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Sep 21, 2010

Lemi 5-inch mini plush sets now in stock (Americas Exclusive)

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We continue to be very impressed with the work that Eric of Thunderpanda puts into his plush toy releases: his 5-inch mini versions of Lemi the Space Wanderer just arrived, and the set is amazing! The three plushes come packed in a 10-inch zippered bag, screen printed with Lemis all over it. There is a magnet and a sticker in there as well. You get the whole set for just $25! Tenacious Toys is the exclusive retailer of these plush sets in the Americas. You can buy yours now here.
Each Lemi plush has a lanyard with either a suction cup or keyring at the end. The blue colorway is limited to 150 pieces worldwide, the pink to 100, and the green plushes are limited to just 50 pieces. Eric recently had his first solo show at Plastic Culture!

How to make your own blind-box series: Step #37 (gather printed materials)

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Step #37 (gather printed materials): 
Gather the stickers you made to apply to the outside of the boxes, as well as the ratio cards you had printed up. Count remaining stickers you have left after that. 
Do you have enough to throw one into every blind box, along with the ratio card? 
Yes, you do. 
Take fuzzy pics with your terrible webcam so that you can show everyone by posting to your blog.

John Stokes custom Jouwe: "HoneyPot Stroll"

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Our friend and fellow blogger John "Spanky" Stokes has been developing his own customizing style over the past couple years, and I think this is one of his most successful pieces thus far: a custom Jouwe for the group show at Toy Art Gallery in LA. John writes:

After watching the National Geographic channel, I got inspiration from the deep sea dwelling fish... more specifically the "Angler Fish" that has a long node of filament and attached to the end is a ball of bio-luminescence that the fish uses to lure his prey closer to eat them... and as you can see that is kinda what I did when creating the "HoneyPot" Stroll. The figure itself was sculpted on using magic sculpt, wire, tin foil, and I also used faux fur, a glass eye, wood stain, acrylic paints and other misc objects. I also created the "HoneyPot" with resin and inserted a self-contained LED unit with a built in switch.

Nice work Spanky! 

Sep 20, 2010

SNEAK PEEK: Ratio cards for our Custom Marshall blind-box series

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The final piece of the puzzle: now that we have these sweet double-sided ratio cards printed (big thanks to Bryan Collins!) I have everything I need to pack up our Custom Marshall blind-box series!
After I add one of these ratio cards to each box, I'll apply our stickers, seal the boxes and mix them all around. Will post up images and/or video of those steps this week as we prepare for the release of this series next Sunday, September 26th at 9pm EST.

Emilio Garcia 8-inch Brain Pattern Qee coming soon

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From the creative mind behind the Jumping Brain figure comes the newest Qee creation – the 8inch Brain Pattern Qee. Set to drop at  the beginning of October – this limited edition artist Qee will be available at Tenacious Toys. Drop us an email if you're interested; we'll bill you only when these are ready to ship to us. I'd anticipate the pricing to be along the same lines as other 8-inch Qees: $55 to $65.

A fantastic treat for this confectionary filled month, this will be Emilio’s first production Qee figure and Toy2R is proud to share it with all of the world. It is a worthy follow-up to Emilio's first endeavor with Toy2R- the wildly popular 2-inch Jumping Brain keychains.

Also, don't forget to enter Toy2R's 15 Weeks to Celebrate 15 Years Contest - Week Two begins today!!

Sep 19, 2010

Tenacious Toys Custom Marshall Blind Box Series reveal: Steve Talkowski

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Steve "Sketchbot" Talkowski is a man that needs no introduction. He successfully organized one of the best custom shows I've ever been to at MyPlasticHeart, and he's got round 2 in the works with even MORE great artists customizing his Sketchbot figure (incidentally, we also sell Steve's Sketchbot v.1 figure in our shop). 
His custom work is bright, clean and professional. But aside from all that, Steve is one of the most frenetically happy people I've ever met. He is incredibly positive and welcoming. Just a great guy. 
I gave him 3 Marshalls to customize for our blind-box series, and he did them up in paint schemes to match his Sketchbots: 3 Marshalls in 3 different colorways. Above is the pic of the Marshall custom version of Steve's v.1 Sketchbot colorway. Below is the v.1 Sketchbot:

Sep 17, 2010

Ron English Popaganda mini figures in stock

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After quite a long wait, we are happy to announce that we now have MINDstyle's Ron English Popaganda mini figures in stock!
They're window-boxed so you can choose whichever ones you want out of the 11 figures in the series.
Price is $14.99 and you can buy them from us here.

Sep 16, 2010

Silver Tuttz Wave 2 release date Sunday Sep 19

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Behold: the final images of Wave 2 of our Exclusive Silver Tuttz figures from Argonaut Resin! We will be releasing them for sale this Sunday, September 19th at 9pm EST (that's 6pm West Coast time) in the Exclusives section of our website.
Wave 2 consists of 6 blind-boxed Tuttz figures: 4 metallic Silver figures, one Blue Haze variant and one Cosmic Underworld variant. So no matter which one you get it's gonna be pretty darn cool, and EXTREMELY limited in nature. 
As with all Tuttzs, each figure is numbered and comes packed with a certificate of authenticity and a Tuttz story card.
Price will be $55 plus shipping. One per person.
Thank you, thank you THANK YOU to END for Argonaut for putting superhuman effort and lots of time into his Tuttz project, and for blessing our shop with the opportunity to secure an exclusive colorway. We are VERY grateful!!

Matt Siren Ghost Girl "Pac-Man" 4-colorway set

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This is incredibly awesome and beautiful to me: mphlabs created a 4-figure set of Matt Siren's Ghost Girl figure colors that match those of the ghosts in the original Pac-Man game. Price per figure is $50, and they are available separately. Please contact us via email if you want in on one or all of these, quantities are limited and we need to get an order in fast!

Sep 15, 2010

Tenacious Toys Exclusive Silver Tuttz Wave 2 work-in-progress image

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I could be biased, but I think Wave 2 of our Exclusive Silver Tuttz figures by Argonaut Resins could be the most beautiful collection of Tuttzs I've ever seen. These blind-boxed figures will be for sale this upcoming weekend at $55 each in our Exclusives section.
6 figures: 4 in our classic shiny silver colorway, 1 Cosmic Underworld variant (middle) and 1 Blue Haze variant (right).
Will post exact date/time later this week, along with images of finished figures. Above image is a work-in-progress shot.

JonPaul Kaiser's 5" Mini Qee Samurai Pumpkin - GID Edition

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I think my favorite seasonal toy offerings are those that come out just before Halloween... they usually involve either skeletons or pumpkins. This one's a glowing pumpkin Samurai. I bet he could carve a mean jack-o-lantern!
Diggin this new head sculpt Toy2R is producing! Here's the press release:

"The samurai code - loyalty, devotion and honor to the death."

JonPaul Kaiser's Samurai Pumpkin comes out of the night with stealth and precision. Rarely seen and never heard - this warrior follows the same path.

Toy2R is pleased to announce this very special and limited edition of the newly launched Mini Qee platform utilizing JonPaul's incredible design to create a warrior of unique character.

Dropping next month, the Glow in the Dark edition will strike in time for Halloween - so be quick and beware - others may be seeking the same.
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