Doktor A’s much anticipated show ‘Mr Whistlecraft’s Tarnished Daydreams’ is showing till the end of this month at Iksentrik in Bath. Just to whet your appetite we’ve been lucky enough to get pictures of the exhibition and have a chat with Ryan, the shop and gallery owner, about what it’s been like to put on the artist’s first solo show on home turf. (more…)
Scrap Dunny custom series by Efo Tercero
The “Scrap Dunny” series is a set of beautiful customs by mexican Graphic Designer & toy customizer, Efo. Each Dunny is flocked in a different colour, with matching coloured details and bouquet of flowers. Every dunny comes in its own hand made cardboard and wooden packaging.
From Efo’s Scrap Dunny Behance page…
After a long time. I put together a series on a Custom Dunny 3 “.
This series is inspired by scrapbooking (The scrapbook is magic, is to capture and render immortal some precious moments of life. To pay tribute to our lives and those of our loved ones. Anyone who starts a job knows the precious scrap conservation value of the memory … Guylaine, professor of Scrap in Montpellier)These Dunnys are for sale, sells the complete kit containing 5 pieces and one piece Gift with a cost of $ 1900 pesos or $ 160 DLS or sold separately at Blind Box (or color you choose) at a price of $ 400 or $ 50 just in Blind Box is able to find a Golden Button that will bring a unique piece
THERE IS ONLY 3 SETS FOR SALE
-The scrapbook is a treasure that is transmitted to future generations-
I really can’t praise these enough, I mean I know a lot of smoke is blown up arses in the vinyl world, but these are genuinly a treat to look at and remind me that there’s still life in Dunny as a platform yet.
Kaiju Bossy Bear attacks in May!
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! With an SRP of $20, your chances of catching one is good but act fast as there have been rumors of multiple versions as well as the Roseus (or Pink) version sighted.
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 much David Horvath/Uglydoll stuff but I really can’t wait for these to drop. An awesome mashup of western vinyl and kaiju and I look forward to future kaiju figures and colourways, maybe some GID or transprency would be nice 
Sergey Safonov’s Luno the Moon Rover
Luno the Moon Rover is a character-based spaceship created by Sergey Safonov the man behind the toy collection database Rotocasted. Luno is both an art sculpture and a toy for painting and playing. It is designed with storytelling in mind and to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the first man in space.
Luno the Moon Rover is about 5 inches in diameter with three spinning wheels. Mini Luno is about 3 inches in diameter. Both sizes of Luno will be made of hand-cast resin and painted glossy white. Follow the updates to watch the progress of Mini Luno with Crazy Label!
About the Designer:
Toy designer, Sergey Safonov, dreamed of space travel all throughout his childhood in Russia. As a kid, Sergey was surrounded with space memorabilia: He had tons of space related-books and magazines, space food (tiny bricks of bread and space tubes) and April 12th was a family holiday. The only problem Sergey had with space toys was that all of them were replicas of spaceships and mechanisms, and he was looking for characters with which to play and tell stories. Now Sergey Safonov is grown up with a young son of his own, so he is trying to create his own space character: Luno the Moon Rover.
Sergey has been creating characters and producing original, hand-made toys for many years. His work has appeared in the books Dot Dot Dash and Art-Toys and the magazine, Design Bureau. He is currently working on a picture book about his characters, the Gooma. The following photos are several of Sergey’s original resin toys. They are available as part of one of the reward options for people who pledge to help produce Luno the Moon Rover.
Another great piece, (hopefully) made possible by KickStarter. I can’t help but notice that Luno looks kinda like Pooka from Dig Dug, which is awesome in itself :] Go pledge, every dollar helps and you can receive your own Luno, Mini Luno and more toys & art by Safonov.
Tesselates’ The Tomorrow Team
The Tomorrow Team are the amazing new series of 10 custom 3inch Dunny figures by Tesselate.
The team consists of members : Gordon, Jerry, Larry, Miguel, Mike, Neil, Ralph, Rupert, Simon and Tom.
All of the customs are hand painted with acrylic, Posca Paint markers and a bit of spray paint, then finished with multiple coats of clear lacquer. They will come packaged & protected in a cardboard tube (with some vinyl stickers included) and will be available on the Tesselate shop on Tuesday the 29th of March @ 6pm GMT for £20 + postage each.
Click here to see more pics of The Tomorrow Team.
Really love the paint jobs and colour combinations (Mmm that pink, white & blue) of these, I’d definitely put money down for a production series of these customs.
Record Store Day x KOZIK – RPM Figure
Vinyl Record meets Vinyl Toy in the form of the blind boxed RPM toys in four designs by Frank Kozik; made especially for Record Store Day 2011 and limited to a run of 5000 pieces.
The piece is a 5” figurine named RPM. The blind boxed designs are as follows, The Anarchy Punk, The Super Hero, The Monster and The Let’s Party Bear (1500 each of the Punk/Hero/Monster and 500 Let’s Party) and they’ll be available on Record Store Day at participating record stores, comic shops and at the Coachella Music Festival.
Hit the jump for more info on Record Store Day..
Plaseebo x Hellopike – Skulloctopus
Plaseebo, in cahoots withHELLOPIKE are pleased to offer an Ultra Limited Custom Hand Painted SKULLOCTOPUS Edition
This edition is limited to just 10 pieces; painted in Translucent Blue, Black, Silver, Fluorescent Purple, Olive and Fluorescent Yellow on clear japan made vinyl.
