Huck Gee x Fresh - Aswang Puto

This bloody she-vampire is Aswang Puto -- Huck Gee's next resin figure collab with Fresh Manila.  The figure concept is based around the Philippino Aswang vampiric myth.   Very nice shape -- sexy  with a hint of evil -- luscious paint job as well.

Pixie x Coarse – TTF Jaws Switch

In the final stages of his life, Jaws Switch emerges from his decrepit barracks and into the unforgiving wild. The military themed Jaws Switch, the latest from Mark Landwehr and  Coarse Toys, will be released on July 9th as Pixie's  exclusive at TTF.  This new Noop stands 13” tall with his shark crown and comes in a high-end cardboard box, featuring an elastic band closure and foam insert which is apparently standard Coarse packaging issue now.   It will go on sale on July 9th at Pixie's TTF booth and also for those not in Taipei, on Coarse HKG on July 9th @ 10 AM HK time (7 pm PDT on 7.8) for HK$2200  (~$275) which includes global shipping.

As a companion to the new Jaws Switch, Coarse is also releasing a Jaws Switch Keychain (2.5") on July 9th for HK$80 (~ $10). 

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Pez Vinyl by Nukod

Pez has been drawing his eponymous Pez (fish) character on metal shutters and buildings around his home town of Barcelona and across the globe for a decade or so.  Now, comes his first original vinyl figure featuring his grinning fish from Nukod.  It’s available now directly from Nukod’s web shop.

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Sergey Safonov -- Kluth the R'Lyeh Student

Sergey Safonov has just unveiled the third and final figure in his Moon Wanderers resin series -- Kluth the R'Lyeh student.  The sculpting and prototyping of this difficult figure combining the sharp edges of the boat and the organic shapes of Kluth was done by the Crazylabel prototyping division.  This latest figure was inspired by Safonov’s love of H.P. Lovecraft.  As with the other Moon Wanderers figures, Sergey will create hand-done editions of Kluth.

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Huck Gee – 10” Striped Skullhead MADL (7.3)

Following up on his recent drop of the B&W 10” Skullhead MADL’s, Huck Gee will released a limited-edition custom 10” Striped Skullhead MADL (ed. of 10, $750) complete with wings this Friday, July 3rd (Noon PDT) @ Huck’s eBay store.   If you remember way back to 2005, you’ll recognize this design from Huck’s piece in the 20” MADL show (the first custom show we had the pleasure to see in person).

Kenny Wong x Ferg – Copperhead Squadt @ TTF

Ferg's Project Squadt just got even hotter with the reveal of Kenny Wong’s Copperhead Squadt featuring his long-running deep sea diver concept.  Instead of just one cool edition, there will be three versions, each will debut at TTF and will go on sale at a later date.

Introducing Bic Buddies – COPE2, Jesse Hernandez, and kaNO

While maybe it’s true that you can’t buy friends, you can buy buddies.  The new Bic Buddy platform figure designed by Marka27 for Bic Plastics will debut with the upcoming August release of Series 1 featuring major up and coming artists. 

Since this is a brand new shape, here’s a look at the blank figure – definitely “taller and chunkier than your average 3” vinyl toy”. The base seen in these picture setups is not part of the figure and was used solely for display purposes.  Not missing any details, Bic Plastics has created a special version of the figure with accessory ports for designs that need them, such as the winged characters.  For characters without accessories, no distracting  holes… Very nice.

We know you’re probably thinking, show me the toys!  So starting today, we’ll bring you a look at three Bic Buddy designs each Tuesday, until you’ve seen ‘em all.  We kick off our  previews of this brand-new platform series with designs by graffiti Legend COPE2, Jesse Hernandez, and kaNO.

Bic Plastics will release a special SDCC exclusive version of Jesse Hernandez’s design. Then in  August, the Bic Buddy artist series 1 will launch for $7.95 per blind box (25 per case) with release events scheduled at Toy Tokyo (NYC), Munky King (Los Angeles), and Rotofugi (Chicago). 

After the jump, close-up shots of the three Bic Buddy designs plus bios of each artist.  Check back next Tuesday for your first look at another trio of designs.

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SDCC Exclusive Star Wars Luke Dagobah Variant Mimobot

On the heels of their recent announcement of the new Star Wars Series 4 Mimobots USB Flash Drives, Mimoco has revealed an SDCC exclusive Luke Dagobah variant of the S4 Darth Vader Unmasked Mimobot.  Limited to 500 pieces, this 'con exclusive is based around Skywalker's dark  vision on Dagobah.  At least 100 pieces of this exclusive will be available each day of SDCC at Mimoco's booths (#2913 and #4938).

