spear boy." This figure is signed, numbered, and comes with shown accessories including the garments, hat and sick looking spear! This is a run of 10 figures in the set, and you can snag one up for $650 per figure. If you are interested, email sales@huckgee.com ASAP to reserve your figure! Oh, and expect to see this figure as well as every other figure produced by Huck at his upcoming Toy Art Gallery show this coming November!
Industria Mechanika's and Ian McQue's latest creation Remora is set to go on sale Tues. October, 11, at 2PM ESTPriced at $150 for the kit only version or $165 for the limnited edition print version, Remora is looking to be a great model, the first of many I'm sure. While we've covered this kit before it's really great to see such a fast turn around time in terms of production as well as such a great value for what you get.These detailed kits come with:
56 Resin Parts 6 Clear Resin Parts 1 Seated Captain Figure (additional figures to be sold separately at a later date... separate because they can be used for more ships/scenes than the Remora and to keep the costs from getting too excessive) 1 Photoetch Fret 1 Waterslide Decal Sheet Clear Plastic Metal Rod 2 Different Types of Rigging String Coated Wire Full-Color Detailed Instructions
Remora is 1:35 scale measuring roughly 11 inches long.
Please note that this is a pre-order the actual shipping date is still to be determined, but should be within 6-8 weeks following the preorder date. Also this is a limited release for the first run, Industia Mechanika will continue produce editions of the Remora as long as there in sufficient interest in the kit. So please do not feel that you MUST get the 1st Edition unless you want the cool signed print. If you are not in a hurry, and just want the kit, more will be available soon after..
Artist Josh "f+" Pearce has been working on an original figure for quite some time now, and you all may know Josh for his AMAZING custom one-off figures... well he is now trying to take the next step and mass produce his new figure titled "The Corrupter" with the help from YOU via Kickstarter. This project however is a bit different as Josh is not raising money to have this sent to a factory to produce multiples, Josh is raising money to cover the cost of materiel as he is going to hand-cast and hand-paint each of these... giving you the opportunity to own a distinct/affordable piece of art from Josh!
This figure stands about 6.5" tall, and will come with a smaller 2.5" 'fungal fiend'! You gotta love that ominous pose of the Corrupter figure standing over the fiend as the sculpture captures that moment in time of the magical transformation happening. Through Kickstarter, there are a ton of different tiers that you can pledge, all of which give you a multitude of options! This is a great way to support an artist and in turn get an epic piece of art. Head on over HERE now and pledge some money! Oh, and if you are coming to Designer-Con on November 5th... look for this figure at the SpankyStokes.com booth along with tons of other customs from Josh!!!
Artist Tharp is gearing up like the rest of us for NYCC and he just passed along a few new customs that he will have on display/sale at theOhiya booth #984... and these are in fact his first crack at customizing the Toy2R Mini-Qee. Thse new customs turned out fantastic and in true Tharp fashion feature tons of vibrant colors and shapes. In addition to having a bunch of customs, contests, and merch Tharp notes that during the show he will be drawing with as many people as possible. "Anyone can come up and grab a sharpie and start the doodle. I'll finish it and they get to take it with them for FREE. We also will once again have a drawing to win a custom Munny. The winner will get to work with me in creating the theme, colors, etc for their Munny. The goal is to really help drive home what Ohiya stands for the -art of making friends-"! This is such a great opportunity to see some great art in person and to interact with artists so don't miss out!
Kidrobot makes their presence know at this years NYCC with a handful of release and first up is a new'ish 7" Labbit designed by South African artist Kronk! What is being billed the "Ever so often things don’t go exactly as planned" Yankee Pig Dog Labbit! This awesomely looking designed Labbit had some issues in the factory and instead of scrapping the entire project Kidrobot is offering these at a discounted rate... but honestly it's still too much money for a faulty item. DKE offers up slightly smudged items in their "Graveyard" sale every year at Designer-Con... and something like this would sell for around $20... even if it is just slightly smudged! I see what Kidrobot is doing, but $70 still seems like too much cash. in any case, these will be available at the con.
Oh my god, they killed Kenny... again!!!!! Dead Kenny is back and taking over NYCC in a very special addition to the South Park and Kidrobot collaborative mini series, Dead Kenny GID Edition is sculpted to look every bit the worse for wear, featuring exposed brains, bloody ribs, authentic cuts, scratches and scrapes, and an arm that falls off the bone. Distressed and decaying! These are really cool looking figure in person and seeing as they are limited to 1,000 pieces, and retailing for $11.95... I am sure these will sell out like the other version did in no time!
