Product of the Day - "Eyes of the Dragon" Mystery Machine by AW177

I have no idea how this custom was not picked up at the Candy Coated custom show, it is a functioning gumball dispenser built into a 10" MadL figure. "Eyes of the Dragon"" is a one of a kind figure from AW177. How cool would this be when your friends come over. Aww you want some gum? Put a quarter in my figure over there, gum ain't free. The figure features a quarter slot dispenser on the front, a lockable butt to get your money and a head that opens to fill with candy. It is available now for $350 at the Tenacious Toys online store.

~Mr. N. Visible

YEAR OF THE SNAKE t-shirt by Allen Wen aka AW177

Chinese New Year begins February 10th and 2013 is the year of the Snake! Allen Wen has created an incredibly detailed design to commemorate the Black Snake and outsmART originals is proud to release this limited edition t-shirt to celebrate the holiday.

Based on the Chinese horoscope, the Snake is intuitive, introspective, refined and the most collected of the animal signs. People born in the year of the Snake are attractive people who take cries with ease and do not become flustered easily while being graceful people, exciting and dark at the same time.

outsmART originals proudly offers our next release in the artist t-shirt series for 2013, Allen Wen’s Year of the Snake! The Snake will be screen printed on a black Ultra Cotton tee for both men and women. These dramatic looking tees retail for $20 and are guaranteed to ship in mid February in order to celebrate the New Year in style.

Following tradition, outsmART originals is also pleased to announce there will also be extra incentive to pre-order one of these beautiful shirts. The artist is graciously making an original 12” x 16” signed 1/1 giclee print on Moab Entrada Rag Natural 290 gsm, 21.5 mil, 100% cotton archival paper available as our giveaway to one lucky customer. With every purchase of The Year of the Snake t-shirt, customers will automatically be entered for a chance to win this original artwork!

Reserve yours today at www.outsmartoriginals.com and surround yourself with good luck and fortune inThe Year of the Snake.

AW177 x RAWRS Custom Dragon Lunar New Year Bitsumo

AW177 x RAWRS Custom Dragon Lunar New Year Bitsumo, originally uploaded by AWI77.

A collaboration effort between AW177 (Allen Wen) and RAWRS (Dai Tran), this is a one-off custom Dragon Lunar New Year edition Bitsumo resin figure.

Bitsumo is a hand casted 4.5" tall resin collector toy. He has 7 points of articulation and a hand-tied mawashi. Metallic gold dragon painted on the back and completed with a slight gloss finish.

Dragon Lunar New Year edition Bitsumo will be on sale at the RAWRS store.
Also on sale will be the other bitsumo custom done up by Alex Shilin (check out rawrs.com).

AW177 custom Mickey Mouse figure for PlayImaginative

Our good friend, local artist AW177, got one of the 6.5" Mickey platforms in the mail from PlayImaginative, and in true AW177 style, he used bold graphics and cultural iconography to create this "Dragon Ninja" custom.

Allen writes:
I have a bit of news - I was asked by Play Imaginative to custom one of their 6.5" Mickey Mouse vinyl art figures.  This piece will be displayed at shows by Disney/Play Imaginative and will be up on their website.

To celebrate the year of the dragon 2012, I made Mickey into a "Dragon Ninja", complete with equipment belt, shurikens, pouches for gear, striking/climbing knives, dragon claws on feet and hands, and nunchucks! You can place the nunchucks into the back for storage.  Dragon symbol on the upper ear, black outlines to give it a more animated/cartoon feel.  This is my real first time sculpting, but I'm happy with the results.

This custom is based on one of the designs I submitted to Play Imaginative/Disney for possible production, so if you like to see it made, please let them know!

Pictures are up on my Flickr.

AW177 Year of the Dragon 2012 Custom 8in Kidrobot Dunny

AW177 "Year of the Dragon 2012" Custom 8" Kidrobot Dunny, originally uploaded by AWI77.

Our friend Allen (AW177) has been picked up by Kidrobot NY to display and sell customs in the custom case in their shop! He created a custom 8" Kidrobot dunny, "Year of the Dragon 2012", which celebrates Chinese New Year (January 23, 2012).

This custom dunny represents the dragon, the mightiest of all the Chinese zodiac signs, the supreme spiritual power, the most ancient mythological emblem of dominance and ambition.

The custom is displayed, and is for sale, at the Kidrobot NY store, located at:

118 Prince Street
New York, NY 10012

If you happen to visit the store, he'd love to see some pictures of the display- post the pics on his Facebook page if you go to the shop and see his pieces! Also for sale in KRNY is AW177's "Lucky" Miao & Mousubi custom set:

Definitely follow AW177 on his Flickr. His work is sick:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/aw177

Custom-Showcase: Tiger Fury by AW177 x Kevin Goselin for New York Comic Con

Custom-Showcase: Tiger Fury by AW177 x Kevin Goselin for New York Comic Con

One of the excellent AW177 customs that will be on display at the Tenacious Toys NYCC Booth #2878 next weekend!

Mr. Power custom show at ToyQube May 21st

May 21st, 2010 there will be a SWEET custom toy show at the newly renovated ToyQube shop in Flushing, Queens, NY featuring the custom work of some of the best & brightest in the custom toy world! The platform will be the Phalanx Mr. Power figure. 

Come for the customs, stay for the bubble tea. 

Make sure you buy one for NEMO.