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Last month, Munky King released the eagerly anticipated chrome edition of The Pizz’s Eyegore figure amidst a flurry of pinstriping and partying. The Pizz signed figures and Willie pinstriped. I wish I could have checked out the event as the figure’s relevance to Von Dutch, Ed ‘Big Daddy’ Roth and Robert Williams really piqued my [...]
Continue reading...Monday, January 26, 2009
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On Saturday, January 31st from 12:30-2:30PM, Munky King will be releasing the Eyegore: Chrome Edition by The Pizz. The Pizz will be signing and Willie will be pinstriping. A few specially customized pinstriped versions of the Eyegore will be available. Munky King’s message also said Willie will be pinstriping the first customers in line. Kind [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, December 10, 2008
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I just returned from LA, but I already want to go back. Munky King is doing a formal release of Koibito by Yoskay Yamamoto on Thursday, December 11th from 7-11PM. Yoskay will be signing, with special custom pieces available. In fact, there will be an added special surprise for a small number of customers first [...]
Continue reading...Monday, December 8, 2008
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Here’s just a sampling of some of the exclusives from the VTN Winter 08 show. (Click here for a tidy tagged version of all the coverage.) People who had been waiting in line for hours got right to business locating these particular figures. It seemed to me like much of the crowd got in, got [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, November 6, 2008
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Listen up, get a little Kill Audio love signed. You’re really gonna wanna do that if you’re a Coheed and Cambria fan. But whether you are a fan or not, that doesn’t really matter, because the fact that you are reading this right now just proves that you are indeed, a toy fan. And regardless if you [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Yup, you can get some hot pusher or Kaiju action, and you can get it less than full price, from Los Angeles toy mecca Munky King. Right now, they are having two sales. One is their Thomas Han-designed Pusher sale. These limited edition six-inch vinyl are amazingly cool and beautifully executed. If you haven’t already [...]
Continue reading...Monday, October 27, 2008
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If you can’t make the Amanda Visell Pink Elephant – Vampire Edition toy launch at Munky King in Los Angeles on October 30th, well don’t worry, you can still get your “spooky colorway” of Amanda’s “blood sucking Drunky McSkunky and a vampiric Elephant”. There are four hundred of the Pink Elephant – Vampire Edition being [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, October 23, 2008
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When the Sucklord puts on a show, you know it’s going to suck in the second best possible way. The Sucklord has recently posted the list of artists that are going to be included in the Super Group Suck-Off show happening on October 30th at Munky King in LA. In addition to appearing in the [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, October 15, 2008
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Fully Visual has done it yet again. These creators of fine hand cast metal figures and accessories has just released the Switcheroo Pink Elephant belt buckle. This is Amanda Visell’s second collaboration with Fully Visual (the first being the very much sold out Axephunt). The lead free metal belt buckle is a perfect gift for [...]
Continue reading...Monday, October 13, 2008
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Halloween is for amateurs. The really party will be on Thursday October 30th at Munky King with the opening of the Suckadelic’s custom art show – Super Group Suck-Off and Toy Release. To promote Suckadelic’s “quest for world domination”, he got together such A list artists as Gargamel, Huck Gee, Frank Kozik, Sket One, Mishka [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, September 10, 2008
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These aren’t really toys; they belong more in the “ridiculously cool artwork” category. Since they’re at Munky King, the Toys category will have to do for now. Edsel Livermoor is a series of five resin sculpts by LA artist ZOSO. One edition is already sold out, and the other four are still available at Munky [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, September 9, 2008
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Munky King is getting ready for their next art show which takes place on September 26th. In conjunction with the Mattel Children’s Foundation and The Art of Elysium, Munky King will present the Funkeys Custom Art Show & Charity Event. The event will showcase custom UB Funkeys as well as a silent charity auction. The [...]
