Plaseebo Night Gamers at SDCC

The "2012 SDCC Exclusive Dragatomi Night Gamer" edition of 5 pieces, hand painted with Monster Kolor on GID vinyl with red glass eye inserts and an internal motion activated color changing LED light unit. Numbered and signed by Bob. $250.

Interview with Jeremy Brautman aka Jeremyriad | myplasticheart blog

Interview with Jeremy Brautman aka Jeremyriad | myplasticheart blog

I was just on the MPH site, and their blog, and stumbled upon this excellent interview with Jeremy Brautman. Worth a read. I dig both MPH and Jeremy so this is good stuff. 

(If you don't know about Jeremy yet, read the blog post for links to his website. Quality writing about toys, art, art toys, design and green cats....)

Some works from Natasha Zimich: Trunks, Android & Kuros

Urban Elephant contacted us to show off this custom Trunks from Natasha Zimich. It is called "Vancouverphant" and features several buildings from Vancouver (Canada).

Vancouverphant, Trunks 3.5 inch

 

Some more works (custom Android and Kuros) from Natascha Zimich, just because i like them!

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Rough & Tumble by doryphunk

We present you another custom Crawdad Kid from doryphunk, called "Rough & Tumble". This one is part of the Outlandish Mini Figure Guys (OMFG!) series. and stands 2 inches tall. The figure was modified with epoxy putty and painted with acrylics.Have to say amazing work on such a small figure, just look at those gloves. He is ready to rumble!

Rough & Tumble,  Crawdad Kid 2 inch

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"When Nature Calls" by ServeEm

ServeEm aka “C.A.N.1”, tried his hand at the tribal characters from Ace Ventura 2, “When nature calls”. The little terror in the handmade basket is Tommy Davidson’s character that Ace Ventura does battle with. Each accessory is handmade from clay epoxy and painted with acrylics. These characters were made for the latest CTU trade. I reckon that Scott Kinnebrew (Forcess of Dorkness) will be very happy with this set!

When nature calls, Kracka 4 inch and Dunny 3 inch

The Monsterhunter by Valerie G for Toy Invaderz

 Valerie G shares with us this sweet custom set she did for the Toy Invaderz show which is currently running in Chicago, IL. Valerie used a Skumbo figure as a platform for the main character, and several self-produced little monsters for him to hunt! A great set! You can check out Valerie's page on our site, and also be sure to check the page on our site where we'll be selling the pieces from the Toy Invaderz show! We're going to start putting them up for sale soon.

To follow Val on her own sites, check the following links:
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FREE DIY B-Bot with your $50 DIY purchase

So we have some of these Plastic City x Tristan Eaton DIY B-Bots in stock and we wanted to do something fun with them.... at the same time, I am experimenting with Facebook's new Offer feature. I have set up an Offer on Facebook that will allow the next 4 customers placing $50+ orders of DIY toys in our DIY section to claim the free DIY B-Bot. Having no idea how this process actually works, I'm gonna just take a stab at it and instruct any interested customizers to go to our Tenacious Toys Facebook page and find that offer and click on Get Offer. The Offer post should be pinned to the top of the page there. After that, I suppose you follow the instructions in the offer in order to claim the prize.

If you don't use Facebook (the horror!!!), just place your $50 order in our DIY section and I'll throw in the B-Bot when I ship.

DAVEMARKART Want Some of This... Bitch?! custom 8-inch Toyer Qee

 Dave Webb (Davemarkart) has blessed our shop with another sick custom. Want Some of This... Bitch?! is based on an 8-inch DIY Toyer Qee by Toy2R. Heavy sculpting and bright paint makes this one really eye-catching! Dave is really progressing with his work... each piece is more sculptural and fully-formed than the last. See more pics and buy it here.

SNEAK PEEK: Custom mega Munny By Bruscolino

Custom mega Munny By Bruscolino coming soon...
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Designer Toy Awards nominations to be announced July 12 at Munky King party

After three months of entries, the time is almost here - we finally get to know who the nominees are! The OFFICIAL NOMINATIONS for the Second Annual Designer Toy Awards will be announced LIVE next week at Munky King's legendary Comic-Con party - Thursday, July 12, 2012 in San Diego, CA!

The official nominations will be comprised of five to ten finalists in each of the 20 categories, representing the most creative and innovative designers, brands, customizers and champions of the Designer Toy Movement in the past year. The nominations have been carefully selected by a set of nominating committees, each made up of artists, brand owners, collectors and members of the press.

The Designer Toy Awards nominations will begin at 8:00 pm at the start of the Munky King party, which takes place after the first full day of the San Diego Comic Con - right near the convention center at Bar Basic, 410 10th Ave (at J street). Nominations will be simultaneously posted on the Designer Toy Awards website, various social media channels and on Clutter's website.

