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X-Large Elements Protos by Easy Hey for Artoyz

Tuesday, April 28, 2009

I don’t buy a lot of 8-inch vinyl. Price and space are always considerations when one is attempting to make a living in toy journalism. That said, I will throw down the Benjamins for these 8-inch enlargements of Easy Hey’s Artoyz Elements. I love the concept and sculpting of the mini-figures, and based on these [...]

Artoyz Presents Easy Hey’s Elements First Degree

Monday, October 13, 2008

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Artoyz Presents Easy Hey’s Elements First Degree

Yeah, the ELEMENTS figures designed by Easy Hey and produced by the French company Artoyz Originals, in their previous transparent, clear colored magic, are pretty damn rad. But you know what’s radder? The ELEMENTS FIRST DEGREE. It’s like the figures were literally fleshed out, and dipped in candy hues of cotton candy and chocolate. These figures, [...]

New Burgerman and Easy Hey Ghostboys at Crossville

Friday, July 25, 2008

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Sharim Gubbels over at Singapore-based Crossville Toys just posted a bunch of new Ghostboy platform papertoys customized by Jon Burgerman, Easy Hey, Delkographic and KOA (joining the roster that includes TADO and sketchBot). Not sure these are downloadable, as is the case with many a papertoy, but the blog mentions an upcoming show. I also [...]

New Artoyz Figures From Easy Hey and Bunka

Thursday, July 3, 2008

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Artoyz is in Barcelona for the Bread and Butter exhibition, but they thoughtfully stopped to blog up a few photos of their upcoming toys: Kid Onion by Easy Hey (coming in October) just posted here and Chaos Monkey by Bunka (coming in September). These figures follow last month’s release of the Artoyz Elements Prologue [...]

Kid Onion by Artoyz Originals

Thursday, July 3, 2008

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The Shins were right, you should Know Your Onion. In this case, it’s not a simple yellow, red or Walla Walla, but rather a multi-colored creation by Easy Hey! Entitled Kid Onion. This delicious looking vinyl will be released in October of this year and is the second toy by the French company Artoyz Originals. [...]

Artoyz Elements Release

Monday, June 23, 2008

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Amidst the bragging rights of a particularly cool couple weeks of toy-related freshness from France (see Customania and Paris Tout P’tits) comes a press-release from Artoyz. First seen here as as a prototype, the Artoyz Elements Prologue set now has an official release date of June 26th. The upcoming series takes its cues from Ancient [...]