PHOTO RECAP: DrilOne, Jason Limon, Jay222 & Mark Nagata at Dragatomi's SDCC Booth!

This massive photo slideshow is a must see to be sure! Included is not only a detailed overview of the contents of Dragatomi's SDCC Booth #4935 but also pics of the DrilOne, Jason Limon, Jay222 and Mark Nagata signings that took place there! Talk about a meeting place for the heavy hitters of the scene… damn!

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PHOTO RECAP: Kuso Vinyl SDCC Booth with BeeFy & Co, Rotobox & Van Beater Signings!

John "Spanky" Stokes happened to be walking by the Kuso Vinyl SDCC Booth just as BeeFy & Co. was preparing for a signing… Camera in hand, Spanky couldn't resist taking a few snap shots for you to enjoy! But that's not all, as Spanky also caught the elusive Rotobox duo during their signing at Kuso's Booth as well as Van Beater (with a surprise appearance by Chauskoskis)!

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REVEAL: Andrew Bell's 9+" tall Android Prototype is large & in charge!

No, that's not a bit of Photoshop magic… that's a really big Android vinyl figure! For those eagle-eyed people who saw our earlier post revealing some of the Series 03 figures, you could spot this guy in the corner of a couple of pics. We originally thought he was simply a mascot for the SDCC Booth, but — as it turns out — it's a new 9+" tall prototype that Andrew Bell had made. Fingers crossing that these wonderfully large versions come out soon!

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Happy Friday!! Pick-a-Mix!!!!

Hello, hello!!! Hope you all of you at SDCC are having a magical time; I hate you. I kid, but I am green and mean with envy. Anyone who wants to buy us some of these goodies, feel free. Toodles! Big kiss, kellipop.

JEFF SOTO'S THE SEEKER (GREEN "EARTH" VERSION)  --  $100

T-WORLD BOOK  --  $20

VNA issue 19  --  £5

OH OH A FREE GOODIE - - - > Patrick Sean Gibson's app BRAINSNAP. DO IT. Pimp your pics with rad art!!!

Who's addicted to succulents, me me me meeeeee. WHO LOVES DINOSAURS?? These are rad. Plant-a-Saurus  --  $28

Gocco Martian - MadebyBromley  --  £6

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PHOTO RECAP: Dez Einswell's DoodleBarn Booth at SDCC!

Continuing our series of "this is what you missed if you couldn't get to San Diego Comic-Con" photo slideshow recaps, here's an array of wonderful pics of Dez Einswell's DoodleBarn (Booth #4929, alongside Silent Stage). Included is a nice series of shots spotlighting the Sky-WokR we previously talked about, which had mecha legs sculpted by none other than J★RYU.

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PHOTO RECAP: Take a tour of the UglyDoll Booth at SDCC!

Here at SpankyStokes, we know what you really want… if you had to miss out on going to San Diego Comic-Con, then you want to see pictures of the UglyDoll Booth! Yes, filled with wall-to-wall plushes and merchandise bearing the hideously adorable characters, they certainly prove the Ugly is the new Cute.

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PHOTO RECAP: Sucklord preparing wares for the DKE SDCC Booth!

Our man on the scene, head honcho John "Spanky" Stokes, caught up with his buddy Sucklord and took some great behind-the-scenes photos over the last two days of the man himself preparing for the DKE Toys selling frenzy at SDCC Booth #4728…

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PHOTO RECAP: Sawdust Bear's Table at SDCC!

A wonderful photo series of our friend Shing Yin Khor — aka Sawdust Bear — had an amazingly full table at SDCC so we thought we'd share this recap of what she had going on with you. Some mighty impressive sculptures (including many Larms and Fiji Mermaids) at her Small Press Table P-16!

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Emily Bee's custom Androids for Dragatomi's SDCC 2012 series!

