It's been some time since we have heard from
Smash Tokyo Toys, but it appears that they are working hard with artist TURBOPISTOLA (Daniel Smith) getting turnarounds ready for their huge new mini Japanese vinyl line they are getting ready to do with
Velocitron later on this year. For more of the sketches of their ideas go
HERE, and according to STT, that's a secret head that is pixelled out... Oh, and do you recognize the hand on the arm... that's because the drill hand is "Seismic Aces" head... AWESOME!!! No other details will be released until the series has been finalized, but it sounds really cool!
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Hot off the announcement
HERE of 3DRetro's Gold exclusive colorway, the folks over at
Munky King have just posted up their own exclusive colorway of Frank Kozik's brand new 18" tall vinyl "Gipper" bust! This "Copper" beauty is just like the rest of em... limited to only 50 pieces and is set to retail
HERE for $200... go now!
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Customizer
Jay222 is killing this Eyezon; and I mean that in the best possible way. The paint job is clean and professional, but what really makes it are the legs. Yea, those are
not the legs an Eyezon comes with… at all. So that means Jay222 hand-sculpted those bad boys in a seriously pro way. If I didn't know better, that's 100% what I'd think the figure was supposed to look like. And is it just me or is that a Ghostbusters logo on his belt buckle?
No clue what this is for or anything, but I thought it was too amazing not to share. If you're interested — and this piece is still available — try contacting the artist through
his website,
his Twitter feed, or directly at
jay222toy [at] gmail [dot] com. Even if the piece is spoken for, you might be able to work out a deal for him to make you some sweet horrors of your own.
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Tonight and tomorrow night
MAD will be doing a live painting event at
Foxwoods Casino. Since he'll only be working on the piece for 2 hours each evening, he pre-applied a base coat to the 4-foot-tall dunny that he'll be working on. Shown above, you can see MAD's typical smooth lines and graphic pow all over the place. Plus, a silver back? Interesting! And check out the finished product at the top... amazing!
"Live Painting with MAD" will be on February 24th & 25th from 6-8PM each night at
Foxwoods Resort Casino, 350 Trolley Line Blvd., Mashantucket, CT 06338.
foxwoods.com
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Looking to save some serious cash on a whole slew of designer toys... well starting tomorrow Saturday, February 25th and running until March 3rd, the folks over at
Toykio are offering up a 20% discount on each and every toy in thier online shop... AWESOME!!! Oh and if you live around their shop, you can go in and access the sale as well! So swing on by
HERE starting tomorrow and load up on designer vinyl!
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How do you celebrate your anniversary... well,
Mother Falcon celebrates theirs in style as they have called upon 4 past alumni to create some seriously boss shirts!You have your choice at designs by
Hydro74,
Horsebites,
Scott Donald and
Dres13... all of which look rad! So head on over
HERE now to celebrate with them!
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The cannibalistic Foster figure from
Super7 has always been one sweet customer, but
Lunabee figured out a way to make him even more deliciously amazing… fill him with strawberry jam. "Jammy" was a piece Lunabee did for her friend Dan and, without a doubt, he is one lucky guy. The smooth shading of the cookie folds is to die for and his strawberry face is too adorable for words. I usually love Lunabee's work, but this one just takes her normally cute style to whole new level.
And while this brilliant piece might already be spoken for, Lunabee is typically (time allowing) to be commissioned for custom work. Contact her at
lunabee [at] miskellaneous [dot] co [dot] uk to make inquiries.
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Looking to spice up your electronics with a little
Doktor A. flare... well, a new company called '
Funky Peanut' based outta the UK have just announced that they have teamed up with the good Doktor to help you spice things up... with one of Dok's classic designs! Introducing the limited edition "Rupture" Funky Sleeves... these are mobile device covers for iPads, Kindles, Android tablets, Macbook Pros and other laptops!
