8inch Flocked Vinyl Snoopy Figures by Dark Horse

These awesome 8-inch flocked vinyl Snoopy figures will be released in September by Dark Horse. 

The white "classic" version seen above will be produced in an open run. 

The other colors, seen, below, will be produced in very limited quantities:

Green, Orange and Violet will be produced in runs of 750 pieces each. Blue, Pink and Yellow will be produced in runs of 500 pieces each. Rarest of them all will be the Brown colorway with a run size of 300 pieces. Price for any of the colors will be $29.99. 

Please email us if you want to buy one as we will have to put in our order soon.

Dem Bonez Custom Show at Zakka March 25

Dem Bonez, a vinyl platform created by the godfather of graffiti, SEEN. from Tenacious Toys on Vimeo.

A few years ago, SEEN wanted to get these Dem Bonez figures made, but the manufacturer couldn't get the design quite right, so SEEN pulled the plug on the project and put all the sample figures he had into storage.

Den Ramos (tattoo artist, illustrator, painter and sculptor) works for Richie SEEN at his shop and discovered these figures stashed away. Since SEEN is a mentor of sorts for Den, Den really wanted the Dem Bonez figures to see the light of day and convinced SEEN to let him use the figures for a custom show.

Luckily for us, SEEN said "Hey slick, take em' all. Do whatever ya want wit em" and the wheels were set in motion. (Hence the name of the show: "Dem Bonez the Reconstruction") The Dem Bonez show evolved quickly with Den Ramos and Mike Mendez co-curating, pulling together a group of bad-ass artists to work their magic on this worthy platform...
The opening night is March 25th, 6-9pm at Zakka: 155 Plymouth St, Brooklyn, NY.

Super Punch Tarot Exhibition at Bear and Bird

Super Punch Tarot at Bear and Bird

Curated by Super Punch blogman John Struan!
Check out his blog at superpunch.blogspot.com

Sneak preview of artwork will be available for online purchase, Friday, March 4th at 9am

Artwork by an international group of super punchy artists: Aaron Miller; Adam Koford; Bethalynne Bajema; Brent Engstrom; Brent Nolasco; Brigid Ashwood; Britt Wilson; Casey Weldon; Cormac McEvoy; Dan Goodsell; Dave Perillo; Dean Reeves; E.G. Gauger; Eric Wirjanata; Franco Brambilla; Geoffrey Trapp; Geoffrey Trapp; Heather Hudson; J. Shea; Jason Chalker; Jerrod Maruyama; Jerrod Maruyama; Joe Alterio; Justin Van Genderen; Kat Brunnegraff; Ken Turner; M.S. Corley; Mario Graciotti; Meghan Murphy; Melita Curphy; Mindy Lee; Nancy Dorsner; Roman Laney; Rosemary Travale; San Smith; Santiago Matias Caruso; Squink!; Steam Crow; Stephanie Buscema; Sven Ruthner; The Beast Brothers and MORE!

Message from John Straun:  

"For the third anniversary of my pop art website Super Punch, I invited my favorite artists to create a work of art. Asking them to create Tarot cards seemed like a a good way to unify the creations, while allowing the artists' disparate styles to shine. The resulting artwork includes sculptures, paintings, and digital work, and ranges from the kawaii to the macabre, and funny to faithful. Please, enjoy the show."

3A Toys - ABC Warriors: Mongrol and the Mess 2000AD

3A Toys - Mongrol 2000AD, originally uploaded by hellovinyl.

The Mongrol and the Mess 2000AD figures will be about 12 inches high and something like 14 inches wide. We've placed out order for these figures now so please email us if you want one, as we'll be buying in limited quantities. They will be $250 each and will ship to us in June 2011. This time around our payment plan will be simple: a non-refundable payment of one third of your total due at the time of your order (for US customers, this will be $83.33). The rest of the payment will be due when ThreeA asks us for our payment just before shipping.

SNEAK PEEK: Zombie Chuck Blue Tenacious Toys Exclusive

OK, yes, it's sorta silly to show you a "teaser" image of a figure we've already fully revealed... but here's the teaser of the header tag of our upcoming Tenacious Toys Exclusive blue Zombie Chuck figure by Brian Fyffe. Our shipment will arrive in a matter of days and we'll have these up for sale for $15 each in our Exclusives section soon!

ZAM's Pieces for When Worlds Collide Show at Screaming Sky

This collection of figures represents the haunting souls of past Asian arts.

The simple folds of an intricate origami.
The well polished allure of a geisha.
The calculated swiftness of a samurai sword.
The simple beauty of a hand-crafted kokeshi.

All art dies.
Some linger.
Some perish.
But eventually all meet their demise.

