ToyCyte sale!
We've slashed our prices for a lot of our toys to make room for more customs! Go get some amazing deals today at our store !
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Jason - who has written 76 posts on ToyCyte: Toy Culture Collected.
Jason started ToyCyte in April 2008. A creative director by day, sculptor by night, he hopes to release his first toy in 2009. Contact him for any Store questions.
Since I began ToyCyte in April 2008, I had the amazing “once-in-a-life” opportunity to try and find a great news team to cover an industry I love. I was able to explore any and all options to make a toy news blog profitable on a larger scale. I quickly found Jeremy, and a [...]
Continue reading...Monday, June 1, 2009
Our first vinyl custoMONDAY artist we featured was a fan favorite (and one of my personal favorite artists in the scene), OsirisOrion, aka Robert Ingellis. I have been working with OsirisOrion for a few months now to produce a ToyCyte line of customs and today we get to debut them in our store! All dolled up [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, May 12, 2009
These elusive batches of fur know as skunk apes has been spotted in our store! Our current custoMONDAY artist, amybean accidently let loose two of her wonderful creations into our store. We’re hoping you come grab them before they wreck the place, so help us out and give them good home!
Continue reading...Monday, April 27, 2009
The amazing Cris Rose has made 3 GID Rotunds just for the ToyCyte store! The up-for-grabs orange custoMONDAY edition has a unique head content; the other three are green, khaki and grey with the same head contents (but different size heads). Each piece is a one-off with unique damage, rust, moss and GID box. There [...]
Continue reading...Friday, April 17, 2009
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Yup, in honor of our birthday today, April 17, we are giving 17% off our store all week! Lauching the store has been incredibly fun: working with artists to get their artwork in front a larger audience, selling unique items our custoMONDAY artists have made for our viewers, and even working with Upper Playground to [...]
Continue reading...Friday, April 17, 2009
We’ve slashed our prices for a lot of our toys to make room for more customs! Go get some amazing deals today at our store !
Continue reading...Friday, April 17, 2009
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Where did it come from? Well It Came From SkullBrain! What came from SkullBrain you may ask! DrilOne’s customized Mecha Godzilla and Ghostland Dadit is what! Heres first look at DrilOne’s insane customized Mecha and Dadit that will have you running around screaming “Gojjirrraa!!!”. The colors on these customs are incredibly eye catching, so go and [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, April 16, 2009
Need more MONEY? Why not grab a MUNNY! Taxes are sky high, and money is needed more than ever! So why not save your money and head over to your nearest KidRobot Retailer and get a FREE..(YES I SAID FREE!)..Mobile Munny! KidRobot will be hosting a decorating party this Sunday on April 19th where everyone [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, April 16, 2009
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“Webcomic “Robot in the City” has jumped out of the internets and made its way into your living room! Well, not literally, but in a kind of figurative fashion! Indie artist and creator Alexander Shen (whom we recently had lunch with) has gone and brought a very limited run of the main character, Ritz the [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, April 14, 2009
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Leecifer has joined the unholy ranks of spectacular spooky custoMONDAY artists. His splattered signature is all over these dunnys and ghostland figures. Sure, you might be able to win one, but what are the odds of that? So get one now! Get ‘em here!
Continue reading...Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Leecifer has joined the unholy ranks of spectacular spooky custoMONDAY artists. His splattered signature is all over these dunnys and ghostland figures. Sure, you might be able to win one, but what are the odds of that? So get one now! These are only available at ToyCyte Store!
Continue reading...Tuesday, April 14, 2009
We’ve had some requests from artists inquiring if they can sell their customs/artwork in our Store, even if they aren’t custoMONDAY artists. The answer is yes! If you are interested, contact me directly at jason@toycyte.com, and let me know the type of piece, how many units, etc. and even pictures if you have them (any [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, April 9, 2009
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Resin extraordinaire MonstreHero has delivered a ToyCyte-branded set of victims. In fact, Victim #1 engulfed in flames is literally the last one because the mold was broken! Molded in clear resin, Victim #1 has our mascot, pipSQUEEK inside of him! Painted up in ToyCyte colors, the three Victim #2 statue comes with his own bag [...]
