Mini Kaiju Cupcake Blind Box Custom Series drops tomorrow

Announcing the impending release of a Tenacious Toys x Rampage Toys blind box custom series collaboration: Mini Kaiju Cupcakes!

We have been collaborating with Jon Malmstedt and Rampage Toys for a while now on various endeavors. Jon pours these great little 2-inch Mini Kaiju Cupcakes in resin and at first he was painting them himself. Then he tossed the idea at me for a blind box custom series based on this platform, and I was game!

We decided to go with a 25-piece series and 5 different artists (one of which is Jon). Jon picked another artist (Justin Hillgrove of Imps and Monsters) and left it to me to pick the other 3. I chose NREAZON from Texas, Nasty Neil (iwillnotbeawastedtalent) who's now from NY, and OsirisOrion from CT. 5 blanks went to each artist.

You can see more images here.

Series details:
• 25 blind-boxed pieces in the series
• Release date: Wednesday June 22nd at 7PM EST
• Golden ticket gets a lucky winner a 5x7" original painting by Jon Malmstedt
• $35 per blind box 

This series will go live Wednesday evening in our Exclusives section here.

Alchemy in Plastic & Vinyl: a solo Art Toy Showcase by Kris Dulfer

Presenting Alchemy in Plastic & Vinyl, a solo toy show featuring 79 custom toys by Kris Dulfer of Kid Ink Industries. Custom toys from this show will be available for purchase here.

You can go see Alchemy in Plastic & Vinyl yourself at White Star Bar at 230 Brunswick Street in Jersey City, NJ. The show will be up through July 14, 2011.

Techno Kitten Adventure: the figure!

You might recognize the completely insane Techno Kitten Adventure (an iPhone app that's a $0.99 purchase from the iTunes store, and also available for the XBOX), created by Elite Gudz out on Long Island... but did you know that one of the games creators, Den Ramos, also casted the titular character into a figure in the Elite Gudz toy lab? Check the video. Den's a wizard. Soundtrack makes me want to break out the glowsticks and UFO pants again...

Tenacious Toys Night Stomp Monster Bossy Bear Exclusive

REVEAL: Our exclusive 5-inch "Night Stomp" limited-edition black Monster Bossy Bear (aka "Kaiju Bossy") by David Horvath and Toy2R! 

$35 each, buy yours here. 

This is a preorder which is in transit on the way to us now. Should arrive in a week.

Halfbad Toyz Podiagon now available

Halfbad Toyz has released their new 5-inch resin Podiagon figure which weighs in at a hefty 10 ounces and has 4 points of articulation! Not friggin bad for a startup company's figure! You can buy one of these sweet painted versions, or an unpainted glow-in-the-dark version, here at the Halfbad Toyz webstore. Podiagon comes with a gun accessory and each one is handpainted to order.

You will also find Halfbad Toyz' other recent release, the Smash Tokyo Toys Centurian and GID Centurion, which is a follow-up to STT's Seismic Ace figure.

SNEAK PEEK: Mini Kaiju Cupcake teaser #6

Just when you thought it was safe to go back to eating cupcakes... candy-colored, sprinkled-topped DEATH awaits you! MWAHAHAHAHA! 

Our collaborative blind box custom series with Rampage Toys is getting on towards release! I took some shots of all the pieces together. Next step, they go into the boxes! More pics to come, along with release date info.

Props to NREAZON, Neil, Justin, Jon and Osiris for contributing these beautiful customs!

David Horvath Strange Beast Bossy Bears by Toy2R

In addition to the regular assortment of Classic (blue) and Cutie Stomp (pink) Kaiju Bossy Bear figures, we're also getting an exclusive colorway, as well as some of the non-exclusive colorway (teased above)! 

Basically, there will be 5 colorways of the Strange Beast Bossy figures painted in a kaiju style: 

•Classic blue

•Cutie Stomp pink

•Day Stomp

•Night Stomp

•Toxic Stomp

Without knowing what's proper info to release at this point, I'm going to leave you guessing right now about which one(s) we're getting. Will reveal actual images and info on the other colorways we're getting as soon as Toy2R gives us the OK. Toy2R USA revealed the above image on their FB page, and not much else, so basically I follow their lead as I reveal info. 

Two of the blacked-out images above represent shop exclusive colorways, the third is a special colorway available to interested retailers as a supplement to their normal assortment cases of pink and blue. More info to come, I promise.

Alchemy in Plastic & Vinyl: Kris Dulfer's solo toy show June 10

2.5" Qees lined up to get destroyed by Kris Dulfer so they can become drivers for his tanks

Alchemy in Plastic & Vinyl: a solo Art Toy Showcase by Kris Dulfer. Opening night June 10 at 7:30pm at White Star, 230 Brunswick Street, Jersey City, NJ. We are proud to support Kris in his customizing endeavors by acting as his primary source for DIY platforms. 

Follow Kris on his Facebook and Tumblr, and RSVP for the event on Facebook.

A WIP custom Sketchbot with special Kris Dulfer touches

Kris now owns a vacuforming table so he can hand-make packaging for his customs, which will be for sale at the show

Postcard for the Alchemy show. June 10, see you there!

WIP platforms for Kris' tanks or mechs. Kris' creations are based on Qees of various sizes