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One of the many, many little projects I’ve been working on are The Squidulons. I’ve teased photos of these in my Flickr for months, and my blog, but I’ve finally assembled the first set of five into one awesome wave. Please stay tuned as the story emerges. There are dozens of sketches for other citizens [...]
Continue reading...2. June 2009
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… literally. Gonakadet, Padihershef, Ghost Boy – they’re all goners, except for the customs left over in WKY’s shop. They’re bustin’ the old rubber molds to make way for all new awesomeness, so if you want one of WKY’s classic resin pieces, the end times are near. Fear not, though, as WKY has already produced their [...]
Continue reading...29. May 2009
Lulubell Toy Bodega has dibs on an exclusive that’s sure to tempt cat lovers and metal heads alike: Real Head x FullyVisual Mini Fortune Cats. Dreamed up by Mori, designer and owner of Real Head Japan and hand crafted by Jamie from FullyVisual, these kittens are heavy. I want to insert some bad pun about [...]
Continue reading...26. May 2009
Apologies in advance for welcoming you back from your long weekend with another toy you can’t afford, but here goes anyway. KAWS has collaborated with Japanese artist Hajime Sorayama on a 13-inch, 6.6-pound metal sculpture with movable parts. The figure will be released in silver/chrome and black/chrome colorways with coordinated T-shirts also available. This is [...]
Continue reading...22. May 2009
I don’t think I’ve been more excited about a resin release in… ever. Monstrehero’s Brite Squad Intergladiators has suddenly expanded from five extraordinary colorways to nine, so here’s your handy reminder that these are scheduled to be released at the Monstrehero Shop at 8 PM PST today, which is 11 PM for us New Yorkers. Hit ‘em [...]
Continue reading...22. May 2009
Following up on the excellent little GID Metal Spirit resin figure, Paul Shih sent along a small preview image of his next project : The Maori Warrior. The piece will be based on Shih’s ‘Aotearoa’ painting (the Maori word for ‘New Zealand’), with undisclosed coloring – though it will stand at a huge 8” and will [...]
Continue reading...21. May 2009
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There’s always so much going on in this scene, but occasionally it seems like we’re all just barely scratching the surface. Case in point: an email I got from Ryon Xavier Smith, who has been making toys since he was six, but is not exactly a ‘household name.’ Ryon decided to step out of the [...]
Continue reading...20. May 2009
It’s a fact that Buff Monster likes metal, so here’s his second collaboration with the metalsmiths at FullyVisual. I think the new line of designer coin banks (begun with Kozik’s Reagan bank) are interesting in a punk irony kind of way. In a time when people have less money than ever, check out some high [...]
Continue reading...20. May 2009
It’s no secret that I’ve been having a love affair with resin and France lately, so it should be fairly CLEAR that I think Tan-Ki’s latest offering absolutely rules. On May 31st at 5PM (French time), he will release a gorgeous selection of KiClear Crystal KiToys. Among them: 10 KiClear Crystal clear 5 KiClear Crystal grey 5 KiClear [...]
Continue reading...18. May 2009
I don’t ordinarily go in for bright colors, but damn if MONSTREHERO doesn’t find a way to make it work. Continuing with their well-documented experiments in colorful resin, the duo presents Smiley, Pita, Marbles, Flash and Houndstooth: aka The Brite Squad: The BRITE SQUAD has only one mission: to burn your eyeballs out of their sockets! [...]
Continue reading...14. May 2009
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Le Merde and Cometdebris recently collaborated on a small batch of custom Tokoji Seijin figures. “Both of us added paint, Le Merde added a little resin,” writes Koji. Four figures will go on sale on May 23rd, at 5 PM PST (May 24th, 9 AM Japan Time) for $200 each here. Figures come packaged with [...]
Continue reading...12. May 2009
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As something of a food-toy gourmand, I’m pleased to see that Erick Scarecrow’s recently-released Waffle Micci is getting a variation, and an adorably pink one at that. ESC-Toy is no stranger to dropping the paint variants month after month, so I’m curious to see what’s next. A ‘burnt’ colorway? Frozen? Blueberry? While I’ve never seen a [...]
Continue reading...11. May 2009
This is probably the first and last Bobblehead you’ll ever see on ToyCyte. A company called Aggronautix went and made, of all the anti-bobble things, a GG Allin Throbblehead. And if DKE is game to distribute it with the rest of the lot of “art toys” (and Dov himself assimilated one into his personal collection), [...]
