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Jan 18, 2012

Take mushroom pics; upload to FB; enter to win a TADO Funghi at 40% off

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With the Festive season still running thick (ahem) through his creative veins (cough cough) Creo Design is excited to announce a super discount offer for 10 super hard working TADO fans!

CD are offering a massive 40% off Funghi by TADO - that means you can get your Funghi for £30 or $45 ex delivery! To be selected for this cool offer fans must take their most creative photograph of a mushroom and post it on the Creo Design facebook page wall - www.facebook.com/creodesign - the 10 best will be picked by CD and TADO after the closing date of the 27 Jan 2012. 


Someone tell Spanky that mushroom heads do not count. The dubious phrasing of the above copy are certainly not an invitation to start donging the Creo Design FB page...

Marcela Maldonado's custom Maneki Nekos

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Marcela Maldonado (Marceland) shares with us her Maneki Neko customs:
I'm repainting Maneki Neko plastic dolls, the one with the moving arm, I repainted them with acrylics and, any subject, but specially pop culture icons such as comic superheroes, cartoon characters, anything even by request.


To learn more about Marceland customs and Crazy Cat Ladies, go to: 
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Jan 16, 2012

Davemarkart There's a Lil Monster Inside Us All

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DAVEMARKART aka Dave Webb has been creating like a madman... his latest piece "There's a Lil Monster Inside Us All" stands almost 5" tall. This one was created using Super Sculpey and then painted with acrylics. It has a matte finish with high-gloss eyes. You can purchase this piece here:

Dave's Corporate Monsters series, which was a Tenacious Toys Exclusive, is now sold out after 2 days.

You can keep up with Dave on Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/davemarkart

Bad Applez launching with "I'm a Bad Apple" online group show

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My friends and talented artists Mike NEMO Mendez and Rob OsirisOrion Ingellis are celebrating the launch of their company Bad Applez Inc. with an online group show they're calling "I'm a Bad Apple." Bad Applez Inc. is currently self-producing resin figures as well as garage kits that harken back to the good old days of DIY toy creation. 
Going live on Valentine's Day (February 14, for us idiot guys who might actually forget the date), the Bad Applez show will feature the works of 30 talented artists. You might have surmised that an apple will be the platform for this show- not rotten old real apples, but nice cheap plastic apples that NEMO found. You might have seen some of them posted on Facebook by the artists that received the platforms! 
Watch for more info posted here, on the Bad Applez site and lots of other blogs!


Fraziel in the Daylight custom by ValleyDweller

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Fraziel in the Daylight., originally uploaded by valleydweller.
Jeremy Dale aka ValleyDweller has updated his Flickr page to show what he's done in 2011- a year in review set, basically. Dude's been busy. His customs are tight. Check them out here. You can also follow him on Twitter: @valleydweller

JC Rivera x TazX Oozie Huntmouth collab customs

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Our friend JC Rivera has teamed up with TazX on these awesome Oozie Huntmouth custom pieces. I'm telling you, everything that JC touches turns to gold. The extra added gooey, monster-y flavor of TazX's style make these 2 pieces incredibly special. You can purchase them here in JC Rivera's shop. Don't sleep; I bet ya these will sell within a day or 2. JC says:
TazX and I worked  on a 3" Dunny and a mini munny. We wanted to combine our styles to see what would come up from it. We created some creatures that we called them Oozie Huntmouths.
These are Half Rusted Machines and Half creatures.


Jan 15, 2012

NYC Art/Toy Mob rollin deep

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What's a typical night like in NYC for people like us? Here ya go: a big mob of toy artists, creators, designers, traditional artists, sculptors, toy retailers on the way to Art Battles from the Marka27 solo show. Good times.
Get some Orbitz coupon codes and join us next time.

Jan 14, 2012

A custom 3A Bot Head by Jim

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bot 2, originally uploaded by Jim1297.

Click on the link to go see all of Jim's customs! He's working on more ThreeA right now... I don't know much about Jim but you can add him as a contact on Flickr when you get to his page!

Jan 13, 2012

WIP pics for Rampage Toys x Imps and Monsters Sofubi: The Manotaur

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Friend and toymaker Jon Malmstedt (Rampage Toys) sends us this REALLY exciting work-in-progress image of a new sofubi he will be helping produce locally in Tokyo: The Manotaur. Designed and sculpted by Justin Hillgrove (Imps and Monsters), this awesome 8-inch Japanese soft vinyl toy will be made in limited colorway runs. The aim is to debut the toy at Justin's booth at the Emerald City ComicCon in Seattle in the spring.

"The Manotaur roams the world in search of something he can’t quite remember. In fact, ever since he invited that fire spirit into his head he’s had trouble concentrating on little other than catering to his countless neuroses and consuming anything with the word “gummy” in the description. In any case, he’s pretty sure he’s forgetting something really important..."

Here's the illustration upon which this character is based:

Pause Designs Chainsaw Panda custom Dunny

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Eric from Pause Designs emailed us these images of his sweet Chainsaw Panda custom, based on an 8" Dunny platform. I'm not going to lie, he emailed this to me about 3 weeks ago so he probably thinks I'm a big jerk. Well, Eric's work is tight and despite how long it took me to post this, it's DEFINITELY worthy of a post, even a late one. Also, you should really check out Pause Design's website. Pause seems to be a collective of 5 people, and they have some awesome products like t-shirts & skate decks available, in addition to videos and just a whole mess of content. Cool website. I'm impressed. Click here.


Jan 12, 2012

Monster Kolor Artist Series Paints: Suckadelic, Mecha Virus, Max Toy Co

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Monster Kolor is pleased to announce the new “Artist Series” of paints. The debut lineup features colors from the Sucklord, Todd Robertson (Mecha Virus), and Mark Nagata (Max Toy Co).  The first round of paints are:

Suckadelic
: Robot Foreskin, Hot Jizz, Immortal Hemorrhoid, Gay Empire, and Robot Diarrhea in a 5 color set

Mecha Virus: "Mecha" Super Flake Silver

Max Toy Co
: Eyezon Yellow, Captain Maxx Red


Matt Walker of Monster Kolor has worked closely with each of these influential artists to develop colors that represent their personal styles. 

Each color is something they use when producing their awesome toys.  In addition to the colors themselves, each artist has designed their own custom Monster Kolor label for their colors.

The Artist Series is available from Monster Kolor, or via your favorite retailer (like us!)


If your local shop doesn't stock Monster Kolor, have them contact Apex to place an order.






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