Jeremy Madl aka
MAD just put up some seriously cool new items in his online store tonight... and it's the best of both worlds as there are a few customs as well as some artist proofs of his latest figure! First spotted at NYCC and released in very limited quantity, MAD's new
Pobber Toys produced "MORK" figure is up for grabs
HERE right now as an artist proof... meaning htey come signed and numbered and are super limited. You have your choice of 2 figures, either Mork '816' & '913' (
The Mork Twins)... both decked out in prison garb and stand 6.5″ tall... go
HERE now and grab em for only $80 each!
But wait... there is more, much more!!! MAD decided to do a double release to coincide with his MORK sales... as he completely customized up 2 10" MAD*L figures to match. MAD tells us that the idea for this custom actually sparked the design for the figure variant. Each one is hand painted with spray paint, acrylics, and markers. These are one of a kind figures... and they are only $400 each! These figure are so rad, and I am so tempted to pull the trigger myself on them... so please head on over
HERE now and do it before I get myself in trouble!
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There are some artists out there that continually raise the bar when it comes to custom vinyl toys... and each time
Kevin Gosselin grabs a piece of raw vinyl, he transforms it into a magnificent work of art! Case in point... his latest custom MAD*L titled "Mr. AZ"! Now upon first seeing this, you would think it was a 10" MAD*L... just by the amoount of detail and work put into it... but no... this is a 5" version, making the work THAT MUCH MORE IMPRESSIVE! Kevin completed this as a private commission... for an obvious stoked fan out there... I mean, I can't get over how fantastic this is. Go ahead and click on the above photo to see the detail work in this... the smoldering fire place, the wood ladder, the cracked adobe bricks... and that little "Hopi" figure guarding the sacred place. All you aspiring artists and customizers out there take note... this figure is the complete package, the real deal, and Kevin shows no signs of stopping. Bravo my friend... keep killing it! For more photos and a complete background story on this figure, visit Kevin's site
HERE!
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The Brothers Washburn are back and their really cool black and white periodical,
Color Ink Book, is already on its 14th volume... and this particular one is THE ALL CUTE EDITION! 100 + pages of happiness, smiles and rad stuff! Volume Number fourteen features covers by
64 Colors, Scribe, Tokidoki and Tharp, as well as a ton of line art inside from
64 Colors, Bob Harper, The Chung!!, Dacosta!, Gary Fields, Gary Ham, Jason, Maloney, Kat Brunnegraff, Scribe, Simone Legno (Tokidoki) Steve Talkowski and Tharp! These are produced in limited quantities every quarter and they measure 8.5" x 11" with 100+ pages of visual candy! Retailing for only $10 a piece, these can be picked up via their website
HERE, or at most all designer toy retail outlets!
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WOAH!!!! All you ESC Fans... head on over
HERE now as pre-orders are now available for Turtum Micci WAVE 2 series. up first is the "Slate Stone" colorway. Each 3.5" hand painted resin figure is packed in a protective box with a serial hologram... so you know it's the real deal! These figures are the standard edition, and aren't signed or numbered... that being said, if you want them signed by Erick you can bring them to conventions during his signing sessions. oh, and the best part
about this release... they are only $20 a piece... AWESOME!!!
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The
KusoPop winter collection has just been announced, and among all the rad designs... you can get them all on t-shirts, crewnecks, hoodies, and jackets! This high quality limited edition apparel line features new designs by Rotobox and Maihiro, and is available in both men's and women's styles and designs! They can be picked up
HERE right now... go grab some new threads!
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Quite often in the designer toy scene projects pop up that have been "killed off" for one reason or another... and just recently
Bwana Spoons posted up some images of a mini-figure series that would be AWESOME if released! Bwana goes on to explain. "
About 4 years ago I teamed up with the now defunct StrangeCo toy company. We set out on a journey to make radness. Something that was to turn heads and just be the beginning buds of an ongoing series. We were starting with a blindbox series, a band set, and a killer with babies set. Destined for awesomeness we thought... but ended up with major delays on StrangeCo's and the factories part. Then the economy crashed and StrangeCo slid into the abyss."
