GID Visible Qee Bear now in stock

Click here to buy the 7" Glow in the Dark Visible Qee Bear by Toy2R

Scott Tolleson Uncle Argh Mini Qee now in stock

Click here to buy the Scott Tolleson Uncle Argh Mini Qee!

Slurg + das mo = IronCloud

Founded by Dust (David Stegmann), Slurg (Joachim Lau) and das mo (Timo Wirtz) in 2010, IronCloud was created to provide toy fans worldwide with handmade high quality designer toys and sculptures. Slurg & das mo have started casting their new toy a couple weekends ago.

Personally, I am a big fan of the work of each of these guys, so I'm really psyched to see what they come up with. For now, Timo has left me with a few shots of their studio and works-in-progress:

QiQi vinyl toys by Creo Design

OK, it's always a little difficult to figure out what's going on with new companies, or rather, foreign companies I've never heard of. Inevitably the names and characters presented in these press releases are alien-sounding, and the information is garbled at best. 

Above teaser is for an upcoming vinyl toy called QiQi, made by a company called Creo Design. This character was designed by "one of Malaysia's greatest Character designers, Monster Little creator ZIQI." I've never heard of ZIQI but I guess that's the name of a person. Ah yes: Ziqi Wu.

ZIQI says the following about QiQi:

"QiQi is a cute and adventurous little red monster. He loves to explore and try out new things. He especially loves doing these with his friends. You will never get bored when you are with QiQi."

Apparently QiQi will come in 4 colorways, with an additional series of special Limited Edition versions. Soooo... basically there will be lots of colorways. More info will be announced in 2012.

I do sincerely hope that Jeremy Brautman appreciates my effort in this particular blog post. In an attempt to achieve the coveted unique content that Jeremy champions, I have broken down the confusing Creo Design press release email into smaller, more easily digestible chunks of confusing information. 

Jeremy, thank you for keeping me honest. Hopefully my next blog post will be a cut-and-paste job.

Rampage Toys Holiday Kaiju Invasion Monday Dec 12

I'm gonna piss Jeremy Brautman off and copy and paste what Jon Malmstedt just emailed to me. Jeremy is a great writer who is a big fan of doing your own research and writing your own copy for blog posts. I totally agree with his viewpoint, yet I am going to just plain paste this text in to my blog to see if I can get him all riled up:

So, amidst the longest wait I have yet to have for new Ugly Unicorn Vinyl (there's a serious back-up at the factories after the con season and all...), I decided it would be a good time to do some good ol' custom kaiju handpaints.  I had a handful of M1GO and Bullmark figures sitting around unpainted, and one or two blank Unicorns, so I managed to get quite the little bundle assembled :-)

These guys will go Live in my shop on Monday at 8PM EST (Stateside) - which is 10AM on Tuesday here in Japan.  Always a juggling event to figure out the right time for this stuff...

Anyway, I've attached a pic, and it basically tells the whole story - bright colors on various colors of vinyl.  It was fun to paint a bunch of different platforms - especially since things are about to TAKE OFF with Ugly Unicorn production!  Lots of projects in the works for 2012!  First up, a new color of vinyl for 2 releases - more on that soon (I hope!) ;-)

More pictures of the "Holiday Kaiju Invasion Squad" are on the Flickr, here.

George and his AMAZING BLUE DISPENSING MACHINEEEEEE!

This is a one off design by Tesselate, limited to just one.
George and his Amazing Blue Dispensing Machine is handmade in resin, foamex, acrylic and super sculpey.
Painted in acrylics, spray paints and decorated with posca pens, and finished off with a few coats of clear acrylic sealer. The Amazing Blue Dispensing Machine stands at 7.5inches / 19cm tall.

Head on over to http://www.madebytesselate.com to find out more!

Also coming soon to the Tenacious Toys shop from Tesselate: The Double B Squad custom Munny set! We're super stoked to start working with Tesselate!

The Police Brutality Coloring Book

A guy I recently met named Joe Heaps orchestrated, compiled and printed up this Police Brutality Coloring Book, which you can see and buy here for just $12. Featuring 46 contemporary artists, this zine/art project was created in response to the recent wave of excessive force used by the police in U.S. cities. I saw the first copy in person when I met Joe. It's wonderful. Worth the $12 just for the Shepard Fairey back cover.

Askew Rangers customs by Josh Mayhem

Josh Mayhem Presents: “The Askew Rangers” - Heavily armed creatures from the forest of the future battling for supremacy in a world where survival of the fittest is the only law of the jungle. 

This custom series displays vibrant colors and crisp lines utilizing simple paint foundations as complimentary backdrops to an overwhelming display of weaponry and accessories. A recycling element is seen as an underlying tone in this collection. Pieces of scrap metal, wires from vintage electronics and weaponry accessories from the creator's massive collection of vintage action figures serve as a reminder of the rooted toy history and originality each individual piece holds. 

Every Askew Ranger has some form of a working component to it including working lights, spring loaded and moveable devices, and removable elements that evoke the versatility of an action figure with the visual aesthetic of a vinyl toy.

See more images here.

Also, see more from the current group exhibition at Crewest Gallery.

TaskOne Jaws custom commission

high and dry (a custom Coarse Toys Jaws figure commission by TaskOne)
1. Lit. [for water] to recede and leave someone untouched. The waters receded and left us high and dry.
2. Fig. to leave someone unsupported and unable to maneuver; to leave someone helpless.

Argonaut Resins x Robbie Busch Holiday Release Dec 7th

This Holiday custom release will be with artist Robbie Busch, featuring custom work on the 8 inch resin Pharaoh Hounds. The Hell Hounds will be a five piece run with 3 RedHots, 1 blue chase Hell Freeze Over and a uber clear tint Red Hot chase and will come with a acrylic painting on the cover of each box by artist Robbie Busch.

Also included in this release will be a few 6 inch EL DIABLO resins for those who may have missed out on the other sold out versions, and a group of original art pieces painted up by Robbie Busch with Acrylic Gouache on 4"x4" inch canvasses.

The Hell Hounds, EL DIABLO's and mini canvasses will go on sale this Wednesday Dec. 7 at 9PM Est. time in the Argonaut Resins online store.

 

Shawn Wigs Candy Licker custom Dunnys series in stock

Shawn Wigs created 100 different custom 3" Dunnys for his Candy Licker series, and packed each of them in custom-made blind boxes with a hand-written, signed and numbered card. The Candy Licker package comes with the Candy Licker CD single he recorded with Method Man of the Wu-Tang Clan. We are lucky to have a large quantity of Candy Lickers for you to pick and choose from at $50 per custom. Click here to buy them!

The Manly Art Blog: R5-A3 (3A Armstrong/1977 MPC R2-D2 Mash-Up)

The Manly Art Blog: R5-A3 (3A Armstrong/1977 MPC R2-D2 Mash-Up)

New tokidoki plushes on the way!

Three cool new 9-inch tall fleece plushes from tokidoki will be arriving soon! Donutella (above), Stellina and Kaiju are $19.95 each and all can be preordered from our website now!

tokidoki Stellina Unicorno plush

tokidoki Kaiju plush