ToyCyte: Toy Culture Collected

Kricky the Alien Frog Hops Back Onto the Radar

Despite years of delays, word on the street is that Kricky, The Alien Frog is back in the game, and what’s not to love about an alien frog? Hatched on Planet R-bit (officially Planet R.ib.bit, third planet on the left from Xerbix 319) Kricky The Alien Frog is one of one zillion-gajillion frogs hatched at the [...]

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The Making of Billy The Scapegoat

Jure Gavran has got your goat. Your Scapegoat, specifically. The Bay Area-based graphic designer created this toy to communicate his stance against the social ill known as scapegoating, a problem which he refers to as "a silly make-believe caricature of the truth." With tooling by ThreeZero (known for the street-smart figures of many famous Hong Kong toy artists), Jure brought Billy to life as a hulking 8-inch vinyl villain with an innocent GID Blamee trapped (but removable) in his translucent stomach. Read on for an interview with Jure about how he made Billy The Scapegoat...

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Scapegoat Billy Vinyl by Jure Gavran and ThreeZero

Jure (“U-re”) Gavran sent us these photos of his awesome upcoming Scapegoats figures, which he designed himself. Not only is the scapegoat a unique sculpt, but the cleverness carries over into details like a bandana and a thug tattoo. There’s also some interesting paint ideas, like the translucent belly and yellow-drip paint. The figures [...]

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Breaking News: Kozik Likes Anarchy

Jamungo is back with some great San Diego Comic Con news. Frank Kozik seems to have his hands in just about everything SDCC right now (from his Clockwork Beethoven, to a custom Zog, and somehow finding some time to sit down with ToyCyte to get interviewed) and now he’s even got a collab with [...]

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