ToyCyte sale!
We've slashed our prices for a lot of our toys to make room for more customs! Go get some amazing deals today at our store !
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Our pal Christian, over at Bbulb, wanted to let you know that there are still a couple of Paul Kaiju’s Popsoda Venus Flytrap figure still available. Paul referred to the paint on this piece as using “quite a bit of layering” (as if you couldn’t tell). There are just 20 of these in existence, and [...]
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...Monday, April 13, 2009
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Like some kind of cross between a religious icon, an extraterrestrial being and a common garden toad, the second collaboration between Paul Kaiju and KillerJ cometh, in the form of this awesome vinyl Star Pet. If it looks like it glows, it’s because it does. The little guy comes in two colorways, and is blind packaged. [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, April 1, 2009
I’ve said it before : April 10th, I.W.G. ‘Humans Beware’, Rocketworld, San Francisco, awesome, fun, toys, run for your life. Mr. Jon Paul Kaiser takes the IWG rhinoform and transforms him, completely without the use of color, into a Spider-Man villain. Of all things. Coincidentally, the villain in question is The Rhino, who is already ridiculously [...]
Continue reading...Monday, March 30, 2009
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More early shots from the incredible array of ‘It Came From Skullbrain’ customs are sprouting on the internet like little genocidal flowers, and while they’ll all gather together on April 18th at SF’s Super7, we’re getting the previews now – and there are many. phoneticontrol is a guy after my own heart with these awesome build-ups [...]
Continue reading...Monday, March 16, 2009
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I’ve become a little obsessed with these amazing custom shows and the long, slow buildup of half-photos ganked from blogs and Flickr and back alleys of these beautiful, heart-stopping artworks. With Humans Beware coming up in just under a month at Rocketworld, my brain’s already a-splodin’. Behold this saucy half-preview by Paul Kaiju, from the realm [...]
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...Monday, February 2, 2009
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FullyVisual is attempting to relieve some of the recession tension with a sale. Although it’s a bummer that Joe Ledbetter’s Bummer figure remains sold out, you have a shot at hand-cast metal figures by Bwana Spoons, Amanda Visell, Frank Kozik, Buff Monster and Gargamel at up to 50% off. The sale will be short: today [...]
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.
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Monday, May 11, 2009
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