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LA’s Munky King just put up the fantastic results of their DIY Pushers Show, based on the popular ‘Pusher’ figure by Thomas Han, released in a blank DIY form back in August. The show included custom Pushers by Joe Shea, Nathan Spoor, Elizabeth Ito, Marka27, Kii Arens, Racecar13, Axis, Brandt Peters, Dave Pressler, Paintmonster, Luke [...]
Continue reading...Friday, March 20, 2009
LA’s Munky King will be presenting its first group show of 2009 with their DIY Pushers Show, based on the popular ‘Pusher’ figure by Thomas Han, released in a blank DIY form back in August. The show is scheduled to include a huge array of top-notch artists, including (but not limited to) Joe Shea, Nathan [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, March 19, 2009
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At VTN, Jesse Hernandez showed me a trailer for Vinyl Addiction via his iPhone. Now, Episode 1 has hit the airwaves, and Jesse represents for the media (in a Bay Area T-shirt) when he interviews Marka27 about toys, culture, influences and collabos. Jesse spent over a year working on the show for MYXtv (“The only music [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Thanks to good sleuthing by SpankyStokes, we know a few more details about the upcoming BICS project from Bic Plastics. While the big picture is still a mystery, some awesome affiliated artists have been named: MAD, Marka27, Brandt Peters, Kathie Olivas, Cope2, kaNO, Jesse Hernandez, Scribe, Andrew Bell, Sket, Indie84 and Angry Woebots. Will more [...]
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, December 17, 2008
3D Retro has the group art piece from the Vinyl Toy Network Winter 08 event. There are two ways to get it: a 20-inch X 26-inch Giclee on artist rag paper, edition size of 50 for $54.99 a 36-inch X 48-inch Giclee on Streched Canvas (ready to frame) edition size of 100 for $119.99. Artists include…Scott Tolleson, [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, December 9, 2008
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If you didn’t make it to Vinyl Toy Network and ToyCyte’s coverage has you jonesing for some urban vinyl, 3DRetro has your fix. From my vantage point, Bic Plastics had some of the most popular exclusives at VTN and artists like Marka27, KaNO and MAD were kept busy signing for fans. Looks like the folks [...]
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
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If the economy is in turmoil, you wouldn’t know it from watching the Bic Plastics booth, which kept a steady crowd all day at VTN. Excitement had been building for the new toy company all year, and today was the largest release of several of Bic’s premiere figures. With toys priced from $45-$170, Bic had [...]
Continue reading...Monday, November 17, 2008
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The VTN roster of exclusives is filling out into a nice array of something for everyone, with an emphasis on designer vinyl. The list, so far, includes: Marka27’s Broken Bone Day of the Dead Edition MiniGods David Flores’ SketchArtis MAD’s Sham the Clown Marka27’s Killa Instinct GLOW [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, November 12, 2008
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Yeah, it may be a month late to celebrate but that’s not stopping Marka27 (the artist Victor Quinonez) to pay homage to Dia de Los Muertos–the Day of the Dead–that is traditionally celebrated November 1st. This figure, an exclusive for VTN, (Vinyl Toys Network), will debut December 6th. The Broken Bones “Day of the Dead” MG2 is part [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, September 2, 2008
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Check out the nearly 60 Sharky customs including art by Brent Nolasco, Duncan Poon, KaNo, Banana Virus, Jeremiah Ketner, DrilOne, NEMO, Mr. Shane Jessup, Touma, MCA, Phu!, Heidi Kenney, Marka27, Jesse Hernandez, Shawnimals, Huck Gee, Annie Owens, Betso...
Continue reading...Thursday, August 7, 2008
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Damn, this is a really rad custom Mad*l by MAD. I would love to give this to my Mom, who I respect, and who reads all my articles and occasionally asks me, “So what is a Munny again?” This custom is for the Eye Candy show at the Crewest Gallery in downtown LA. The [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, July 22, 2008
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Cardboard Spaceship held out to issue its SDCC 08 info, and you could say they subscribe to the old adage of saving the best for last. First up, there’s the eagerly anticipated Payday figure from N8 Van Dyke [blogged]. Then they have the first U.S. release of Crazy Label’s 8-inch Treeson [blogged]. Sure to sell [...]
Continue reading...Friday, July 11, 2008
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Turns out you won’t have to wait for SDCC ‘08 to get your hands on some of these highly blogged toys from newcomer, BIC Plastics. You’ve read about them on ToyCyte, here they are at long last: Cortez by Tomi Lahdesmaki. This is an 8″ figure packed in a 4C window box for $96. [previewed here] Sketchartis [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, June 11, 2008
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TRE just posted these great pics of Victor (Marka27) Quinonez’s Killa Instinct produced by BIC Plastics. Killa Instinct comes with brass knuckles that spell “KILL TOYS”, spray-cans and markers, bloody bat, bolt cutter and gas-mask. Marka27 has been a graffiti writer for over 15 years and this is his first scene-inspired vinyl figure. Killa Instinct [...]
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Thursday, April 2, 2009
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