Doktor A has updated the Rupture design especially for the Funky Sleeves device covers and says “
I have given it a little more attitude than the previous versions”. The Funky Sleeves are initially available in three sizes to suit a wide range of mobile devices... all of which have separate price points! Each beautifully printed front and back with the Doktor's all consuming creation. The sleeves are manufactured from high quality 5mm neoprene with a black super soft fleece lining. These Rupture Funky Sleeves are a strictly limited edition with
just 500 of each size being made available. This release is the first in a proposed series of artist designed media device cases from Funky Peanut. If you want to get ahold of these now, head on over
HERE via Funky Peanut, or
HERE via Doktor A's online shop!
Source[Doktor A. Press]
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Several weeks back we announced the "I
nstant Revolution" group Polaroid photography show and
Gary Baseman's involvement. Above you can now see a set of four of Baseman's pieces from the show in all their instant camera glory. As we had noted, Baseman treated the pieces like mixed media masterworks, using the Polaroid as a canvas upon which he hand-detailed everything in his unforgettable art style.
"
Instant Revolution" opened on February 9th and runs through March 23rd at The Impossible Project Space NYC, 425 Broadway, 5th Floor, New York, NY 10013. More information can be found at:
http://www.the-impossible-project.com/projects/exhibitions/(Image courtesy of the Arrested Motion blog.)
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Yesterday we posted a WIP pic of
Mikie Graham's piece for the "
Bellicosity" group custom show, so today we bring you
Rsin's WIP for the same. Not only did Rsin take Nathan Hamill's Bellicose Bunny and truly make it his own, but — as always — his cleanness and creativity floor me. And the bunny has a helmet! What's better than that, I ask you?
"
Bellicosity: The Bellicose Bunny Group Custom Show" will open on March 23rd and run through April 6th at the
Toy Art Gallery (TAG), 7571 Melrose Ave. (corner of Melrose & Curson) Los Angeles, CA, 90046.
toyartgallery.com
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Continuing with the onslaught of reveals for
Shawn Wigs HUGE new series of a 110 Custom 3" Dunnys & 1 custom 8" Dunny titled "Silly Rabbits"... we are actually getting a look today at the custsom done up by Shawn himself as he is one of the 7 amazing artists involved. As you can see from the above picture Shawn not only did up a set of the 3" Dunny/Paw hybrids, but he created a massive 8" version in the same style... I would describe it as a dirty eggshell neanderthal :-) The series will be Blind-Boxed and sold
HERE for $90 each, and it's set to drop on Thursday, March 1st at 12pm EST! Be on the lookout for the next teaser very soon!
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If you're not familiar with
PaleyFest, it's where TV fans get together to watch episodes and interact with cast & crew. Last year, Gallery1988 produced seven stunning prints of some of the TV shows featured and they're doing it again this year! The line-up:
Daniel Danger doing American Horror Story (avail. March 2nd),
Joshua Budich doing "Community" (avail. March 3rd),
Jason Edmiston doing "The Office" (avail. March 6th),
Phantom City Creative doing "Sons of Anarchy" (avail. March 7th),
Jessica Deahl doing "The Vampire Diaries" (avail. March 10th),
Jay Shaw doing "Mad Men" (avail. March 13th), and
Jeff Boyes doing "Modern Family" (avail. March 14th). These prints are
only available at event.
The posters will be for sale in the lobby of the
Saban Theatre in Beverly Hills, CA. To buy tickets to the PaleyFest events, go
HERE.
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To celebrate his upcoming solo art show "Scenic Riot" at
OhNo!Doom,
BASK has made a sweet deal with
1xRUN: He's made 50 original "Because Art Should Kill" paintings that 1xRUN will sell to you for
free. No, you read that right… free; well, you do have to pay shipping still, but… c'mon! These 12" x 24" pieces will be shipped, directly from the artist, without any wrapping. As BASK explains, the "wear of travel during transit, will be an intentional effect on each one of a kind piece." The paintings drop on Thursday, March 1st at an undisclosed time.
