Archive | May, 2008
First peek at Baron von Kon mini from spok-spok
Spok-spok has been keeping busy with their new mini Baron von Kon (check out the full-size version Baron von Kon). They are also working on finalizing that lovable hanging carrot Morot as well! Baron von Kon was supposed to be an orange road cone, but something went wrong in the production process, and he turned out [...]
Continue reading...Baby Tattooville 2008
29. May 2008
Want to get away? How about a nice weekend excursion at the Historic Mission Inn in Riverside, California? But no worries, you won’t be lonely, you’ll have Glenn Barr, Joe Ledbetter, Michael Whelan and many others to keep you company. Yes, you can hang out with some of the crème de la crème of the [...]
Continue reading...Phu! strikes again with a custom Smash
29. May 2008
I have been a fan of Phu! and his custom work ever since I saw his Custom Soopa Coin-Up Brothers (and in fact inspired me to pick up one to mod myself). He let me know that he just finished up a 7″ Custom Smash for another private collection. I love what he uses most [...]
Continue reading...How to Sculpt Series at Wizard World this Weekend
29. May 2008
I enjoyed ceramics class in high school as much as the next kid, but I was not born with the gift of turned piles of glob into gorgeous goodness. I’m pretty much a lost cause as far as modeling or sculpting goes, but for those of you with agile digits and a sense of proportion [...]
Continue reading...Mystery Solved: Wizard Finds Green JLED Smash, Toy2r Clarifies
29. May 2008
Well, it wasn’t really a wizard who solved the mystery. It was Jamie on this site who found it, and Andy on TRE who broadcast it and Wizard who had it up for pre-order. Unfortunately, props for sleuthing aside, Joe Ledbetter’s SMASH SDCC Exclusive GREEN SWAMP YETI 7-Inch is already sold out in Wizard pre-orders. [...]
Continue reading...Beams X 7-11 Retro Stationery Collab
28. May 2008
Convenience store chain 7-11 is collaborating with fashion and lifestyle brand Beams to sell exclusive stationery from the BeamStationary line in Japan. The campaign includes 20 limited edition items including: notebooks, pens, markers, folders, gluesticks, and label makers. BEAMS has been moving ahead with the concept of “changing the culture and custom of Japan’s youth” [...]
Continue reading...Yoskay Yamamoto’s Koibito - update
28. May 2008
Yoskay Yamamoto posted an update on his upcoming Koibito toy. The left colorway is the Project:Gallery edition he did for his solo show. The middle is the standard colorway, and the right is described as the Munky King edition. The release date still hasn’t been arranged, but he said it will be available “around this [...]
Continue reading...Sneak peek at MYBU from Bubu
28. May 2008
Bubu Company handles the production and manufacturing for its own line of toys and for collaborative projects from uRabbit, the retail and distribution arm of the company. Here’s a little teaser on what they’ve been working on from the Bubu blog: The MYBU Perfect Match Series (2008) is about couples and their stories. Every couple has [...]
Continue reading...NECA and TMNT at SDCC
28. May 2008
Ok I have to say, this is pretty damn cool. NECA is releasing a Comic Con exclusive in the form of a set of three Mousers from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. The Mousers, as I’m sure I don’t have to tell any of you, were hunter robots created to eff up the Turtles [...]
Continue reading...MF Doom Munny
28. May 2008
My posts reflect my current mood, and I’ve been in a hip hop state of mind. I’ve been listening to Rising Down, the new album by The Roots, and Rock the Bells is a few months away. A Tribe Called Quest and The Pharcyde? I’m there. So I was happy when I found this MF Doom [...]
Continue reading...LoungeKat & Sean Kelly
28. May 2008
I found LoungeKat aka Kate McInnes while browsing Vox members. As I mentioned before, she has a great tutorial on how to dye a Munny. Her boyfriend Sean Kelly is also an artist, and next week they will have their first show in Sydney at the Ruban Rat Designer Toy Store and Gallery. The [...]
Continue reading...Stupid Krap Online Gallery
28. May 2008
Yeah, you know what you need? More Stupid Krap. Well, artwork from the Australian art mecca Stupid Krap’s brand spanking new Online Gallery to be precise. You can check out and buy goodies from Buff Monster, Matts!?, Cupco and Ben Frost among many others from the comfort of your own home. I’m personally loving the [...]
Continue reading...JLED Hammerhead Colorways Keep Coming: Mono
28. May 2008
First we told you about Joe Ledbetter’s teal Hammerhead and then there was the pink Hammerhead. Yesterday, there was news of a possible remaining colorway for Pyro Smash. How do JLED fans pay their rent anymore? Joe manages to stay really busy. Maybe the man needs a break? This could be due to a poor [...]
Continue reading...Yoka Competition - Design to Win!
28. May 2008
If you’re like me, you don’t have visions of sugarplums dancing in your head but rather images of crazy monsters, dolls and toys. In my dreams, there are sometimes cameos from dunnys, labbits and Be@rbricks but a good majority of my toy fantasy land is comprised of creatures of my own imagination. AdFunture and Clutter [...]
Continue reading...SYK DIY Figures From Spain
28. May 2008
Here’s a fun new DIY platform figure I just read about on TRE. This may be the first DIY toy to make a point of showcasing the rear cleavage. Spanish design studio Syntetyk has produced a limited run of their SYK DIY figures. The 6″ rotocast vinyl SYKS come in black and white DIY [...]
Continue reading...Super Mario Munnys
28. May 2008
Ever since my boyfriend bought Mario Kart for the Wii, I’ve been obsessed with Super Mario characters. As a result, I’ve been looking for a way to tie in vinyl toys to my current obsession. I found this great post on The Girl Gamer: Best of the Videogame Custom Toys Part 1. My [...]
Continue reading...Dookie-Poo Vinyl Enhancement Contest on Toysrevil
28. May 2008
Last week Toysrevil posted a exclusive papercraft video game model for their readers to download which I wrote about last week (here). This week, Toysrevil is sweetening the Dookie Poo pot with a “Dookie Poo Paperjam Contest”. They’re calling out to all the Dookie Poo fans out there to create their own Dookie-Poo Vinyl Enhancement [...]
Continue reading...Living Dead Dolls Creators Live in Person!
28. May 2008
To celebrate “ten years of terror” the madmen who make the mayhem that is the Living Dead Dolls by Mezco Toyz will be hosting a panel at the Wizard World Convention in Philadelphia, PA. The demented daddies of the Living Dead Dolls, Ed Long and Damien Glonek will chat about their possessed crew of figures, [...]
Continue reading...50 Handpainted TuDos by Touma at FewMany
28. May 2008
Wow. After gazing at the gallery of custom TuDo figures at FewMany, my eyes kind of look like the guy in the picture above. Touma’s TuDo exhibition included 50 handpainted figures with different horns and noses, as well as t-shirts, mousepads, Knucklebears and minigoons. Each of the custom TuDo figures was priced at 21,000 [...]
Continue reading...Mega Man-fan Creates Bubble Man Bedroom
28. May 2008
I’m always impressed by extreme levels of fandom. Bonus points when the superfan fully integrates the obsession into his/her lifestyle. The photos above are the bedroom of one John Orr, a mega Mega Man fan who painted his boudoir like Bubble Man’s level from Mega Man 2. This is what the bedroom of my [...]
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