MAD: Guest Blogger on VPeast

We are happy to have MAD blogging on our sister site, VPeast. He posted up a picture of some goodies he received from a new series of mini figures by  AdFunture & Dacosta, that being his MADIDAS Chibi Charms. He announced that he will be giving a away his Chibi Charm to three lucky people who post a comment on his post here.

Kuso Vinyl x Itokin Park Iti-Pinhead In Production

We got to see some pictures of the production going on for Itokin Park’s Iti-Pinhead from Kuso Vinyl. We get some insight on what the process is to make toys as well as the molding process. We hope to hear the release date on this little spikey headed Itokin Piece soon. Pictures after the jump.

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Ferg - Chipp Specimen 002 [Launch Party]

Woot!  Ferg's SQUADT  train rolls right along and we couldn't be happier.  Next up, the Launch Party Squadts which come with a new weapon -- RPG, baby.  First out of the door is Chipp Specimen 002 with day-glo orange accents.  Dig the snazzy and stylish attire, complete with tie ?!?!   Rocket propelled grenades start flying on July 13th @ Noon CST.

Juki - Umikozou (6.27)

 

When it rains it pours.  Juki makes the jump to production vinyl with not one but two figures.  In addition to Kamaokojyo (below), One Up has just released the first color editions of Umikozou for 2940 yen each (~ $33) .  While the paint app on Kamaokojyo is fairly straightforward, Umikozu on the other hand has a really nice red, pink, purple gradient paint scheme complete with blue eyes.  Speaking of the eyes, there are two separate editions of this one, each with different blue eyes -- one has 'pearl' (opaque) eyes while the other has 'diamond' (transparent) eyes.

Umikozou is our favorite Juki piece so far -- it's quirky yet solid as a design.  It's fuel for imagination.

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Juki - Kamaokojyo (6.27)

The first full color version of Kamaokojyo created by Japanese designer Juki and produced by One Up will be released this Saturday (6.27) -- which means they've probably already dropped in Japan.  The fire red and yellow weasel-like figure is made in Japan and  will go for 2940 yen ( ~ 31 USD).

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Devilrobots - Smery and Bad Friends II Minis

Following up on the stinky but oh so cute Smery tofu mini series one, Devilrobots is back with the  misbehaved sequel -- Smery and Bad Friends (1.5").  Produced by Phalanx Creative, series two features 10 total designs -- 8 regular characters(Angry, Allury, Drunky, Theafy, Bully, Poory, Sicky, Gobly) and 2 secret.  The new series launches at TTF (7.9 - 7.12) for $5.99 per blind-box.

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Artdenka x Olla-Boku -- Skullbox Hell-O-Plush

Looking to lend the appeal of plush to their Skullbox vinyl figure, Artdenka has teamed up with Taiwanese artist Olla-Boku to create Skullbox Hell-O-Plush, plush costumes/skins that slip over the toy.    The three editions (Gabba, Din-R, and Prisoner) are available as costume only or as a set complete with figure at Tomenosuke Syoten.  In other Skullbox news, look for the next edition of the figure at SDCC in the DKE Toys booth.

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Kaiju Korner – Ilanena and Monstock Exclusives

Andy B. @ Kaiju Korner has put together a slew of exclusives for fans of Eastern vinyl.  Currently, he has the Kaiju Korner Rainbow Version Dai Kaiju Card Monsters trio  (alove) from Ilanena and two Kaiju Berry Mini Borugogons from Monstock (reg and secret). Limited supplies for all of these – go check ‘em out.  Up next ?  Itokin Park.

Jesse Hernandez’s Ozomahtli Proto

Back in March we brought you the first pics of Jesse Hernandez’s Ozomahtli figure (Bic Plastics) in sculpt form.  Things are moving along nicely as you can see in the shots of this resin proto.  The regal monkey looks great here, dripping with detail, even better than the original pics of the wax sculpt.  Stay tuned for pics of the color proto.

Sorayama x KAWS – No Future Companion

The gleaming Hajime Sorayama x KAWS No Future Companion metal figure (Medicom) has sold out online at KAWSONE and we strongly suspect sold out at Original Fake as well.  Kudos. A great high-end piece (ed. of 500, $980) bringing together the minds and talents of two visionary artist. Pieces such as this and Murakami’s Inochi really blur the line between art sculpture and toy – and that’s an awesome thing.   [Pica via KAWS blog via Complex]

David Horvath – Bossy Bear & Friends Galore

If you’ve David Horvath’s Bossy Bear series, Toy2R is going to make your summer with four separate releases spread across TTF and SDCC.  First, TTF will see the debut of the new 5” Just Bossy Bear assortment (assuming this means blind-boxed) featuring all Bossy Bear, all the time – different colorways and expressions.  Next up, the Lemony Fresh Special Edition Bossy Bear and Friends (previously referred to as ‘yellow' edition)of Bossy Bear, Turtle, and Crocadoca (300 each, numbered).

