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According to ToyCyte’s resident robot pharmacist expert and custoMONDAY alumni, Mike Slobot, in the future, everyone will have their own robot pharmacist… this is BIGpharma v2.0 (BIGpharma v1.0 is owned by yours truly.) BIGpharma v2.0 is included in the show “Thawed Out” at Nowhere Limited in Colorado. The show opens February 21st and includes such [...]
Continue reading...Monday, November 17, 2008
Mike Slobot is an artist and a storyteller. Each of his creations is a character with a background (and a future). ToyCyte isn't the only blog to take notice of Mike's work. Gizmowatch and BoingBoing both profiled slomunnyV3, calling it "The Cutest DIY Mini Munny Ever" and "a Post-Apocalyptic Cyborg Lemon," respectively. With accolades like that and Mike's upcoming solo and group shows, you won't want to miss out on...the CONTEST!
Continue reading...Thursday, August 28, 2008
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The Future is Slo…but it doesn’t have to be expensive. In fact, neither does the present. Mike Slobot is using his Etsy shop to distribute a line of “economy” Slobots. Just like his “secret sauce” originals and customs that I’ve blogged about here, these polymer clay figures are one-of-a-kind vibrantly colored completely handmade robots. The [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, August 6, 2008
About 5 years ago, Qee was my “gateway-drug” into designer toy collecting. I had a horrid desk job, worked long hours, and the only solace of sitting in front of a screen for so long was the ability to snipe in on what I came to regard as “QeeBay.” In any event, I found this [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, July 16, 2008
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Right in time for summer, Mike Slobot is serving up the 16-inch SLODUNNY SERV02, a heavily customized Dunny with aluminum arms and legs and articulated ears and arms. This figure for the Nonpareil show finds Mike continuing in the orange tones seen in his Bots for the SIXbySIX show. You can pick him up at [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, June 25, 2008
The 10” DIY Qee Bart Simpson Project has just completed the Art Exhibition World Wide Tour. Now is your chance to own these one-of-a-kind original Bart Simpson Qee. Toy2R will be holding the 10” DIY Qee Bart Simpson Auction on the Toy2R Forum featuring more than 90 Customized 10″ DIY Bart Simpson Qee by artists [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, June 24, 2008
A couple months ago, a missive from M. Heisler landed in my inbox. It was a heads up on a “snazzy new slobot sculpture” he’d created for a custom toy show in Florida. The bot turned out to be SlomunnyV3, a creature in search of life’s meaning amidst the backdrop of technological obscolescence. Many Slobots [...]
Continue reading...Friday, June 13, 2008
I just saw these awesome wooden Pecanpals from Noferin over on Super Punch. My previous exposure to Noferin was through Sunny’s post here, and I had to put them out of my head to avoid any more colossal toy spending that week. But now…the coveting is reignited. These look like nothing I’ve really seen before [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, June 4, 2008
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Robots scare me, something about the inevitability that they’ll soon take over the world and possess us all as their slaves. Yeah, I live with some pretty Blade Runnerish paranoia, but you can never be too careful right? And that they’ll all be smarter, stronger and not bridled with any pesky things like mortality or [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, May 28, 2008
Toy Box Apathy is Las Vegas’ premier custom vinyl toy show. Over 30 artists submitted one-of-a-kind customs for the event, which opens Friday, June 6th at The Attic. If you can’t make it to the “Entertainment Capital of the World,” here’s a sneak peek of a couple of awesome pieces making their debut at the [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, May 20, 2008
I am a big fan of the smoke-and-mirrors effect of the Munny platform figure disappearing into an artist’s custom creation. Is Mike Slobot‘s custom Mini Munny a Munny, or is it a Slobot? An extract from the story of the Slobots: As the demand for new technology raced on, many of the earliest robots found [...]
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Wednesday, February 18, 2009
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