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San Francisco’s King of Bling (Kirkland Jue is hating me right now) returns to form with this Semi-Ninjin Bling figure, which features more than 3,000 hand-applied rhinestones. Kirk is clearly still in the rhythm he established with his bedazzled Pimp Meister Many Mey. The glamourous new 8-inch custom figure is available as part of Saturday’s [...]
Continue reading...Monday, April 20, 2009
This weekend saw the opening of a custom toy show based around the imagery of Japanese toys. It Came From Skullbrain profiled the talent (much of it local) from the Skullbrain forum, an off-shoot of San Francisco's Super7, which hosted the event. The night was already off to a great start when a good old Japantown-style fight broke out in front of Super7 shortly before doors. But to truly appreciate your toy art in the most surreal way possible, you need four guys in full KISS regalia.
Continue reading...Friday, April 17, 2009
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Here’s our last It Came From Skullbrain preview, rounding out the talented trio of locals that began with Bert, followed with Leecifer and now closes up with San Francisco’s own Kirkland Jue. Kirkland’s pieces include his take on Toygraph Space Troopers: “They are supposed to be Zombie Troopers in a nuclear aftermath,” he writes. “Their [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, April 8, 2009
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Kirkland Jue hates blind boxes and has one of the most awesome toy rooms on earth, so even if he wasn’t an intensely talented artist and all-around nice guy, I’d probably still try to invite myself over to his house. For this Friday’s I.W.G. Humans Beware show, Kirkland did a Kikaida tribute: Kititus and Side [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, February 19, 2009
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Remember local artist Kirkland Jue’s Pimpmeister Many Mey custom? It was one of the straight-up sickest customs I’ve ever seen, and it looks like the stars have aligned that I’m going to get to see it in person. The Popsoda 6th Anniversary Dynamite Custom Show began in Tokyo and will end in Osaka. For the [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, December 24, 2008
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WOW. San Francisco’s own Kirkland Jue went all OCD on his latest custom and used almost 3,000 Swarovski crystals to transform a bird-flipping, exposed-brain kaiju figure into this blingin’ pimp. No longer a misunderstood piece of Japanese vinyl, Pimp Meister Many Mey could now easily be the next neck accessory for Pharrell. Says Kirkland: “Normally reserved [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, August 20, 2008
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The Urban Art auction has three areas that will be of specific interest to toy fans: Japanese and western kaiju, art toys and urban/street art. A variety of plush, busts, vinyl, customs and remixes from Kaws to Kozik are available.
Continue reading...Wednesday, August 20, 2008
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The auction includes both Japanese and western Kaiju. Some of the items: Japanese monsters from Popy and Marmit and modern takes from BLObPUS, Mark Nagata, Dead Presidents x Gargamel and the Grass Hut collective.
Continue reading...Friday, August 15, 2008
New York City-based Suckadelic has produced DJ Trooper: an artistic adaptation of the iconic ‘Stormtrooper’ from Star Wars.This 12-inch art toy depicts the DJ in 1:6 scale wearing a custom track suit and mini-headphones, spinning his collection of records on a double turntable stand.
Continue reading...Friday, August 15, 2008
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I've got a few exclusive pics of the KAWS pieces which will be offered at auction. There's a yellow Chum, a 1999 Companion and a Kate Moss ad art piece. Get your bids ready because you know you'll be competing with Kanye.
Continue reading...Thursday, July 24, 2008
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In collaboration with Skull Toys and EXOHEAD, toybot studios is dropping this limited production Skullrex Jimi. The set comes with a Jimi figure custom-painted by toybot studios and un-painted “ghost of Jimi”. Pre-Orders are almost sold out for the August release. If you’re interested in pricing and more information, email Kirkland Jue at toybot [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, May 22, 2008
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All the customs that were not sold at the Kaiju Invades New York show are now available for purchase online by going HERE. The prices for these one-of-a-kinds range from $100 to $3500, and include pieces by Koji Harmon and Carlos Enriquez Gonzalez (who did the Max Toy Kaiju Eyezon which I’ll try to get [...]
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Friday, April 24, 2009
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