Monthly archive October, 2009

Corbett & JOnes

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Awesome UK artists and occasional duo Phil Corbett and Matt JOnes (aka Lunartik of tea cup fame!) are putting on a show down in foggy old London town! Check if out if you’re in the area, in fact check it out even if you’re not, you won’t be dissapointed with these fine fellows on the case!

From Mr JOnes:
“We’re showing a few little daubs that we’ve done on various Art Club nights. Between 3rd and the 10th of November you can see these around The Foundry.
We’re going down there in the evening on Thursday 5th, Bonfire Night for cider and sloe gin, so pop over and see us – it’ll be lovely to see you.”

Thursday, 05 November 2009
Time: 19:00 – 23:00

Location:
The Foundry
84-86 Great Eastern Street EC2A 3UL
London, United Kingdom

Kidreaper – AP sets this Halloween!

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A year after the successful Halloween season launch of Kidrobot 15: Kidreaper, death returns with these Artist Proof sets directly from Andrew Bell!

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Each A/P set includes the figure, a black cape, a bloody scythe and one bonus item. There are 4 white rare chase A/P’s and 10 regular black A/P’s, all signed and numbered.

Distributed between the A/P sets are 6 hand-sewn (by Ma Bell!) red capes with collars, 5 with hoods and 3 glow in the dark 6″x8″ prints (edition of 3). You won’t know which combination of figure and bonus item you get until you open your package!

You can take your chances with the Reaper starting Friday the 30th at the Dead Zebra shop. Each figure box will sell for $96.66.

darkmatters Debuts with NGA4

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In an effort to promote Canadian art and artists, Toronto-based darkmatters debuts on the designer toy scene with their upcoming figure release by local artist Paddy Leung: NGA4 (Cantonese pinyin pronunciation for the word tooth).

The 2.75” figure will be available for $40 plus shipping beginning October 31st @ 12:00am (EST) from their website. Each figure is carefully hand casted, hand painted and features a laser cut number denoting its place among the limited 30 available.
For a closer look with the artist behind the work check out the in-depth interview available at darkmatters.

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Release Information
Date: October 31, 2009
Time: 12:00 AM (EST)
Location: http://www.darkmattersonline.ca
Price: $40 CAD

Toy2R x KRTCO Qee

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In a unique collaboration, designer toy giant, Toy2R and Kaohsiung Rapid Transit Network worked together to release the KRTCO Kuso Qee Bears. Each Qee Bear features a simple form of the transit network available in Black and White.

Available stating October 24th and all KRTCO subway stations, each 2.5″ Scale Qee exhibits a simple and yet recognizable design and includes patented key chain attachment while limited to only 1500 pieces of each version.  The design of each Kuso Qee Bear will be represented on transit theme cards while the blister card backing features the entire transit map.

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In addition Toy2R has created a 60″ version of the Black Kuso Bear, which will be located in the station and passengers are encouraged to stop and take a photo with the giant Qee Bear while traveling on the transit system.  KRTCO has developed some great activities for additional giveaways during this promotion for a limited time.

Blamo Toys – Three Headed Creature

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To get you in the spirit of the season Blamo is unleashing the “Three Headed Creature” into the world of Blamoville! This flashy character loves to change his mind, his mood, and his face, luckily he has enough heads to do all 3!

There have been approximately 12 silver “THC’s” produced to date, and on Oct. 24th at 12PM PST Blamotoys will be selling the remaining 7 in their web-store for $100 a piece.

“THC” stands between 7 to 8 inches tall depending on which head hes using. Hand carved Suar wood, stained white then covered in Sliver Leafing, shipped in his own hand silk screened display box. Make sure to capture this monster before he disappears!

ToyBreak – Episode 96: Orange On Orange

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Show Notes – Join us for a look at Lil’ Mort by COOP, Chibithulhu Plush by SJG, another Jason by Mezco and much more! Dip those strawberries in chocolate and join us for a Toy Break!

and finally.. KIDROBOT LONDON!

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via – KRonikle

COMING NOVEMBER 2009

Kidrobot, the world’s premier creator of limited edition art toys and apparel, is finally venturing across the pond!

This November, we’re opening the doors to our London store, and to mark this historic occasion, we’re having a Grand Opening celebration with UK artist duo TADO on Thursday, November 19.

Founded in 2002 by designer Paul Budnitz, Kidrobot produces exclusive designer toys, apparel, accessories, and other products in collaboration with many of the world’s most talented artists and designers.

