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I admit that I wasn’t so enthused about Kidrobot’s latest Dunny Endangered Series, but check out this devilish little Ledbetter. There seems to be nothing endangered about evil, but I’d pick up this guy in an open box for sure. It is my duty to tell you that the series is on sale now at [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, May 12, 2009
How often have you looked at a toy and wanted to say, “that is so gay,” but been weary about appearing insensitive? Surely, tons of times. Well, now thanks to Frank Kozik and Kidrobot, you can. They beat me to the obvious pun by announcing that the Pride Labbit pack “comes out” June 4th. KR’s [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, April 23, 2009
Frank Kozik will be stopping by San Francisco’s Kidrobot to sign his 1984 Labbit and countless other creations tonight between 6-8PM. Hard to believe it’s been almost 5 years since I last attended a Kozik signing at KRSF. If you look closely at these 2004 signing pictures, you’ll see me in line for a few [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Hmmm….to borrow words off PerezHilton…”how do I say this delicately?” OK I’ll just borrow some more words off DannyDesign’s post on the Kidrobot thread: “So, do you have to buy the HappyMeal to get one? Or are you able to just purchase the Dunny?” That kind of sums up how I feel. Kidrobot is going [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, April 15, 2009
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Frank Kozik does another collaboration with FullyVisual for this Anarchy Reagan Bank. Anarchy Reagan Bank. The banks measure 6 inches by 5 inches by 2 inches and feature Ron’s mug, Charlie’s X and Frank’s aesthetic. The Nickel Limited Edition is a run of 35 figures for $135 The Copper Limited Edition is a run of just 5 [...]
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, 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...Tuesday, March 10, 2009
We blogged about this 1984 Labbit by Frank Kozik back in January. That’s early for its official April 23 release, late for the actual 80s and right on time for the eighties revival. The 1o-inch Labbit is part of an edition of 1000 and will sell for $50 each.
Continue reading...Friday, March 6, 2009
The Phillips de Pury & Co auction returns to London next Saturday, March 14th, with a host of urban art and kaiju figures. Two of the biggest names and (biggest figures) are Frank Kozik and Tim Biskup. Someone needs to provide a home for this 3-foot signed fiberglass Belchor by Frank Kozik cast by [...]
Continue reading...Monday, February 23, 2009
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Happy Beaver is back, and he’s had a Frank Kozik makeover. Jeff Pidgeon explains that the Kozik collab is the 2nd “colorway” of three upcoming Beaver redesigns. The third, according to some recent concept art on Jeff’s Flickr, could be GID, which in this blogger’s opinion, would be very cool. As is seemingly always the [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, February 18, 2009
The most frustrating aspect of Toy Fair is that whole pesky ‘look, but can’t buy’ thing. There are palettes full of freshly delivered awesome at every turn, and almost none of it can come home with you. No, nearly everything that you come across is at least six months away from being a produced reality [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, February 18, 2009
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VIMBY – Art of Rebellion If you didn’t make it to Harley Davidson’s Art of Rebellion show, VIMBY put together a short video with clips from Alex Pardee, Bob Dob, Frank Kozik, Shawn Barber and Mark Dean Veca talking about their contributions.
Continue reading...Wednesday, February 4, 2009
One hundred re-imagined Darth Vader helmets are set to complete The Vader Project.The iconic Darth Vader helmet is once-again rendered by some of today’s hottest underground and pop surrealist painters, artists and designers. This leg of the tour makes its museum premiere and will be on display February 13th through May 3rd at The Andy [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, January 28, 2009
The menu of official February releases from Kidrobot has been revealed, but it lacks (IMO) the most interesting piece leaked, discovered and sent in by savvy Internet scavengers: Frank Kozik’s 1984 Labbit. Too much retro (with January’s KidPunk) for the company who declared “nostalia = death?” Here’s my take: I enjoy nostalgia. 1984 is actually [...]
Continue reading...Monday, January 19, 2009
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FullyVisual follows up Amanda Visell’s Apocalypt-Ephunts with some more iconic minis already getting a lot of praise within the scene. Frank Kozik’s Smorkin’ Metal Minis will make their debut at 11AM PST on January 2oth. Like Amanda’s figures, Kozik’s will consist of a set cast in silver, copper, gold or black nickel (Kozik exclusive). Each [...]
Continue reading...Monday, January 12, 2009
Wizard Sleeve Toys and ToyCyte are giving away a Kozik mecha mini to a lucky reader. Leave a comment with one of your new year's resolutions. If you don't have one, make one up on the spot. It's good for you. We'll pick a winner next week, send you this figure and periodically harass you by email to see how you're doing.
Continue reading...Monday, January 12, 2009
Tamika Petty from VIMBY was making the rounds at VTN Winter 08 last month in Pasadena. I was actually standing next to her waiting to get something signed while Frank Kozik pontificated about making the move from posters to toy design. I did not, however, hear him discuss how smorkin’ labbits have genital warts, as [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, January 7, 2009
Strangekiss Art Toys just dropped some info on their 2009 production line. Following the success of their first original toy “Zog” from David Lanham with exclusive variant by Frank Kozik, they will release a slew of new goods in time for San Diego Comic-Con (SDCC). 2009 will see more Strangekiss joints with David and [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, January 6, 2009
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Now for the first news from me for 2009. Are you one of the people who have been waiting long for the Kozik x RealxHead Coral Chaos??? Well, here is the update. Kozik has finally got the figures done, packed and ready to be shipped out!!! It was a long wait and many collectors who [...]
Continue reading...Friday, December 19, 2008
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Because what this world needs is a giant soft cigarette, Frank Kozik and Switcheroo have teamed up to produce these 3-foot tall faux fags. The smorkin’ cigarette is made of velcro and removable, in case you want to modify the larger cigarette by putting something else in its mouth instead. This standard version is available [...]
Continue reading...Friday, December 12, 2008
Michael Lau and I finally have something in common: we’re both getting married. In a bland world of “every kiss begins with Kay” commercials, the savvy suitor really needs to stand out. Knowing that it’s way too risky to try to pick out someone else’s forever jewelry, I went with a non-smorkin’ labbit as a [...]
Continue reading...Monday, December 8, 2008
Vinyl Toy Network Winter 2008 was a lot of fun and a great opportunity to chat with artists, toy companies, shops, fans and collectors. People were lined up hours in advance to get a crack at exclusive art toys by Joe Ledbetter, Kathie Olivas, Frank Kozik, Gary Ham, Doktor A, MAD, Marka27 and others. Customized [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, December 6, 2008
I sometimes wonder if Frank Kozik gets tired of answering the same questions over and over. While I was circulating the VTN floor, Frank was attended to by various camera crews and fans waiting for signings. He had a ton of merch from hand-painted exclusives to Sharkys and Muttpop and kaiju figures to some Qees [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, December 2, 2008
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The winners of the Toy2R x ToyCyte Halloween contest started getting their loot last week, and I’ve been vicariously enjoying (OK, envying) their new acquisitions. It’s been a while since I’ve entered a space that was chock full of Qee, so I’m eagerly looking forward to the Toy2R booth at VTN. Here’s a selection of [...]
Continue reading...Monday, December 1, 2008
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Toy2R just announced their second pop-up store–this time in Philadephia in conjunction with the group exhibit: GIVE LESS FRUITCAKE, BUY MORE ART! opening at T&P Fine Art on December 5th at 7PM. The exhibit will include artwork by: Andy B. Clarkson, Angry Woebots, Benjamin Soto, Bob Dob, Brandon Friend, Brian M. Viveros, Chris Clark, Crazy [...]
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Thursday, May 21, 2009
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