Designer Con Tease from J★RYU - Booth #1113

What a tease! J★RYU has been teasing some work which will be available at Designer Con 2014, Booth # 1113. In addition to the Love Sapling, J★RYU is going to have a number of original sculptures, resin art collectibles, as well as some customs on platforms J★RYU has yet to tackle. J★RYU has already teased some Argonaut Resin pieces and what looks to be a Huck Gee Skullhead Bust. J★RYU also teased the hashtags 3A, Munny, Dunny, and Madl, so there appears to be a ton of great work in store for DCon 2014 attendees. No word on pricing or availability, but for those attending Designer con 2014, be sure to check out Booth #1113 where J★RYU will be selling some goods, alongside Vampy Bit Me and some special guests.

 

- Mark-Anthony

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BEAUTIFUL New Argonaut Resins and Small Angry Monster Collaborations release June 26

Machine Sucio, Machine Pharaoh Hound and Machine Tuttz resin figures by Argonaut Resins x Small Angry Monster

Argonaut Resins and Small Angry Monster are back with some new custom resins featuring the "Machine Cat" Tuttz Mini, "Machine Dog" Pharaoh Hound Mini and the Sucio "Machine Mouse" designs. This is wave one in a series of colorways they have planned for the all new Machine styled resins.

Argonaut Resins x Small Angry Monster Cursed Tuttz

Also available will be the Cursed 8 inch Tuttz customs as a collabo between Small Angry Monster and myself. Each Cursed cat will come with a sand encrusted custom painted body along with a custom hand painted matching stone textured box packaging.

Argonaut Resins x Small Angry Monster Cursed Tuttz with box

These new figurines will be releasing on Wednesday June 26th at 8PM Est. time in the Argonaut Resins online store: http://argonautresins.bigcartel.com/

For more info follow the Argonaut blog: http://argonautsresin.blogspot.com/

Also follow our friend Adam Pratt (aka Small Angry Monster) http://smallangrymonster.blogspot.com/

The Jelly Empire Jelly Avengers at MoCCA

The Jelly Empire will be at booth C-90 at MOCCA Fest this upcoming April 6 & 7 at the Armory at 68 Lexington Avenue in New York City. Presumably these sweet Jelly Avengers custom JellyBot figures will be there. Tickets are only $12 if you buy them online. The Jelly Empire and Argonaut Resins do this show every year... and considering I live on Lexington Avenue In NYC, it's probably something I should be looking into as well for Tenacious Toys. Hmmm...

Argonaut Resins Mini Pharaoh Hound in Final Stages of Development

 

Argonaut Resins recently sent over images of the development of the Mini Pharaoh Hound, a 5-inch version of the original Pharaoh Hound figure. Above is the final wax stage of the Mini Hound sculpt next to a Mini Tuttz.

 

Here is a great shot of the full-sized 8-inch Pharaoh Hound (painted) next to the Mini. Eric from Argonaut was sculpting the Mini Hound at Toy Fair in February so that anyone interested in this porcess could watch him work. We covered his booth and the development of the Mini Hound in our special Toy Fair issue of Compulsion Magazine for the iPad.

Above (left to right) are several Argonaut sculpts: little Sucio from our Resin is King Series 2 blind box series, then the Mini Tuttz, the Mini Pharaoh Hound and the full-size hound.

More info on the colorways, pricing and release dates of the Mini Hounds will be released by Argonaut Resins very soon. We recommend you follow their blog closely: Argonaut resin figures always sell out quickly.

Sam Fout's Bone Ghost Agents by Argonaut Resins

Sam Fout is back and he's finished off his Bone Ghost Agent resins!
The first fifteen sold out quick and these are the last eleven (Agents P through Z) that will go on sale Tuesday Dec. 18th at 10PM Est. time in the Argonaut Resins online store. 

The Bone Ghost Agent stands at 5.5 inches tall and will come with a clear tint martini glass, regular handgun, handgun with a silencer or the all-new, never released machine gun! They will be signed by Sam Fout along with his custom Agent art print and custom box with the Agency logo on top. 

The Bone Ghost Agent is designed by Sam Fout and sculpted, cast and molded by Eric Nocella Diaz and produced by Argonaut Resins. The Bone Ghost Agents will go for $85 for the solid colors and $100 for the clear tint variants (plus shipping and handling).

Agent P = pink
Agent Q = orange
Agent R = Infrared Variant (red clear)
Agent S = grey
Agent T = purple
Agent U = Hologram Variant (blue clear)
Agent V = peach
Agent W = blue
Agent X = Jade Idol Variant

Sam Fout -> www.samfout.com
Argonaut Resins online store -> http://argonautresins.bigcartel.com/

Holiday Themed Custom Sets by The Jelly Empire

It's the Holidays and The Jelly Empire, aka Selina Briggs, is celebrating by creating some awesome holiday themed customs. Comprised of an Argonauts Resins Mini Tuttz and a Jellybot, each custom set is priced at $60 plus shipping. The first set is includes a Mini Tuttz Grinch and Max themed Jellybot. Jellybot Max even has the attached reindeer antler. Amazing attention to detail. The second set is peppermint candy themed, complete with red and white striped Mini Tuttz and Jellybot. Both sets will go on sale Friday, December 14th, at 3pm EST (or Noon PST).

