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Mar 27, 2014

Kanji Toys Transform into Animals

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Mar 26, 2014

New 8" Dunny from DeeTen

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David "DeeTen" has been busy working down his commissions list, and shares this newest piece for a private collector. This piece, "Anti Air Siren", circa 1886, a custom 8'' dunny with wings! DeeTen shares with us:

"I was influenced by steampunk aesthetics and the 1927 movie Metropolis when I designed this figure. This piece along with most of my others are part of a story where they are artifacts from another dimension brought back to us in 1886." 

You can follow @deeten on Instagram and Twitter, or on his online shop here.





Rainy Day Antagonist Figure by Evilos Now Up on Kickstarter

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Our friend Evilos has launched a Kickstarter to fund the production of his first original sculpt collectible! I've backed it, of course. Evilos is an undeniable talent and has been extremely supportive of Tenacious Toys. He's part of the crew. Let's get him to his goal, he's already well on his way!

From his KS:

 Hello, My Name is Christopher Avalos.

I've been a model maker and custom artist for well over 20 Years. In that time I've painted many different things. This year ive decided to make my own figure, I've had this idea for some time and through an amazing set of circumstances I'm ready to create my very first figure.


I've already gone and had the 3D sculpt professionally created, so we are half way there. But I still need your help. With your pledges I can hire a studio in the United States to produce the mold and the figures. So please check out all the rewards I have and their details here.

He is a character that I came up with a very long time ago when rainy weather would cause all sorts of delays. I don't have a traditional indoor studio like many other artists, my studio is outside and I rely on the great southern California weather to get my work done. Some days I cannot paint because of bad weather and that's what my Rainy Day character personifies. With your help and pledges, I can create a Do It Yourself White Resin figure that you can customize however you wish. He will come in five pieces for easy painting and is 4 inches tall. Just paint, put him back together and you will have a figure all your own.

Mar 25, 2014

Takara TOMY to release Fruits Zombie Series

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    Takara TOMY A.R.T.S.  has released a trailer for their upcoming gashopon collectible series called "Fruits Zombie". There's 6 different kinds of fruits zombies to collect and at under $2.00 a pop, who wouldn't want to grab them all?
Takara TOMY Presents Fruits Zombie
Fruits Zombies Banana, Sakuranbo and Ichigo.

Fruits Zombies Painappuru, Budou and Nashi.
The release video is pretty convincing....





These guys are already in gashapon machines all over Japan, you're best bet to grab one in America is to go to online auctions or ask a friend in Japan. These guys may end up being pretty rare so grab some while you can!

-XOXO Otaku Milf
(AKA -Shonuf)

Mar 24, 2014

Season of Spring exhibition by Daniel Rolnik at the Flower Pepper Gallery

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The Season of Spring - Flower Pepper Gallery

Daniel Rolnik, The Worlds Most Adorable Art Critic, was on Toy Break Episode 299, showing off some items he is showing at a current exhibit at the Flower Pepper Gallery in Old Pasedena. Daniel Rolnik is an art lover who blogs for many different sites, just so he can reach the appropriate crowd for every type of art genre. The Seasons of Sprint exhibit, curated by Daniel, centers around a neat idea in which Daniel sends all participating artists, an artist pack. Each cardboard envelope contained 2 pieces of quality paper and instructions for the artist to provide original pieces. One piece would be shown in a clear poly bag and header card, while the second piece(hidden behind the first) would be a surprise for the person who purchases the piece. A really great idea and pretty open ended. Some artists decided to forgo the provided paper and instead, create some really cool sculptures. All the pieces in the exhibit range in price from $20 to $200, which is pretty affordable for Original pieces of art.
Andrew Hadle, an illustrator and sculptor, provided 2 amazing sculptures, titled Dog and Duck.
Dog by Andrew Hadle

Duck by Andrew Hadle
An art collective, Salao Coboi, also provided sculptures for the exhibit, both of which can be seen in Toy Break 299. These pieces are pretty amazing and thought provoking to say the least. Salao Coboi started out as mutant art collective, but has since become a solo endeavor for Apolinário Pereira, co-founder of Salao Coboi.
Prince by Salao Coboi

Tony by Salao Coboi
For those able to, be sure to check out these pieces, along with many others at the Flower Pepper Gallery in Pasadena. The exhibit runs now until Friday April 4th.
 Flower Pepper Gallery, 121 Union Street at the corner of Raymond Ave., Pasadena 91103. Hours:  Mon.-Sun., 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Flower-Pepper.com. The Season of Spring exhibit runs through Friday, April 4th.

SubUrban Vinyl Gallery Presents 1s and 2s A Custom Toilet Seat Show

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Restroom, Bathroom, Washroom, Dunny (if you live down-under)... There are very few places you will return to and routinely spend more time in, than your washroom. So why is it so severely lacking in artwork? Well it doesn't have to be! This is the curatorial premise behind Sub-Urban Vinyl Gallery's upcoming "1s and 2s" Exhibition, featuring custom painted toilet seats.

Exhibition opens March 28 at Sub Urban Vinyl Gallery.

Contributing artists include:
Carson Catlin, Tasha Zimich, Soko Cat, JFury, Con Art Studio, Small Angry Monster, Nemo, The Jelly Empire, and more.

We've seen some WIPs surfacing (we all float down here!) including;

Con Art Studio

Soko Cat
Tasha Zimich

Stay tuned, and on the edge of your seats, for updates as they unfold. Curious about the show or a piece you've seen? Email suburbanvinyl@gmail.com


New Hell Lotus Teddy From Dust x MintyFresh

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David "Dust" Stegmann reveals to us 1 of 2 Teddy pieces bound for release through European retailer MintyFresh. This custom Hell Lotus "Master Teddy San" features epoxy sculpted elements, spray and hand painted with acrylics.