BASK's "Scenic Riot" art show opens on March 10th and runs through April 10th at
OhNo!Doom, 1800 N. Wilwaukee, Chicago, IL 60647.
ohnodoom.com
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What the…?!? Yes, that's
Bravo's
Work of Art winner
Kymia Nawabi hard at work in
Sucklord's Suckadelic Studio. How do we know that she's hard at work and not just fooling around? Because when
Sam Parducho, jewelry maker extraordinaire & Sucklord's girlfriend, posted the above picture, she wrote "Hard at work" as the tagline; doesn't get any more clear than that. But it might not be so strange, as you may recall Nawabi's sweet custom for the "
Futuretro" group show:
But wait, on
Nawabi's Twitter feed she says: "Working with Sucklord tomorrow to get Thoth made and maybe a surprise character for sale as well!" She'd mentioned the Thoth figure before as a limited edition item, but what it is? We'll let you know as we find out more.
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Splurrt went nuts and customized a bunch of
Rampage Toys "Ugly Unicorn" figures. In fact, it was like he was responding to a challenge… "Man, those are some ugly unicorns," someone said. "They could be uglier," Splurrt replied. "Yea, sure the could," that disbelieving someone stated. Proved wrong. These are "Uglier Unicorns," with additional sculpt work done and some sweet retro-Kaiju sprays. No word on price, but it appears there are only going to be 9 of these ugly bastards available… so race over to
Splurrt's web shop at 1PM EST on Sunday, February 26th to try and grab one!
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It's been teased for a while now that
Ashley Wood's
3A would be doing some
Metal Gear Solid figures. Known for their hyper-detailing and robotic entities, 3A seemed the natural choice to take on such a labor as bring the fan-favorite video game to pain-staking life. And now, the first piece in the line has been officially announced: MGS Rex is a 1/48th scale — which still puts it at somewhere around 2-feet-tall — rendition of the mech and… oh, let's just take a peek at it:
Details are still scant, but the figure will go on-sale in the
Bambaland webstore on March 2nd at 9AM PST for $490. More details surely to follow.
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The Rusted Nail Gallery is turning one-year-old and to celebrate this momentous event they're building robots! Well, not them personally, but some talented artists are building them robots! "
Build the Robots!!" will be a group exhibition featuring new works from
Aaron Voigt,
Jordan Thomas,
Mikey Sarratt,
Slobot,
edstuff,
Luke Harris,
MattA* and
rustedhalo. The Rusted Nail will — in addition to robots — have a live DJ, snacks, drinks and an excess of fun to share with all attendees.
"Build the Robots!!" opens on Friday, March 9th from 6PM to 11PM at
The Rusted Nail Gallery, 158 Main St., Mesa, AZ 85201.
therustednailgallery.com
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NoseGo has a new T-Shirt up for pre-order, the "
Acute" design. And it certainly is cute, done in that slick stylized cartoon fashion of his… But I've gotta admit, it doesn't match the awesomeness I feel for "
Circle Bear." Bare in mind, though, that I'm a design minimalist, so…
The "Acute" design is up for pre-order right now
HERE.
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Perhaps you recall us reviewing
Hoakser's "
Abandoned Mini-Munny" not that long ago, well… Hoakser is back and this time it is a poor Rooz that appears to have been brought to a poorly patrolled neighborhood, abandoned for a couple of hours, and — during that time — was tag-bombed to all hell. Entitled the "Derelict Rooz," this continues Hoakser's mixing of graffiti art and customizing art, making a sculptural statement about the nature of art. Plus, you know, it comes with a mini canvas on easel… it doesn't get much more arty than that!
As before, Hoakser has placed the finished piece on
eBay with a 99p starting price. Go forth and bid, custom collectors… go forth and bid
HERE.
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Remember a while back
we showed you this absolutely gorgeous print by
Phlegm? "Civilisation" ended up being a two-color masterpiece silk-screened on 280gsm Rives tan paper. What's 280gsm, you ask? It's a British paper weight measurement and it is equivalent to a little heavier weight than an index card playing card… Yup, this piece is going to have some weight to it! And some length; the width is roughly 14.5" and the length is… just shy of 44" long — or just shy of
4 feet long, if you prefer!
There are only going to be 107 copies of the print made available, with a limit of one per person. They'll cost £100 (approx. $160US) and go on-sale Monday, February 27th at an undisclosed time. The direct link to the sale page is
HERE.
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