The Tuttz that Stole Christmas Set by The Jelly Empire

Peppermint Candy Set by The Jelly Empire

For more pictures, head on over to The Jelly Empire blog, here. While you are looking around The Jelly Empire shop, why not purchase a mystery bag original sketch or some stickers, all of which are awesome.

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- Mark-Anthony

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

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.

Jellybot 2.0 launches at MOCCA

Eric from Argonaut Resins is working with Selina Briggs of The Jelly Empire to launch JellyBot 2.0 at MOCCA Festival on April 28th and 29th (Selina will have a table there on Sat and Sun). 

More info and teasers as we get closer to that convention.

Argonaut Resins 8" HellCat release TONIGHT

Argonaut Resins has again teamed up with Robbie Bush (aka DJ McBoing Boing) to start the launch of the all new 8 inch Tuttz artist custom series. In this new release Robbie continues his hellish flame theme carried over from his custom run on the Pharaoh Hound resins with these all new 8 inch Tuttz Hell Cats. The series will include a Mono gray tone Hell Cat, a Hell freeze over blue Hell Cat, a Hell Cat light and 2 Hell Cats dark. 

These 5 customs will go on sale Tuesday March 6 at 10PM Est. time in the Argonaut Resins online STORE. That's TONIGHT. Set your alarms.

There will a lot of other uber talented guest artists invited to take part in this 8 inch Tuttz custom series throughout the year and we will do our best to make it fun and exciting. The Tuttz figurine now comes in three sizes - 3.5 inch, 6.5 inch and 8 inches.

Argonaut Resins x Robbie Busch Holiday Release Dec 7th

This Holiday custom release will be with artist Robbie Busch, featuring custom work on the 8 inch resin Pharaoh Hounds. The Hell Hounds will be a five piece run with 3 RedHots, 1 blue chase Hell Freeze Over and a uber clear tint Red Hot chase and will come with a acrylic painting on the cover of each box by artist Robbie Busch.

Also included in this release will be a few 6 inch EL DIABLO resins for those who may have missed out on the other sold out versions, and a group of original art pieces painted up by Robbie Busch with Acrylic Gouache on 4"x4" inch canvasses.

The Hell Hounds, EL DIABLO's and mini canvasses will go on sale this Wednesday Dec. 7 at 9PM Est. time in the Argonaut Resins online store.

 

Argonaut Resins Pharaoh Hound: first painted pics!

Argonaut Resins has released the first images of painted Pharaoh Hounds: Pearl White and Black Onyx colorways, with matching Tuttz cats. The Hounds are Argonaut's follow-up resin figure to the extremely popular Tuttz figures. Every single Tuttz release sold out immediately; I'd expect nothing less from these beautiful Hounds! 

Each Pharaoh Hound resin figure is 8 inches tall and is handcrafted and hand painted locally in NJ by Eric Nocella Diaz of Argonaut Resins. Argonaut will be releasing more colorways during the run up to NYCC in mid-October. Eric also spoke of his plan to release a mini version of the Hound after NYCC, much like he did for the Tuttz cats.

For more info, visit the Argonaut blog: http://argonautsresin.blogspot.com/

Cookies N Cream x Argonaut Resins Argo Dunks figures

In a collaboration with Argonaut Resins based their Sneakerhead art toy, Cookies N Cream presents "The Argo Dunks". The Argo Dunks are a set of handmade resin Sneakerhead pieces crafted by our good friend and frequent collaborator - master sculptor Eric "Nocella" Diaz (END) of Argonaut Resins. The first set of 5 Argo Dunks are: The Strawberry Dunks, The Grape Dunks, The Green Apple Dunks, The Icy Mint dunks and a very special one - The Afghan Gold Dunks. These are all exclusive pieces and each come with the regular head of the figure as well as the DIY head. The Sneakerhead figure itself has not been released to the public at large so these Argo Dunks are some of the first pieces of the figure ever to be sold. 

Each piece is $120 and also comes with a limited handmade custom Sneakerhead box. 

The set will be available for sale via the CNC online shop this Friday - August 26th 2011.