Master Teddy San's minute fabric detailing is made more impressive by the minuscule figures seated and draped on Teddy himself. The balance in scale makes it hard to determine whether Master Teddy San is himself a creature, or a monument to even tinier beings. To inquire this piece, or submit questions, contact the artist directly by email at info@davidstegmann.de



Mar 22, 2014

Upper Playground Releases Munko Plush Toy by David Choe

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"Munko Has no arms or legs, but don't take pity and cry for her. He is here, she is there, he is everywhere all at once. She is him and he is her, she is chubby little baby and 2 billion year old wise wizard. He can Transform and shapeshift into your wildest wet dream or your worst nightmare. SHe is selfish and cares nothing about you. fuck your stupid problems, fuck your feelings, but also loves you and cares about you and puts more importance on you, more than anyone In your life, I love you I love you I love you. The black hole in her head eats all the pain and darkness in the world. he believes all her strength knowledge and luck comes from his only tooth, but in reality it's the sole survivor of her over active sweet tooth. Munko is Simple in form and mind and shape, yet so complex living on many levels and realities, not so simple that he can't feel multiple emotions and contradicting feelings and opinions all at once. SHe is telepathic and can read your deepest darkest thoughts, you cannot hide or lie to munko, when you are with munko you just be, and you will finally be at peace with your fucking self." —David Choe


You know what I like about David Choe? He literally doesn't have to do SHIT for the rest of his life. But he continues to create cool stuff like this because he loves it. Respect.

World War Gee : The Yellow Zombie Custom Dunny by Huck Gee Drops March 28

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The World War Gee outbreak continues with The Yellow Zombie on Friday, March 28th at 1pm PDT. It will be available at www.huckgee.com for 24 hours only. It's every man for themselves because once this sale is over - this design will never be seen again.

This figure will be signed and include all shown accessories. Due to the nature of the materials, some differences should be expected in each figure. The turnaround time on delivering this piece will be 6-8 weeks, $450 each.


Disarticulators x Triclops Studios Killer Tomato Ball Teaser

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Returning from the depths of obscurity nearly 30 years since the Great Tomato War, the evil Dr P.T.Gangreen has enlisted the twisted minds of both Triclops and The Disarticulators to realize his most disturbing creation yet… the Killer Tomato Ball! 

Currently undergoing cloning for a full-scale invasion at ToyCon in April, the attached image is all we have to go on at present, but judging by the size of those teeth and the dead look in that eye, only the most dedicated toy collector should even attempt to go near these crazed fruit (or is it vegetable?!) based creatures… 

Expect more news from the doctor as we all near our impending doom on April 12th!

Preorder SPLURRT x Rampage Toys Three Albino Test Mice Set

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Pre-order is now available in the Rampage Toys shop for the new RAMPAGE x SPLURRT "Lab Mice!" This listing is for a full set of 3 figures, painted by RAMPAGE TOYS at Rampage Studios in Tokyo.

White Vinyl with red, blue, pink and flesh sprays, and an array of brush work.

The Lab Mice were sculpted by SPLURRT in NYC and produced in Sofubi (Japanese Soft Vinyl) by RAMPAGE TOYS at Rampage Studios in Tokyo, Japan. They measure about 3 inches in heigh
BONUS:
EVERY order placed for pre-ordered Lab-mice gets the buyer a chance to score one of 3 awesome one-off handpaints by SPLURRT himself!  SPLURRT (Joe) will be painting a cadaver kid, a set of mice and one other (yet undecided) figure, which will be randomly awarded to 3 lucky people in the form of a "Golden" ticket, which can be sent to Joe (or maybe just emailed via a code that comes with it) to redeem for the prize!

Mar 21, 2014

40% off 123KLAN's BANDIT-1SM apparel with code

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Die Hipsters, DIIIIE shirt by 123KLAN
Our friends SCIEN and KLOR at 123KLAN are offering a sick discount on all of their BANDIT-1SM brand tees, beanies and snapbacks!

123KLAN produces some of the tightest, most eye-catching apparel on the market.

That's what strong graphic design abilities do for you, kiddies!

Click here to visit the BANDIT-1SM shop and use code BANDIT to get your 40% off during checkout.

I'm about to go buy something right now.

If you love 123KLAN as much as I do, you'll be excited to know that they will be exhibiting at our booth at NYCC 2014 in October!

New Crummy Gummy and Manny X Release This Friday

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Crummy Gummy and Manny X will be releasing a new toy titled "icla" at their webstore this Friday at noon PST. This one is very special tothe two of them for two reasons. 
1) Because this one will be the last one of the series and we will be taking a break to work on a new version later this year. 
2) all the proceeds from the sales of icla will be going to the Icla da Silva Foundation. 

Their mission is to continue adding donors onto the National Marrow Registry in hopes of finding marrow matches for children and adults needing donors in order to save their lives. There is a huge need for more minorities to join the 11 million donors already on the registry, because they only make up 30% and a patients best chances of finding a match is someone who is usually the same ethnicity/race as them. 
Icla will be available at Noon pst Friday 21st and they will stop taking orders at  Midnight PST on Sunday the 23rd. The piece will come in two sizes: Original 3" for $30 and $17 for the mini 1.75"

And for those interested in joing the National Marrow Registry they can do so by signing up at  here.

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