ToyCyte: Toy Culture Collected

APW Arts Halloween Show Review

Wednesday, November 5, 2008

As a holiday that’s all about disguise and transformation, Halloween shares a natural association with the custom toy world. We toy artists essentially spend the entire year dressing up our Munnys and Think-Ups and MadLs and sending them out into the world, so the conjunction of these very actions with the day of Halloween was [...]

APW Arts Halloween Show Mini-Preview

Friday, October 31, 2008

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I’m personally very excited for tonight’s APW Arts Halloween show, and not only ’cause I’ll be in it. Halloween is arguably our most aesthetically pleasing holiday, so to capture it in ever-pleasing toy format it simply a kickass idea. Pocketwookie’s custom Unipo (above left) looks delicious…and Jessica Russo’s Munny (above right) needs a dentist, [...]

ART + ACTION = Obama 08 Online Auction Begins

Monday, October 27, 2008

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The first stage of the two-part auction for the custom pieces was held during the exhibition and was a huge success. The second, online auction phase began Friday with many additional groundbreaking custom works available for bidding. The ART + ACTION online auction will be held for one week only on eBay, with proceeds going [...]

Art + Action = Obama 08: Current Lineup

Friday, October 10, 2008

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Here's the current lineup of Art + Action = Obama 08: Bigfoot, Brent Nolasco, Brian Colin, Brin Berliner, Cope2, Erick Scarecrow,Indie, Leecifer, MARS-1, Peat Wollaeger, Phetus, pocketwookie, Spok-spok, Suckadelic, Voltaire...