Come to the announcements - Stay for the awesome party!

Thursday, July 12 - 8:00 pm
BAR BASIC - 410 10th Ave. (@ J St.)
San Diego, CA 92101

Zukie vs The World show at Toy Tokyo Underground July 27th

The Zukie Show at Toy Tokyo Underground will feature 32 talented artists from around the world using the DIY Zukie platform as a basis for their customs. The event will be held at TT Underground Gallery July 27th -29th. The reception Party will be on July 27th from 6pm-10pm.

Website : www.zukies.net

If you check that artist roster really close, you might see someone on there who's never shown a custom before... [hint]

Dead Hand Toys + Monster Kolor paint = next level art toys

Recently sent a package of Monster Kolor paint to Brian Ahlbeck of Dead Hand Toys... and sure enough, a week or so later we see these images popping up on his Facebook feed! Brian's resin sculpts are already really interesting and fun. He's got a dedicated group of collectors, and I'm a huge fan myself. But this recent addition of the deep, metallic, vibrant Monster Kolor paint in my opinion adds a new dimension of cool to his pieces. Great work. Looks like you'll be able to pick some of these up at the Dragatomi SDCC booth #4935.

Full disclosure: I am now repping Monster Kolor paint on behalf of Apex. That means I will be stocking the paint in our shop soon, and it also means other shops and retailers may order wholesale through me by emailing me at my Apex email address.

Most Wanted 3 APs by Red Mutuca artists

Did you miss the boat for the Most Wanted Series 3? Would you like to have a unique Dunny from this series? Well, than make sure that you will be online this Friday, July 6th at 1PM EST. at redmutuca store for buying these AP's by Igor Ventura, Sergio Mancini and Luiz Unreal.

Artist Proof of the "Pyromaniac Puppet" Custom Dunny, created by Igor Ventura for the Most Wanted Dunny Series 3. Comes with an exclusive Gasoline Gallon accessory, which was created specially for the Artist Proof pack. Also includes signed box and card. US$150, one piece available.

Artist Proof of the "Paperboy" Custom Dunny, created by Sergio Mancini for the Most Wanted Dunny Series 3. Comes with exclusive painted mini-canvas, created specially for the Artist Proof pack. Also includes signed box and card. US$150 each, five pieces available.

Artist Proof of the "Gamerboy" Custom Dunny, created by Luihz Unreal for the Most Wanted Dunny Series 3. Comes with an exclusive painted mini-canvas, created specially for the Artist Proof pack. Also includes signed box and card. US$150, one piece available.

Red Mutuca Studios Superish custom Dunny series preorder!

A time of crisis: wars everywhere, riots on the streets, people going crazy. We need a team to save the day! Unfortunately, not this time. Red Mutuca Studios presents its first ever custom 3 inch Dunny series Red Mutuca's Superish! Featuring super-hero Dunnys (kinda) from Red Mutuca artists Sergio Mancini, Igor Ventura, Luiz Unreal, Matucha, RunDMB, Tim Munz, Grimsheep, Map-Map and with special guest Chauskoskis. Each Dunny comes with exclusive box, as well as a pack of collectible cards featuring the designs for each Dunny in the series.

This Friday, July 6th at 12 Noon EST. at redmutuca store is the pre-order their first exclusive mini-series! Promotional price for this VERY LIMITED drop is US$130 for each blind box. The remaining pieces will be sold in the official drop in late August. Expected ship date is early September.

Rsin is ready for SDCC

Rsin is ready for SDCC and ready is a small word when it comes to all these great customs. Rsin will be at Dragatomi's booth #4935. He will be there at Thursday till Sunday. He will have a signing at 4:30 on Friday night. When you see him, try to hit him up for a special SDCC edition 3 inch dunny. The 3 inch dunnys will be released with only 6 a day, 2 per person limit. Rest of the customs are available starting preview night.

10" Madl Opi.

7" Munny Kescha

4" Munny Croix

8" Dunny Arian

Ghost Girl Bree

 

3" SDCC dunnys Blind Boxed

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Blue Rhinolabbit for SDCC by southerndrawl

southerndrawl is also preparing for SDCC (Dragatomi booth). He made this amazing Labbit....well he started with the Labbit platform. He did an outstanding job on this 19.5 inch long and 10 inch tall custom!

 

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Lynx a custom Fonzo by Charles Rodriquez

Charles Rodriquez has amazing sculpting skills and he shows this again with his latest custom on the toy platform Fonzo. He made this for the upcoming event of Freak Store (Venezuela). This custom is 6 inches tall and he certainly looks great. Keep in mind that this is not the finished product, he will add some more items to it. Since it looks so great, we have to show you guys this custom as a work-in-progress.

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