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Jul 03, 2008
I.W.G. Astro Krieg Minis @ SDCC
Rocketworld’s Insurgent Wilderness Gruppo (I.W.G) warriors have always taken it to lazy, wasteful and careless humans. Now, they’re ready to fight the evil-doing homo sapiens all over the planet and beyond. Here’s the first look at the painted I.W.G. Astro Krieg minis (3.5” tall) -- Titus the Grizzly Bear, Affonso the White Rhino and Hannibal the Mountain Guerilla. These hand-painted protos look awesome (the final editions will have colorway specific bubble helmets).
The Astro Krieg warriors will be available in three main colorways – Covert Space Pirate Black w/Laser Green Bubble Helmet, Classic Galactic Silver w/Ice Clear Bubble Helmet and New World Eco-Green with Laser Orange Bubble Helmet. Each cosmically-inclined warrior is ready for battle with their armored hunter space suits, bubble helmets, removable Jet Pack, Eco-Dyne Death Ray Pistols and Human-Skull Trophies. Each is good to go as a pilot in the I.W.G. Rocket Ship and the Astro Krieg Flying Saucer Attack Craft.
There’s also an SDCC exclusive Moon GID w/Ice Clear Bubble Helmet version of each of the three figures (100 pieces each). The Astro Krieg minis will debut at SDCC in Rocketworld’s booth (#4633) and retail for $13.95 in window-boxes.
We’re excited about these and looking forward to seeing the fully finished figures including the Jet Packs. More pics after the jump.
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Easy Hey’s Kid Onion by Artoyz Original
Artoyz is currently exhibiting at the Bread & Butter tradeshow (7.2 – 7.4) in Barcelona. Of the most interest to toy fans are the two new toy projects from Artoyz Originals. We’re going to rock them separately, so first up is the very cool Kid Onion by Easy Hey. Very impressed with these first images directly from the Artoyz blog.
Dig the abstract pattern on the body which meshes nicely with the four shown color schemes. Rather than rely just on a paint application, the subtle sculpted details really add presence to the figure. The textures build to a very conspicuous finish at the top. On top of the very chill overall design, you’ve got a cool character from the streamlined and stylish face to the funky curved arms (note the itty bitty fingers) and legs. Plus, he’s got kicks. Color us impressed. From Kid Onion to the Elements mini-figs, Easy Hey is really throwing down with his character design skills. Click through for a close up shot.
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Bunka Chaos Monkey @ Bread and Butter
First shown right here on Vinyl Pulse’s Proto Monday, Bunka’s Chaos Monkey is only display @ Bread and Butter (7.2 – 7.4) in the Artoyz Originals booth. The quick pic from the Artoyz blog shows the standard color, an unpainted one and perhaps a different colorway at the back. More info shortly!
Burning Anger Stomp (7.5.08)
While Squirm has been center stage recently, Super7 hasn’t forgotten about Stomp, the first figure released in their Snakes of Infinity line. Back with a vengeance, Burning Anger Stomp rocks clear red vinyl with metallic green, gold, black and red sprays. Love the retro look – especially the metallic gold hits. Wait… That looks like a toy from the 70’s… Yes it does, thank you very much!
Burning Anger Stomp drops this Saturday July 25th 2008(11 AM PDT) @ the Super7 Store in SF, online and from S7 Distribution Network retailers for $50 each. You’ve been warned.
Super7 Store
1630 Post Street
San Francisco, CA 94115
415.409.4700
1134 NYC x Thunderdog – MIRF West Coast Drop
Thunderdog Studios will drop 1134 NYC’s MIRF on the west coast in a two-city spread: LA on Wednesday, July 9th (7-10 PM) @ Rogue Status & SF on Thursday, July 10th (10-2 AM) @ Icon Ultra Lounge. Both release events will feature live performances by hip-hop trio Team Facelift and are sponsored by Vapors Mag.
Created by MINT and SERF, the MIRF (9”) is the first wall-mounted graffiti tag vinyl collectible. It comes in a slick white & silver foil slide-out package complete with flocked tray and Tdog emblazoned wall-mounting hardware. It’s available in four colorways – East Coast (Black Matte and White Matte) & West Coast (Black Glossy and White Glossy). Each edition is limited to 200 pieces. We’re guessing that this drop is for the Glossy editions only, but we’ll confirm shortly.
Rogue Status
1720 Main Street
Venice, CA
Icon Ultra Lounge
1192 Folsom Street
San Francisco, CA
Junko Mizuno – The Kappa Show (7.3.08)
Junko Mizuno’s conjuring aquatic spirits with ‘The Kappa Show’ opening tonight – Thursday, July 3rd [6 PM] at MOSHi MOSHi in Portland. For this ‘mini-show’, Junko has created three large paintings and thirty smaller pieces on Japanese paper -- each featuring Kappa or Japanese water spirits.
Junko’s work which blends seemingly cute images with a decidedly darker undercurrent and subject matter is quite popular. Given the smaller size of some of these pieces, this might be a great opportunity to pick up an original. The show pieces should be online tomorrow night. More pics after the jump.
MOSHi MOSHi
916 West Burnside
Portland Oregon 97209
503.227.8253
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Attaboy @ SDCC
Recently spotted on Attaboy’s Flickr page is a silhouette of a new looking figure. He goes by The Pound (8in), will be hand painted and drops in limited-numbers at the San Diego Comic Con. He will be available at the Attaboy/Hi-Fructose booth (#4939) along with some other goodies. Last year Attaboy brought us 20 Qwezshuns, this year it’s The Pound. Be sure to keep on the look out for more information within the next week.
