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Following quite the fever pitch, Red Hot Robot opened its doors for the Resin Collective, and the red dots started flying. Store owner Jason Kiningham was way ahead of the curve curating this show, which featured standout work from today and tomorrow's hottest resin designers. Even a local Phoenix rag covered the show, re-interpreting Jason's "lowbro" lingo as "way cooler than that boring museum crap" in their article, Anti-Toy Story. Those familiar red (sold) dots were quickly adhered to Cris Rose's Rotund's Romp, Cris and Okkle's Happy Joy Bot, Le Merde's Vanfar, Hello, Brute's Danny, Makkinoso's Evil Spike, WeKillYou's William Palerne and pretty much all pieces by Arbito and 2Petalrose. The dotting continued into the night, as fans circled around the display and marveled at the diversity of the medium.
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...Thursday, March 26, 2009
I’m gonna be totally honest: I wasn’t sure about these guys when I saw the prototypes. But now looking at them in living color, my mind is clear: they look awesome! I’ve got a couple pieces in my collection sculpted by Eric Nocella and painted by Jared Deal, and it’s a winning combination. Eric keeps [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, March 10, 2009
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Is it me or does everything look great in translucent resin? CLEARLY, Eric of Argonaut Resins agrees. Following up the red and blue translucent MoneyGrip resins seen at NYCC, here come the yellow and green editions. Although we are not affiliated with this project, it’s rad to see this figure all ‘dressed up’ in ToyCyte’s [...]
Continue reading...Friday, March 6, 2009
WOW. I repeat: WOW. Beginning April 11th, Red Hot Robot is hosting an unbelievable group show of resin toys. I don’t think I’ve ever been able to say this about a group show of this size before, but I’m proud to say I’ve written a little something about every artist on this roster. So either [...]
Continue reading...Monday, February 23, 2009
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When you have a pairing that works as good as this, why quit? Jared Deal and Argonaut Resins are at it again. This sculpt–which Jared says should be complete by week’s end–looks like a cross between their latest Carnival Cartoon Dogboy and a kaiju-style figure. That is all the known info at this time, but [...]
Continue reading...Monday, February 9, 2009
NYCC was a nearly incomprehensible miasma of crowds and excitement and getting whapped in the shoulder by uncareful cameramen, but I survived the whole ordeal with bruised body intact. After a few technical delays, I'm finally home again, here to report on the onslaught of awesome. Read on for highlights from David Foox, Bob Conge, GoHero, Erick Scarecrow, Jure Gavran, Jared Deal, Eric Nocella, kaNO, Nakanari, NEMO and Brent Nolasco.
Continue reading...Sunday, February 8, 2009
Jared Deal, semiprofessional carnivalologist, is another one of those successful toy artists that’s just cool to talk with – no matter how deeply you try to pry into his subconscious to figure out where this circus stuff comes from. Ultimately, it’s a little bit of Coney Island and a little bit of the rotating (and [...]
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...Friday, January 30, 2009
Wave 2 of Robbie Busch and Argonaut Resins El Diablo figures is on sale NOW in the Argonaut Resins online store. The OG RED pants version (comes with the white King Skull accessory) retails at $125, the third Black Onyx (with the Blue clear tint King Skull accessory) goes for $135 and the SapphireAquamarine and [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, January 29, 2009
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Further proof that you can believe the rumors you hear on ToyCyte, wave 2 of Robbie Busch and Argonaut Resins El Diablo figures will feature some translucent blues. Per Robbie: This wave will contain: Tourmaline, Sapphire, Aquamarine, Onyx (with Blue Tint Skull) & the OG Red Pants colorway. Each one comes with a custom made box [...]
Continue reading...Monday, January 19, 2009
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Hot on the heels of Collin’s post this morning, here are some snaps of the latest Pierce and Nathan colorway courtesy of Eric Nocella, sculptor extraordinaire of Carnival Cartoons. Looks like Jared Deal took the carneys on a trip to Coney Island where you can see the Cyclone, Parachute Drop and Wonder Wheel in the [...]
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...Thursday, December 11, 2008
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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 [...]
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...Friday, December 5, 2008
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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” [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, December 2, 2008
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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, [...]
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 [...]
Continue reading...Friday, November 14, 2008
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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 [...]
Continue reading...Friday, October 31, 2008
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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 [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, October 28, 2008
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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 [...]
Continue reading...Monday, October 27, 2008
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.
Continue reading...Friday, October 17, 2008
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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 [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, October 16, 2008
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 [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, October 9, 2008
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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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Monday, April 13, 2009
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