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...Thursday, April 9, 2009
Here’s the complete lineup of Argonaut Resins pieces for the Resin Collective show at Red Hot Robot this Saturday. The figures include both the sold-out Jared Deal-designed Vlad and Kanji figures, plus a new McBoingBoing El Diablo. And a personal favorite returns: the Eric Nocella-designed CellPhonesKill. In Ectoplasm and Mango Madness colorways! I’ve always loved [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, April 2, 2009
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Wave 3 of Robbie Busch and Argonaut Resins El Diablo figures goes on sale in the Argonaut Resins online store in 30 minutes. (Yesterday’s Kanji drop cleared almost all pieces.) This El Diablo wave contains one of the popular Red Pants versions, as well as a Blue Pants, Mono and “the magical Amethyst clear tint!” Each [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, February 11, 2009
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More El Diablo colorways launched today at the Argonaut Resin Store. This special Gold version also is packaged with a special gift painting from the lost Ark. This marks Argonaut Resins’ third wave of El Diablo and comes with a Gold King Skull accessory, a original 2.5″ x 3.5″ canvass acrylic gouache painting, hand painted [...]
Continue reading...Friday, February 6, 2009
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Our first report back from NYCC 09 comes from Eric of Argonaut Resins. Eric had a handful of exclusives at the convention. Coming out of retirement for the Con was Eric’s original CellPhonesKill in a Gold Double-O colorway. Also in gold: the Vlad collab with Jared Deal and a gold Raider edition of Robbie Busch’s [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, December 31, 2008
Robbie Busch has been finessing his art formula since many Kidrobot devotees were drinking formula (particularly true for kids born in the late 70s when formula briefly reigned over milk). His colorful career spans comics (more Sandman than superher0), film, animation, music, photography and writing. Robbie, aka McBoing Boing, has clocked decades as part of the urban art scene, so who better to wax poetic on cultural changes as we teeter on the precipice of a new year? ToyCyte chatted up the New Yorker about life, art and his first original resin toy. You can check out paintings and pieces from Robbie's recent show at Rotofugi here, including prototypes of his El Diablo figure. The first wave of El Diablos available for purchase hit the Argonauts Resin store at 12PM PST/3PM EST today.
Continue reading...Tuesday, December 9, 2008
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After teasers and protos, the first two colorways of El Diablo from Argonaut Resins and McBoing Boing have been revealed. There will be a full-color edition and an all-black Onyx edition. Each of the limited colorways will come with a swappable skull accessory (red, white and blue) and a certificate of authenticity signed by [...]
Continue reading...Monday, December 1, 2008
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It’s getting’ hot in here. Coming soon to heat your toy shelf up will be the El Diablo by DJ and artist Robbie Busch aka McBoing Boing and Argonaut Resins. Check out the sculpt above done by Eric Nocella over at Argonaut Resins. Robbie Busch, I mean McBoing Boing, works out of New York, New [...]
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Thursday, May 7, 2009
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