ToyCyte sale!
We've slashed our prices for a lot of our toys to make room for more customs! Go get some amazing deals today at our store !
<-->
I admit that I wasn’t so enthused about Kidrobot’s latest Dunny Endangered Series, but check out this devilish little Ledbetter. There seems to be nothing endangered about evil, but I’d pick up this guy in an open box for sure. It is my duty to tell you that the series is on sale now at [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Hmmm….to borrow words off PerezHilton…”how do I say this delicately?” OK I’ll just borrow some more words off DannyDesign’s post on the Kidrobot thread: “So, do you have to buy the HappyMeal to get one? Or are you able to just purchase the Dunny?” That kind of sums up how I feel. Kidrobot is going [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Comments Off
This weekend was the 8th anniversary of the opening of One Up in the Nakano district of Tokyo. Most folks who follow the Japanese vinyl scene know this shop has been at the heart of the toy world here in Japan and a great place to find new talent. The owner Ken Ashikawa (who provides some of the photos below) has been helping artists produce their designs in vinyl and resin form since he opened the shop. Some of the artists who have release figures through his shop include Touma, Itokin Park, Kaijin and Instinctoy. For the event, Ken asked kaiju designer and painter Cronic (who is celebrating his 4th anniversary in business) to do a number of one off custom paint pieces.
Continue reading...Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Comments Off
Oh, Ultraseven! So many horribly ridiculous, brain-bending megamonsters you’ve given us. I’m not sure where I’d be now without such awesomeness as Gan-Q, Deathfacer and King Joe, but I’d venture it would a place with a lot less cyclopods and robots, and I don’t even want to imagine that world. Enter Bandai, who really, really ought [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, December 3, 2008
Comments Off
December seems to be the month for all the very awesome events and releases going on this year. FEWMANY just announced their December event: From December 1st through December 7th, Fewmany is happy to start the month with one of their events called “Iten”. This means that they will be showcasing one-offs by over 40 [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, November 20, 2008
Comments Off
One-Up is now taking pre-orders for two of TOUMA’s new figures. First up is TUDO. This guy will be released around the end of December in a purple and blue color way. With horns like a stag beetle, this figure is sure to be packed with cuteness and power. He will be sold for 3360 [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, November 13, 2008
I don't typically go for potty humor, but I'm crazy about Touma's Pooty figure. There's something so absurd about a skunk off-gassing a vinyl fart cloud. Every time I look at them, they make me smile. To that extent, we're giving away three of the figures in exchange for a laugh. The funniest comment will receive the rare all-black Pooty figure signed, dated and doodled as a collab between Touma, ToyCyte and Paradise Toy Land (who donated the figure for the global good of rebuilding the ozone layer one poot at a time). Two runners up will be awarded the standard pink (with grey) and standard blue (with purple) Pooty figures, also signed and dated by Touma.
Continue reading...Monday, November 10, 2008
Comments Off
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...Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Comments Off
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...Wednesday, October 8, 2008
Comments Off
If you’re more the Knuckle Bear kind of collector than the farting skunk kind, you’ll want to keep tabs on Touma’s upcoming solo exhibition at Paradise Toy Land in Taiwan. Aside from the Pooty figures, Touma will be debuting an original new Toumart character, Iron Knuckle Bear (~ $37 USD) and Iron Goon (~ [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, October 8, 2008
Comments Off
...and the premiere of the eagerly anticipated new Pooty character. Five versions of Pooty will be for sale: an all-black Toumart exclusive and luminous green version and standard Headlock Studio red, blue and black editions. Each figure (which has a detachable fart cloud) will cost...
Continue reading...Thursday, September 18, 2008
Comments Off
Remember my previous post on Touma’s flatulent figure, Pooty? The Toumart Blog foretells of a release date on October 25th. Lots of rumors abound about the ways and whereabout in which this gaseous guy will be dropped. Although he was created at Headlock Studio, information is supposedly forthcoming from Spanky’s Spa Board. There was also [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, September 16, 2008
Comments Off
I’ve always been a fan of Touma’s Grabbit sculpt. And due to a very talented contingent of crafty plushmakers (you know who you are), I am exploring my softer side with a new influx of plush creatures. Play Imaginative has taken two of Touma’s signature creations, Grabbit and Hellhound, and stuffed them full of cotton. [...]
