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Aug 16, 2012

Shadoe Delgado's Shadow-lings (semi-NSFW for art weiners)

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Shadoe Delgado is a San Francisco based artist, working on an ongoing series of work called "The Shadow-lings".  His Shadow customs are based on fine art pieces which incorporate Ego, Personae, Masks, and Shadows as subject matter. The toys tend to be a little more light hearted and more colorful compared to the artist's ceramic pieces. [ed. note - Do yourself a favor and cruise through the ceramics section, there's some really intense work there!]

Pictured is the 4"  "Miniboss" (5th in the Shadow-ling series).  Unfortunately he has already sold, but you can find his companions at Delgado's shop - http://stuffandwhatnot.bigcartel.com/






From the artist:
With this piece I had a lot of fun playing around with the antlers and building up washes on the mask. I also introduced a new medium(crackle paste) and I'm really diggin' the way it looks and plan on incorporating it into future pieces. Anyway, I hope you enjoy the the piece.
Shadoe maintains a blog at http://shadoedelgado.blogspot.com/

1XRUN print by Ian Ziobrowksi drops on Aug 22

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21 x 16 Inches on Archival Pigment Print on 330gsm Fine Art Paper
Dropping on the 1XRUN site here on August 22nd is this 21 x 16 inch Nuggs print, limited to 25 prints in the run. You can also buy the original!

I created this painting while working on a custom vinyl NUGGLIFE set commission for a collector. This project helps you view the characters in a 3D world. But I had to illustrate this world in order to put the story together. So by producing a painting in a hyper animation style I can let peoples imagination have something to feed of off. Now you can start to see the story viewed in my head piece by piece. This is my first print ever to be released. Also this painting is the first of an on going series of my NUGGLIFE world that illustrates my custom vinyl figures. - Ian Ziobrowski

Make sure to visit our 2012 NYCC booth (#3121) in October where Ian Ziobrowski will be exhibiting every day!

New Pocket Invisiboy Available August 16 @ Noon Pacific

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New from Super 7 this Thursday is the Pocket Invisiboy Blue. It will be on sale at noon, Pacific time and available exclusively on Super 7's website. The collectible is cast in white vinyl with blue spray gradation and highlights. Each one is packaged individually in it's own poly bag with a brand new Mummy Boy header card. They will be available at $25 a piece this Thursday and man is this toy dapper. Reminds me of Bruce Campbell in those Old Spice commercials, but with a smoother jaw line.



Aug 15, 2012

The Kings of Atlantis resin skulls are back - in mini form!

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Argonaut Resins will be releasing a all new shrunk down version of the mysterious Demi-God skulls based on the 10 King rulers of the island of Atlantis. These new mini KOA skulls feature the same design as the original larger King skulls that were released and sold out a while back.

"Ten Demi-God Kings ruled the fabled island of Atlantis thousands of years ago. They all perished when their paradise was destroyed by the Gods. All that remain are their skulls...each endowed with an incredible power that is passed onto whomever has the skull in their possession. They say too much power is not a good thing...are you willing to take a chance and find out if this is true...?"

There will be the usual multiple colors including solids, metallics, and clear tints with a few hidden (chase glow in the dark) skulls in each wave. There will be 4 waves of 25 pieces "BLIND BOXED!" with the first wave dropping next week sometime.
The last wave of mini skulls may show up at the upcoming New York Comic con if the production schedule permits.

Arts Unknown releases images of upcoming pieces

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It’s nice to see the UK having a bigger part in the designer toy world- we have a bunch of talented and amazing artists, and with UK companies collaborating and releasing pieces from some of the top names in the scene, there's never been a better time to be a UK artist.

The main colorway of the Kozik piece
London based Arts Unknown was start in 2009 by art enthusiasts Paul Delfgou and Daniel Kohn. Arts Unkown is dedicated to making exclusive vinyl toys of the highest quality, from both well-known and unknown artists alike. Despite being around for a few years now and teasing us with drawings, pictures and info on artists involved, many fans- myself included- have been left waiting and wondering when they where actually gonna release something.

the Dok A piece
Well, good news if you’ve been waiting for more info: each piece has a run of 350 pieces, including a one in six chase colorway as well as a members-only colorway. The Baseman and Doktor A pieces stand at 8” tall and will retail for $100, the Frank Kozik set stands at 8” tall (4” for the little elephant) and will retail for $110.

After what seems like forever, it’s great to finally see some pics of these- especially the Doktor A piece. So far they look fantastic and a great price for something so limited. The Baseman and Kozik pieces are set to arrive in stores in July and the Doktor A piece sometime in August, be sure to check these out when they hit stores no doubt they’ll sell fast.

The Gary Baseman piece
alternate colorway of the Kozik elephant
alt colorway of the Kozik rhino
 

Aug 14, 2012

Matt A’s NightTerror Dunny BB Series for NYCC

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Matt Anderson, the self-proclaimed Angry Toymaker, is the sculpting and resin-casting kingpin behind the Night Terror Dunny – a platform of his own creation.

Patterned after his Night Terror Owl , this 3″ Dunny custom is cast with a crystal clear resin body and owl-like head.

Matt A. is curating a Custom Artist Series of NightTerror Dunnies with 24 artists from around the world. These customized Dunnies, along with custom Artist Cards, will be assembled into BlindBoxes and sold at Matt’s table at NewYorkComicCon2012 at 100$ea.

Participating artists include;
Alarment, Jeff Beck, , Haus of Boz, Dcay574, Mike Die, Alister Dippner, Chris.O.Saur, Del Vanzen, Playful Gorilla, Rusted Halo, Scott Kinnebrew, Don P, Bryan Luss, JDBrockin, Reet Neet (R3), Miss Zukie, Necro Monkey, John Walsh, Dave Webb, AW177, Orlow, Shawn Wiggs, Tasha Zimich

With special guest Rsin!!

Night Terror Dunnies will be taking off and customized in the coming weeks, to be ready in time for New York Comic Con. Keep up with the action on this blog. Spread the Terror!

(Written by Tasha Zimich)
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