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Ring in the New Year With Robbie Busch’s El Diablo

Wednesday, December 31, 2008

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Ring in the New Year With Robbie Busch’s El Diablo

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.

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Carnival Cartoons’ Pierce and the Dog-Faced Boy Edition Updates

Thursday, December 11, 2008

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Carnival Cartoons’ Pierce and the Dog-Faced Boy Edition Updates

Jared Deal just posted up some nice new pics of the VTN-exclusive edition of Pierce the Human Pin Cushion and Nathan the Dog-Faced Boy. The two characters designed by Jared and Garnet Syberg-Olsen were sculpted (as with all the Carneys figures) by Eric Nocella, and will be packaged together. There will be 5 colorways released throughout [...]

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El Diablo’s First Two Colorways Revealed

Tuesday, December 9, 2008

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El Diablo’s First Two Colorways Revealed

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 [...]

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It’s Time To Get Your Vlad On!!! (Round Two)

Friday, December 5, 2008

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It’s Time To Get Your Vlad On!!! (Round Two)

Robert Van Winkle had nothing on these guys. And this is your 5 MINUTE WARNING to get one. Wave 1 of Jared Deal and Argonaut Resins adorable vampire, Vlad sold out on Halloween. The late reveal of a translucent red Vlad got everyone buzzing. Now the duo has produced a few more of these “ice” [...]

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Argonaut Resins x Jared Deal Vlad the Vampire Ice Edition

Tuesday, December 2, 2008

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Argonaut Resins x Jared Deal Vlad the Vampire Ice Edition

Due to the popularity of the first run of 13 resin Vladimir figures by Jared Deal and Eric Nocella of Argonaut Resins, Vlad is back–and his intentions are transparent. He wants to go home with you, but he won’t bleed you dry. On Halloween, Eric revealed a trio of True Blood translucent red Vlad variants, [...]

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El Diablo by McBoing Boing Wax and Resin Prototypes

Monday, December 1, 2008

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El Diablo by McBoing Boing Wax and Resin Prototypes

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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VTN Exclusive Carnival Cartoons Pierce and the Dog Faced Boy

Friday, November 14, 2008

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VTN Exclusive Carnival Cartoons Pierce and the Dog Faced Boy

We had gotten a peek at these new characters in the Carnival Cartoons line, but when pressed for details, all I could get out of the series’ sculptor, Eric Nocella, was that I should prepare to be blown away by designer Jared Deal’s colorways. Eric revealed the protos and I waited patiently. And now here [...]

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It’s Time To Get Your Vlad On!!!

Friday, October 31, 2008

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It’s Time To Get Your Vlad On!!!

FIVE MINUTE WARNING! Jared Deal and Eric Nocella of Argonaut Resins‘ “Vladimir” is finally on sale in the Argonaut shop today in five minutes (at 12 noon EST). And last night Jared revealed the final three colorways (following hand-painted standard hues 01-09 and gold tone 10): figures 11-13 are cast in a transparent red [...]

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Jared Deal x Argonaut Resins Gold Vlad and Coffins Revealed

Tuesday, October 28, 2008

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Jared Deal x Argonaut Resins Gold Vlad and Coffins Revealed

This week, Argonaut Resins has two golden opportunities for you: one literal and one figurative. Literally speaking, Eric Nocella has just unearthed #10 in his series of 13 hand-cast resin vampire Vlad figures hand-painted by Jared Deal. Following the reveal of vampires 01-09, we now have a golden boy. Vlad #10 is hand-painted in gold [...]

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CustoMONDAY: Win Eric Nocella’s CellPhonesKill Exclusive Picante

Monday, October 27, 2008

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CustoMONDAY: Win Eric Nocella’s CellPhonesKill Exclusive Picante

Eric Nocella Diaz has been sculpting professionally for over 12 years. He has worked on high profile projects with major toy companies such as ToyBiz, Mcfarlane Toys, ToysRus, Hasbro, Kidrobot and Ka-Ching Brands. Some of the licensed projects he has worked on for those companies range from the Beatles Yellow Submarine toy line, E.T., Preschool Spiderman, Classic Avengers, LOTR, FLCL to the Video Game Award crowned monkey trophy for Spike TV. He is also a co-publisher, art director and editor of independent comicbooks through Xmoor Studios. We're premiering custoMONDAY with the first Argonaut Resins figure: CellPhonesKill, in a Picante exclusive colorway just for ToyCyte's custoMONDAY.

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Jared Deal x Argonaut Resins Vlad Full Reveal

Friday, October 17, 2008

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Jared Deal x Argonaut Resins Vlad Full Reveal

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 [...]

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CellPhonesKill: End of the Line for Raging Resin

Thursday, October 16, 2008

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CellPhonesKill: End of the Line for Raging Resin

Parting is such sweet sorrow, but drawn out goodbyes are not something sculptor Eric Nocella tends to get hung up on… After three waves of CPK, Argonaut Resins is putting the maniacal mobile’s mold to rest. TAR will be the last of the CellPhonesKill variants, and only three of these all black DIY versions will [...]

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Jared Deal x Argonaut Resins Custom Vlad

Thursday, October 9, 2008

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Jared Deal x Argonaut Resins Custom Vlad

The latest collaboration between Jared Deal and Eric Nocella of Argonaut Resins has me harkening back to my goth DJ days and looking to my dusty collection of Buffy The Vampire Slayer 6-inch figures for a Mr. Pointy. This 5-inch resin Vlad figure will be fully revealed in just over a week and then available [...]

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Jared Deal x Argonaut Resins Halloween Project

Monday, September 22, 2008

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Jared Deal x Argonaut Resins Halloween Project

Jared Deal and Eric Nocella of Argonaut Resins are following their successful Carnival Cartoons collaboration with an as-yet unrevealed creepy cute figure slated for a Halloween ‘08 release. Readers of ToyCyte will recognize Eric’s talent and humor through the CellPhonesKill figures now available through his Bigcartel Store here. But because sculptors can sometimes be like [...]

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