Zam is the owner/operator of Genuine Artikle, a lifestyle boutique in Lake Ronkonkoma, LI, NY. In addition to operating GA, Zam is an accomplished tattoo artist, a toy customizer and a personal friend of ours.

When Worlds Collide is a group show curated by f+ (Josh Pearce). The show includes pieces by some of our very favorite artists: Zam, DrilOne, Josh Pearce, Map Map, Nerviswr3k, Chauskoskis and Kevin Gosselin. The show opens Feb 24 at Screaming Sky Gallery in Portalnd, OR.

NYC Loves Qee Party and Mini Qee Custom Show recap

On Monday February 14th, we teamed up with Toy2R and Yoyamart to help launch Toy2R's new products in 2011. On display were the Kaiju Bossy Bear figures, the new 2-inch Domo Series, and the protos for Skelanimals Series 2... but the big draw was the launch of Toy2R's new low-priced 5-inch DIY platform, the Mini Qee! With seven different head shapes, the $15 Mini Qees are sure to be favorites with artists and toy customizers of all stripes.

To help promote the new Mini Qee platforms, Toy2R asked me to help curate a custom Mini Qee show which would be a one-night-only event happening at Yoyamart during Toy Fair 2011. Yoyamart has had a VERY long relationship with Toy2R, even longer than Tenacious Toys, so it was only natural that the wonderful, bright and open Yoyamart shop at 15 Gansevoort Street would be chosen for the event. (The event was dubbed "NYC Loves Qee" and from these pics you can definitely see that we do indeed love our Qees here in NYC!)

I picked 19 of the best artists I knew to customize the Bear shape of the Mini Qees- these Mini Qees, in fact, were some of the very first to come into the US. (Currently Yoyamart is the ONLY US shop to have ANY Mini Qees at all, so definitely hit them up if you are looking to get your hands on the platform. Most of the artists who attended walked out with their arms full of the new Mini Qees to work on at home!)

The artists we called upon were: NEMO, Mr. Munk, Ian Ziobrowski, Zam, Mr. Den, Nerviswr3k, Rsin, Matt Anderson, Bryan Allen Collins, LYS0L, Phetus, Jon Malmstedt of Rampage Toys, J*RYU, NREAZON, Grimsheep, Foox, Tony Depew, Dinky Cow and Southerndrawl. The custom work submitted to this show was nothing short of spectacular, and I'm not just saying that because we helped curate. Each piece was expertly executed, and on a short timeline to boot. Each of the artists mentioned above worked hard and created something wonderful, so my most heartfelt congratulations and gratitude is in order to each an every one of those ladies and gentlemen. (It should be noted that the Custom Toy Union curated some Mini Qee pieces, and Kevin Winnik curated even more pieces for this show.)

The party was a great success, thanks in no small part to Stephane, the perenially positive owner of Yoyamart; Kevin Winnik, head of Toy2RUSA; Matt Siegelbaum of Strongtree Images who shot all the pics in this post and many more; and of course all the artists who contributed work to this show to make it as strong as it was. We had dozens of artists show up; collectors, industry reps, the heads of companies, celebrities (see if you can spot any in the online gallery!)... champagne was enjoyed by all and it was a blast from start to finish!

Many retailers have already ordered the Mini Qees, and they will be showing up in other US shops eventually. For now, if you want one, you need to head to Yoyamart.
There are many more amazing pictures of this show: pics of the customs as well as people shots. I urge you to go check out the public gallery on Strongtree Images- you can share your favorite pics on Facebook, embed them into your blogs, tweet them... go nuts!
I'd like to thank Kevin Winnik for asking me to help curate; this was a really fun project and I enjoyed it a lot. I'm looking forward to curating more toy shows in the future. The 20 custom Qees that I curated will be up in a special page in the Customs section of Tenacious Toys, and all the pieces that did not sell right there at the show, will be for sale on that page of TenaciousToys.com. In the near future, look for MANY Tenacious Toys artist collaborations featuring the artists in this show. I have already lined up projects with a bunch of them.

OsirisOrion jumps back into customizing...

My friend OsirisOrion recently had surgery on his wrist so he just started to ease back into customizing with some really basic, simple work... 

Just kidding! For his first custom post-surgery, he annihilated this Alien Argus piece with some Monster Kolor paints for the late March show at Toy Art Gallery. Orisis cannot be stopped. He is now bionic, possessing superhuman painting abilities. 

Look for an OsirisOrion x Tenacious Toys custom mini figure series coming soon! Woo-ha, bet you didn't see that one coming! Stay tuned... in the mean time check out Osiris' website and Flickr page.