Want more Street Fighter... well Kidrobot and Capcom are back with an all new exclusive NYCC limited edition chase figure... the electric-powered Blanka! Resembling more monster than human, Blanka has an in-the-dark glow to navigate his way through the Brazilian jungle. Only 1,000 of these chloro-filled chases made it out of the wild (and to NYCC) for $11.95 a pop!
Richard Page of UME Toys just sent over an awesome picture of a one-off figure he created for NYCC 2011 titled... wait for it... "Pumpkin Head" :-) this guy will be at the Big Kev's Geek Stuff booth #E7 - which is at the end of Artist Alley - and is part of the Podcasting/Show row! Rich is making the long trip from the UK, and will be at the booth intermittently during the convention... but has assigned days to meet and greet people which in on Saturday the 15th from 5pm-7pm and Sunday 1pm-2pm! Look for other great creations from Rich as well... he plans on bringing tons of goodies along! For more photos of this rad creations, and more from Rich, hit up his Flickr site HERE! See you in New York dude!
Lulubell Toys & Kaiju Korner are happy to bring you the debut release of Grody Shogun's newest figure: Monster Kara. There will be two versions of the GID figures available for order: blank and painted. The bodies are all the same, but the heads and arms will be randomly selected from one of six heads and two of six arms. Plus, the painted figures will have slight paint variations. So there will oodles of grody variety! The sale will launch on the Kaiju Korner website HERE on October 18th at 2pm (Tokyo time) and will last 24 hours. The figures will be made to order, so everyone who gets their order in within that window will be set. Plus, you'll be able to order multiples if you want. Payment will be via Paypal only. Unpainted figures will be $28, and painted figures will be $33... a sweet deal indeed!!!!
Continuing to drop some of the coolest DIY (Do It Yourself) figures on the market, TYO Toys just announced the release of their 'CHINATOWN CUBE TRUCK'!!! The new flagship product from TYOTOYS represents a 'dream truck' for aspiring hooligans, wannabe vandals, and experienced bombers alike... and it measures a sizable 6" long by 3" high, giving enough space to to do some serious damage! The truck itself is a highly detailed metal die casting (cab and cargo) with some plastic parts that features a tilting cab that reveals detailed engine compartment! Normally this is set to retail for $46 but you can snag this up HEREright now for just $25... and no this is not a gimmick as the price will increase, so snag one up at this price folks!!!!
WOAH!!! Nick over at 'This Is Vinyl' just clued us into a really cool looking company/figure release and I gotta say it's super unique in this world of designer toys! Sticky Monster Lab, a creative studio in Korea was founded in 2007 by 3 members... all of which came from a different field (Motion graphic, Illustration and Festival managing) and now a figure artist has joined on board as another official member as they put their brain power together to create these silly looking plastic 6" tall creatures... all of which are available over HERE now!
One thing that really stands out to me is how unique they are, and you can just tell that they are made by designers just by looking at the packaging and the clean unified look! They also have an individuality about them, yet hold well together as a group... as you can see in the above photo... what a fun set to own!
Last week we showed off the 6" version of Marka27 and Bic Plastics "Black Buddha" Asia minigod, and now comes new of a much larger and more robust 15" version of the same figure set to drop at New York Comic Con. The release and signing will take place at the ToyTokyo booth #976 on October 14th from 3pm-4pm where you can snag this up for $160 each!
In this video above, Sam Parducho models the Black Buddha in Brooklyn... and do note that the sound in the video is coming from the speaker... some fantastic quality! The figure is made of vinyl and has 3 points of articulation and enclosed in this beast is the inner workings of some great sound! It comes with a mini Jack cable, USB adapter, 2.5 Hour rechargeable Lithium Battery, ON and OFF Switch, LED lights... along with some serious style!
Keithing over at ToyQube just passed along some info for their exclusive NYCC 2011 releases via booth #880... and just when you thought it was safe to go back into the water... the 'I LOVE NY' 3" Baby Sharky is coming to get ya!!!! These however are not vinyl, like their counterparts, but they are hand painted and made in resin! They will be available in both the Black and Gray at the con for $30 each!
Up next is a new version of his rad Dracula resin figure as he created the 'DayWalker' version! This is s new medium he used where it's not GID... it only glows under the Sunlight, at normal color it's frosty clear, when it gets the Sunlight it will glow and change to the color blue! This is an edition of 50 pieces and will retail for $65 each! There are also some custom Androids inspired by the Super Mario's Bullet Bill... plus other goodies, so be sure to visit booth #880 to pick these up!
Back in December of 2010 we posted up HERE the new Neon 3.5" DIY Teddy Troops and now this eye popping army will be available for purchase at NYCC 2011 via the My Plastic Heart booth #879! These will be blind boxed and ready to customize for just $7 each!
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