This Friday 8/17, the boys over a
MonstreHero are dishing up a second helping of their pepperoni-riddled "Pizza Victim"... a collaboration with
Steven Erst! This special head sculpted by Steven is cast in good old MonstreHero colors and perches on their Victim #4 body! Check the MonstreShop
HERE on Friday August 17 at 12pm EST. Oh, and each Pizza Victim comes with a MonstreKoin and header with a drawing by Steven Erst and colored by MonstreCliff... EPIC!!!
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So I bet you have all been wondering what Eric of
Argonaut Resins has been up to since our last post
HERE about his upcoming Kings Of Atlantis mini skull series... well, here is the scoop! The first 25 of 100 mini resin skulls will be releasing on Monday August 20th at 10pm EST via the Argonaut Resins online store
HERE... and hot damn do they look amazing!!! The series includes 10 Kings and with those, there are 10 colors, which includes: "
War King" - Reds, "V
engeance King" - Oranges, "
Sun King" - Yellows, "
Peace King" - Silver, "
Wealth King" - Gold, "
Love King" - Pinks, "
Sky King" - Blues, "
Sea King" - Purples, "
Forrest King" - Greens, and the "
Wisdom King" - Bronze!
They will be blind-boxed in numbered mini-custom crate box packaging, and loaded up with many styles and colors from clear tints to jade tints and solids! There will be 3 glow in the dark chase skulls hidden in this wave... and as you can see from the photo above... these will be on the radar for all collectors out there, they look amazing! The mini Kings Of Atlantis skulls will go for $28 shipped in the US, and all skulls will be numbered on their bottoms! The powers that the skulls are rumored to have will be listed on the Argonaut Resins blog
HERE all throughout the the coming weeks.
Source [Argonaut Resins Press]
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This coming Saturday, 8/18 sees the last art show to ever grace the walls of legendary Los Angles art gallery/toy store,
Munky King. It's truly a sad night for toy and art fans world wide... but on the bright side of things, "Memories are Made of This" the last show to be hosted by MK, is a show put together by Super Cooper Berella, celebrating his 13th Birthday! For the show, 50+ artists have created work based on memories from their childhood, and the work is as inspired as the events jaw dropping lineup. For the show, toy customizer Mikie Graham aka
ZombieMonkie created two mini Jumping brains customs. One we have already seen; "This Is Your Brain" which debuted at this years Comic Con. The other is a brand new psychedelic inspired piece entitled "Your Brain On Drugs". Although this may be slightly risque subject matter for a 13 year old's birthday, Mikie mentions "
my customs come from a strong childhood memory of the stark black and white anti-drug adds of the 1980's. A dark inspiration that has translated into some very unique art toys." Each Mini Brain is hand painted, covered in resin and then hand painted again to resemble a fried egg. These customs are then set to rest in a real cast iron frying pan! Both customs come packaged in a hand crafted box with a removable mini print on its lid. Each egg is also signed and numbered and because this is Cooper's 13th Birthday, Mikie made sure to send yellow egg #13 especially for the show! If you're in or around Los Angles this coming Saturday night, make sure to head down to 7308 Melrose Ave. and enjoy two monumental events: the closing of a historic art gallery and the 13th birthday of one very special young man!
Source [ZombieMonkie Press]
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Ahhhh Instagram!!!! Artist
Dez Einswell posted up an image today of his second Star Wars inspired colorway... the
"Imperial" Wok-R resin figure... but more importantly, along with the picture, was the release info as this
limited edition of just 10 pieces is up for grabs via Dez's online webstore
HERE for just $280 each. The entire leg/body chassis was originally sculpted by
J★RYU, making this massive
8” figure super unique in nature! Each one is hand painted by Dez to resemble a TIE Fighter Pilot... making it's matching SDCC 2012 exclusive "Sky" Wok-R that much more in demand. Do you have the set... well, head on over
HERE now to pick it up!
