ToyCyte: Toy Culture Collected

Arkiv Instant Vinyl Figure Pre-Order

Thursday, June 4, 2009

Arkiv Instant is the creation of Indonesian artist Rushhead, I have been following this project for quite some time and this toy release is a long time coming! Rushhead has teamed up with adFunture and now the long wait is finally over. adFunture will be producing the Arkiv Instant figure and is currently taking pre-orders [...]

Clutter Wants You To Vote For A Yoka

Monday, March 23, 2009

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As a big fan of Threadless and PatchTogether, I loves me some interweb 2.0 crowdsourcing – so Clutter Magazine’s current choose-your-favorite-Yoka competition is right up my alley. This week, and for a handful of subsequent weeks, toy and art fans are invited to choose their favorite fan-submitted Yoka designs from among a weekly batch of 28 [...]

Valentine’s Day Yokas from adFunture

Tuesday, January 27, 2009

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My girlfriend would really kill me if I used Valentine’s Day as an opportunity to buy “her” more toys. If you and your beloved are both toy collectors, though, this is a pretty terrific way to combine your passion for plastic and each other. adFunture is releasing a trio of YOKAs that spell out “I [...]

Signed Buff Monster Teddy Troops

Thursday, January 8, 2009

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Last month, we told you about adFunture’s Buff Monster Teddy Troops, but here’s an opportunity to get one direct from Buff, and signed too. Tomorrow at 10am PST, he’ll be releasing a small number of the long-awaited 10-inch Teddy Troop figures. Writes Buff: “I’m really happy with how these turned out; the production quality [...]

Hiroshi Fujiwara Urban Vinyl for Fashionistas

Wednesday, December 17, 2008

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Hiroshi Fujiwara Urban Vinyl for Fashionistas

adFunture has just dropped an image of an all black-clad Hiroshi Fujiwara vinyl figure. While retaining the Kangol cap, this version swaps out the previously seen blue jeans and Nikes for his Fragment Fenom Levis and a pair of polka-dotted Visvim kicks. The 6-inch figure will be released at Iconic-1 in Shanghai on December 20th [...]

Extend Black Friday With 10-inch Teddy Troop by Dalek

Monday, December 1, 2008

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Extend Black Friday With 10-inch Teddy Troop by Dalek

Put some black in your Monday with this dark follow-up to Dalek’s brown Teddy Troop. This 10-inch vinyl figure is the last of the Dalek colorways. Very sharp piece in black and red. You can get it right now for $70 at the newly-designed adFunture e-shop here.

Teddy Troops Series 3 Teaser Update

Friday, November 14, 2008

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The long awaited Teddy Troops Series 3 from adFunture is finally here! With a total of 12 designs to collect, the Troops are coming to you in a 25-blind-boxes per display case manner. A basic set of 10 variants can be found in every display case for those who are not interested in cracking cases [...]

adFunture x ONEWAY Glow-in-the-Dark YOKA

Tuesday, November 11, 2008

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adFunture x ONEWAY Glow-in-the-Dark YOKA

Never has the future seemed so bright as it suddenly became last week, and though it’s purely coincidental, adFunture and Hong Kong streetwear label ONEWAY have teamed up to produce a limited edition YOKA to light the way forward. This special glow-in-the-dark YOKA celebrates the opening of ONEWAY’s first flagship store in GuangZhou, China. GuangZhou [...]

adFunture Halloween YOKA Pack

Tuesday, October 28, 2008

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Last week, own very own Jeremy wrote about the Halloween YOKA by adFunture, a two and a half inch Glow in the Dark Halloween skeleton laden YOKA bear. He mentioned how adFunture has recently made a partnership with the mighty Rotofugi in Chicago to carry the YOKA line exclusively in the United States. A big [...]

Halloween and Racer YOKAs by adFunture at Rotofugi

Monday, October 20, 2008

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Halloween and Racer YOKAs by adFunture at Rotofugi

From now on, adFunture will be releasing YOKA figures on a more regular basis, perhaps even monthly. adFunture has partnered with ROTOFUGI in Chicago to carry the line exclusively outside of Mainland China. The latest YOKAs are the 2.5-inch G.I.D. Halloween bear and the 2.5-inch PUMA/Racer bear. Each comes in blister card packaging and can [...]

SUITMAN Young Kim is Almost Ready to Clock In

Wednesday, August 20, 2008

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Suitman by Suitman Young Kim is almost ready to clock in. By Adfunture, the Suitman vinyl figure is 28.5cm tall and will be available on the AdFunture website as well at various Young Kim exhibits that will be happening around Asia. Very classic Suitman, clean, prompt and ready to work. No word yet when he’ll [...]

Update On Who Lucked Out and Got the Beijing-Jian Yokas

Tuesday, August 12, 2008

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Update On Who Lucked Out and Got the Beijing-Jian Yokas

Update! Update! So if you’re like me, and you have a wee case of the old Olympics fever (to be honest, I don’t know how I caught it, I just did), you get giddy when seeing the current art and toy worlds colliding with all things Olympian. Earlier in the month Jeremy did a post [...]

adFunture x PUMA Beijing Olympics Yokas

Friday, August 1, 2008

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Wow this is one of two posts today that concern PUMA…something in the air perhaps. Anyway, just got word from adFunture that they collaborated with PUMA on a special 2008 Beijing China Olympics collection of Yokas. These 5 PUMA “Beijing-Jian” Yokas represent a few of the many different nations brought to Beijing by PUMA in [...]

Pink Futura x Adfunture piece coming July 18th

Thursday, July 3, 2008

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Pretty in Pink. Yeah, I’m a girl so I’m fond of the pink and it looks like Adfunture is too! They’ll be making a hot pink Futura x Adfunture signature/tag piece (the previous incarnation of the piece was in a drab gray). It’ll be available only on their webstore on July 18th. Eddi the founder [...]

Beast Of Buden: Yoka Custom Show at SDCC

Wednesday, July 2, 2008

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You know what I like about the Comic Con, the evenings. Yeah, I totally love working the floor and checking out what’s new, what’s upcoming, and it’s always fun see to see gawky teens dressed up as Worf. But by the end of the day my head is just spinning from information overload. After grabbing [...]

DIY Alert! DIY Alert – The 3″ Teddy Troops

Wednesday, June 25, 2008

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Yup, more stuff for you crazy customizers to get your colorful little hands on. Now’s your chance to get all crafty with the 3.5” DIY Teddy Troop (there was already a release of the 10”) brought to you from those wacky gents over at Flying Fortress and produced by adFunture. You can get yours for [...]

New adfunture Dalek and DGPH Pieces Released

Friday, June 20, 2008

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New adfunture Dalek and DGPH Pieces Released

Some things are worth the wait. adfunture is finally out with some new must haves by Dalek and DGPH. The ten inch Teddy Tropp is by the artist Dalek. He retails for seventy bucks and is a limited edition of 1000. His removable helmet unveils blood shot eyes, being a Teddy Trooper is hard work! Also out [...]

YOKA SC Edition Charity Collab From adFunture

Thursday, June 5, 2008

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adFunture has joined Brothersfree and Be@rbrick in panda-themed charity efforts from the toy community. In a collaborative effort curated by adFunture, eights labels from around the globe came together to issue this special edition YOKA vinyl figure to help raise money for the victims of the recent tragedy in China. Collaborators included DITA Eyewear, Staple [...]