Each Skulloctopus has silver swirl glass eyes, color gel brain inserts and an internal motion activated flashing color LED unit for that spooky outer space look in the dark.
The edition will be offered in the PLASEEBO webshop On Monday MARCH 14th for $110 each.
Shawnimals – Ninja Dog @ C2E2
Shawnimals will be presenting a follow up to last year’s popular – and consequently sold-out – Chicago Dog, available exclusively at the 2011 Chicago Comic and Entertainment Expo (C2E2 for short). Enter the Ninja Dog! From the tag…
Some dogs are simply too special to be considered food, yet this does not stop them from being pursued. Ninja Dog can evade the most veracious eaters – even Chicagoans – with his honed ninja skills and innovative gadgetry. He can scale buildings with his sport pepper grapple and mustard rope, blind you with a celery salt smoke bomb, or even smother you with his charred yet strangely squishy bun. You’ve been warned!
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Tesselate – Chad & Barry Custom Dunnys
Well, from what their lawyer has said I can tell you, Chad & Barry have been asked to leave their homeworld after a series of investigations and allegations into some clever trading in the fizzy beverage market.
They need somewhere to lay low for the next two million years, so if you fancy helping out two passionate entrepeneurs, the info is below.
Tesselates‘ new Chad & Barry customs are both hand painted with acrylic, Posca Paint markers and a bit of spray paint, then finished with multiple coats of clear lacquer. Both will come packaged & protected in a cardboard tube (with some vinyl stickers included) and will be available on the Tesselate shop this coming Friday the 4th of March @ 6pm GMT for £20 + postage each.
Mark Nagata’s Alien Argus Custom Group Show!
Alien Argus is the first collaboration between TAG and Max Toy Company, and TAG has organized its biggest custom show to date to celebrate.
The Alien Argus Custom Group Show opens on February 26th 2011 from 7-11 PM, with many artists in attendance and runs ’til March 26th.
Featuring the works of:
Alimana, Arbito, Art Denka, Baikin/Shirahama, Ben Mininberg, Bert Gatchalian, BlobPus, Bob Conge / PLASEEBO, Buff Monster, Carlos Enriquez Gonzalez, Chauskoskis, Cieromuco/Abel Vasquez, Cliff Kirschner / MONSTREHERO, Cometdebris, Cris Rose, C-toys, Daniel Goffin, Dead Presidents, Dlux, DREAM ROCKET, Dr. Strange Toys, Dustin Cantrell, Emilio Garcia, Fig-lab / datadub, Goccodo, Hariken, Hints And Spices/Shane Haddy, Ilanena, Itokin-Park, Jan Calleja, Jeff McMillan, Jesse Moore/Rawshark Studios, Jon Knox, Kaiju Chronicle, Keith Fulmis, Kikkake, L’Amour Supreme, Lash, Leecifer, Mark Nagata, Matt Doughty / Onell Designs, Megan Smithyman, Mikie of Blamo Toys, Motorbot, Nakayoshi, Nebulon5, Onaka Takeshi, Osiris Orion, Paul Kaiju, Pico Pico, PPPudding, Rohby, RsinArt, Sean Blay / MONSTREHERO, Skinner, Skulltoys, Spooky Parade, Steve Talkowski, Sunguts, Tan-ki, Thiyea Project/ Takeshi Togo, Thiyea Project/ Mai Nagamoto, Toybot Studios, Triclops Studios, Troy Stith, TTToys, Tulip, Uamou, uhoh Toys, Velocitron, Yamazakura and Yamomark
Curated by Toy Art Gallery, Max Toy Company, and Fig-Lab.
Matt Daniels / Squiddles Interview
Squiddles was founded upon the love and loss of Illustrator Matt Daniels’ girlfriend Emma Wilkinson. After the huge success of the first annual Squiddles Charity event, Matt has launched Squiddles onto a new platform in the form of a clothing brand. The brand itself will host charity shows and various events through out the year as well as the yearly event in memory of Emma.
VA: Last year you held the hugely successful Squiddles Exhibition, can we expect more exhibitions/events in the future?
Matt: Before the Squiddles Exhibition last year, I never thought it’d do as well as it has, raising almost £2,000 for charity in the space of a few months was an incredible achievement and I want to continue this for years to come. With the brand gaining popularity from around the country and even around the world, I’m hoping that with the brands success over the coming months, we can raise a lot more money for charity when we do these events, such as the exhibition in September.
VA: You recently launched the Squiddles brand and have support from some great artists and bands, can you reveal any of the upcoming stuff for us to look forward to?
Matt: I can’t reveal everything planned for the year or that would be telling However, I can tell you that we’re teaming up with a huge brand in the near future to hold a joint charity show which we’re hoping will be off the hook! We’ve got plans and ideas of our own ‘Squiddles Presents’ tour of the bands who we sponsor as well as art shows with some top illustrators and designers the world has to offer.
Tattootoro – custom NedZed by FAKIR
Tattootoro is a custom NedZed made by FAKIR, based on the character Totoro from My Neighbor Totoro. Tattootoro has company in the form of Chibi-Totoro who looks distressed, perhaps it’s all the tattoos Tattootoro has?
Oustanding work as usual from FAKIR, the paintwork is super tight on this and it goes to show that you don’t have to go all out with sculpting when creating a custom.