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Trust
Nike to be involved with this cool little project, the "
Nike Japan Innovation Hunt". This is my kind of treasure hunt with coolness to be found. To launch the Nike Lunar Glide+ 4 and the Nike Flyknit sneakers, they hid lots of awesome on the streets of Tokyo. Aided with a map, lucky finders are keepers of a Lunarlon skateboard deck, soccer balls, the Flyknit Bearbrick toy and fixed gear bike. Damn. Peep the pics and see more
HERE. Dig those kicks, although I would equally dig
Olek making me some threads ;)
Source [High Snobiety]
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Le sigh. I'm happy to see all the amazing pictures being posted for Miss Van's current show at
Copro Gallery in L.A. I hope all you East Coasters have gone to see it!!! More on this lovely lady... London based,
Pictures on Walls teamed up with Miss Van to produce this nice looking print entitled, "
Virgen". A drawing from the “Virgenes"series in 2006. This print is a limited edition of 60, 5 color screen print and will set up back £250. If they aren't gone already, they will be soon! More info
HERE.
Images [Pictures on Walls]
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Paper toy maverick
baykiddead is holding
a contest to win the above pictured piece, a hand-made "
Houndstooth" spyro. Don't you want to be the first to possess this kaiju-like form? Of course you do… You've got to give
baykiddead a follow on Twitter and then send him tweets
@baykiddead naming — one at a time — the five designs shown in this post
HERE. And you must specify the number and the name together. Not an easy contest, but certainly worth the work to receive such a cool piece…
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Buff Monster's newest "Boob Ball"... that's what!!!! In an effort to get boobs in the hands of toy collectors around the globe, Buff Monster is releasing yet another fantastic colorway of his
3DRetro produced Boob Ball in the awe inspiring "Natural" colorway... if you will :-) This boob sphere measures about 4" in diameter, features some really cool/subtle design elements, and this particular piece is
limited to just 150 units worldwide. Look for them at most all designer vinyl retail shops very soon, and expect to
pay only $35 for this bad boy!
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We'd
previously revealed the "G.I. Gaslord" figure that
DrilOne has created for "
The Super Suck Up!" event at this year's
Designer Con, wherein some top-name talent will be presenting 50 copy editions of their own interpretation of the
Sucklord action figure design. Each figure will come on a specially made backing card just for the release, the above shown art being for DrilOne's contribution. While we can't wait to see the finished pieces, we're equally thrilled that each figure will only cost $100 apiece.
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Crafted for the "
Memories Are Made Of This" group art show, Josh "
Binary Drones" Marlar's creature creation is a sculpt-from-scratch evil tree stump known as "Sacrifive." Formed out of standard super sculpey and then airbrushed for coloration, this fantastic piece carries with it quite the childhood memory:
I was around 7 or 8 (if I remember correctly) when my left hand was almost eaten by this stump in the front yard of my grandmothers house…At the time we had been stuck in doors for almost a week because of a crazy rain storm. We were so excited to get outside as fast as we could. So what is the first thing that I do? I challenge my sister to a race to the ole swing set. Of course I wasn't thinking about the stump that was in the middle of the hill heading to the swing set but it def. caught my attention (if you catch my drift). I ended up falling, shielding myself with my hands by putting them out in front of me to catch my fall. The stumps core had some breakage that was not cut flat. That breakage pierced into my hand. Next, you can probably guess what happened, hospital, surgery, stitches, the whole nine yards. I don't remember much after the fall. Just the doctors in and out working on my hand. Weeks with stitches, hot alcohol rinses and bandages, I learned a lesson. Let your sister go first, just kidding. Don't hurry out into the sun, that greed will catch up to you.
Marlar's "Sacrifive" will be available at the show for $145.
"
Memories Are Made Of This" opens on August 18th, 2012 with a reception from 4-8PM. It doubles as a 13th Birthday celebration for
Super Cooper Berella and a final "Hurrah!" for
Munky King before they close their Melrose location at the end of the month.
