Nikejerk's screen printed cards for his Most Wanted Series 3 Dunny!

Wow, that's a ton of mini-prints! Nikejerk made these hand-pulled screen prints of his Most Wanted Series 3 custom Dunny, though they are meant to be extras for people who bought MW3 blind boxes… obviously not everyone will get one. Didn't snag your blind box yet? There's one more Most Wanted sale left: Monday, July 9th at 6PM PST in the Most Wanted online shop.

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Rotofugi SDCC 2012 previews... part 1

It looks like the folks over at Rotofugi have been holding out until last minute to showcase their exclusive releases for this years SDCC 2012... but even though they came out the gates late... they are bringing the heat with all kinds of goodies! Also to note... they say they have more to announce (what???), so sit back and enjoy the photos and info below of what they are revealing so far.

SDCC 2012: Glowing Grim Marshall

64 Colors continues to grace con goers with some great designs based on their Marshall character! Even Marshmallows are not exempt from the fate that is Grim...Marshall! This limited edition figure may be dark, but in the end there is light and good in all of us, even Grim Marshall. Do not fear him. Leave Grim Marshall in a sunny spot or place him under a lamp for a bit, then turn off the lights to see his glowing visage before your very eyes! Designed by 64 Colors and produced by Squibbles Ink + Rotofugi, Glowing Grim Marshall will be making his debut at San Diego Comic Con (Booth 4736) for $13 (tax included) and will also be available from rotofugi.com after the convention.

SDCC 2012: Touma Goon Poster
This awesome Goon Poster by Japanese toy designer and artist Touma x Sweet Streets will be available at San Diego Comic Con (Squibbles Ink + Rotofugi Booth 4736) starting Thursday at 11:30 when Touma will be joining Max Toy Company founder Mark Nagata for a signing at our booth. The poster is 16x20 inches on archival paper and is an edition of 50. They will be priced at $18 (tax included).

SDCC 2012: Max Toy Company Exclusives & Customs
The Rotofugi folks are excited to announce that they will once again be representing and hosting Max Toy Company at SDCC 2012! They will have 3 exclusives plus a couple other Max Toy releases and a bunch of amazing hand-painted customs by Max Toy Company founder Mark Nagata!

• Mini Kaiju Negora with Big Fish, designed by Konatsu and produced by Max Toy Co, will be priced at $50 (tax included).
• Lady Darkness will be making an appearance too, in both her masked and unmasked versions, for $44 each (tax included)
• Micro Eyezons in unpainted blue, for $15 (tax included).
  

But that's not all... they'll also have some of the new Lady Maxx comic book, a few full size Kaiju King Negoras and a whole bunch of amazing customs by Mark for sale at the booth. Finally, if you'll be at SDCC, join em' on Thursday from 11am to Noon for a signing with Max Toy founder and artist Mark Nagata, who will be joined by famed Japanese toy designer Touma from 11:30 until Noon.

SDCC 2012: Glow in the Dark Snyboras
Chris Ryniak's Snybora will be double trouble at this year's San Diego Comic Con, sneaking in the back door while the lights are off and wrecking the joint! OK, they won't really be sneaking in or wrecking anything, but these Glow in the Dark Mini Lake Monsters will indeed be available at the Squibbles Ink + Rotofugi booth (4736) first come, first served while supplies last for $33 each (tax included)! Figure designed and sculpted by Chris Ryniak, with paint design and execution by Joe Somers (Squibbles Ink) and Kirby Kerr (Rotofugi).

SDCC 2012: Bubble Gumdrop
Marshall's best friend Gumdrop is doing his best imitation of a piece of delicious bubble gum in this special edition. Bubble Gumdrop is a pup made of vinyl, so even though he looks like candy, don't try to eat him! This limited edition of 500 pieces will make it's debut at San Diego Comic Con at the Squibbles Ink + Rotofugi Booth (4736) for $8 (tax included) and will be available at rotofugi.com after the convention.

SDCC 2012: Rinaldo the Fabulous
Travis Lampe fans rejoice! It's been a while since we last did a Special Edition Tear Drip, but the drought is over! Meet Rinaldo the Fabulous...just like his Tear Drip bretheren, he's sad but in a perky and disarming way. Actually, that's not true...he isn't perky or disarming at all. Just sad. This limited edition of 300 pieces will make it's debut at San Diego Comic Con at the Squibbles Ink + Rotofugi Booth (4736) for $11 (tax included) and will be available at rotofugi.com after the convention.

