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Plastic Culture x Thunderpanda – Perry the Sea Wanderer

Last seen at STGCC 2010 and now revealed in these production shots via Plastic Culture. Perry, designed by Thunderpanda stands around 8″ tall on his (finger-like) tentacles, and will join KID as part of the Wanderers series.

Background story of Perry the Sea Wanderer:

Traveling is a part of Perry’s life. From China sea, Medittarean sea, Barring Sea to Arctic Ocean, Pacific Ocean, you name it. He has been there! He has friends from all over the world. His ear suggests that he might be related to a famous cartoon character. Until today, no one knows the real truth. It was rumored that the mother once met Mr. you-know-who in the island of Barbados.

AKUMA NO KATANA Custom Munny

AKUMA NO KATANA is the latest work of Italian artist/toy customizer Quin.Sey.  Done for a custom contest, the character is a traditional japanese demon inspired by Ukiyo-e and drawn with uniposca and pantoni.

The jacket is made of real leather and sword & mask are sculpted from milliput. For more pics of this custom and many other great works, check out Quin.Sey’s Flickr photostream

KusoVinyl – Red Lucky Cat Spiki

Lucky Cat Spiki is here to bring good luck to everyone in the year of rabbit. In Chinese tradition, the colour red represents luck, good fortune, and happiness and KusoVinyl is ready to send Lucky Cat Spiki to spread the love!

KusoVinyl will be taking pre-orders of Red lucky cat Spiki, designed by Nakanari, on Feb. 2nd 2011 (Chinese new year eve). Estimated drop date: Mid February. 4″ tall, limited to 200 pcs worldwide. Retailing at $12.

Rawr! It’s Monster Bossy Bear!

Bossy Bear, the demanding character from the mind of David Horvath, has transmutated into the 5” Strange Beast Bossy Bear or as witnesses have dubbed him – Monster Bossy Bear!

Altering from his earlier form into a higher state – that of the Kaiju form – Bossy Bear is now more formidable than ever. As part of Toy2R’s scheduled releases for 2011, the Monster Bossy Bear Assortment will delight fans of both the classic form and new fans of his Kaiju inspired look.
Two versions will be released in the assortment – the Classic Blue and the Roseus (or Pink) edition. Fans should be on the look out for variant versions within the assortment as one can never be sure what mood Bossy will be in.

Never really collected Kaiju besides the odd piece but it seems more and more these days that I’m becoming a Kaiju addict, I may have to splash out and I think I’ll start with one of these :]  They’re something of a cross-over point which may prove popular with both Kaiju and Western vinyl fans in equal measure.

Derek and Roger by Tesselate

New from Tesselate is this awesome pair of custom Dunnys entitled Derek (and his best friend from the future) Roger. Both are hand painted with acrylic and Posca Paint markers, and finished with clear lacquer. Both will come packaged in a sturdy cardboard tube for maximum protection.  You can check more shots of them over on Flickr.

Here is a little backstory about these two:

Derek and Roger are the best of friends, with one issue. Roger lives exactly two weeks in the future, and they can only communicate with each other via the magic of Marmite!. When they each lavishly spread the brown stuff on a nice crunchy piece of Toast, a gap in space opens and they can see each other through the time portal!

Luckily they are both addicted to the mighty, awesomely gorgeous yeast extract, so pretty much spend most of their free time chatting about the present, past and future, and of course making a few extra credits on the robo horses whenever they can. Those crazy dudes!

Both Derek and Roger will be available individually on Tesselate’s shop this coming Tuesday 8th of February @ 6pm GMT.  Both figures are signed on the rear. They will be on the shop for £15 each, limited to just 1 of each, with a few stickers chucked in to complete the package.

Amanda Visell’s Batz Maru Customs

Amanda Visell made these 10 customs of Batz Maru with Kidrobot. Nine of which have Hello Kitty masks, except for one which thought it was stupid and picked an eyepatch instead.
All of the customs are hand painted and the eyepatch custom will be chosen at random. $350 Each and when they’re off the Switcheroo site they are gone.

NYC <3 QEE Toy Fair Preview Party

Toy2R is pleased to announce one of the events of the upcoming Toy Fair Preview Party happening February 14th; the debut of the new 5″ Mini Qee DIY Collection. All seven characters will be “unveiled” for the first time but wait…there’s so much more. There will also be 30+ all-new original customized 5″ Mini Qees on display to illustrate how much fun and versatile this new platform is.

Featuring 5″ customs by: Jason Freeny, Jon-Paul Kaiser, ViseOne, Scott Tolleson, Voltaire, MCA, Pocket Wookie, A Little Stranger, NEMO, Mr. Den, Ian Ziobrowski, Zam, Mr. Munk, Dinky Cow, NREAZON, Grimsheep, Foox, JRYU, Rampage Toys, Phetus, LYSOL, Bryan Allen Collins, Atypical, Matt Anderson, RSIN, Southerndrawl, Tony DePew and Nerviswr3k

You can check out sneak peeks of some of the customs on the Toy2R USA Facebook Page!  Stay tuned for more annoucements about the additional events going on during the Preview Party.  Head to Yoyamart in NYC on February 14th for a night of fun and incredible art!

Bitbots Competition Winners!

The Bitbots competition is now over and the winning designs have been chosen. We present to you, 10 amazing designs by 8 artists.

Congratulations to those who won as their designs will go on to be produced as an upcoming Jinny series!

Shawnimals’ Ninja Of The Month – Aviator

The second of 12 all-new Ninjas from our popular Ninja of the Month handmade plush series is nearly here! Hardcore Ninjatown fans already know how important Moustachios are to Ninja flight, but did you know there’s a Ninja that specializes in this rare skill? Aviator Ninja loves the sky as much as Aqua Ninja loves water, and wears his ‘wings’ proudly to prove it.

How can you not love the adorable little Aviator cap and goggles?  Just hope he doesn’t go kamikaze!  Shawnimals Aviator Ninjas will be available HERE from Wednesday February 2nd at 1pm CST!

From the tag:
“Flying high above the clouds over Ninjatown, Aviator Ninja is a serious hot-shot fly-boy. Loop de loops, barrel rolls, mach 1 – anything to wow the ground dwellers below. One important note however: None of this would be possible without the macho Moustachio!”

Riot68′s zombie dunny army – Series 2

Series 2 of riot68′s Zombie Army custom 3? Dunny’s are nearly upon us!

Over 2 years since series 1 and you can now pre-order one of only 10 individual hand made customs.
Sold blind in a customised box and supplied with a one of a kind hand made zombie sticker too!

Just go to the shop at riot68.com and peep his amazing graffiti, customs and other artwork while you’re at it!  You can also see more of riot68′s work from our interview here

Sacred Trip @ Toy Art Gallery

Toy Art Gallery is hosting Carlos Enriquez Gonzalez’s Sacred Trip solo show this Friday at their space in Hollywood.

“The sacred trip, the light and the darkness. Look up the universe’s mysterious unknown. Nothing is like it seems. What is outside is inside, what is inside is outside.”

Sacred Trip” opens January 21st 2011, from 7-11 PM, and runs through February 19th.

Toy2r – BearBearQ

Toy2R’s iconic Bear is revealed as the next figure in the 5″ Mini Qee Collection.

The Year of Qee begins with the launch of the Mini Qee Collection. Dropping next month with a SRP of $15, the Mini Qees will change the toy genre forever…
Keep your ears and eyes open for more details about the launch…February is going to be Qee!!