« November 28, 2009 | Main | December 1, 2009 »
Nov 30, 2009
DCon 2009: Strangekiss Booth
The Strangekiss booth at DCon attracted many attendees with their huge sale. They went bigger and better this year with the booth space that they acquired. All it was, was a huge banner with their name on it and piles on top of piles of discounted toys. You cannot go wrong with that!
Continue reading "DCon 2009: Strangekiss Booth"
Naughty & Nice Dunny Gift Set By Reactor-88
Reactor-88, known for his Totem-inspired custom toys, brings us something a little different for the holiday season. He's utilized the Tofu Head 3-inch Dunny from Kidrobot's 2009 Dunny Series for this fun set of gift box-based customs. Each Gift Dunny has a metallic paint job (the green really shows it) and is finished off with real, metallic ribbon. He even hand-tied the small gift bows on the tops of the heads. As an added detail, he created small "Naughty" and "Nice" tags for each gift custom. Reactor-88 will only be offering these special holiday customs as a set (one red/one green)- priced at $60 plus shipping. Rumor has it these will be up in his webstore this Wednesday. With only seven sets available, there's a good chance these will be gone just as fast as this holiday season is.
Most Wanted: Messageboard Artist Series
Most Wanted is a unique and ambitious project – a blind-boxed Dunny series with a twist. The figures were designed and hand-done by noted customizers chosen from the Kidrobot Message board. Think about that, a blind-boxed series done completely by hand.
Organized by mANNEe, timselF and Igor Ventura the home-spun DIY series features designs by AW177, DEL730, DFed, Draifet, FAS, Flying Fortress, Gawein, Grimsheep, Igor Ventura, Luihz Unreal, Lysol, Mike Die, Nikejerk, RSIN ,Sergio Mancini, timselF, Wuz One
Most Wanted has been sold out for a spell via pre-order. As the ship date approaches collectors are anxious to check out the real McCoys. Many people are curious if the final hand-done figures could live up to the high-standards set with the strong vector-art shown on the series poster and insert handouts. After seeing some of the finished pieces at DesignerCon (above), the answer is a resounding yes.
Vinyl Pulse recently had the pleasure of checking out two never-before-seen MW Dunnys courtesy of mANEEe: the Sergio Mancini variant and the Grimsheep chase. Check ‘em after the jump.
Continue reading "Most Wanted: Messageboard Artist Series"
Shin Tanaka – Nobler Sensitivity T-Boy
One Up has just dropped the newest edition of their T-Boy figure from Japanese artist Shin Tanaka. T-Boy Nobler Sensitivity brings an ecclectic yellow and purple color scheme. Get it now for 6930 yen (~ $80). Those of us in LA are partial to those colors even though it’s just a happy coincidence – purple and yellow represent “art sense” in the world of color therapy.
Martin Hsu for End of the Naught (12.4)
Here’s a preview of a couple of LA artist Martin Hsu’s paintings for the End of the Naught group show opening this Friday, December 4th (7-10 PM) @ Fabric8 gallery in San Francisco. Shown above we have Lily’s Kitty (24” x 36”) and after the jump there’s The Gallant Lotus Blossom (36” x 36”). End of the Naught also features work from Leon Loucheur, Micah Lebrun, Skriblz, and Telopa.
Fabric8
3318 22nd Street
San Francisco
Continue reading "Martin Hsu for End of the Naught (12.4)"
Ferg – Misfortune Cat Letterpress Print
Playge’s Misfortune Cat Letterpress print (10” x 12”, 2 color) by Ferg brings a nice 2D rendition of his wayward cat. It’d look great on a wall above the vinyl figure. Limited to 100 pieces, the print drops this Friday, December 3rd @ Noon EST from the Playge web shop.
Continue reading "Ferg – Misfortune Cat Letterpress Print"
Hello Brute x Jon Knox – Hoophy #12
Hello Brute (Jon Knox) has teamed up with Shin Tanaka for an excellent Hoophy paper toy release(#12) for December. The facial expression peering out from the hoody works really well – very evocative. As with all of Shin’s paper toys, this one is free for the download. So go get it, print it out and build it. While you’re at it check out the other 11 previous designs including figures from Jon Burgerman, Dave Flores, Koa, Skwak David Horvath and more.
Joe Ledbetter – Jackalope Print
Joe Ledbetter released his humorous and spiffy Jackalope giclee print today. Limited to 200 signed and numbered pieces, the 16” x 20” prints are available for a very reasonable $60. Dig the wall-mounted effect with a very classy background wallpaper image. A smaller edition ‘bloody’ version limited to just 10 pieces ($100) has already sold out as you might expect.
Continue reading "Joe Ledbetter – Jackalope Print"