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As we've
previously announced, the
Circus Posterus collective are embarking on a massive exhibition in Paris, France entitled "Le Carnaval des Spectres." The always impressive
Amanda Louise Spayd has teased us with one of her pieces for the show, "Paperwhite." But how does this disturbingly adorable bunny-like creature fit into a show themed around the otherworldly? Well, as we all know, the ghostly and ghastly have a tendency to glow-in-the-dark…
"
Le Carnaval des Spectres" will open on September 13th, 2012 and run through October 20th at
Artoyz Shop + Galerie, 45 Rue de L’arbre Sec, 75001 Paris, France.
Participating artists are: Brandt Peters, Kathie Olivas, Travis Louie, Chris Ryniak, Amanda Louise Spayd, and Teodoru Badiu.
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We'd
previously mentioned the new
TLC competition show "
Craft Wars," which pits three artists/crafters head-to-head each episode in themed challenges with $10,000 up for grabs. Now it appears that Chicago-based plush artist
Steff Bomb is competing, bringing her absolutely adorable and geektastic designs to the masses (check her stuff out
HERE)… Steff Bomb's episode will air on Tuesday, August 21st, 2012 at 11PM EST.
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We like
1XRUN!!! I like sharks, I also like
SharkToof!!!!!
They have teamed up to produce "
Two Girls Three Tigers Show" and you have a few days to add this to your collection! The hand embellished print is already sold out!!! This is a taste of what is to come in his upcoming solo show "Ping Pong Show" in October. More to come on that. TIME IS TICKING. NOT MANY ARE LEFT!!! Get it. Ya heard?
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1XRun]
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As we
announced yesterday, the Hong Kong born UK-based artist
Mr. Clement is preparing to unveil his debut solo gallery show in the U.S.: "
Lapin World Tour 2012 - Los Angeles." With an array of sculptures, figures, paintings and drawings, all fans of the Ji Ja Bird and Lapin should be quite pleased… plus, several new and exclusive figures are being released to coincide with the show:
- Rainbow Petit Lapin, limited to 14 pieces all hand-painted by the artist (shown above),
- LA LA Ji Ja, a golden colored Ji Ja Bird in a 50 piece limited edition (below left), and
- Petit Lapin Museum 2012: Please Forget Me… in Black, a black vinyl colorway of the sold out 10-inch release (below right).
And, of course, some other, stranger things will probably be present as well… like, supposedly, the enigmatic Mr. Clement himself.
The "
Lapin World Tour 2012 - Los Angeles" opens on August 25th and runs through September 12th, 2012 at
Toy Art Gallery (TAG), 7571 Melrose Ave. (corner of Melrose & Curson), Los Angeles, CA 90046.
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Back when
we teased the work-in-progress pic of this piece, we could already tell it was going to be a stunner… and Richard "
UME Toys" Page does not disappoint. Pictured above (and shown in a slideshow of glorious images below) is Page's completely sleek, sexy, stunning and even simple-looking rendition of "Soundwave" from
The Transformers. While staying true to the original design, Page beautifully reinterpreted it and made it his own. Please can someone, anyone, with a official
Transformers license release this piece? Or maybe do an entire line in Page's brilliant style? Please? Hit the jump for more photos!
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UK-based artist
Hoakser has returned to one of most popular designs for the third time…
Sloblife,
Sloblife2 and the freshly made "Sloblife Episode 3" (pictured above and below). Using a custom Munny body with a
Simpsons TV set for a head, the original version had no articulation at the neck (which Hoakser fixed in the following two version) and neither of the previous versions had a bendable wire coming from the TV (which this third version does)… it's an experiment in refinement and evolution. I kinda expect the four version to include some form of lighting within the TV head to fully show off those interchangeable TV screen transparencies. "Sloblife Episode 3" is available now in
Hoakser's online shop for £65 (approx. $102).
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