Continue reading...Monday, September 8, 2008
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At my last trip to Munky King, I noticed that they had some new t-shirts on display. The new designs are part of Munky King’s artist series. I wasn’t one of the lucky ones who was able to purchase Luke Chueh’s Possessed, so I really like these designs. I’m not a fan of the Old [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, September 3, 2008
Elusive is a word that Thomas Han uses to describe his artwork. It can also be used to describe him as an artist. He doesn’t do a lot of interviews, and he mostly stays out of the spotlight. If you believe everything you read on the internet, you wouldn’t know how to describe Thomas Han. [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, August 12, 2008
This year we saw the release of Thomas Han’s Monster Pusher in regular and GID version. Now Munky King has a new edition for all of you creative types: the DIY Pusher. The limited edition vinyl comes with 4 removable masks (Spirit, Pirate, Monster, Animal). If you want to make your very own Pusher, now [...]
Continue reading...Monday, August 11, 2008
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ToyCyte has been covering efforts from the toy community from adFunture to Brothersfree for aiding the victims of last May’s tragic earthquake in China. Most of the projects have been isolated episodes without the far-reaching momentum of a group event. Today brought rad news of a noble (and highly necessary) charity that is sure to [...]
Continue reading...Monday, August 4, 2008
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If you’re in the Los Angeles area, visit Munky King Melrose for a free Dirty Hands poster. They have a few left over from Comic-Con, and they’re giving them away while they last. Dirty Hands was a documentary about the life and art of David Choe. I saw it when it showed in LA, and [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, July 30, 2008
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If you missed out on snagging one of animator Elizabeth Ito’s Mister Monster one of a kind, hand-made monsters from her website last April (check out Vinyl Pulses write up about here), well don’t worry, you still have a chance to adopt one of these cute critters. Munky King will be producing and releasing the [...]
Continue reading...Monday, July 28, 2008
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Signings here and signings there, signings were just about everywhere at the San Diego Comic Con. In my haste to try to squeeze in as much as I could on my daily rehashes of all things SDCC, I neglected to post a couple of photos I snapped of some hot sketch and autograph action at [...]
Continue reading...Monday, July 21, 2008
Yoskay Yamamoto posted an update on his Koibito: Black. The San Diego Comic-Con exclusive will be available at Munky King’s booth (#4539). The figure is 7″ tall and is a limited edition of 150. The figure itself is lovely, and the packaging looks beautiful. I’m guessing that he was involved in designing the box because [...]
Continue reading...Monday, July 21, 2008
I’ve been waiting for Munky King to release their signing schedule for San Diego Comic-Con. The schedule is finally online at their Comic-Con page. The major dilemma is whether Hana and crew will be able to beat San Diego traffic and make it to Luke Chueh’s signing on time. Thursday 7/24 10:30am-12:30pm Pocket Full of [...]
Continue reading...Friday, July 18, 2008
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Want some hot Buff Monster action, free drinks, free food, free stickers and free condoms? Then you should head on over to Los Angeles’s Munky King and De La Barracuda this Sunday to get all that and more in celebration of Buff Monster and his Buff Fest 2 -“The Revenge” a one day only “art [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, July 16, 2008
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Put on your dancing shoes and get ready to party the night away with the Vinyl Kings! On Thursday night (July 24th at 8:30pm) down in SDCCland, Vinyl Pulse and Munky King will present a “Art and Music Extravaganza” at the BASIC Urban Kitchen + Bar. They’ll be various DJ spinning tunes, pretty things to [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, July 15, 2008
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Munky King now has a San Diego Comic-Con page on their website. The page lists all of their Comic-Con exclusives, and now we have a better look at the Mecha Sad Bear: Clear that I spotted at Munky King [blogged]. (The picture doesn’t do it justice; the clear vinyl looks much better in real life.) [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, June 26, 2008
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If you like Pocket Full of Monsters, you need to be in the LA area tonight. The Mash-Up opens at 7pm at Munky King: Melrose [blogged]. Twelve members of the art crew will attend the event. To commerorate the event, Munky King will release a custom box set with 7 prints and “bonus goodies.” There [...]
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Friday, February 13, 2009
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