Feb 1, 2012
2:11 PM
doeeyedgirl13, originally uploaded by abby.keepman.
Our Texas friend NREAZON noticed I was talking about how I like seeing real bones incorporated into custom toys so she passed along these images of her 32-inch tall custom "Doe-eyed Girl" based on Kidrobot's Mega Munny platform. Sweet antlers on this one. You can follow NREAZON on Facebook or on her website, or check out the NREAZON customs we have in our shop here and here.
Jan 31, 2012
10:44 AM
"... and so, as punishment for your heinous crimes, I hereby sentence each of you to death by lethal injection. You are remanded to Death Row on Riker's Island to await your executions. Court adjourned."
With the pounding of Judge Gerety's gavel against his desk, the fates of the five criminals were sealed. The prosecuting attorney and the D.A. shook hands as the Inmates were led away in shackles through a door in the front of the courtroom. Reporters screamed a cacophony of questions and flashbulbs went off like strobe lights as the Inmates stepped into the beat-up, white DOC van. The short ride over the bridge to Riker's Island would be the longest ride of their lives. It was over.
The Riker's Island Death Row Inmates custom Dunny series by JC Rivera will be for sale tomorrow, February 1, at 5pm EST. The one-of-a-kind 3" custom Dunnys will be $75 each and you'll be able to find them on our JC Rivera page.
We'd like to thank JC for giving us the opportunity to work with him on another exclusive release!
Jan 30, 2012
11:33 AM
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The latest Tenacious Toys exclusive artist collaboration is this 7-piece series of customs by Rusted Halo. The 7 Robots of the Apocalypse are each one of a kind, hand-crafted custom 3" Dunnys. They're bagged and tagged and each comes with a metal wind-up key at that fits in the back. At only $35 each, you're really going to want to click though to our Rusted Halo page and buy one fast. One already sold. We don't expect them to be in our shop long!
10:57 AM
Beginning February 10th 2012 at 7pm EST, Four Horsemen Toy Design and TT Underground Gallery in New York City presents Toypocalypse 2: Futuretro - The Four Horsemen's second gallery show!
The Opening reception of the show begins on Friday night Feb. 10th from 7pm until 10pm.
Saturday Feb. 11th through Wednesday Feb. 15th: 2pm until 7pm.
Featuring special items from the past, present and future of Four Horsemen Toy Design, Futuretro will be celebrating the 45th anniversary of the Outer Space Men acton figure line with a special edition extremely limited set of Outer Space Men figures re-vamped by the original Outer Space Men creator himself, Mel Birnkrant!
The Outer Space Men Cosmic Creators series - The Birnkrant Edition figures consists of alternate versions of four of Mel Birnkrant's most famous creations. The set featuring Metalmorpho, Deep Blue Astro-Nautilus, Goldiac and Blazing Inferno will be signed not only by Mr. Birnkrant himself, but also each of the Four Horsemen. Each set of figures will also come with a special edition Outer Space Men print by fan favorite illustrator and frequent Four Horsemen collaborator, Nathan (Baena) Baertsch! Each set is $125.00 at the Futuretro gallery show.
Toy Tokyo Underground
91 Second Avenue, Lower Level
New York, NY 10003
91 Second Avenue, Lower Level
New York, NY 10003
Props to my man Toygodd for letting me know about this show.
Will probably view this show with him after we hit Toy Fair together.
9:49 AM
Dark Side of the Ugly, originally uploaded by rampage.toys.
Above is the rainbow-painted sample of the Rampage Toys GID Ulgy Unicorn soft vinyl figure. On Friday, February 3rd, there will be a pre-order for both the painted and blank GID unicorns in the Rampage Toys shop. Painted (with the artwork) are limited to 20 possible pieces (if 20 are ordered that is), and will be $42 each. GID blanks are an open order with no limit and you can order as many as you want - blanks are $28 each. Scheduled delivery is mid to late March.
Pre-orders will be up starting Friday morning (EST) February 3rd, and will stay up until the following Friday (the 10th). Preorder here.
Below is the header card artwork by Grizlli Atom for the painted Dark Side of the Ugly figure:
Jan 29, 2012
2:00 PM
Chris from Creo Design has shared with us that they have delved into producing in another medium: metal! Creo Design has set up a new shop called Amalgam Jewellery, where you can buy both rings pictured.
Creo Design has delved into the cool and funky work of Metal 3D printing - breaking away from the tradition plastic 3D printing normally used. Creo has come up with some cool and funky Jewellery items for guys and gals all 3D printed to order! Since this is a 'Beta' shop i will be creating and uploading super cool jewellery items all the item. These items coming in a range of Metals including:
• Silver & Polished Silver
• Stainless Steel
• Bronze & Antique Bronze
• Gold and Polished Gold
More information on the materials is available on the Amalgam Jewellery Shop on the Shapeways site.
Plus if any fans/readers have any cool suggestions they can contact me and i will do my best to create their idea :)
Currently there is a cool 'nod' to the grandfather of all toys - Lego - with a super cool lego style ring and a super cool spray cap ring.
Contacting Chris from Creo and Amalgam is easy:
Web: www.cdtoys.co.uk
Skype: csacreo
Skype: csacreo
12:30 PM
Another Rampage Toys collab: this time with Blurble- 5 psychedelic Ugly Unicorns available at the link above for only $42 each! Painted by Blurble in color change and metallic Monster Kolor paints.
11:50 AM
B.A.L.D. is now accepting preorders for a Valentine's Day-themed limited series of customs he's calling "Crazy Love." The customs will be composed of Super Sculpey, leather and acrylics.
