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Just did a little overdue categorical cleanup, and we now present ToyCyte’s official Resin category. So many recent resin toys have fallen under the vinyl heading, it was time to give them their glory. About 200 posts made the swap, and I’m sure a few toys of other ilks slipped by just because the word [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, February 25, 2009
This week’s cool toy award for monkey vampire resin figure priced at twenty bucks or less goes to Atomic Monkey Ltd’s new Count Monkula. As producers of the sold-out Franken Monkey and the potentially forthcoming vinyl Mummy Monkey, these guys know their Universal Monsters and their monkeys too. Count Monkula stands 4 inches tall, is [...]
Continue reading...Friday, February 20, 2009
Back from the NYC conventions, MONSTREHERO has a bunch of new handpaints and one-offs to hock in the Monstreshop. Between $60-$100, you can get creative colorways like Sludgy Green and Black Death. Biographical information obtained from Sean is that "Intergaladiators hunt Pants Monstres, and may or may not be related to Skullmaster." If that sentence sounds insane to you, you are probably reading the wrong website.
Continue reading...Friday, February 20, 2009
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Hello, Brute’s latest toy, Kristopher drops tomorrow, Saturday, February 21st at 3PM PST in his online shop. The first edition (the one on the left) is limited to 10 pieces and will cost $40 each. Bonus special edition (on the right) is limited to 5 pieces and will cost $50 each. 6″ tall, bagged, [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Now this is super cool. Back in May, we profiled Singapore’s B09 whose pig mascot, BlackOink, was a concept and the dream of Simon Kang. This morning, Simon emailed me to let me know that the dream of BlackOink has been realized. As is the case for most of us, designer toys often take a [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Have you ever wondered how Le Merde makes his figures? When it came to the Portland artist’s Mossy & Glossy show at GRNY, Giant Robot’s Eric Nakamura said: “I have no idea how he makes these and they look effortless and just right. They fit the style, even though they may not be perfectly molded. [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, February 14, 2009
Eckmo Toys is releasing a limited edition Valentine’s Day resin toy called, “Cupie” this afternoon, Saturday, February 14th. Only 20 Cupies will be released, and each one is individually numbered. Erick Low (one half of the brothers who make up the small toy company) sculpted, casted, painted and finished each Cupie by hand in [...]
Continue reading...Friday, February 13, 2009
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On Valentines day, February 14th, We Kill You will be releasing the first edition of his new toy, Hickory Bitternut III: The King Of The Forest. This marks the 1-year anniversary for WKY Toys, and what better way to commemorate it than with a brand new sculpt? The King is 5.5 inches tall and, just [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, February 12, 2009
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These pictures arrived in my inbox courtesy of Keith, co-winner of MONSTREHERO’s custoMONDAY. For his entry into the contest, Keith tasked MONSTREHERO with the following challenge: A Jack Kirby struck by a cosmic power colorway would be rad. Knowing you guys are comic fans, I know you could nail it. That old school 60’s cosmicy yellow/purple/pink/black [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, February 10, 2009
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I’m just wrapping up a mess of spare encounters and photos from the huge NYCC weekend, but one of the highlights was definitely bumping into Monstrehero hanging out at the GoHero booth – an obvious indication that heroes are just naturally drawn to one another via the power of white-hot awesome. While I didn’t spy [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, February 8, 2009
Jared Deal, semiprofessional carnivalologist, is another one of those successful toy artists that’s just cool to talk with – no matter how deeply you try to pry into his subconscious to figure out where this circus stuff comes from. Ultimately, it’s a little bit of Coney Island and a little bit of the rotating (and [...]
Continue reading...Friday, February 6, 2009
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Our first report back from NYCC 09 comes from Eric of Argonaut Resins. Eric had a handful of exclusives at the convention. Coming out of retirement for the Con was Eric’s original CellPhonesKill in a Gold Double-O colorway. Also in gold: the Vlad collab with Jared Deal and a gold Raider edition of Robbie Busch’s [...]
