ToyCyte: Toy Culture Collected

Sometimes things seem to take forever in designer toy land, and other times they come in at seemingly warp speed. We’re keenly watching the path of this Celsius figure from RotoBox and Bay Area-based Kuso Designer Toys, and so has been Mike Franco of Wizard Sleeve Toys–which scored an exclusive colorway of Celsius. Mike said he’s been following Celsius since we posted it last month and managed a hook-up of 50 pieces matching his shop’s colors: purple and black. I asked him how cool that was and he replied, “I think the figure will do extemely well and to have my own colorway is an extreme honor.”

Wizard Sleeve Toys is a new shop, but already they’re stocking a nice selection of vinyl, plastic and DIY/custom toys. Mike is most excited about the collaborations he’s putting together with a number of artists. One such collab is an upcoming piece by Sket One, plus a possible exclusive colorway of his Ripple figure. WST did an interview with Sket here.

The Wizard Sleeve Toys exclusive Celsius colorway will drop around mid-January 2009. Granted, that’s a while from now, so stay tuned for a little something from WST and ToyCyte to tide you over in the meantime…