Continue reading...Friday, September 5, 2008
Comments Off
UglyCon Tokyo takes place next month on October 8th at Stitch. The event will feature plush, paintings, prints, drawings, and exclusive items. David Horvath listed a few event details on his blog, and he’ll post more information as the date gets closer. We do know that UglyCon Tokyo will also feature some fabulous guest art. [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, September 2, 2008
Comments Off
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...Thursday, August 28, 2008
Comments Off
Play Imaginative of Singapore and Wonderwall of Japan are partnered in the global pursuit of making and distributing great toys. PI just sent out a terrific list of figures by Joe Ledbetter and Touma (including colorways that have come and gone), but the only catch is…they’re for Singapore collectors only. Not sure what would happen [...]
Continue reading...Monday, August 25, 2008
Comments Off
Skuttle Collectors, it’s time to make some room on your toy shelf for a new member of the Skuttle family. The “does he ever sleep” extremely prolific Touma is currently working on the Genbu Skuttle that should be ready October at the earliest (and has been in the works for quite a while). This wide [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, July 26, 2008
Comments Off
Day one of the comic con for me was spent ogling the toys. Twenty four hours, after my drool had been wiped clean from the many glass enclosures, I could actually take a moment to talk to some of the geniuses behind all this great work and be envious of the peeps in line for [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, July 17, 2008
Comments Off
The shitstorm of poop-related playthings explosively rages on with no signs of letting up. (If I had a roll of toilet paper for every toy on this theme, I could put CostCo out of business.) From Kozik’s Sho-Plops to Shawnimals’ Pocket Dollop to Manny Galan’s Dookie-Poo, has this movement become bloated? Apparently not, as is [...]
Continue reading...Friday, July 11, 2008
Comments Off
Who doesn’t love Star Wars? If there is someone out there who doesn’t, well, I don’t want to meet them. Dov Kelemer and Sarah Jo Marks of DKE Toys are paying tribute to this beloved cultural phenomenon with the Vader Project where a wide (and a should add, amazing) variety of artists are customizing a [...]
Continue reading...Monday, July 7, 2008
Comments Off
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, Touma is one busy busy boy. His newest creation is The Skull King, made for the online store intheyellow’s KFGU series. About the Skull King (via my super bad translation) is that “The Skull King is the equivalent of what monsters from the past.” According to [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, June 17, 2008
Comments Off
Thursdays are being made special again with the announcement of the new Kidrobot releases for July. July 3 brings new PEECOL characters to join your own growing PEECOL community you’ve created in the back of your closet. Coming to PEECOL-ville from those wacky kids at eBoy, will be Cowco, Rilla, the diaper wearing ape, sensitive and [...]
Continue reading...Monday, June 16, 2008
Knuckle Bear inventor Touma throws down 12 monstrous misfits for Evil Skaters, his first Kidrobot line-up. These 3-inchers ditched their boards for horned heads, big-fists, a ferocious sidekick and 2 hot chases. Sold blind boxed for $7.95 each. Damn, how busy is Touma? And when will he have a website that’s a tad more [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, June 12, 2008
Comments Off
I love things that glow in the dark. Not that I’m scared of the night or anything, oh goodness no. I just like the spooky aura that glow in the dark stuff has. I’m working on getting a whole shelf of GID goodies in my bedroom to transition me from lights on to night night [...]
Continue reading...Monday, June 9, 2008
Comments Off
Update! In late May, our own blogger extraordinaire Jeremy wrote a post (here) on the upcoming Touma x Monster Hunter Airu toys and included some intriguing photos of the sculpts and illustrations. From that day, you could have colored me a hue called “intrigued”. I just love me a cat creature. Now the set is [...]
Continue reading...
Thursday, May 21, 2009
4 Comments