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The Big Lebowski prototype QEE – SDCC 2009
At this year’s SDCC a surprise may be in store for fans of The Big Lebowski and Qee. In one of the many display cases in the ENTERTAINMENT EARTH booth, along with the wide array of action figures from the cult film – fans will find two 2.5″ Qees based on the Big Lebowski. While these are only prototype concepts – early reactions have been positive.
Check out booth #2343 to see the two figures – no official word yet on whether these will be coming soon
A Sitting Duck – Megasaur64
A Sitting Duck, founded in August 2008, make a series called “Candy The Magic Dinosaur”, almost a year later they have had thousands of people view their animations and have opened a small shop on their website to sell t-shirts and posters.
With episode 3 coming out in August and a re-design of the home page, they are now ready to go on the hunt for a “toy deal”, and are hoping to seal one soon.
In episode 3 will be an awesome character called Megasaur 64. He is blue and bad!. They have designed the character and also invested in a 3D render of what megasaur could look like if he were a vinyl toy.. and the answer is pretty damn awesome :] stay tuned for updates.
Now up on Patch Together – Go vote!
The Empire Muggs Back: Art for A Mighty Good Cause
Lucasfilm recently asked a group of artists to customise a blank Hasbro’s Mighty Mugg toy. jAKe decided to turn his into George Lucas, resplendent in the ‘Han Shot First’ t-shirt featuring his artwork.
‘Artists, comic book creators, toy designers, and celebrity fans are getting out their markers, paint brushes and glue guns to transform blank Mighty Muggs into one-of-a-kind Star Wars art to be auctioned by The Make-A-Wish Foundation. These toys have been available in a variety of characters from Star Wars and Indiana Jones, among other comic book and film franchises. For this special project, called The Empire Muggs Back, Lucasfilm asked popular artists, comics book creators, toy designers and celebrity fans to take blank Mighty Muggs (donated by Hasbro) and transform them into their favorite Star Wars characters, scenes, ships and more.’
For future news about the charity auction check – http://www.jakestarwars.com.
The charity auction begins on 31st July. You can be notified about the auction here.
MICKEY JACKSON MOUSE by atelier Alessio Blanco
MICKEY JACKSON MOUSE is a custom by atelier Alessio Blanco for the Mickey Brand Halo Show (June 29 – August 2nd / organized by 3-MIX and Disney Asia) at Times Square, Hong Kong.
Mickey Mouse was born as anthropomorphic mouse and from its origins until today has evolved to meet the aesthetic taste of a society in constant transformation.
Continuing this process, now Mickey Mouse wants to complete his transformation into a man and then turns to plastic surgery.
“EL FISHMAN” Custom for the “Robolucha Custom Show”
“El Fishman” is Walter Jacott aka Chauskoskis’ participation for the “Robolucha custom show”, curated by ViseOne of PatchTogether, which will take place soon.
Gotta love this amazing custom work, the attention to detail in this piece is of an insane quality, the pool of blood is the finishing touch that just makes me wish this was a production piece I could buy. Go check out Chauskoskis’ blog post for high res pics and to scope the rest of his finely detailed customs
Esc-Toy x Sony – Uncharted2: Among Thieves
Esc-Toy x Sony Computer Entertainment of America will release a limited edition Uncharted 2: Among Thieves Nathan Drake vinyl figure for Fall 2009 release. The 8″ figure is designed by Erick Scarecrow and will come in several colorways which include a random treasure item.
Be sure to visit the Playstation booth #5200 for more info on the figure and the upcoming Uncharted 2: Among Thieves release exclusively for the Playstation 3.
Kid Dragon Upper Playground Exclusive Colorway Available for Presale
Upper Playground, The Loyal Subjects and Sam Flores have teamed up to produce Kid Dragon a unique 3-piece vinyl figure. The main colorway went up for pre-sale a month ago and sold out in just a few days. Now, Upper Playground presents an exclusive purple tonal color way.
Unlike most other vinyl figures, the Kid Dragon is made up of 3 pieces creating the illusion of the dragon floating through the clouds. Manufactured by The Loyal Subjects, the 10†tall figure has vibrant gradient blends and comes housed in a double-sided window box with a scenic insert card. Jonathan Cathey, founder of The Loyal Subjects states,
“Honestly, working in this industry for almost 10 years now as a designer, creator and MFG, the Kid Dragon has to be one of the more innovative, captivating, alluring and eloquent designs that I have come across in the world of collectibles and artist series collectibles. Truly a remarkable concept and design by Sam Flores. This will definitely be a classic.”
Limited to 200 units, the Kid Dragon Upper Playground color way is slated to release in late September but is available for presale beginning Wednesday, July 22nd, on the Upper Playground web store.
MEKAZOO – Mechabunny tee
Mechabunny tee by MEKAZOO (aka the creator of the awesome, Robolucha toy produced by PatchTogether)will be available for sale on Thursday 30 july at RIPT Apparel . Don’t forget, it will be only available for one day and it’s for only 10 dollars. Don’t miss it and please spread the word :]
ARTDENKA takin’ hell to SDCC
ARTDENKA’s vinyl toy “SKULLBOX” new edition ” BLACK SHEEP ” version & new resin toy “MAGGOT BRAIN” appearing at San Diego Comic Con 2009
Hit the jump for more pics & info
DrilOne x Mimoco present Vimobot SDCC Custom Show 2009
IN THE INBOX:
click the image to check out all the sweet customs ^
Mimoco’s DIY Vimobot™ Vinyl Toy Featured in Custom Show with 20 Top Artists, Curated by DrilOne at San Diego Comic Con 2009 (July 22 -26)
Mimoco’s Do-It-Yourself Vimobotâ„¢ vinyl toy customized by many top artists in the urban vinyl scene. The event is curated by San Francisco-based, DrilOne, toy-customizer extraordinaire known for his organic rust-treated pieces and who has recently curated the custom exhibits “Into The Darkness” at 1:AM Gallery and “Humans Beware” at Rocket World.
The Vimobot custom show, hosted by Mimoco, the company primarily known for their MIMOBOT® collection of designer USB flash drives, can be seen at Mimoco’s Toy Growers booth #4938 at Comic-Con.
Participatings artists include 64 Colors, Betso, Brian Colin, Cris Rose, Dlux, DrilOne, Gatchabert, George Gaspar, Jenny Wolf, Jeremiah Ketner, Jesse Hernandez, Johnâ€Spankyâ€Stokes, Kat Brunnegraff, Leecifer, Leonard Amaral, Lunabee, Motorbot, Paul Kaiju, Phoneticontrol, and Reactor-88.
Come out Wednesday, July 22nd to catch a sneak peek of all the fine customs at Comic-Con’s preview night from 6pm-9pm. Starting Thursday, July 23rd the custom Vimobot vinyl toys will be sold on a first come first served basis, ranging in price from $40 to $100. Additionally, many artists involved created extra pieces, 15 in all, which will be raffled off as free prizes Thursday through Sunday to visitors at Mimoco’s booth.
