ToyCyte: Toy Culture Collected

Mike Slobot’s BIGpharma for Thawed Out

Wednesday, February 18, 2009

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According to ToyCyte’s resident robot pharmacist expert and custoMONDAY alumni, Mike Slobot, in the future, everyone will have their own robot pharmacist… this is BIGpharma v2.0 (BIGpharma v1.0 is owned by yours truly.) BIGpharma v2.0 is included in the show “Thawed Out” at Nowhere Limited in Colorado. The show opens February 21st and [...]

custoMONDAY: Win an Original Slobot by Mike Slobot

Monday, November 17, 2008

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Mike Slobot is an artist and a storyteller. Each of his creations is a character with a background (and a future). ToyCyte isn't the only blog to take notice of Mike's work. Gizmowatch and BoingBoing both profiled slomunnyV3, calling it "The Cutest DIY Mini Munny Ever" and "a Post-Apocalyptic Cyborg Lemon," respectively. With accolades like that and Mike's upcoming solo and group shows, you won't want to miss out on...the CONTEST!

Miao Show Previews Play Cat and Mouse With Customs

Monday, November 10, 2008

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Miao Show Previews Play Cat and Mouse With Customs

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 [...]

LIFT Custom MAD*Ls on Sale Now

Monday, October 27, 2008

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This weekend saw the opening of the MAD*L Citizens Show at Lift in Detroit. With 10-inch MAD*L customs by Doktor A, Huck Gee, Sket One, kaNO, Brandt Peters, Kathie Olivas, Cris Rose, Slobot, Cameron Tiede, Phetus, Brent Nolasco, Andrew Bell, Angry Woebots, Phu!, Tristan Eaton, Julie West, Reactor 88, Leecifer and more, I’m waiting on [...]

Phu! Sends in Rogue Trooper Mad*L

Saturday, October 25, 2008

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Master-customizer (who is soon to release some original toys), Phu!, is sending in the troops to tonight’s custom Mad*L show at LIFT. As usual, Phu! combines debris into details: The 10-inch platform figure was enhanced with cardboard, cable ties, brass rivets, broken toy parts, disposable plastic spoons, hose clamps, felt, googles, plastic beads, bottle [...]

Custom Moody Show at LIFT

Wednesday, September 3, 2008

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Will Moody be the new Sharky? I’m already seeing some great custom work from Mike Slobot (above right) and below (in order) Motorbot, Phu! and BetsO. The hybrid cow/demon head platform toy from Bovinyl offers a variety of creative options for the discerning artist. It’s 8 inches high, has three points of articulation (neck [...]

SLODUNNY SERV02 by Mike Slobot

Wednesday, July 16, 2008

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Right in time for summer, Mike Slobot is serving up the 16-inch SLODUNNY SERV02, a heavily customized Dunny with aluminum arms and legs and articulated ears and arms. This figure for the Nonpareil show finds Mike continuing in the orange tones seen in his Bots for the SIXbySIX show. You can pick him up at [...]

SIXbySIX Online Group Art Show

Friday, July 11, 2008

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If I lived near Hong Kong, I’d have been at CSBooth15 [tagged]. Proximity to Portland would have put me at Tim and Tigerlily Biskup’s TnT. DC for Dalek. Manhattan for Mossy & Glossy. Barcelona for Bread and Butter. Charity Qees at Colette in Paris. If I were local to LA, I’d be representing at Alex [...]

NOWhere Custom Show in Colorado

Wednesday, July 2, 2008

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Forget the fireworks, nitrate filled hot dogs, and cases of room tempature beer, where we’re like to be on this fourth of July is at the NOWhere Limited Group Custom Show in Colorado. Nothing like showing your American spirit than checking out some hot toy action. The show Nonpareil features customs by: Dril One, Abe [...]

Toy2R DIY 10-inch Bart Simpson Qee Auction

Wednesday, June 25, 2008

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The 10” DIY Qee Bart Simpson Project has just completed the Art Exhibition World Wide Tour. Now is your chance to own these one-of-a-kind original Bart Simpson Qee. Toy2R will be holding the 10” DIY Qee Bart Simpson Auction on the Toy2R Forum featuring more than 90 Customized 10″ DIY Bart Simpson Qee by artists [...]

Slobots are Robots Too: An Interview With M. Heisler

Tuesday, June 24, 2008

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A couple months ago, a missive from M. Heisler landed in my inbox. It was a heads up on a “snazzy new slobot sculpture” he’d created for a custom toy show in Florida. The bot turned out to be SlomunnyV3, a creature in search of life’s meaning amidst the backdrop of technological obscolescence. Many Slobots [...]

Slofoot Steps Out at Monster Mayhem

Thursday, June 12, 2008

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When I first saw this, I had to do a spit-take, like dang, there’s a Munny under that mop? But all made sense when I saw that Slofoot’s handler was none other than custom creature-crafter Mike Slobot (previously profiled here). [UPDATE: Mike just emailed that there is, in fact, no Munny, in this original [...]