Source [Rotofugi Press]

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Phantasma reinterprets cartoon mouse for the urban demo!

While we might want to forget it, there was certainly a time when animation studios were scrambling — like chickens minus their heads — to try and make classic cartoon characters relevant again to modern children. What did the idea bring us? Space Jam. Need I really say more?

Well, Indonesian-based artist Eric "Phantasma" Liem lives in a country where the most popular animated mouse, Didi Tikus, is actually a pretty fresh character geared towards modern youth… so it only makes sense that Phantasma should reinterpret the character as something geared towards the 70s urban demographic. Looking like something from a rejected Blaxploitation set, Phantasma's custom resin figure comes complete with Jheri curl hair and afro pick, not to mention those pimpin' large shades. All he needs are some buxom mice ladies on either side of him and some horrid tagline that would probably play "Tikus" against "Take Us."

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Matthew Ryan Sharp x OhNo!Doom Gallery's Midwest Ghost Burial Jars!

Late last year, artist Matthew Ryan Sharp began housing his strange paintings inside of glass mason jars… An abandonment of the canvas frame that certainly makes his work stand out all the more in your collection. And now, in an effort to produce something affordable for fans, Sharp has planned a limited release through OhNo!Doom Gallery: the wonderfully creative "Midwest Ghost Burial Jars." Each mason jar houses one original 3"x4" mixed media drawing/painting made using inks, acrylics, oils, watercolors, and/or a gold gilding pen and each one also has a "gold tooth" placed on it. The back of each piece is signed, dated, titled and dual stamped while it sits proudly upon a bed of dried pipe tobacco and Spanish moss. To secure the whole thing, the jars lids have been wrapped shut using twine. These pieces are available right now for $70 each from HERE.

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Angry Woebots w/ J★RYU x Silent Stage's "Polar Ice Gazer" & "Monk Life Gazer"!

Surely we all remember those amazing looking panda busts that Aaron "Angry Woebots" Martin designed and J★RYU sculpted, which Silent Stage produced? Sure you do. If you missed out before and you happen to be going to the 2012 San Diego Comic-Con, then here's your chance to add one to your collection… These roughly 6-inch-tall transparent blue resin cast beauts, entitled the "Polar Ice Gazer Busts," will be available at Silent Stage's SDCC Booth #4929. Limited to a mere 25 copies, these bad boys will run you a cool $150 each.

But, while you're checking out that "Polar Ice" version, you might notice these stunning J★RYU editions: the Monk Life Gazer Busts. Each has been re-sculpted by the man himself, including the bead necklaces and metal staffs. Limited to only 10 copies with 2 chase versions… the 'regular' edition is the one on top with both of the chase versions underneath it. Available for $450 each at the Silent Stage Booth (#4929), we suspect they will take all of the five seconds to sell out when released on either Friday, July 13th or Saturday, July 14th.

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Sergio Mancini's custom Fonzo for the upcoming Freak Store show!

For the upcoming and previously announced Fonzo custom group show at Freak Store, we have the amazing Sergio Mancini's addition: Wikiki. This stunningly beautiful and exquisitely crafted 6-inch custom betrays Mancini's fixation with strangely shaped eyes and tiny little mustaches… not that there is absolutely anything wrong with either, especially when they are made with this level of skill. Mancini describes Wikiki as "the little freak stuck in his own curiosity," which makes me wonder what he's so curious about…

And here we have Mancini's "Wikiki" relaxing with the previously reviewed piece by RunDMB and the previously unseen piece by MAp-MAp.

The Fonzo Custom Show will be held on July 25th at Freak Store, Centro San Ignacio. Nivel Jardín. Sector Las Vegas. Local LV-22, C.P 1060, Caracas, Venezuela.
Participating artists include: 64Colors, Betso, Brandt Peters, Burundanga Design, Charles Rodrígues, Chaukoskis, DrilOne, Fakir, Gabriel Carpio, Gabriel Mesa, Gary Ham, GerardMDS, Jeremiah Ketner, Kathie Olivas, MAp-MAp, Murkasec, M-Lon, Oui Design, RonaldArtx, Rsin Art, Run DMB, Sergio Mancini, Simplevector, Squink, The Beast Brothers and Travis Lampe.