Here are all four of Emily Bee's custom Android figures for Dragatomi's blind boxed series available at their 2012 San Diego Comic-Con (SDCC) Booth #4935. Bee delivered four designs that, while each unique, play off each other… the happy-heart and broken-heart figures work brilliantly with the "me" and "you" ones. The shame is that this would've been a perfect set to own, but it's highly unlikely someone will be that lucky…

Dragatomi's blind boxed custom Android series will cost $80 per box and only 62 customs will be in the series. They are available at SDCC Booth #4935 right now, while supplies last.

Contributors to this series are (links take you to the most recent post on their customs for this series): Ardabus Rubber, Betso, DrilOne, Emily B, Igor Ventura, Jay222, JC Rivera, Jeremiah Ketner, JFury, John "Spanky" Stokes, J★RYU, Leecifer, Mike Die, Mr. Munk, Nebulon 5, PodgyPanda, Ritzy P, Ryan the Wheelbarrow, Scott Tolleson, Sergio Mancini, Shawn Wigs, Skinner, Task One, UnCle, and ValleyDweller.

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REVEAL: The Super7 Trading Cards inside that sweet wax pack!

Thanks to our friends over at Vinyl Pulse, we have a picture of the contents from a Super7 Trading Card pack… which is free with any purchase at the Super7 SDCC Booth #4729. It's our understanding that each pack contains the same cards, which seems to be a mixture of licensed properties (Star Wars, Transformer, Alien) alongside classic Super7 pieces (Destroy All Kaiju, Monster Family). But remember that each of the 14 SDCC Exclusive releases comes with a unique card for that piece as well. And heck, here's a picture of the 12 exclusive vinyl toys they released, just to make you drool…

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The Designer Toy Awards Official 2012 Nominations Announced!

Last night, at a party hosted by Munky King and attended by a bevy of SDCC goers, the Designer Toy Awards announced their official nominations for 2012. So who made the final cut in what?

Community voted awards (anyone can sign up and vote in these once per day)
Artist of the Year: 64 Colors, Buff Monster, Chauskoskis, Ferg, Huck Gee, Jon-Paul Kaiser, MAD (Jeremy Madl), Skinner, Sucklord, and Tara McPherson.
Best Blog: Circus Posterus Blog, Jeremyriad, Kaiju Korner, KFHC, SpankyStokes (!!!), The Blot Says…, Tomopop, ToysREvil, Tramps, and Vinyl Pulse.
Best Collection: Dov Kelemer & Sarah Jo Marks, Eduardo Olegario, Haynmade, Keegan Rooney, Sara Harvey, and Selim Varol.
Best DIY Platform: Android, B-Bot, CE, Jinny, MAD*L, Munny, Omi, Proyecto Ensamble, Bear Qee, and Teddy Troops.
Best Online Toy Store: Artransmitte, Dragatomi, Lulubell Toy Bodega, Mindzai, Minty Fresh, myplasticheart, Outland, Rotofugi, Stranger Factory, and Tenacious Toys.
Best Sofubi: Cadaver Kid, Cannibal Fuckface, Debris Japan, Kaiju Negora, Mockbat, MOZNaiL, Rose Vampire Casket Cruiser, Rose Vampire DX, Sametan, and Ultrus Bog.
Best Toy from a Comic: Batman x Mimobot USB Flash Drive, Cannibal Fuckface, Deady: Big in Japan Qee, The Death Ray, Marlowe the Monster, Popbot, and TaoKing.
Best Toy Store: Dragatomi, Kidrobot New York, Lulubell Toy Bodega, Munky King, myplasticheart, Rotofugi, Stranger Factory, Toy Art Gallery, Toy Tokyo, and Toykio Gallery.
Fan Favorite: Birro the Clown Dunny, Captain Sturnbrau, Cody, Heathrow the Hedgehog, Mini MAD*L, Nozzel S00? Squadt, OMFG!, Skullendario Azteca, Sludge Demon, and WolfGirl.

