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Tim Biskup’s Ego Killer Social Experiment
Tim Biskup runs a little social experiment of his own. Instead of putting complete strangers in a tricked-out house and waiting for them to start getting "real," he offers people a nice caricature of themselves for $20 or a mean one for free. Says Tim: "People are surprisingly good-natured about it..."
Continue reading...Tim Biskup x T9G Pink Rangeas Available in Japan
Thursday, December 11, 2008
Oh google translator, you leave me oh so confused and weary! Today I tried to figure out the text on the page of In the Yellow’s site about the availability of the hot new figure by the amazing American artist Tim Biskup x T9G. The Rangeas Shimashi is a clear pink kaiju piece that will [...]
Continue reading...Giant Robot’s 3rd Post-it Note Show
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
Some of the many artists involved include: Gary Baseman, Tim and Tigerlily Biskup, Matt Furie, David Horvath, James Kochalka, Travis Lampe, Nikki McClure, Jesse Reklaw, Souther Salazar, Bwana Spoons, Deth P. Sun, Jeremy Tinder, APAK! Bigfoot, Buff Monster, Cupco and Le Merde.
Continue reading...Vinyl Toy Network Winter 2008: The ToyCyte Round-up
Monday, December 8, 2008
Vinyl Toy Network Winter 2008 was a lot of fun and a great opportunity to chat with artists, toy companies, shops, fans and collectors. People were lined up hours in advance to get a crack at exclusive art toys by Joe Ledbetter, Kathie Olivas, Frank Kozik, Gary Ham, Doktor A, MAD, Marka27 and others. Customized [...]
Continue reading...Tim Biskup at VTN Winter 08
Saturday, December 6, 2008
Tim Biskup’s Flopdoodle shop was one of the first tables I encountered when entering VTN. I took these pictures just before the event opened and folks who were queued around a couple buildings shuffled in and absconded with much of the loot. Tim had a good mix of designer vinyl and kaiju, including figures of [...]
Continue reading...Sale Alert! MyPlasticHeart Is Kind To Your Plastic
Friday, December 5, 2008
MyPlasticHeart is indulging us, our wallets and our credit cards with their own Holiday Special Sale. What kind of goodies do they have for us to spend our holiday budget on? Here are our three picks of hot toy action that would look great wrapped under your tree, or mine. Kaiju For Grow Ups: Tankizaado [...]
Continue reading...Tim Biskup Rings in the New Year Early at Bispop Party
Thursday, November 27, 2008
Sorry about the bad pun in the title, but how cool are these Helper rings by Tim Biskup? I don’t wear jewelry, but this reminds me of the excellent Steven the Bat rings by Bwana Spoons a while back. Kind of neat to have an iconic character by one of your favorite designers as some [...]
Continue reading...Grass Hut Corp Celebrates Buy Nothing Day with a Sale!
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
To many, November 27th is Black Friday (consumerists). To others, it is Buy Nothing Day (anti-consumerists). The Grass Hut Corp? Well, they’re having their cake and eating it to. They are celebrating with the Buy Nothing Day Sale. Yeah, counter-intuitive, but hey, a sale’s a sale! But there is one hitch. You have to buy everything [...]
Continue reading...Tim Biskup x T9G’s Clear Pink Rangeas VTN Exclusive
Monday, November 17, 2008
I don’t really get it, but if there’s one colorway that makes kaiju fans practically wet themselves, it’s pink. With clear pink, I’m guessing well, hopefully folks be close by a urinal. For open-minded fans who don’t bar western designers, this clear pink, Tim Biskup x T9G Rangeas is the new Triple Play. We previously [...]
Continue reading...T9G Rangeas Gets a Makeover by Tim Biskup
Monday, November 3, 2008
So I’m sure a lot of you out there saw the blurred out yellow T9G x Tim Biskup project on ToyCyte. Well, your wait is over. T9G and Tim Biskup have revealed the new Rangeas produced by intheyellow. Biskup, a globally known artist, has given the lovable monster a make over that’s more like plastic [...]