SNEAK PEEK: Glyos x Tuttz "Bad Luck Squadron"

When Rob "Smack" Losito introduced END from Argonaut Resins to Matt, the creator of the Glyos line of DIY action figures, shit got real. Here's the dirt straight from END's mouth:

...as promised here are some teaser images of the secret project I'm collaborating with Onell Designs' Matt Doughty, creator of the famous Glyos. Rob Losito introduced me to Matt at the New York Comic Con last year and suggested we work together since I was a big fan of the Glyos figures. What we came up with is the Bad Luck Squadron! A fighting squad of Mini Tuttz action figures. This project was going to be a lot of work so we brought in artist Victor Durango to help with designing the bodies, accessories and all the paint work for the entire line, and the One Cam and  When Giants Meet to do the project photography. We will be releasing more images and pricing of the first wave in the near future on the Glyos site....and you know me - there will be lots of surprises in store!

Argonaut Resins presents the Pharaoh Hound

END from Argonaut Resins has finally given us permission to release the images of his very much anticipated follow-up to the Tuttz cat: the Pharaoh Hound! Now, this is a thing of beauty- a regal 8-inch sculpt that will come to life as handcrafted resin pieces in a multitude of colors. Argonaut Resins always takes the utmost care in producing their resin. 

This is a beautiful sculpt and I am very, very excited to be a part of the small Argonaut family of retailers. Much more info coming soon. For now, you may click on the image above to open the full version. Bask in its glory, and get ready to add to your Tuttz collection.

Trip to MPH & the Jeremyville & Buff Monster show at Cotton Candy Machine

Yesterday was fun- I met up with Kris Dulfer of Kid Ink Industries and Jon Malmstedt of Rampage Toys to chill in NYC before Jon leaves for Japan. We stopped at Kidrobot and then popped over to MyPlasticHeart, where we met up with Eric from Argonaut Resins and Rob (who you might know as "Smack"). Also stopping in: Grim from IHeartCoolStuff, and Cho, 2 more locals. It was a regular party! We all talked toys, like true nerds, and I played with MPH's new resident puppy. 

MPH just got a big Toy2R shipment so I got to play with the brand-new 7-inch Clear Qee Bear for the first time. The arm joints are AWESOME! They can go in any direction. Definitely a cool new feature. Our shipment containing these figures is arriving early next week.

After we finished bothering Vin at MPH, Kris, Jon, Rob and I hopped on the train and went to Brooklyn. We stopped in to refresh ourselves on a bar which is, conveniently, at the end of the same block as Tara McPherson's new shop & gallery, Cotton Candy Machine. KANPAI!

Here's the CCM shop, and Jon poking thru his stuff as we wait for the show to open. Jon thinks this isn't a good picture, but he's wrong. It's a GREAT picture!

Time to go in!

The show quickly became PACKED, and there were probably 100+ pieces hanging on the walls. Straight up jammed on the walls! Tara's colorful artwork meshes perfectly with Buff's use of pink and Jeremyville's cartoony style. A great show!

... and of course the Sucklord showed up and walked in screaming. Literally. He quieted down a little when I showed him where the free beer was. (THANK YOU TARA FOR THE FREE PBRs!!)

There were lots of awesome production and custom toys for sale. Here are Buff's customs of his own figures. I also saw someone buying one of Buff's Destroyers, a huge piece with silver antlers! Great day. Godspeed to Jon Malmstedt, we'll miss you buddy!

Inside Toy Street: Big Kev's Geek Stuff Interviews the Movers & Shakers

Kev and OG from Big Kev's Geek Stuff were on hand during Toy Street 2011 to interview some of the people that made the show a success: Ron English, Steve Talkowski, my customer Amanda, Eric from Argonaut Resins and Selena from The Jelly Empire. Big Kev interviewed also interviewed me at Toy Street, but I just crank-called his Sirius radio show the other day so he might have cut my interview out... jerk.

Jelly Bot Resin figures by Jelly Empire x Argonaut Resins

END of Argonaut Resins shares with us his most recent creations, executed for The Jelly Empire's MOCCA table: Jelly Bots! These ridiculously cute resins, which look to be about 2 or 2.5 inches, come packed in hand-painted matchbox packaging. There are a variety of colorways- check the pics!

Go find Jelly Empire at table L23 at the Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art's festival in NYC on April 9th and 10th to pick one up.

Jelly Bot Mini Resin Figures by Argonaut Resins

Eric from Argonaut Resins shares with us his next collaborative project: mini resin Jelly Bot figures designed by Selina Briggs of Jelly Empire! These sweet minis look to be about 2 inches tall and there will be an assortment of colorways available for purchase at MOCCA (the Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art) in NYC April 9th & 10th. Eric is casting GIDs, clear tints, solids, jades, magnetic versions and ones with keychains, so this really is an all-out launch! Current run size is about 25 to 30 pieces and you have to show up in person to MOCCA to grab one of these figures.

Sneakerhead Prototypes Revealed by Cookies N Cream

Cookies N Cream has just released images of the prototypes of their resin Sneakerhead figures! Mekazoo helped refine the concept and our friend END of Argonaut Resins did the prototyping for what might prove to be the ultimate sneakerhead fanboy collectible figure! Read more here.