Continue reading...Friday, February 6, 2009
One of my favorite things about Aaron Arel’s work is the way he juxtaposes the mundane and banal with his resin creatures. Things like a sad tissue box or a picketing toilet paper roll. You either think it’s funny or you don’t get the joke, which is perfectly fine: we’re a diverse group of (mostly) [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, February 4, 2009
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Over the last few months, 2PetalRose has been treating us to glimpses of their original Kombat Kings figures. Finally the figures are ready to be sold…sold out that is. It looks as though the initial run of 10 resin Kombat Kings, which had a sale date of February 13th, has already been snatched up in [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, January 29, 2009
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Further proof that you can believe the rumors you hear on ToyCyte, wave 2 of Robbie Busch and Argonaut Resins El Diablo figures will feature some translucent blues. Per Robbie: This wave will contain: Tourmaline, Sapphire, Aquamarine, Onyx (with Blue Tint Skull) & the OG Red Pants colorway. Each one comes with a custom made box [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, January 28, 2009
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Our Floridian friends, MONSTREHERO are heading north for New York Comic-Con, and they’ll be bringing some new victims: “We’ll be wandering around with MONSTREHERO getups so anyone can stop us and ask to look at our toys,” writes Sean. “We’re going to try and bring an assortment of our work from the last year, but [...]
Continue reading...Friday, January 23, 2009
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Here’s a cool collab in the works from one of our favorite resin artists and local monster shops. Super7 is teaming up with MonstreHero for a shout-out to all the unsung heroes of the world of monsters: the victims! The Super7 x MonstreHero Victim is a limited-edition resin figure showing a side of the giant [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, January 21, 2009
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This new figure by Bwana Spoons in conjunction with Switcheroo is so wonderfully whimsical. Hand-painted, signed and numbered, the Wildasaurus Rainbowsaurus measures ten inches long and features two movable birds. This is ultra-limited to an edition of just 20 pieces, so expect to pay about $375 for one if you can find one. The figure [...]
Continue reading...Friday, January 16, 2009
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Hearkening back to the debut sculpt in his four-figure series from 2008, We Kill You [tagged] will be dropping a special black and gold colorway of Ghost Boy today at 12PM PST. Each one is a handmade, sculpted, cast and painted resin figure. The Golden Bough colorway is limited to just 5 pieces. Who is Ghost [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Wow, check this out. Fresh news from French designer Tan-Ki (who we last wrote about for his Kitoy DIY resin figures). His latest endeavor is the Ki-Clear project. These stunning figures are comprised of a 3-inch clear Kitoy filled with diverse elements like candies, glitter, feathers and “a lot of other things to come.” The [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, January 13, 2009
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Hello Brute’s, follow-up to Jeffrey, one of my favorite rabbits of 2008, drops today, January 13th, at 3PM (PST) in his online shop. This is an edition of just 5 for $75 each. Each resin rabbit comes bagged with header card. Writes Jon: “I want to extend a huge thanks to everyone for your support throughout [...]
Continue reading...Monday, January 12, 2009
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On New Year’s Eve, Robbie Busch and Argonaut Resins released the first wave of Robbie’s signature El Diablo figures. The range featured an all-black “onyx” edition, and full-color resin pieces (green, blue and purple pants). All of these quickly sold out. Eric emailed in to reassure fans that another wave is coming–and, excuse the pun, [...]
Continue reading...Friday, January 9, 2009
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What exactly is a Koppo? Well, Jon Paul Kaiser ain’t tellin’ anyone just yet, but he is letting us peek at the half-formed, naked little pupa-bodies. I had the pleasure of seeing Jon’s memorable work in person at the Art + Obama = Action show at Toy Tokyo – his being the stark black and white [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, December 31, 2008
Marine Ramdhani sends us these great new proto images–the culmination of a 5-month process–all the way from Indonesia. The Jouwe figure–a hybrid Rhino and Ant–has already sold out in grey and white. Marine is giving us a head’s up on the forthcoming (end of January) black colorway. There will also be a secret colorway [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, December 31, 2008
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custoMONDAY alumni MONSTREHERO are dropping some new monstres in their webshop this weekend. Not much information has been leaked about the Stage II monstre. We do know it is a dangerous mutated form of the seemingly harmless Codename P.A.N.T.s. Where they came from and how they got here is still unknown; our sources tell us there [...]
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Wednesday, February 25, 2009
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