ToyCyte: Toy Culture Collected

Jared Deal and Eric Nocella of Argonaut Resins have opened the coffin for the full reveal of Vlad. Each Vladimir figure is hand-cast (out of resin) and hand-painted, making each toy unique and special. Vladimir comes packed in his very own felt-lined coffin display box, which is also handmade, painted and numbered.  The interior of each coffin will match its accompanying Vlad figure.  For example… if you pull a green figure, your coffin will have green details, etc.  To top it all off, the figures will also come complete with a certificate of authenticity signed by Jared Deal (designer) and Eric Nocella (sculptor).  Each certificate will come in a wax sealed envelope. The edition size is 13 pieces.  The first 10 will be made available at the Argonaut web store on October 31st (Halloween) at 12PM EST/9AM PST.  Each figure stands 5 inches tall, and the coffins measure 5 1/2 inches. Get yours for $70 (+ shipping) before supplies are sucked dry.

Text on back of box reads: “It sure can be lonely living the life of a vampire.  It’s hard making friends when you have to sleep during the day…  when your curfew is everyone else’s wake-up call. Vlad has been searching for the past 177 years for the perfect candidate to turn vamp…  giving his own, very literal translation to the term BFF. Wanna be his friend???  It only hurts for a second.”