Continue reading...Martin Ontiveros and Tim Biskup x Gargamel
Monday, October 27, 2008
Gargamel has a slew of new releases, including a pair of collabos with west-coasters Martin Ontiveros and Tim Biskup. Martin’s Ojo Rojo is priced at ~ $80 USD. Tim’s Mini Dragamel is priced at ~ $40 USD. See the Martin Ontiveros turnarounds here. See the Tim Biskup turnarounds here. Related posts New Toys at Grass Hut Shop Super7 [...]
Continue reading...Tim Biskup x T9G Project
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Not very much to report besides this mosaiced pic from intheyellow fortelling of a Tim Biskup x T9G collaboration. Apparently, the project has been in the works for six months and is due out sometime in November. Stay tuned… Related posts Tim Biskup x T9G’s Clear Pink Rangeas VTN Exclusive Tim Biskup x T9G Pink Rangeas Available in [...]
Continue reading...Our Favorite Toy Artists Sketch For Change
Friday, October 17, 2008
Sketch for Change is a project comprised of sketches by Joe Ledbetter, Tim Biskup, Amanda Visell, Jeff Soto, Bob Dob, Gary Baseman, Thomas Han, Shag, Glenn Barr, Luke Chueh and about a dozen other artists culled from the 'lowbrow' scene. The idea was cooked up by a group of friends in Los Angeles looking for unique ways to help raise funds for Barack Obama's Campaign for Change. The 21 artists were affiliated with the recent Baby Tattooville art retreat.
Continue reading...Celebrate Oktoberfest with Deathbot Lederhosen from GAMA-GO
Thursday, October 2, 2008
Join GAMA-GO and Ningyoushi in an Oktoberfest celebration with free beer and a special edition Deathbot in Lederhosen. Oktoberfest is a sixteen-day festival held each year in Munich, Bavaria, Germany during late September (and running to early October). It is one of the most famous events in the city and the world’s largest fair, with [...]
Continue reading...Secret Hidden Gems @ Grass Hut
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
If you’re a fan of Souther Salazar, Tim Biskup, Seonna Hong, or APAK, you won’t want to miss this special event. Grass Hut in Portland is selling some Secret Hidden Gems. Over the years, they’ve collected some special pieces of art and here is your chance to buy one of them. You don’t have [...]
Continue reading...Camille Rose Garcia Show Update
Monday, September 8, 2008
I was really bummed not to be in the Los Angeles vicinity over the weekend, but as we all know, I had to do my shoppin’ at my local Target. So I surrounded myself with the masses instead of the massively awesome art at Camille Rose Garcia’s “Ambien Somnambulants” show and the Panoramic Project III [...]
Continue reading...The BLAB! Show
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
The 4th Annual Blab! Show will take place from September 6th to September 27th at the Copro Nason Gallery in Santa Monica, CA. There’s a dedicated Blab! Show website where you can view details of fine art pieces by Tim Biskup, Shag, Gary Baseman, Travis Louie, Gary Taxali, Walter Minus, Sas Christian, Ron English, Luke [...]
Continue reading...MINDstyle Charity Auction on eBay
Monday, August 25, 2008
The auction includes original paintings, rare toys and limited-edition collectibles from KAWS, Joe Ledbetter, Michael Lau, Ron English, Buff Monster, tokidoki, Shepard Fairey, Devilrobots, Amanda Visell, Doktor A, Tim Biskup, Kathie Olivas, Brandt Peters and many more.
Continue reading...Vaginas Vs. War at Phillips de Pury Auction
Friday, August 22, 2008
While going through the Phillips de Pury Urban Art auction catalog, I noticed a few toys that were reproductions, but also a few toys that were, um, reproductive. The most obvious of these is the 13-inch fiberglass Vagina Brain Monster by Carlos Enriquez Gonzalez.
Continue reading...New Toys at Grass Hut Shop
Thursday, August 21, 2008
Grass Hut has filled out their shop with some customs and SDCC ‘08 exclusives from Le Merde, Bwana Spoons, Martin Ontiveros, Tim Biskup and Gargamel. The Bwana/Max Toy Co. Edward the Gator polkadot colorway is awesome. Now if only I could find that elusive Black Metal Steven the Bat… Prices range from $15 for [...]
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