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Apr 2, 2012

IAN ZIOBROWSKI: NUGGLIFE candy shop in the works!

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IAN ZIOBROWSKI: NUGGLIFE candy shop in the works!: Here's something new for the NUGGLIFE world! 
WIP shot of Ian Ziobrowski's Nugglife Candy Shop for the Candy Coated Custom Show! Stoked! Also, note that the link above goes to Ian's new blog, so click it, follow it and love it.

Munko & Zukie customs by Alison Perez

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Introducing Munko & Zukie, traveling together! Alison used a DIY MUNKO and made Zukies out of sculpey, airbrush painted and hand painted details.

See? There they go! They're sold out and you missed it! Seriously, though, it looks like Alison Perez only made 2 sets of these Munko/Zukie mashup customs and they're sold out now. I bet you if you email her and ask real nice, she'll make one for you.

Customs by Cash: Vader Helmets, Angry Turds, Spider Man and My Little Pony Ninjas

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Darth Vader helmets Cash picked up from Toys R Us. Used to hold candy. Love that SAW one on the left!
 Cash shares with us a variety of pieces he has customized. You can follow Cash here on Facebook.
This is a Spider Man commission Cash did on a Mini Munny.
Angry Turds! One of Cash's ideas, based on a Munny poop accessory. Look for more soon!

A WIP based on a Teddy Troop, this custom features a glass eye.

This is a 4" Mini Munny that Cash is applying Sculpey to. Looks awesome already!

A Leatherface Dunny done as a present for a friend, complete w/ custom packaging.
A custom My Little Pony... ninja? Dope.

AlexBreak: Element Alpha Custom 8-inch figure

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AlexBreak: Element Alpha Custom 8': Mon custom de la semaine "Chic Evil Choco" peinture sur un Element Alpha D-I-Y , la gourmandise , Mmmm ... "Neuf personnes sur dix aiment le chocolat , la dixième ment".

Obviously Alex speaks French. The quote above reads, I think: "9 out of 10 people like chocolate, and the 10th is dead." So true.

Crazy platform for a custom, eh? I think Ian Ziobrowski is using a different 8" Element as the basis for his entry into our April 21 show The Candy Coated Custom Show. Ian is making a little candy shop out of it, sorta like his Nuggy Growstation!

Apr 1, 2012

AW177 x RAWRS Custom Dragon Lunar New Year Bitsumo

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A collaboration effort between AW177 (Allen Wen) and RAWRS (Dai Tran), this is a one-off custom Dragon Lunar New Year edition Bitsumo resin figure.

Bitsumo is a hand casted 4.5" tall resin collector toy. He has 7 points of articulation and a hand-tied mawashi. Metallic gold dragon painted on the back and completed with a slight gloss finish.


Dragon Lunar New Year edition Bitsumo will be on sale at the RAWRS store.
Also on sale will be the other bitsumo custom done up by Alex Shilin (check out rawrs.com).

Jus-Clownin Series by JFury on sale now

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 Justin JFury Phillips has now been customizing for exactly 1 year! And what a year! To celebrate, he's just released his Jus-Clownin Series 2, based on the custom Dunny sculpts you see above! Below are pics of the figures. 
You can purchase these customs NOW at the JFury shop (if you're fast... I see one is already sold).



Art Attack Toys Exclusive Dr. Morkenstein by MAD for sale now

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Brace yourselves for a very Evil April!
Meet Dr. Morkenstein, the evil half of the Mork Twins by MAD, follow-up to the sold out Prisoner edition. Limited to just 50 pieces, with glossy black stars over a matte black body, and a big 'BEWARE' on the back of his helmet.

Dr. Morkenstein will be available exclusively via Art Attack Toys at US$79.95, and it's going up for sale TODAY at this link.

Don't forget to visit:
www.pobber.tumblr.com
www.twitter.com/PobberToys
www.facebook.com/PobberToys

DAVEMARKART commissioned Android customs

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 Dave Webb shares with us the first of 16 Androids he was commissioned to make for a private collector. (And where does Dave shop when he needs a bunch of platforms? Tenacious Toys, of course!) 
Dave will be a busy guy for a few weeks but if you want to get ahold of a DAVEMARKART piece for yourself, you can always find him on Facebook


Below is another comissioned Android Dave made, this one with color-changing LED inside:

Mar 31, 2012

Blast from the Past: Dark Horse Relaunches Good Luck Trolls

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From the depths of your child psyche- the innermost, primal areas of your brain that developed when you were an infant- the original, licensed Good Luck Trolls re-emerge to take over your boring desk at your decidedly boring job!

Trolls became one of America's biggest toy fads in the early 1960s, and again over the years in various revivals from many toy manufacturers.

In 2003, Toy Industry Association commemorated them among the one hundred most creative toys of the twentieth century. Also in 2003, a Congressional law allowed the Dam family of Denmark to restore their original U.S. copyright and become the only official owner. After keeping them off the market for nearly a decade, they have awarded Dark Horse Deluxe a license to bring back Trolls in a "mystery box" program.

This all-new assortment of colorful designs, with an array of hair colors and exotic surface treatments from glitter to metallic to flocked, are sure to stun both collectors and casual fans.

These will be blind-boxed mystery figures priced at $7.99 each ($119.85 for the full 15-piece display carton). Releasing in July 2012!