…more details to come, stay tuned.

Kidrobot – we make art possible!

Kidrobot London
19 Earlham Street
London, UK WC2H 9LL

Quite possibly the best news all year for us UK folk :) Gonna be exciting to find out what’s in store for us Brits..

now if only we could get a KR store “oop north” too

Tessetoys presents Oakor

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Sam (tessetoys) has just finished his new figure ‘Oakor‘, which is a full resin cast. The new figure is 4 inches in height.
A batch of DIY blanks which will be available via the new Tessetoys site. You can check out the making of the master figure on flickr

Sam has also taken photos of the entire molding/casting procedure which will be used in a ‘how to make a two part mold’ guide, to go along with the original one part mold guide.
The brand new two part mold guide is here

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Nice to see a new run of figures from tessetoys and loving the new website design, cant wait to see some painted up Oakors :]

2009 Halloween Night Gamer release

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This years Ultra Limited edition of ONLY 10 Halloween Night Gamers is a collaboration with Dax of CRYSTAL GLOW CHROME. Dax did the beautiful hand painting depicting Wilber and Orvil as if frozen in the the moment of a shape shifting transition from one form to another. Each one is unique.  The 6 1/2 inch tall figures are roto-cast in orange vinyl and have a motion activated color changing LED unit inside the head.

The edition will be available from the PLASEEBO website store on Thursday, October 22nd around midnight.  $150. each plus shipping.

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SKULLORAMA @ Design Festa

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ARTDENKA will hold the SKULLBOX custom show on October 24th & 25th @Design Festa vol.30.
“Design Festa” is the biggest art festival in JAPAN. 8,500 artists exhibit it, more than 50,000 guests come.

The custom toy can be bought our web site from October 26th~ (Or from October 24th @Design Festa)

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Artists From Japan:
ARTDENKA, GOCCODO, DATA-DUB (from Fig-Lab), BLObPUS, HARIKEN, REALHEAD, UAMOU, KxOxB STUDIO (from CHANIWA), TM paint, KEN (from Junk Records), Takada-Jushoku, Enomoto-Tencho (from TOMENOSUKE), POP SODA, SPOOKY PARADE, SKULL TOYS, VELOCITRON, TULIP, YAMAZAKURA, NAMIKI HIROSHI
and more…

From everywhere else:
MCA (from EVIL DESIGN) -USA, MONSTRE HERO -USA, LEECIFER -USA, SUCKADELIC -USA, PAULKAIJU -USA, Jon-Paul Kaiser -England, BUNKA -France, ARKIV -Indonesia, TONY NAKANARI -USA, MARCOS CABRERA -Spain, OLLA-BOKU -Taiwan, PAUL SHIH -New Zealand, MC Baumgarten -The Netherlands, OniBaka -Italy, BENJAMIN LANDE -USA, BUFF MONSTER -USA, Mathias Päres -Sweden
and more…

5 Foot Qee Bear for a PENNY!…

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The piece will be auctioned on Ebay w/ the opening price starting at… ONE PENNY.  10% of proceeds will go to Project Open Hand, so we’ll see what Qee can do for the world.

After two years of moving around, the Qeenormous Maximus is looking to find a permanent home.  The piece has traveled throughout California in galleries including 1AM, D-Structure, and Filthy Dripped.

This is one of very few five foot Qees in the world. It has been meticulously painted by DLi$h to become the ultimate show stopper. The toy was slaved on for just under two months before completion. Weighing in a just over 70 pounds, this toy is no toy. Unlike most custom toys, this piece is made of fiberglass rather than vinyl.

The theme behind Qeenormous Maximus is the idea of creating an entire world that lives within the toy. You will find numerous windows that show a surreal setting of monsters, machines, and diabolical mayhem.

Go eye to eye with Qeenormous Maximus and you will find yourself staring at two naked girls posed elegantly awaiting their savior.  This piece begs to make the statement that vinyl toy art is not just a hobby; It’s the new emerging medium in the urban art world.

Check out the Auction!

ToyBreak – Episode 94: Benbacca

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Show Notes – This week we look at a bunch of random Disney finds as well as pieces Ben brought back from Japan like Rebel Ink and Salvation Ink by Secretbase and Usugrow, a Kaws Bootleg, and more! Order up some fresh sushi and join us for a Toy Break!