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Check out how intense this mutha is. I knew that those Teddy Troops, with their hidden eyes and giant, concealing hats were up to something, and this guy is up to the worst. You can’t tell where he ends and his vulture companion begins – and that’s awesome. I’ve watched the progress as Brian Colin whipped [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, April 11, 2009
Last night, a variety of homegrown Insurgents Wilderness Gruppo mutations hit San Francisco’s Rocket World for the first I.W.G. custom show. If you’ve never been to Rocket World (aka T.A.D. Gear), you owe it to yourself to visit Patrick Ma’s haven for high end adventure gear and designer toys. Enter the garage doors to one [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, April 8, 2009
I’m still on the fence about twitter. It’s hard enough to have a conversation with a couple people, let alone hundreds. However, some people have found good use for the technology. Case in point: Brian Colin. This Friday, he’s giving away “Lil Bit”, his custom BambooZoo, to one lucky twitter follower. The winner will be [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, April 2, 2009
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This Friday, A.Okay Official is hatching a new breed of custom art collectibles. They are spotlighting a favorite family toy and heirloom originating from Russia: the Nesting dolls, otherwise known as Matryoshkas. Nesting dolls commonly involve a set of wooden dolls, each one smaller than the next that stack within one another. They [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, April 1, 2009
I’ve said it before : April 10th, I.W.G. ‘Humans Beware’, Rocketworld, San Francisco, awesome, fun, toys, run for your life. Mr. Jon Paul Kaiser takes the IWG rhinoform and transforms him, completely without the use of color, into a Spider-Man villain. Of all things. Coincidentally, the villain in question is The Rhino, who is already ridiculously [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, March 11, 2009
DrilOne is curating a custom vinyl show based off the Rocketworld I.W.G. figures. This is the first time a show like this has ever been thrown on this platform. 80+ artists are customizing blanks for the exhibit. Scroll down for a complete list of partipating artists and more info about the show. Humans Beware: The [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, February 26, 2009
Brian Colin sent me one of the characters from his custom BambooZoo series, and now you, too, can catch a creature. Pairing Brian’s chunky monster style with Peskimo’s cute platform design is indeed a strange beast. He has rendered the original Kidrobot series unrecognizable and retitled it “Creatures from the Valley of Despair.” If you [...]
Continue reading...Friday, November 7, 2008
Yeah we know there was just another big MAD*L show over at LIFT, but Delicious Drips has been curating a juried 10-inch MAD*L contest for month’s and everything has lead up to tonight’s MAD*L mania at San Francisco’s D-Structure. The show kicks off at 6:30PM in the Lower Haight (right across from Upper Playground). There [...]
Continue reading...Monday, October 27, 2008
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The first stage of the two-part auction for the custom pieces was held during the exhibition and was a huge success. The second, online auction phase began Friday with many additional groundbreaking custom works available for bidding. The ART + ACTION online auction will be held for one week only on eBay, with proceeds going [...]
Continue reading...Friday, October 17, 2008
The 2008 US Presidential Election will be a historic and groundbreaking event. While the race and gender of the candidates is unprecedented, so is the huge outpouring of art. The latter can be seen tonight in NYC at ToyTokyo's The Showroom where Jailbreak Toys presents an evening of customized Barack Obama action figures by Brin Berliner, Damion Silver, Bigfoot, Denise Despirito, Leecifer, kaNO, Brent Nolasco, Matt Hawkins, Brian Colin, Dionysus Cho, Erick Scarecrow Jeaux Janovsky and more. Regardless of how you lean politically, a show of this nature has never before been attempted. All figures will be for sale with proceeds going to fund the Campaign for Change. You can look back at all the coverage of ART + ACTION = Obama 08 here, or scroll down for our exclusive pictorial. ToyCyte's NYC correspondent will be bringing us coverage of the show, so stay tuned. Tonight's event begins at 7PM EST. There's a rumor that Amber, the Obama Girl, may make an appearance. Wish I could be there.
Continue reading...Friday, October 10, 2008
Following kaNo’s “As Seen On TV” custom, here’s your next sneak preview: “America’s in a Pickle” by Brian Colin. Brian blogs: “Out of all of the candidates that I have had the chance to vote on since becoming of age, Obama is the only one that I have felt strongly about. If America is in [...]
Continue reading...Friday, October 10, 2008
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Here's the current lineup of Art + Action = Obama 08: Bigfoot, Brent Nolasco, Brian Colin, Brin Berliner, Cope2, Erick Scarecrow,Indie, Leecifer, MARS-1, Peat Wollaeger, Phetus, pocketwookie, Spok-spok, Suckadelic, Voltaire...
Continue reading...Friday, September 12, 2008
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The custom Dunnys and Yokas (with a couple Qee and Munny for good measure) from last week’s Coalesce show at Focal Point Gallery in NYC are now up for sale on the Coalesce blog. There are affordably priced customs up for grabs from: Scotty Wall, AW177, Kathie Olivas, Marcin Wozniacki, Auryl, Sever 20, D-Lux, [...]
Continue reading...Monday, August 18, 2008
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They say that everyone remembers their first…solo show. (What did you think I was going to say?) This weekend, Brian Colin brings his unique dimensional style to a pair of shows in Atlanta. On Friday August 22nd, Brian’s art will be a part of the Castleberry Art Stroll. On Saturday August 23rd from [...]
Continue reading...Monday, August 4, 2008
I really dig seeing the full extension of the DIY entrepreneurial spirit. Case in point: Artists and customizers who release an entire series of custom Dunny figures, blind-box packaging and all. This is the second custom Dunny series for artist Brian Colin, who uses acrylics, sculpy and spray varnish to achieve his signature style. The [...]
Continue reading...Friday, July 11, 2008
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If I lived near Hong Kong, I’d have been at CSBooth15 [tagged]. Proximity to Portland would have put me at Tim and Tigerlily Biskup’s TnT. DC for Dalek. Manhattan for Mossy & Glossy. Barcelona for Bread and Butter. Charity Qees at Colette in Paris. If I were local to LA, I’d be representing at Alex [...]
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 [...]
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Thursday, April 30, 2009
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