For those who know, love is crazy and it sometimes breaks you...
The pieces can be preordered here in the CTU store. Only 5 preorder slots available, so if you're going to pick up a special custom for that special someone, act quickly!
10:33 AM
On February second, one of my favorite artists, Luke Chueh, will be teaming up with artist Juan Muniz on a 2-man show at the Brett Wesley Gallery in Las Vegas, NV. For more info, click here.
Jan 27, 2012
8:10 AM
Hello!, originally uploaded by rampage.toys.
I think these were released on Thursday night, Japan time. The Rampage Toys shop says they're sold out. I guess... you can't sleep on Rampage Toys releases. It would be beneficial for you, if you're a fan, to follow the Rampage Toys Flickr account, where WIP projects are posted prior to their release in the shop. Jon's making some seriously crazy-looking toys over there in Japan.
7:59 AM
Don P sends us these images of a recent commission: a 3" Kidrobot Bot he calls Devillez:
I present you Devillez.....he is the devill under the bots. He likes to eat gold dipped in blood. He kills everyone that he doesn't like with his tail.
Sounds like one bad little dude. Check out Don P's shop here.
7:45 AM
Penny Taylor of Taylored Curiosities send us these images of her line of small, cute plush figures.
I design and hand make plush toys called Feelings. Each one has a different personality and is scented to help with various problems that may affect people on an every day basis. I have a background in Aromatherapy, Psychology and Physiological Science as well as being from a family of tailors, so combining these skills I created this line of plush, which has plenty more to come in the future. I have had a really positive response from them so far and people are coming back to me and saying that they are in fact making a difference in their lives.
7:40 AM
Hey look- a blog post where I don't even have to write anything descriptive, cuz the manufacturer sent a GIANT, complicated graphic in the email! THUG's new Stormhammer looks sweet.
I bet Kris Dulfer and Matty Boombatty would both like this one. They both seem to enjoy creating figures with drill heads and hands.
Below is the previous release, the Thug-gy sculpt. I guess both are available as DIYs as well. DKE is distributing so all of us retailers have access to these figures. Oddly, despite a plethora of information included in this graphic, SRP is not mentioned.
Jan 26, 2012
6:12 PM
Just got an email from a lady named Julie who's looking for possible contestants for an upcoming reality TV show called My Dream Life. The episode in question deals with people who aspire to become professional toy designers.
She emailed the right guy.
As far as I can tell, most of you reading this have either thought about becoming a toy designer, or you are actively pursuing this goal. So I'm posting this to give you a lead on a show that might help you towards that goal. Here's what she emailed to me:
Hi Tenacious Toys!!
I am currently casting a new TV show called "Your Dream Life" about helping people get a second chance at their dream career. One career in particular that we are looking at is: Toy Designer. I wanted to see if you know of any aspiring toy designers who might be interested in this opportunity - these people should not be currently making their living as toy designers.
This is a great opportunity for people who may be under-qualified for jobs at major toy companies but are still passionate about toy design.
Thanks for any help you're able to provide.
Best,
Julie Knapp
Email them if you're interested. Also visit their website to learn more. Good luck!
(Hey, listen, if Morgan Phillips can work the reality TV industry to his advantage, maybe you can too!)
1:18 PM
Dammit, how can Super7 be THIS cool? I mean, this Casket Cruiser, featuring their character Rose Vampire, is one of the coolest toys I've ever seen. Great video too. Screw you Super7 for being so cool. You were probably out behind the gym in a leather jacket, leaning up against your El Camino and smoking with the cool kids before football practice...
12:10 PM
Look for Fatcap Series 3 blind boxes and sealed cases for sale in our Kidrobot section on Friday the 27th! This series features designs from: DEVIOUS, Flying Fortress, JPK, Julie West, KaNo, Kronk, MCA, MTN, Pez, Quisp, Queen Andrea, Scribe, SHOK-1 and Sket One. Calling this a super-star roster would be an understatement. The designs look killer. Stoked.
4:42 AM
Our friend and associate Brian Ahlbeck of Dead Hand Toys sent down these pictures of his next Gread resin release- the Slime Greads! It looks like he's using a combination of tinted and opaque resins to get the look of the figure emerging from a puddle of slime... pretty bad-ass.
Here's the info, direct from Brian:
As some of you may have already seen, I've been working on some new Gread figures. This time around, each figure will be sitting in a little pool of "slime". No paint, just resin. Pretty straight forward.
The sale, however, won't be like anything I've done before. For this particular release, the figures will be made to order. You will get to choose from at least a couple colors for the Gread, and several colors for the "slime". I have not decided on final colors yet so you will have to just come by on release day to find out what your options are. I could go with just a few colors for each, or I could get out of hand and give you way more choices than you really need.
On to sale info and pricing: preorders begin on Tuesday, Jan. 31st at noon EST. Price will be $20 each + flat $3 shipping in the US. Bagged with a header card as always.
*NOTE - Photos are of test figures only. As these will be made to order, I can't very well show finished products yet.
The sale, however, won't be like anything I've done before. For this particular release, the figures will be made to order. You will get to choose from at least a couple colors for the Gread, and several colors for the "slime". I have not decided on final colors yet so you will have to just come by on release day to find out what your options are. I could go with just a few colors for each, or I could get out of hand and give you way more choices than you really need.
On to sale info and pricing: preorders begin on Tuesday, Jan. 31st at noon EST. Price will be $20 each + flat $3 shipping in the US. Bagged with a header card as always.
*NOTE - Photos are of test figures only. As these will be made to order, I can't very well show finished products yet.
Click here to go to the Dead Hand Toys shop. Bookmark it!
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