MINDstyle’s Conehead by Germs + Giveaway

MINDstyle’s upcoming Conehead is  a standout art toy by LA artist Germs.  Germs’s self-labeled "Lowbrown" art combines Chicano culture and imagery with a Low Brow aesthetic.  Conehead mixes cultural references with a luchador mask decorated in a stars and stripes motif. Beyond the striking art, Conehead innovates in the area of painting technique. 

MINDstyle took the unusual and innovative step of hand-painting nearly the entire figure so as to best translate the nuances of Germs’s work to  vinyl.  The results are stunning — Conehead  simply does not look like a vinyl figure because of its subtle gradients and textures.  In fact,  assuming the production sample results translate to the production pieces, veteran collectors are likely to have the same "no…. really?!?" moment as I did.   Standard printing techniques used for vinyl (spray masks and pad printing) are best suited for application of flat colors.  These production techniques constrain how art is translated to a figure and also and perhaps more importantly they limit the types of art that can be reasonably represented in vinyl form.  Hand-painting relaxes these constraints and thus potentially makes vinyl figures a realistic possibility for a much wider selection of artists.  This approach has the potential to grow the art toy industry by broadening the artist base and collector base considerably.   

With its striking hand-painted figures including Conehead by Germs,
the hightly detailed Brom and The Dark Crystal  figures, MINDstyle is
leading the way with next level art toys.  MINDstyle’s visionary
co-founder Matt Young, creative team and  top calibre artists are
pushing technical, artistic and genre boundaries to produce some of the
most highly sought after and collectible limited-edition vinyl art
toys.  Let the countdown to San Diego Comic Con begin.

Before MINDstyle’s Conehead drops at SDCC,  you can  try your luck in our Conehead giveaway.  Simply write a comment to this post for your chance to win.  Be sure to provide your real email address when prompted to do so.  The deadline to enter is Monday, July 16th @ 8 PM PDT.

Giveaway Rules
1. To enter write a comment to this post.

2. Deadline to enter is Monday, July 16th, 2007 @ 8 PM PDT 
3. Duplicate entries will result in disqualification.

4.  One randomly chosen winner will receive a MINDstyle Conehead figure by Germs.
5. Winner must respond to our notification within 72 hours.

285 Replies to “MINDstyle’s Conehead by Germs + Giveaway”

  1. nice piece of art work!!!! another beautiful piece mindstyle wit the art work of germs.

  2. Wow! MindStyle is doing it BIG with the release of this piece. What a way to innovate.

  3. woot!! one of these days i’m gonna win something.
    i’m a driver and a winner….things are gonna change i can feel it….

  4. Wow, that looks really nice! Maybe I can pick one up at SDCC(or win one here lol)

  5. This is the way of the future, a move away from figures that look like they’ve been mass produced, even if they’re not.

  6. This is definitely a MUST HAVE! Just incredible…
    Big props to MINDstyle for taking this to the next level.The company to watch, for sure.

  7. This is definitely a MUST HAVE! Just incredible…
    Big props to MINDstyle for taking this to the next level.The company to watch, for sure.

  8. A write up on the current state of color printing on figures (pads, masks etc) would be very cool, I can’t seem to find a good source for that info online.

  9. A write up on the current state of color printing on figures (pads, masks etc) would be very cool, I can’t seem to find a good source for that info online.

  10. I’ve been a fan of Germs for a good while now and am so excited to see him jumpin’ in to the vinyl arena. The piece looks great so far and I can’t wait to get my hands on one!

  11. I’ve been a fan of Germs for a good while now and am so excited to see him jumpin’ in to the vinyl arena. The piece looks great so far and I can’t wait to get my hands on one!

  12. It would be nice if the background came with. It really adds to the menace of the piece.

  13. It would be nice if the background came with. It really adds to the menace of the piece.

  14. word! now i can add this bad boy to my collection; i wish girls appreciated toys like i do, theyre like “why dont you get a job instead of smoking pot all day and listening to underground hip hop” im like “you dont understand! hip hop is my life!” then theyre like ” dude grow up. maybe if you didnt waste all your money on toys you would have a car and maybe a life outside of myspace.”

  15. word! now i can add this bad boy to my collection; i wish girls appreciated toys like i do, theyre like “why dont you get a job instead of smoking pot all day and listening to underground hip hop” im like “you dont understand! hip hop is my life!” then theyre like ” dude grow up. maybe if you didnt waste all your money on toys you would have a car and maybe a life outside of myspace.”

  16. The quality of toys MINDstyle is producing is phenominal… The amount of detail in the Dark Crystal figures is top notch. And now, with figures like the Conehead being introduced, we’re re-living a level of toy making only our grandparents can appreciate… Great work, MINDstyle.

  17. The quality of toys MINDstyle is producing is phenominal… The amount of detail in the Dark Crystal figures is top notch. And now, with figures like the Conehead being introduced, we’re re-living a level of toy making only our grandparents can appreciate… Great work, MINDstyle.

  18. This sounds like a very exciting painting technique. I’m very curiuos to see what the final results look like. Anyway, very cool toy it reminds me of a shogun warrior.

  19. This sounds like a very exciting painting technique. I’m very curiuos to see what the final results look like. Anyway, very cool toy it reminds me of a shogun warrior.

  20. Wow! simply incredible, I hope I win. I actually want one really bad! please pick me. . . I’ll be your bestest pal in the whole world!!!

  21. Wow! simply incredible, I hope I win. I actually want one really bad! please pick me. . . I’ll be your bestest pal in the whole world!!!

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