New Toy2R toys, newly available rare Mars-1 Observers

Apex's first exclusive Qee (but surely not the last): the 3" Paper Cut Bear in Blue, limited to 300 pcs, retail: $10 each.

6" Frank Kozik Potamus figures will be available, please do email us if you're interested so we know how many to order. Regular colors retail for $38 each, GID version is $42.

Strangeco just uncovered a few stashes of 3 new colorways of the Mars-1 Observer toys.

Quantities are super limited so if you want us to secure some of these for ya, email us ASAP: tenacioustoys@gmail.com

Mars-1 Observer Delta Inc Special Edition: 6" tall, limited edition of 100! $40 each

Mars-1 Observer SEEN Special Edition: 6" tall, limited to 100 pcs, $40 each.

Mars-1 Observer SEEN Planet 6 edition, limited to 100 pcs, 6" tall, $40 each.

The 3D Canvas: Custom Toy Show at Terminal22 in Oakland, CA

‘The 3D Canvas: Custom Toy Show’

Oakland plays by its own rules. And Oakland’s new Terminal22 art gallery is giving artists a chance to do just that: operate within their own realm, on their own terms. With their first group show consisting entirely of altered skate decks, the non-traditional backgrounds seen at Terminal22 remove pieces from the expectations of traditional canvas art and allow works to express themselves through an entirely different set of associations.

The upcoming ‘3D Canvas’ show will continue to push that envelope even further by showing dozens of custom urban vinyls and works related to the field. It will be the first of its kind in the East Bay and will begin by answering the question ‘what is urban vinyl?’ Urban vinyl relates to the quickly growing custom toy realm; blank vinyl toys used as a starting point for artists when creating their own original pieces. In such a new media there is no established hierarchy of what has been done for centuries and what you need to prove yourself against. Everything is in the present and if you can’t keep up, you’re out of the game. Customized toys supplied by one of urban vinyls top designer toy companies "STRANGEco", one-of a kind plush toys, and playful ceramics will fill Terminal22 with over one hundred works of art from the Bay and beyond. In sum: these toys put your mint-condition Aquaman figurine to shame.

Artists include:

Wasted Talent

Motorbot

Brent Nolasco

Ian Ziobrwoski

BISERama

Skinner

Tyler

Keith Poon

Sucklord

Patrick Francisco

Matt 136

Brett Amory

Nemo

John Casey

Peabe

Bryan Collins

Nerviswr3k

Phoneticontrol

Jeremy Regan

Leecifer

Opening Reception:
Friday, October 2nd
6pm – 10pm

2443 Telegraph Ave (@25th St.)
Oakland CA 94612
info@terminal22.com

October 3rd – November 1st, 2009.
Saturdays & Sundays 11am-6pm or by appointment.