As you can see, there are a ton of familiar characters that we have seen in Bwana's vast universe of misfits... and even some not very recongizable. Bwana goes on to say "
I was going for a heavilly Playmobile inspired, fully interchangeable, ABS explosion. Something that would endure years of play by adults and kids that wanted to play with creatures that drank moonshine and wielded knives. What we/I ended up with is this pile of PVC testshots and prototypes. Some of which is extremely awesome and some of which is garbage. The scultors had a really hard time understanding that I wanted this all to be completely interchangeable, so lots of holes and plugs are dif sizes, and some stuff is just plain wonky. When I got this box I was both elated and very sad. I'll chalk it up to a great learning experience and will have a pretty good nug of knowledge if i get a chance like this again." I can almost guarantee that I am not the only one that would love to see a blind-box series from Bwana... or even from the majority of the GrassHut crew. Who knows if that will ever happen, but I do love seeing all of these figures... a great look into the past! For more photos, hit the link
HERE.
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The FatCap Series 3 release is finally coming next Thursday, January 26... and you can celebrate in style - all over the world - by attending your
local trading and release party!!! Oh, and just announced are a few rare case pack exclusives, and just like a few previous blind-box releases they are going to be region specific. North American locations will have a super limited amount of Sket One’s “Cover The Cap” GOLD edition, and everywhere else will have the endangered design by Scribe dubbed “Almost Gone”! Amongst those rare designs, this series is looking really fresh, and I am really looking forward to snaggin up a few of my own!
This 3rd series features
18 rad designs by artists new and old... and that is awesome to see! The artists that are in the series include:
Devious, Flying Fortress, Jon Paul Kaiser, Julie West, KaNO, Kronk, MCA, Montana Colors, Pez, Queen Andrea, Quisp, Scribe, Shok 1, and
Sket One! Check out that checklist above, and for a full list of trading parties... hit the link
HERE! I have mentioned it before, but... I really love the way that the artists are pushing this platform, and how KR is backing them up and actually producing them... great work all around! These are set to r
elease January 26 for $9.95 a box... who else is excited for these?!?!?!
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Well lookie here... a little UK tag team action as artists
Jon Paul Kaiser,
RunDMB, and
UME Toys have a little something something going on! According to Rich over at UME Toys, at the tail end of last year he had a conversation about a possible sculpt/resin toy based on a concept from David Bishop and Jon Paul Kaiser... and above is the first prototype. Tentatively being called 'X' for now, this teaser really does not revel much, but knowing the guys involved... it's going to be awesome! Rich also mentions that if you wanna see the full reveal, he will be smuggling him in his backpack to London next week for Kidrobot Fatcap event on Thursday... so if you are going out to that, make sure you get a look!
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Clutter got the scoop on a new figure from
Ron English... and right off the bat, I gotta say that this is my favorite pop-culture art figure from Ron English by far! These are based on a guerilla advertising campaign that Ron placed on some super market shelves a while back... and I guess it was a huge hit, because now they have made the leap from 2D to 3D! There is not much info known about this release, like who is producing it or how much it will be, but Clutter does mention that this is the "OG" colorway which will be limited to 500 pieces with follow up colorways limited too 100 each. More on this as info rolls in!
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Kidrobot continues to push the Simpsons merchandise... and this go around, instead of creating a whole line of mini-figure based on the show itself, it' almost like a "meet your maker" episode as creator of the Simpsons, Matt Groening, has been "Simpsons'ized"!!! This rad 6" vinyl version of Matt is just in time as the Simpsons are celebrating its 500th episode in February 2012, and Kidrobot is honoring the father of primetime animation in the only way they know how! And if you didn't think Matt was a fan of the designer toy community... think again, as he stopped by the SS.com booth during Designer-Con 2011 (
posted to the left) and bought up one of
Motorbot's "Meathead" resin figures... AWESOME! The figure comes complete with goatee and glasses, director’s jacket, pad and pencil accessories, and it's the first EVER Simpsons Matt Groening toy. Dropping February 9, 2012 at
Kidrobot and select retailers for only $50 a pop!
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