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Meet "Power Babo," the newest high-flying addition to the Uglydoll family!

Look, up in the sky! It's a bird! It's a plane! It's an… Uglydoll?!? Power Babo's tiny plush arms might not be able to bend steel and his squeezable form might not be able to stop a speeding bullet, but he likes to think he can do these things… and that's all that really matters, right? Thankfully for the world, Power Babo doesn't want to be a super-hero; rather he longs to be your sidekick!

He knows who you really are, there is no fooling him! OK, so maybe that last part is pushing it, but he knows your secret power is soon to be revealed to the world. He knows that you have the unlimited potential to be what you were meant to be! He knows there's no stopping you! Someone with that much power would be a great help when reaching for the highest cookie jar. Babo believes in you.

Power Babo is making his premiere appearance at the 2012 San Diego Comic-Con, available at the Uglydoll Booth #3245. Just don't ask him what the deal is with the cracker icon on his chest, that's just how David Horvath and Sun-Min Kim made him…

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Phil Noto's "A Certain Splendor" at Stranger Factory displays beautiful women in beautiful style!

If you've been reading current comics within the last decade or so, then the same Phil Noto should definitely make you drool in anticipation: his clean, stylized line-work, his tendency to draw beautiful women realistically & spectacularly… heck, when Dark Horse announced the return of Ghost recently it wasn't that Kelly Sue McCormick was writing it that sold me, it was that Noto was drawing it. Give Noto a solo art show where he shows completely new works playing towards his strengths and I'm all about it, which is exactly what Stranger Factory have done for Noto's "A Certain Splendor" exhibition. My favorite piece — without question — is the acrylic painting "Kill Kitty" (top inset right), which I'd spend the $750 price for in a heartbeat if I could afford it. Though owning any of Noto's fine line female pieces would certainly make my heart skip a beat.

"A Certain Splendor" will run through July 30th at Stranger Factory, 109 Carlisle Blvd NE, Albuquerque, NM 87106. All remaining pieces will be available for purchase online starting Monday, July 9th, 2012 HERE.

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Super7's brand new Star Wars t-shirts for SDCC 2012!

Super7 have been gearing up for a massive 2012 San Diego Comic-Con and now they've cinched it: three brand new Star Wars t-shirts for fans to lust after. There's the retro-rad "Star Wars Retro-Arcade" displaying an Asteroids-like interpretation of Empire Strikes Back star ships printed in grey on black, the "Wookie Sighting!" image which should make every Bigfoot believer question Patterson's infamous photo, and the MC Escher inspired "Death Star Relativity" which overflows with tiny gags.

These will exclusively be available from Super7's SDCC Booth #4729, where they will also have the original three Star Wars tees on-hand. Each shirt will cost $25, though if you buy four then a fifth one is free! And, of course, any purchase at the Super7 Booth comes with a free pack of Super7 Trading Cards… which we're promised includes a Star Wars themed card inside!

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Brad Isdrab mini-figures & kitbashes at Zerofriends group show!

Brad Isdrab is pulling out all the stops, but I guess you have to when your work will be displayed for months on end next to people like Greg 'Craola' Simkins and Skinner. They are taking part in a massive group show in Oakland, CA, one that will remain available for viewing until the end of the Summer, and Isdrab shared his contributions with us: 12 uniquely sculpted and hand-painted Annexbots (above), a kitbash/toy mod entitled "Voltron Guy" (take a guess where the base figure for that came from!), and a brand new Gynoid doll (like the ones we reviewed HERE).

The Zerofriends Collective Art Show opens tonight (July 7th) and will run through Sept. 1st at Zerofriends, 489 25th St., Oakland, CA 94612.
Participating artists include: Alex Pardee, Allison Sommers, Ben Walker, Brad Isdrab, Brett Amory, Chet Zar, Chloe Rice, Dave Correia, Greg 'Craola' Simkins, Jason Edmiston, Jessica Jenkins, Jon Schnepp, Jon Wayshak, Kellen Breen, Lucien Shapiro, Marcos Lafarga, Marissa Derengowski, Matt Richie, Mike Mitchell, Quake, Ricky Watts, Robert Brown, Skinner, and Steven Daily.

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