Continue reading...11. May 2009
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Sure, it’s killed a bunch of people, but it’s kinda got a funny name – like if we suddenly had a deadly epidemic called ‘Bananamortis’ or ‘Clownitosis’. I, for one, support the interpretation of potentially deadly epidemics into cute dolls and figures. Cubeecraft brings us ‘Swine Flu’, which is not only a really great set of [...]
Continue reading...11. May 2009
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After a grand reveal at the Urban Paper launch party on May 2nd, more of Jack Hankins’ user-generated Calling All Cars project has become downloadable, hot on the heels of last week’s initial wave. This week’s set of five includes the kinetic Machintoy, the redneckery of TheDayDreamKid, the villainous Macula (fro whom I regularly download new [...]
Continue reading...7. May 2009
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Wave 4 of Robbie Busch and Argonaut Resins El Diablo figures goes on sale in the Argonaut Resins online store tonight at 7PM EST/4PM PST. All figures in Wave 4 will come with 2 skulls and a mini original gauche painting from Robbie, which enhances the value of these limited customs. Wave 4 consists of [...]
Continue reading...7. May 2009
Gary Ham has been making figures out of bass wood for a while now, and was instrumental in me adding a wood toys category to ToyCyte. Now he’s “testing out the DIY world” with his first do-it-yourself bass wood toy: Itty Bitty. Itty Bitty will come unassembled for easier painting and multiple head variations. There [...]
Continue reading...5. May 2009
We first introduced you to Makalibuland in January, and now Series One of Tenso and Flosha are ready to ship. These really unique figures are strictly limited: 8-inch Tenso was hand-made in an edition of ten pieces and 4.5-inch Flosha is an edition of just five. Both are made of resin, hand-painted and hand-flocked. Tenso’s [...]
Continue reading...5. May 2009
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The kinetic, exciting art of phoneticontrol meets the organized limitations of papercrafting. They tussle for a good 30 minutes before they come to an understanding and totally start making out, getting along far better than anyone had ever anticipated. Things slip into a heavy R-rating, but the end result is the the very neat seventh [...]
Continue reading...5. May 2009
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While I anxiously await the release of my own Horrorwood-based octopus car in a future wave of Jack Hankins’ Calling All Cars series of papercrafts, I’ll be sated by these initial five releases, free to cut ‘n’ paste and make screechyvrooming noises all around the kitchen table with. Tear ass around those Cheerio racetracks, avoiding [...]
Continue reading...4. May 2009
Remember Arbito’s killer customs for The Resin Collective? Patty Power and The Seeker are back in new colorways, including some spectacular transparent resin. The new figures are joined by “pop-psychedelic” paintings and drawings for Arbito’s Don’t Be a Dope show at Seattle’s Wall of Sound. They are available for purchase at $150 + shipping from [...]
Continue reading...1. May 2009
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Tonight at Rotofugi in Chicago, Scott Tolleson’s Major Minnow figure first seen at the Resin Collective makes its triumphant return. Each of the ten resin figures are available for purchase and come with a giclee print. Check out the Common Nonsense preview for more original resin and wood figures, an AP, a couple custom Mad*L, [...]
Continue reading...30. April 2009
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Guess we’re not the only ones celebrating our one-year anniversary. ToyCyte’s pal and one of our first custoMONDAY artists, Aaron Arel, starts his anniversary bash tomorrow, May 1st at 10AM CST. There will be three exclusive releases, “all very limited.” Click over to Uh Oh Toys at the appropriate time to see what resin goodness [...]
Continue reading...28. April 2009
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Marine from Indonesia just sent us these images of his first painted Jouwe, the Tummy version. The figure is a hefty 8 inches of resin with 3 points of articulation. Each version is spraypainted and the colorways include: mono/grey, yellow, Red Mate (Dove), DIY/blank and a secret edition. We started following the hybrid rhino/ant in [...]
Continue reading...28. April 2009
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The guy’s 15 and he already has a papercraft series happening. When I was 15, I was probably watching Batman Adventures and drawing half-naked fairy chicks in the margins of my Humanities notebook. Things must be different in Australia. I bet it’s all of that kangaroo juice. You can’t take a step without getting it [...]
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13. June 2009
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