Tag Archive | "Shawnimals"
A Very Ninja Christmas
Everyone loves a little ninja in their lives, and Shawnimals is the best source for all things ninja! Wee Ninjas, Pocket Ninjas, Geek Ninjas, Micro Ninjas, ninja prints…holy crap, how much better could it get!? FREE NINJAS! Massive shopping blog Notcot is giving away a massive Shawnimals gift pack including a boxed Geeky Ninja, stickers, buttons, and [...]
Continue reading...United Nations of Cupco Global Plush Party Tonight
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
The all-star lineup includes: the Grass Hut Corp (see image above), Jon Burgerman, TADO, Shawnimals, Dehara, Reach, Abe Lincoln Jr., Peskimo, MCA, Nakanari, Stephan Britt, Nanospore, KOA, Jeremyville, DGPH and many more.
Continue reading...Stuff This Show Features Over 30 Plush Artists
Wednesday, December 3, 2008
Starting Saturday, Rivet presents Stuff This, their second annual plush group show. This exhibit will feature over 30 artist from around the world, many of whom had work in the recent Monster Art Rally show. We’re increasingly taking note of plush art at ToyCyte, and artists like Anna Chambers, Cuddly Rigor Mortis, Curster, Lana Crooks, [...]
Continue reading...Collectors: Beware the Geeky Ninja
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Beware the Geeky Ninja! This new eight inch red plush Ninja character from the beloved Shawnimals has his Ninjacon pass ready and his own exclusive comic book in hand. This take off on the Shawnimals Wee Ninja is a master of collectible hobbies.” Geeky Ninja has a fond appreciation of all things limited run - especially comics, toys, and [...]
Continue reading...Miao Show Previews Play Cat and Mouse With Customs
Monday, November 10, 2008
Following up Sunny’s post last month on the Miao Custom Show, Subtext has opened up all the pieces for previewing. In among the ranks of Miao are figures going for a couple hundred dollars including the obligatory custom Yoda and a papier mache paparazzi as well as thousand dollar pieces by heavy hitters like tokidoki [...]
Continue reading...Midwest Plushform Show Customs Up For Auction
Monday, November 10, 2008
Along with the seemingly manifold custom shows that premiered last Friday all over the place, middle America represented for the softies with the Midwest Plushform Show [blogged] at Shoparooni. Steve writes that there were a tremendous number of artists in attendance, which is always nice to see. The first batch of auctions (benefiting Toys [...]
Continue reading...Miao Custom Show at Subtext
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
By November 14th, we’ll be able to forget about donkeys and elephants and we’ll be able to think about cuter and less politically laden mammals like a cute and lucky cat and an adorable mouse (or mousubi). Opening on the before mentioned November 14th is the custom Miao show at Subtext, the bookstore and gallery [...]
Continue reading...Coast to Coast With Shawnimals on the Ninjatown Tour
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
Just like following the Dead only 10X cooler, ToyCyte’s Jeremy and Saki caught up with the Shawnimals gang in San Francisco and New York. Shawn Smith, Jennifer Brody and game developers, Venan, hit up Double Punch, Rotofugi and My Plastic Heart to pre-acquaint fans of Shawn’s plush toys with the upcoming Ninjatown game for the [...]
Continue reading...Pay a Visit to Ninjatown!
Thursday, September 11, 2008
It’s finally time to pay a visit to Ninjatown! But if you live in San Francisco, Chicago or New York, you don’t have to actually go to Ninjatown, ‘cos Ninjatown will be coming to you. The Ninjatown Sneak Peak Tour is hitting those towns to celebrate the upcoming release of the Nintendo DS game based [...]
Continue reading...Custom B.U.D. Show
Friday, September 5, 2008
There are a bunch of custom shows competing to do some damage of the good kind as the 2008 year heads for its close. Making its entrance into the fray is the upcoming This B.U.D.’s For You show. Hero and Sound (of lovely Buffalo, NY) are hosting a one-of-a-kind custom show featuring 9-inch Jamungo Blow [...]
Continue reading...Renegade Craft Fair Chicago
Thursday, September 4, 2008
The Renegade Craft Fair is a unique DIY event held 4 times a year in Brooklyn, NY, Chicago, IL and San Francisco, CA. RCF has gained a reputation over the last five years as being the biggest, best and the most well-known of all the DIY craft fairs out there. At the RCF you’ll find [...]
Continue reading...Sharky Customs Gallery
Tuesday, September 2, 2008
Check out the nearly 60 Sharky customs including art by Brent Nolasco, Duncan Poon, KaNo, Banana Virus, Jeremiah Ketner, DrilOne, NEMO, Mr. Shane Jessup, Touma, MCA, Phu!, Heidi Kenney, Marka27, Jesse Hernandez, Shawnimals, Huck Gee, Annie Owens, Betso...
Continue reading...Come on In To the House of Lui - Custom Show at APW
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
Opening on August 22nd, the same night as the Crazy 4 Cult 2 show but on the opposite coast will be the House of Liu Customs Show at APW in New York City. If you could make both events, I’d be REALLY impressed. A variety of artist such as Julie West, Shawnimals, Kerry Lee, Jim [...]
Continue reading...San Diego Comic Con – Surviving Day One.
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...Radioactive Pork Dumpling
Tuesday, July 8, 2008
Gyozas, potstickers, mandoo, samosas, empanadas. They’re all variation of the same thing: dumplings. I’ve always loved dumplings, and this has to be the cutest dumpling toy I’ve ever seen. Designed by Shawnimals, the Radioactive Pork Dumpling is a Myplasticheart exclusive. Limited to 200 pieces, this GID Radioactive Dumpling is $29.99. To celebrate the launch, Myplasticheart [...]
Continue reading...Plushform Gallery Show on June 27th
Thursday, June 5, 2008
Where do you hope to be on June 27th? I know where I will wish I was going to be, in Chicago Illinois at the Rotofugi Designer Toy Store and Gallery. Starting at six pm Rotofugi will go custom crazy with the much anticipated launch of the Plushform, the “totally customizable Designer Stuffed Toy” created [...]
Continue reading...Shawnimals Handmade Pocket Dollop
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
There sure is a lot of shit in the designer toy community, literally. There’s Frank Kozik’s Sho-Plops. There’s Manny Galan’s Dookie-Poo. Now, Shawn Smith drops a deuce with the release of his handmade Pocket Dollop. This plush measures about 4″ wide and comes with a small hang tag with its name and story. The [...]
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