Finally, the newest member of the BB family, Crocadoca will be available in two extremely limited two tone GID editions each featuring five figures (eds. of 50).   For TTF there’s the GID Primary edition  and for SDCC there’s the GID DIY edition (unpainted).   See pics after the jump – don’t let the product names on the fliers confuse you – apparently they were changed at some point.

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G-Robot Artist Mini Series: Dacosta - SoulJah

 

Dacosta recently posted up full image shots of his design for the G-Robot Artist Mini series from adFunture. The whole series will be displayed at this years TTF. Dacosta’s piece is entitled SoulJah and we can’t wait to see what the artists come up with.

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adFunture’s Yoka S1 – Preview III

Here’s the latest look (3rd so far) at designs for adFunture's upcoming Yoka  Series1 mini-figs which will drop in July.  Left to right we have Arkiv, adFunture, and Huck Gee.  With the Yoka's, Mini-G's and more, adFunture is ready for the lazy days of summer. 

Coarsetoys – Paw! Milky Bliss (6.29)

Ever since the first Paw! monkey-rabbit possessing incredible strength and dexterity, Coarsetoys has been  without-a-doubt one of the hottest designer toy brands around.  Rumors of a new Paw! have swirled with some faithless onlookers wondering if the next edition could live up to the rare air standards of the previous releases.  A resounding YES.  Mark Landwehr (vp interview) and the Coarse crew just let the rabbit out of the bag or is that tree?

My first reaction to the pics of Paw! Milky Bliss (12”) ?  OMG (does that out me as a fan boy, rather than impartial toy journalist?).   According to his origin backstory, this Paw! grew to maturation on a fruit tree until the fateful date he burst free from his suspended shell.  The deceptively simple new edition features a white body with pink and blue accents – easy to describe, but the effect is breathtaking.  Here’s a massive, mean beast in pastel Easter colors – brilliant stuff. Coarse fans will recognize this color scheme (with a more intense blue this time around)from the upright Paw! resin sculpture from the NOOP show @ Rotofugi.  While we can’t quite make it out, it looks like Milky Bliss has grey spots on his massive back intermixed with the COARSE letters.

 

As if the toy wasn’t enough – the packaging  also lives up to Mark’s high standards.  For Milky Bliss, he’s changed it up entirely – gone are the highly textured cardboard boxes filled with those amazing COARSE letter ‘peanuts’.  Instead we get a ‘heavenly banana carrot box’ in the same white, pink and blue of the figure, complete with a felt leaf coming through the middle of the box’s stop.  The much-sought after package is held together not with a box flap, or a piece of circular tape, but a pink (of course) elastic band emblazoned with “Coarse”. The new Paw! lies in side not in a plastic clear blister, but a bed of shaped pink foam… the devil is in the details, and Coarse comes up aces again.

Do I seem excited?  Nah…. it’s your imagination. Ok, the nitty gritty details.  Paw! Milky Bliss goes on sale  online next Monday, June 29th @ 7 PM PDT from  Coarse HKG for $160 (a premium product, well worth every penny).  It will also be available  at the Pixie booth at this year’s TTF and from Pixie’s online store. Based on the teaser that’s going around, we also believe there’s going to be a camo-style JAWS figure released by Pixie at TTF as well. Got your plane tickets for Taipei yet ? It’s our favorite of the year, and this is just part of the reason why.  Hit the jump for plenty more pics. 

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LiLJAPAN – Noboryu Teaser

Hiro Hayashi (LiLJAPAN) will soon push his razor sharp art into the 3D realm with the release of his first limited-edition toy, Noboryu. Check out the teaser which features an obscured shot of the menacing dragon in proto form.When finished, this one should stand at roughly 7-8”.  Keep an eye out for more news.

Super7 Got Guts? Hood Zombie (06.27)

This Saturday, June 27th, Super7 will be releasing their newest Hood Zombie. It’s about time we finally get to see some clear vinyl action with some guts thanks to Dr. Killgore. His experimentation with invisibility turned the Hood Zombie’s skin crystal clear, but left the grotesque guts visible for everyone to see. Each figure comes with three different sets of guts, designed by Brian Flynn, Josh Herbolsheimer, and Lamour Supreme.

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Ashley Wood x 3A – Bambaboss DIY (24 hrs only)

To celebrate their one year anniversary, threeA is offering a special DIY version of Ashley Wood’s Bambaboss figure for 24 hours – which by my calculation means you have until 4 PM PDT on Wednesday, June 25th. It’s 11” to the top of the head, and nearly 13” to the tip of the smoke. Ships with three different face plates.  Buy it  for $46 and get to work -- ThreeA will post photos of custom Bambaboss’s to a special gallery located on their forthcoming new web site.