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Sep 08, 2010
Studio 54 Boss Carrion @ NYCC & Super Festival 54
Whenever Paul Kaiju posts something on his flickr, it’s always good news. He uploaded a nice photo of his next upcoming batch of Boss Carrions and tells us that they will be available at both Super Festival 54 in Japan and at NYCC. If you are lucky, you will also be able to score one online. The base of this Boss are in a Milky Vinyl with yellow spray and a nice array of colors. More release info coming soon!
Keithing – Myth Warriors Update
Keith Poon shares with us another WIP of an upcoming figure from his Myth Warrior series. This is the head of the Dragon Warrior, which goes on the body that we last posted about HERE. All the sculpting was done by Antonio Montalvo and we should be seeing the final pics very soon. Stay tuned.
Seen: Itokin Park's Molding and Casting Workshop II
Itokin Park concluded his workshop Wednesday night focusing on helping students to cast their toys and objects from the molds they created last night. Students quickly gravitated towards using tint within the two-part resin mix for colored pieces. Itokin also demonstrated the use of a two part mold to cast one of Amanda Visell's Jackalope figures including instruction on creating air channels to ensure accurate casts. Stay tuned for word of the next Switcheroo workshop.
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Stage 3 Art Toys – Scion Racers
In an interesting crossover between designer toys and motorsports, Stage 3 Art Toys has just released the Scion Racers S1 featuring five 3” mini-figures featuring designs inspired by racers and partners of Scion’s Racing Division. The Scion figures are part of Stage 3 Art Toys’ brand new Gear Head Iconz series. Featuring an oversized helmet-shaped head, the figures also including racing themed accessories including a steering wheel and large wrench. The five figures in this first series feature : Tanner Foust, Ken Gushi, Chris Rado, Rogue Status and Fatlace. The deco on these looks to be pretty sharp.
Each of the five Scion Racer figures are available individually from the Scion Racing Store for $7.95 each. They will also be available at the upcoming Formula Drift events where they will apparently be sold blind-assortment style.
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Mathias Päres -- KeyBotz S1: Scandinavian Masters
Looking to build a designer toy community and industry in his native country, Swedish advertising creative Mathias Päres has just released the Keybotz : Scandinavian Masters mini-figures (2.5”). As the name hints, the Keybotz design combines a mini-figure design with a clever key holder – the toy allows the owner to insert and store two keys which then serve as the toy’s ‘arms’. In a fun nod to the frenetic, all encompassing nature of collecting, Mathias has conceived a tongue-in-cheek ‘vinyl toy religion’ which is immediately recognizable from the shiny gold bible style Keybotz boxes.
The first series features seven figures from Scandinavian designers and is available now directly from keybotz.com from $20.00 each. The next series will focus on Japanese artists including Mad Barbarians, Itokin Park, Uamou and more.
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Brian McCarty: Art-Toys Signing @ La Luz De Jesus (9.9)
Toy photographer extraordinaire Brian McCarty will be signing his new Art-Toys book (Baby Tattoo) on Thursday, September 9th @ La Luz De Jesus from 6-9 PM. The book documents McCarty’s body of work capturing the essence of toys (designer, mainstream and otherwise) through over 100 full-color toy portraits as well his recollection of the shoots. Come on out, meet the man behind the lens and pick-up a signed copy.
La Luz De Jesus Gallery
4633 Hollywood Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90027