DTA Board voted awards
Best 1/6th Scale: Crazy Children King, The Death Ray, Ice & Laser, and Smirking Cloud Serpent.
Best Collaboration: Colonel Henry Walrus Caruthers, Wish Come True, Playge Doctor Skelve (w/ Hood), Skullendario Azteca (Ivory Warrior), and Stan Skelve.
Best Customizer: The Beast Brothers, Chauskoskis, Chris Ryniak, J★RYU, and Scott Wilkowski.
Best Licensed Product: Android, Mimobot Han Solo, Mimobot Millennium Falcon, Street Fighter, and Tokidoki x Marvel Frenzies.
Best Mini Series: B.A.S.T.A.R.D.s, Gold Life Dunny, OMFG! Series 1, Robotone Sprogs, and Toby's Secret Society.
Best Plush Design: Cavey in an Easter Bunny Suit, Nosellots' Lyle Bean, Rice Baby, Worrible, and Zombie Ninja (Shawnimal's Ninja of the Month).
Best Self-Produced: B.A.S.T.A.R.D.s, Black 13 Calaveras, Ice Scream Man, Mini MAD*L, and Sushi Kaiju.
Brand of the Year: Circus Posterus, Grody Shogun, Kidrobot, Max Toy Company, and Super7.
Break-through Artist: Brutherford Industries, Chauskoskis, Jon Knox, L'amour Supreme, and A Little Stranger (Holly Stanway).
Outstanding Production: Lady Butterfly, The Goddess, Mc Supersized (Porcelain Edition), Nightmare Bed Monster, and Wooden Companion.
Toy of the Year: Benny the Dreamer, Fat Tony, Ice Scream Man, Lilitu, and Squadt fr0g s001 and K11 Spot [Swamp Dwllr].

So head on over to the website, sign up, and cast your votes! And remember, you can vote each and every day!!!

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Super7 announces new line of Transformers products including vinyl figures!

Holy amazing Super7 announcements weekend!!! Yes, everyone's favorite D.I.Y. company has secured the license to the classic Transformers line, meaning they can put out a variety of stunning pieces for those of us with nostalgia on the mind. As seen at the SDCC Booth, they are currently promising: 'Fast Food' Inspired Drinking Glasses, Hand Screened Designer T-Shirts, Limited Edition Art Prints, Collectible Japanese Vinyl Figures, and… 24" Tall Retro-Styled Super Shogun figures!!! Wow, just wow! We're promised that not only will Optimus Prime get the Super Shogun treatment, but other Autobots and Decepticons jumbo-sized in 2013 as well!

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REVEAL: Andrew Bell's Mahākāla 8" SDCC Exclusive Dunny by Kidrobot!

We posted a teaser of this last night but here's the full and proper reveal of Andrew Bell's Mahākāla (Prosperty Edition) 8" Dunny, which Kidrobot released today as a SDCC Exclusive. Based on his design for the Dunny Series 2012, this white version is amazing looking and translates the form from the previous 3" size perfectly! For those not at the San Diego Comic-Con, I'm guessing there just might be a black version mass released soon…

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REVEAL: Super7's Action Figures from the film "Alien"!

The Super7 Booth at San Diego Comic-Con (#4729) was used to announce — simultaneously with the company's website — their newest toy line: ReAction Figures, which stands for Retro-Action Figures. These action figures will be produced exactly the same as the original 70's and 80's lines, with classic style sculpting, T-shaped waists, five gloriously simple points of articulation, accessories, and period authentic blister card packaging. And what better way to inaugurate this new line than with finally releasing the long "lost" 3.75-inch Alien figures? Yes, back in 1979 prototypes were actually made for these but never used… until Super7 tracked them down!

This 33-year in the making release is being done with the official authorization of 20th Century Fox, who own the film franchise, and will include: Ripley, Ash, Dallas, Kane in Nostromo Suit (prototype above left) and the Alien itself (prototype above right).