Continue reading...Friday, April 3, 2009
Readers of ToyCyte will know we have a deep appreciation for Alex Pardee. Perhaps best known for his savagely surreal, iconic painting, we are proud to call Alex a friend, and it helps that he is just one of the nicest guys you’ll ever meet. That is why it gives us great pleasure to announce our [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, April 2, 2009
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We just dropped a ton of new toys in the ToyCyte Store! By purchasing the artists’ work through us, you are directly helping ToyCyte to keep delivering the news and supporting the artists we search out and spotlight everyday. Thank you for all your support!
Continue reading...Thursday, April 2, 2009
We are pleased to announce that our ToyCyte Store is stocked up with some of our personal favorites. By purchasing the artists’ work through us, you are directly helping ToyCyte deliver the news and supporting the artists we search out and spotlight everyday. We will be stocking the store more every week, so please keep [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, April 1, 2009
ED NOTE: They are in our store now!!! Nope, this isn’t some sort of twisted April Fool’s Joke! Jure Gavran came in to our offices a few weeks ago and signed a couple of Urban Criminal Billys for our lucky readers. We have two for sale, and will go up sometime April 1. Hit that refresh [...]
Continue reading...Monday, March 30, 2009
Owen DeWitt, aka grimsheep, was one of our custoMONDAY artists in 2009. He has made a series of Skull Squadron, and one of these troops might just have a Golden Ticket in it. What does this Golden Ticket get you? It’s a secret until the winner is discovered! Go get one now!
Continue reading...Monday, March 30, 2009
Project Detonate let the last three Yetis out of the box! Check out the store to see the brown, splattered and grey versions. There are only 3 left so get them while you can! I know I’ve said it before, but I can’t believe these are handpainted. It rivals some of the the official releases [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Aloha! Don’t expect to get lei’d, but be prepared to get rocked when On April 3rd, Low Life Gallery in Cleveland hosts its opening reception for the “Aloha From the Underworld” art gallery. Cleveland will be showcasing one of its most awesome artist, Ms. Phoebe Marie, and the Rotterdam, Netherlands’ Michelle Van Dijk! Phoebe Marie [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, March 24, 2009
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Need your daily fix of art and toys? Why not make your way down to Santa Monica on April 4th and “OVERDOSE.” The catchy title is for the upcoming group exhibition at the Copro Nason Gallery. Not only will HI*FRUCTOSE vol.11 be making its premiere, but there will also be signings by Attaboy, Joe Ledbetter, [...]
Continue reading...Monday, March 23, 2009
Its not that big of a deal? Wrong…its a BIG HAIRY DEAL! This past Saturday, Super7 unleashed their latest customs on the world at the “BIG Hairy Deal!” event. The artists who had work on display were Leecifer and Joshua Herbolsheimer, who were both in attendance! I even got the chance to get into the backroom and do [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, March 19, 2009
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Kronk will be releasing his new 8-inch Tree Huggr Dunny on April 9th. South African illustrator Kris Hewitt a.k.a Kronk says that his influences include dada, his girlfriend, and VH1. As You can see from the photo of the Tree Huggr Dunny, all of his influences take part in his detailed design. There will be a [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, March 18, 2009
The contemporary underground art scene has been in effect for a very long time. Most underground artists go unnoticed by the majority of society, but now art takes center stage in Humble Pictures’ upcoming documentary “New Brow”. The film takes an in-depth look at underground artists (Shepard Fairey, Anthony Ausgang, Gary Baseman, Tim Biskup, Ron [...]
Continue reading...Monday, March 16, 2009
Well its the beginning of a new week, and let’s start it off with some good news! This past Saturday Double Punch in San Francisco held the opening reception for the group show Continuous Spectrum, which will runs through April 5thth. The artists featured are Mark Todd, Martin Ontiveros, Bwana Spoons, and local artist Jesse [...]
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Tuesday, June 2, 2009
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