Mar 30, 2012

Playge GERM s002 [born wrong] available for preorder

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 Playge GERM s002 [BORN WRONG] available for preorder now. 
This 6" vinyl/ABS figure includes: Jacket with integrated hoodie, sM4 with removable supressor and sniper scope, sMK23 with removable suppressor, 2 tanto knives, 2.0 articulated and 'classic' arms and as always a removable helmet.
Limit 1 per customer! Click here to buy. Arriving mid-April.



Mar 28, 2012

Gumdrop by 64 Colors and Squibbles Ink + Rotofugi

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Every little boy needs a best friend and, if you’re a little marshmallow boy like Marshall is, a gumdrop dog is just about as good as it gets. They’re total BFFs!

Designed by awesome husband-and-wife design team 64 Colors and produced by Squibbles Ink + Rotofugi, Gumdrop originally debuted at San Diego Comic Con 2011 as a special glow-in-the-dark version (and sold out quickly). This is the highly anticipated first full series release!

Series One features two face designs (happy and surprised) in six different bright colors for a total of 12 variants. Each Gumdrop retails for $5.95 each and we can get em. Email us if you're interested.

Brace Face Mickey by Alison Perez for PlayImaginative

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Alison Perez (aka Miss Zukie) share with us the sweet and awkward Mickey custom she made for the PlayImaginative Mickey show: Brace Face Mickey! This Mickey "studies hard and never gets the girl. His favorite thing to do is read the dictionary."
The PI Mickeys are 6" tall and this one has dorky glasses.  
Check out more by Alison here on her blog.

LIL G Boombox promo video

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Jasin Dollin has rolled out the promo video for his Lil G Boombox, with the help of Josh Marlar. The music in the video is by Peter Project:  "Rubbing Garbage (In your Face)", from *The Fresh EP
(which was originally released in a bar of soap *random fact). Peter also worked songs for Scott Pilgrim vs. the World.
www.myspace.com/peterproject

What is Lil G and how do I get one?

Another step in the designer toy evolution. Lil'G is a fully customizable designer boombox with bluetooth! Just sync up your mobile or music device and let the music play! With a Lithium-ion battery, Lil'G will play for hours and charge up easily through your USB charger. Stylish and removable speaker grills protect it's high quality dual speakers. You can find Lil'G Mini Boombox at ideacious.com for only $95. Click the link below:
http://ideacious.com/details2000000053.htm?S=3099265715&L=0

Aztec Warrior Quauhtli 8inch custom Dunny by Tony Gil

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Tony Gil just dropped on us these images of his beautiful 8-inch Aztec Warrios Quauhtli custom Dunnys. Limited to 5 pieces, you can find these beautiful customs in Tony's shop here. GREAT color and detail in this one!

Free runner style Aztec Warrior Quauhtli, the eagle of the Aztec Warriors, is ready for war. Battle and his incredible craftsmanship of weapons are his specialties. He will dismember you with his maquahuitl (macahuitl)-the Aztec sword- if you dare step in front of him.
 
If you want to follow Tony and read more about this custom, check out his blog here.

Mar 27, 2012

16-inch custom Calvin & Hobbes Comic Stripped Qee by VISEone

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 I love Calvin and Hobbes. When I was little, my dad used to read the Sunday comics to me and Calvin and Hobbes was my favorite. I collected all the books- still have them all. When I was 16, I got my first tattoo of Calvin on my ankle. My parents weren't too pleased, but it's not like it was a tat of a skull with snakes crawling out of the eyes or something.

When I saw these images of VISEone's latest large-scale Comic Stripped custom, I was floored. Not only is the sculpting of Hobbes dead-on, but the piece has pieces of the comic- literally, for me, pieces of my childhood- incorporated into the custom. I love it. Here's what VISEone had to say in his most recent newsletter:

For decades now I'm reading Bill Watterson's CALVIN & HOBBES and of course I had to come up with a Comic Stripped version for my favorite comic strip.
I decided to cover a 16" Qee with black and white copies on white and orange paper - so no original comic book was harmed!

I added loose brushstrokes to adapt the style of Watterson - I know I will never pay justice to the great Watterson but I tried to capture this style anyway.

Didn't decide yet if this piece is for sale - but offers start at € 650,- including shipping. If someone is interested he/she can contact me and we'll see...

You can email VISEone here.

Uncle Argh NOIR Kickstarter update

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Today we've added more high-level rewards ($175 and $500) to our Kickstarter campaign to fund our exclusive Scott Tolleson Uncle Argh NOIR Mini Qee. We're now about 66% funded, and with only a month left, we need YOUR support to make this project a reality. 

If the high-level rewards aren't your thing, we also have a $30 reward that gets you the Uncle Argh NOIR shipped to your door, no matter where you live. That's a bargain by any measure.

Click here to read more about this Kickstarter campaign, and to donate! No money is charged to your CC until May 1st. Join the Argyle Association today!

MEGA Stormtrooper custom by William Navarro

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William Navarro's MegaTrooper is a based on the original Stormtrooper design from Star Wars. MEGA, designed in Dubai by Mo Abedin, is a customizable DIY vinyl figure growing in popularity on a worldwide scale. This Stormtrooper design was made for the Middle East Comic Con 2012 and MEGAs custom contest.
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