Super7 promises that other Alien and Aliens merchandise will follow, including designer vinyl figures and even collectible glasses (shown above)… The glassware is being touted as "four different 'fast food' style drinking glasses — [indecipherable word] like they should have been made in 1979!" As a fan of the Ridley Scott film and the H.R. Giger design, this is like a dream come true…

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REVEAL: Andrew Bell's Android Series 3 Designs by Sket-One, Gary Ham & Kelly Denato!

We'd previously revealed a couple of the designs from the upcoming "Android Series 03" set — like Kronk's HERE and kaNO's with the design sheet HERE — but Andrew Bell's SDCC Booth #1335/1337 snuck us peaks at five more of the figures… two designed by Google (the red one and the clear with mini Android keychain inside), the Sket-One eight-ball figure, the Gary Ham owl, and Kelly Denato's satyr. But the reveal wasn't the above illustrated renderings, but rather the following actual pieces!

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REVEAL: Super7's Super Shogun Boba Fett partial prototype!

The Super7 SDCC Booth #4729 seems to be filled with one announcement after another… or proper reveals even! Sure, we all knew that the company would be following up the fantastic Star Wars licensed, Jumbo Machinder-style "Super Shogun Storm Trooper" with a "Super Shogun Boba Fett"… heck, they teased it HERE. But here's the prototype sculpt of the 24-inch tall figure's head as well as small sea of rockets that the mammoth piece will be able to fire! Needless to say, I can't wait to see more!

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Guf of Tattoo Royale has "King Swine" at SDCC… in his backpack!

If you can catch up sculptor and tattoo artist Guf of Tattoo Royale on the the San Diego Comic-Con floor, then he has some sweet versions of his "King Swine" figure to sell you straight out of his backpack! Kaiju collectors beware, this is probably going to be one of the worst advertised drops of the con… but certainly a worthwhile one!

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MORE INFO: Super7 Prototypes by COOP, Invisible Creature & Brian Flynn!

Even though we just revealed them yesterday, there's already more information on this trio of Super7 prototypes in their 2012 San Diego Comic-Con Booth #4729! After Preview Night (July 11th), it seems they placed info cards in the display! From left to right:
Brian Flynn's "Crystal-Mecha" (which was also revealed last year), appears to be about 9" tall and is part of the "Destroy All Kaiju" line (alongside TaoKing and Fossila). The description reads: "Part gem, part kikaiju, there are many facets to this machine of destruction!"
Invisible Creature's "Odd Galaxy's Stinson" appears to be about 6" tall and is part of the "Mascot DX" series. The description reads: "Stinson is part of a new series of intergalactic misfits from the mind of Invisible Creature! This large vinyl figure will feature turning head, chair, and hidden rolling wheels."
And, finaly, the COOP designed "El Diablo," which looks to be 9-12" tall and will be part of the "Destroy All Kaiju" family with "Crystal-Mecha." The description reads: "Mecha vs. monster! This satanic super robot was created by master artist COOP! Stylized as a [indecipherable word] Japanese vinyl figure, complete with removable wings."

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Andrew Bell's SDCC 2012 "Mahākāla" Prosperity Edition 8" Dunny revealed!!!!

During his presentation at the 'Secrets of Toy Making Forum' during SDCC 2012, Kidrobot's own Nitin Bhargava revealed Andrew Bell's upcoming 8" Dunny dubbed the "Mahākāla" Prosperity Edition... and I was on hand to snap a few pictures! This figure is set to release tomorrow at 12pm Noon PST via Kidrobots booth, and as you can see this awesome looking 8" version of his already released 3" Dunny is looking pretty rad.. it's highlighted with white/silver and features a whole new sculpt for the body and head, a truly progressive design for the Dunny platform... and check out that trident!!!! One thing I do notice is that there is a black version as well, could this be a chase? Who really knows... but I know I will be there snapping shots of Andrew signing this beast. See you there.

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