Little Old Men create illustrations, animations and not to mention custom toys. This style is unusual and interesting only using Red and White as the main colours! The customs are very minimalistic and work really sweetly dont you think?
Their animations are even cooler! Check out their Myspace or their website thats still under a bit of maintenence, for more information!
Head on over to Readymech’s website and download the latest in flat pack toys – Readymech Series 2. Second in the series of amazing paper toys that you print, cut, stick and display within a matter of minutes – for FREE!
Even more cool designs, so more fun! Aswell as a few new templates.
Head on over to Clutter’s brand new shiny website. All the great features, plus the shocking news of Clutter Ken’s appearance on the OC!!!
click ^ for more info
Yep, UNKL are opening up UniPo to the world to customize, and are actually going to produce the winning
design. Create art for UniPo anyway you’d like, here’s how 
Simple, so get cracking and you could soon be seeing your design all over the world, and if that’s not incentive enough, you’ll get a case of 20 of your design 
You could also post your designs on our FORUM for some feedback, or just to brag that you’re the best.
METLEX is a new project of Tesselate’s that come with geometric Heads! Metlex: friends & family are loads of characters with shady and not shady pasts so far with head shapes – Octagon, Heptagon and Heexagon!
The packaging is also a really good idea that matches the geometric shapes, where by the packing hindges in the middle to reveal the toy! Genious!
More information on these can be found on our forumÂ
The original wood and metal Tiny Hearthead is back, and this time with a
keyring! All handmade/chiivied (is that a word) and filed smooth out of wood and
steel by the hands of Tesselate!
Each figure comes with a choice of 2 box designs. £9.99 with £1 postage for UK or £2 international. If your interested in one of these please email sam@tesselate.me.uk
As previously posted on Vinyl Abuse, we mentioned about the PLUSH WEEK 2 show thats about to drop soon.
One of the artists thats appearing there is Saurkids, who have created 3 different ‘Boggerdolls’ for the event. As you can see, you will be sure to catch them at the show in their own car! with imitation leather and without a driving license, tisk tisk.
More information on BoggerDolls over at SaurKids website.
www.vinylcollectables.com held a contest called ‘Vinyl Collectable’ where two designers could get their toy produced and sculpted.
The two lucky guys that won were Codel and Higone are currently in the process of having their toy sculpted named ‘COMBO’.
Planned production of 500 pieces and standing at 4 inch tall! Should be available in Regular (Pink and Maroon), Monotone and DIY.
Comments on this would be appreciated.
Urban Retro have just started a new project, where they are putting two artists head to head to create a print – using either a mouse or brush! The print will then be sold in a limited edition of 50 along with 100 sets of badges, by each artist.
Ben the illustrator using the mouse and Lou Pimentel using the brush are the first ones to kick start this project.
The prints will be sold at £19.95 each and the button badges are £3.45 for a set of 4.
Urban retro are also looking for 2 more artists to submit work for round 2, that will appear around March / April, so if your interested head over to their website and give them a bell!
The prints and button badges can be found on the Urban Retro Project website
This coming Friday brings the opening of “My Pal, Sookie La La” by North Carolina artist Hello, Brute to the Rotofugi Gallery on Friday 2nd February. Hello, Brute (aka Jon Knox Griffin) is probably best known for t-shirt designs for the likes of Owl Movement and Hi-Calorie (not to mention a particularly smashing hoodie design for Rotofugi) and a series of really awesome customized toys. Jon has promised a load of customized and/or hand-made toys (both plush and non-plush) plus prints, skatedecks and more…it should be a sight to behold.
For more information visit
http://forums.rotofugi.com/viewtopic.php?t=3634
or
Entering a Munny into the Munny Shot? Anyone who is NOT coming to the show but is taking part should send their entry by February 15th 2007, to Ik’sentrik, 21 Paul Street, Frome, Somerset, BA11 1DT, UK. If your Munny is done now and is ready to ship please send it out before the 15th.
Please include a return address if your Munny is NOT being auctioned for the chosen charity Baggator, and we will return it to you, at your expense, after the event.
Now this part is very important if you are shipping your Munny from outside the UK! You MUST label clearly on the outside of the box:
NO COMMERCIAL VALUE
If not the show organisers run the risk of Taxes and Duties, which may not be paid in time (if at all) for your Munny to make the show. Traking numbers for all deliveries need to be sent to Ryan at Iksentrik, please include date shipped, tracking number and the service used (postal service, shipping company, courier, etc).
As the show gets closer to launching more details are being announced. Munny Shot takes place on Sunday March 4th 2007 at Bristol’s Tobacco Factory from 12noon until late!
Super7 Issue 15 will be hitting store shelves (both real and online) imminently.
In this issue, Super7 delves into a 2-part story about the history of Star Wars toys as seen through the eyes of Japanese manufacturers past and present. Star Wars has never been far from the toy shelves (especially those 90′s released second gen figures of the original films). Whilst George Lucas almost killed the brilliance of the movies with Jar-Jar Binks, the force has stayed strong in the minds of collectors worldwide.
From Takara to Marmit and Medicom, they discuss the subtle and not so subtle differences cultural perspectives can bring out in toys. From die-cast metal and transforming plastic to hyper detailed 12″ figures and mini Kubrick figures – the over the top styling that only the Japanese seem able to produce.
The rest of the issue explores one of the last family of Bullmark Ultra kaiju ever made from Ultraman Leo. With a group of figures this rare, it is great to finally see them all in once place. With columns by Oka Narue, Take-shit, Hiddy Kinoshita and Brian Flynn, plus the latest in toy news, music and dvd releases, this looks like an issue worth reading again and again.
