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I’ve been dying to get my hands on the huge canvas of the MadL, so when DLi$h sends along word of his newest MadL custom, I admit to a little bit of jealousy – only more so because the guy knocks it outta the park. Incorporating real copper mesh and tubing, and a working rotisserie crank [...]
Continue reading...Friday, January 23, 2009
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Here come the latest army of custom 5″ Mad*l’s. Each is hand-sprayed, brushed, markered, numbered and signed by MAD. Like the previous set of Candymon customs, these beauties are blind-boxed and destined for MAD subscribers and a few lucky readers on the Kidrobot forums. For the rest of us, windowshop on MAD’s Flickr.
Continue reading...Thursday, December 18, 2008
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Jeremiah Ketner decided to enter into the third dimension and paint up some customized Munny and Mad*L figures. They are “priced to move” at $150 and $300 in his store. Jeremiah’s 2D work can be seen currently in the Gifted group show at the CERASOLI: LeBASSE GALLERY in Culver City, CA.
Continue reading...Monday, December 8, 2008
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MAD took a pause from steady signing and sketching to mug for this photo with his 5-inch Skin Deep Mad*L exclusively released at VTN. MAD had representation at the Bic Plastics table as well, with the release of the gigantic Sham the Clown.
Continue reading...Monday, December 1, 2008
Many toy stores are doing exclusive collabs with artists these days, and Frozen Empire Toys has a good premiere piece: An Andrew Bell Mad*L. Writes Joe from Frozen Empire: For our first exclusive, we chose to work with the much loved and well respected Mad*L platform. After hooking up with MAD, it was time to select [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, November 18, 2008
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A bunch of Mad*Ls from the recent Me Mad*L Competition are now available for purchase at Delicious Drips. You can get both the first and second prize pieces (although not the third place piece because I snatched it!) While figures from ToyCyte buds like Spanky Stokes and Brian Colin have already found homes, check the [...]
Continue reading...Monday, November 10, 2008
We’re mad for MAD! But you can probably tell that with the coverage of this weekend’s Me MAD*L Show at D-Strcture San Francisco. We spied on Mad’s Flickr page a super cool Cholo MAD*L that was made exclusively for the store Mechanized in Salt Lake City. There are only five hundred of these bad boys. There [...]
Continue reading...Friday, November 7, 2008
Yeah we know there was just another big MAD*L show over at LIFT, but Delicious Drips has been curating a juried 10-inch MAD*L contest for month’s and everything has lead up to tonight’s MAD*L mania at San Francisco’s D-Structure. The show kicks off at 6:30PM in the Lower Haight (right across from Upper Playground). There [...]
Continue reading...Monday, October 27, 2008
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This weekend saw the opening of the MAD*L Citizens Show at Lift in Detroit. With 10-inch MAD*L customs by Doktor A, Huck Gee, Sket One, kaNO, Brandt Peters, Kathie Olivas, Cris Rose, Slobot, Cameron Tiede, Phetus, Brent Nolasco, Andrew Bell, Angry Woebots, Phu!, Tristan Eaton, Julie West, Reactor 88, Leecifer and more, I’m waiting on [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, October 25, 2008
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Master-customizer (who is soon to release some original toys), Phu!, is sending in the troops to tonight’s custom Mad*L show at LIFT. As usual, Phu! combines debris into details: The 10-inch platform figure was enhanced with cardboard, cable ties, brass rivets, broken toy parts, disposable plastic spoons, hose clamps, felt, googles, plastic beads, bottle [...]
Continue reading...Friday, October 24, 2008
We can’t seem to get enough of this weekend’s Mad*L show, so here’s a look at Ryan Crippen / Reactor88’s amazingly clean double-faced totem custom Mad*L. The fact that this was done with nothing but acrylic and marker on vinyl, plus a robot-steady hand that defies all human motor function, boggles the mind and [...]
