Our pal Jones at Paradise Toy Land just sent us an update on how the Secret Base House of Secret show has been going. The answer in one word: Busy! They’ve got over 600 Secret Base figures in the show. Up for grabs online will be two exclusives: Pushead’s Aye Matey Thar be OZOBOZO Skull [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Wow. Just spied these while clicking around on Artoyz’ Flickr. Characters by Pushead (fansite). Production by Secret Base. Coolness factor: exponential. There have been a couple other Skull Pirates to date, including some metallics. I love the green and blue/green colorway personally. Pushead is in a class of his own. Are these out yet?
Continue reading...Wednesday, February 4, 2009
We are just days away from New York Comic Con 2009. For everybody trying to keep track of the exclusives and events, here's some help. You can also get up-to-the-minute info by clicking on ToyCyte's NYCC 09 Exclusive tag. There are some really great toys in this convention. Check out figures by Doktor A, MAD, Bob Conge, Kathie Olivas, Brandt Peters, Brent Nolasco, KaNO, Julie West, Jure Gavran, Pushead, Mike Sutfin, Secret Base, Monstrehero, Sket One, Erick Scarecrow, Jared Deal, Keith Poon and not to mention appearances by Huck Gee, Clutter and Mr. Shane Jessup, among others. Our east coast correspondent, Collin David, will be on the scene, so flag him down if you see him. Stay tuned for more coverage of NYCC on ToyCyte as it unfolds. Have fun, and don't spend all your rent money!
Continue reading...Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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Toy supergigantors ToyTokyo have a very, very full weekend planned for the ol’ NYCC, including some especially notable debuts and guest appearances. Here’s a quick rundown, all happening at booth #858 : FRIDAY holds a 2 PM appearance by Nelson X. Asencio, designer behind the ‘Hope’ Obama colorway from Jailbreak Toys, among other things. The mighty [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, January 28, 2009
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On Saturday, February 7th at 2:09PM, the Jacob Javits Center at NYCC will experience 92 minutes of PUS. Pushead, Mike Sutfin and Hiddy from Secret Base will be present with hand-painted extremely limited exclusives. The following info and pics comes to us from Kirkland at Toybot Studios: PUSHEAD at NYCC!!! For the first time ever, [...]
Continue reading...Monday, August 4, 2008
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Not to be left out of the whole “Limited Edition Artist Series”, caffeinated elixer Mountain Dew is capturing some art magic in their newly designed bottles featured in their Green Label Art series. These “new expressions of Dew” included in series one; Haze, Chuck Anderson, Dez, Peat Wollaeger, Scott Lenhardt & Danny Davis and Troy [...]
Continue reading...Friday, July 25, 2008
And it begins. It’s day one of Comic Con, and already I’m overwhelmed. This is my first time to be out here, as I’ve never been able to justify the expense, but damn, what a day for seeing some amazing things. Let’s try and run down some of the list. Skeletal Carnival 3 [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, July 24, 2008
First I should let you know that I actually don’t care much for humanity. I prefer to be surrounded by legions of plastic and vinyl then people. So I enter the whole Comic Con experience with a mixture of anticipation (for the toys) and dread (for the humans). But as we know, not all homo [...]
Continue reading...Monday, July 14, 2008
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Are three Pushead posts in twelve days too much? I think not. This time I’m reporting on the announcement (found on Toybot Studios) that the third artist participating in Pushead’s Skeletal Carnival 3 is the skull lovin’ artist Usugrow. Like Pushead, the Japanese artist Usugrow portfolio is littered with work for many hardcore and metal [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, July 10, 2008
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(photo from Toybotstudios!) Here in the states, most of the country is facing record highs, it’s hot as hades around here. But in Japan, early summer is their rainy season. Released in June, the Rainy Day Skullwing designed by Pushead (yes, the Pushead who did the rad Metallica and Misfits covers) and done in conjunction with [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, July 2, 2008
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Thank you Toybot Studios for posting the sneak peek at Pushead’s Skeletal Carnival 3. Yeah, this carnival doesn’t include Ferris wheels, tilt-o-whirls, or bumper cars but rather a trio of kaijus by three different artists curated by Pushead. For those you not familiar with Pushead, he’s done artwork for bands like The Misfits, Metallica, sang [...]
Continue reading...Monday, June 30, 2008
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Super7 has launched its handy and eagerly awaited SDCC ‘08 Exclusives web page. They kick things off Thursday at 4PM with a Pushead event, back by popular demand. This is followed on Friday at 4PM with a special Itokin Park event where you can pick up a Super7 5″ Himalan. Saturday brings the release of [...]
Continue reading...Monday, June 23, 2008
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If you weren’t in San Francisco for the Super7 Anniversary Party a couple weeks ago with all the video games, cake and of course toys, you can pretend you were part of the action with the Super7 Seventh Anniversary video they’ve just recently posted on YouTube. Watch Super 7’s video for images of them setting [...]
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Thursday, April 23, 2009
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