Continue reading...Friday, October 24, 2008
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Tomorrow, October 25th, if you head on over to Detroit’s Lift Gallery for the Mad*L Citizens show, you’ll see Patrick Francisco’s crazy-angry monkey. I’ve never seen so many chimps in one blog before, and the eyes – they’ve seen something horrible, and they’re spitting it right back at you. As it stands, the demand [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, October 21, 2008
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Wondering what all is in store for this weekend’s LIFT show? MADL CITIZENS 10″ DIY Mad*L Custom Show is already spawning some ‘fascinating’ works. This one by Cris Rose is titled Fascination and incorporates rich azure hues and a subdued Victorian floral wallpaper pattern that together seem to me both nostalgic and pensive. On the [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, October 21, 2008
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No matter how the October winds of political Change may be blowing now, we ought not to forget that our current powers that be have already seen fit to make us a nation at war… Whether we like it or not! So, it seems only fitting that DrilOne has made a bold statement in these [...]
Continue reading...Friday, September 26, 2008
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Doktor A has broken my heart yet again. How did this magnificent streampunk customizer who is known for “Character driven clashes of urban pop culture, classic children’s stories and neo-Victorian industrial neverlands..’” almost make me cry this morning? By looking at his insanely beautiful and gorgeously executed “Blavatski & Sons Automated Kismet Disseminator” custom he [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, September 24, 2008
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Doktor A must be keeping really busy between his new commissioned drawing experiment and four shows next month. First up there’s the DIY Mad*l show at LIFT Detroit on October 10th. Between October 4th and October 29th, Doktor A’s custom will join work by Annie Owens, Kathie Olivas, UNKL and Chet Zar at Noxious [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, September 17, 2008
MAD just dropped these images of “tasty treats” on his Flickr page. Each day, he’ll be showing off different characters made for this series. Day 1 (above) featured 10-inch Mad*ls with one sleepy eye and two long fangs. Day 2 (below) showed off 7 Mad*ls with at least 42 eyes. I’m definitely feeling the figures [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, September 16, 2008
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Hey gearheads and muscle car maniacs, Sket One has made a totally mad custom for you to want, lust and droll all over. As part of the Lift MADL Citizens 10” DIY MAD*L show, Sket One created this totally amazing Hemi Cuda Mad*L custom. Sket One took the HEMI logo and made it fit the [...]
Continue reading...Monday, August 18, 2008
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The other day I wrote about the brand spanking new 10” DIY MadL figure that was just released. Well before they even started to collect dust on our toy shelves, there’s already been arranged a 10” DIY MadL custom competition by the kids over at Delicious Drips. Here are the deets: “In order to commemorate the [...]
Continue reading...Friday, August 15, 2008
Add another DIY to your to-do pile along with your Dunnys, Munnys, and My Little Ponys…say hello to the 10” DIY White MADL custom produced by SOLID and are now available for all your customizing action. One nice thing about these MADL are that the head comes off so it’s easier to paint and embellish, they [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, August 7, 2008
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If you’ve been eagerly waiting for the release of the Flip Mad*l, you only have to wait another week and a half. The 5″” Flip Mad*l has been delayed a bit from the original release date. The Fresh Manila blog announced it will be available for purchase on August 16th from 1:00pm – 1:00am (Filipino [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, August 7, 2008
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If you missed out on going to the SDCC or you just hate standing in lines like me, you still have a chance to get pert near any and all of the SDCC exclusives you’ve regretted not grabbing. If you haven’t checked it out yet, you can purchase pert near everything from toy flippers or [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, July 23, 2008
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Say hello to the “motor city”, home of Motown, The White Stripes and all things car related. To celebrate this legendary metropolis and all it’s glory, home town boy Tristan Eaton of Thunderdog studies has mashed up with MAD*L to create this figure – a Detroit Exclusive: “Tristan Easton Loves the D & the D [...]
Continue reading...Monday, July 14, 2008
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Ryan Crippen, the mastermind behind Reactor 88, and Strangekiss are teaming up for SDCC to display some of the incredible new work from Ryan. Crippen will have ten pieces at the Strangekiss booth including six all new SDCC pieces (8 inch Dunny, Mad-L, Munny, Mini Munny, and two 3 inch Dunnys) and four [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, July 9, 2008
MAD has revealed three new Mad*ls dropping within the next couple weeks on his Flickr page. 10-inch G.I.D. blue Mad*l for ToyQube (Booth #4837) at SDCC ‘08 (edition of 100 pieces) 5-inch Ninja Mad*l for ToyQube (Booth #4837) at SDCC ‘08 (edition of 500 pieces) 5-inch Flip Mad*l for Fresh Manila (details forthcoming) Blue glow-in-the-dark is definitely cool. I [...]
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Thursday, May 21, 2009
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