When Hell Freezes Over @ MPH NYC featuring Lou Pimentel's customized Cranston Fellows Jr figures

Many thanks to MPH for being so welcoming to me, I've never once felt like I was the "competition" when I walk in there. I am treated like a friend. I love that place. They even fed me pizza and soda!

Kudos to Lou Pimentel who was able to pull in some of the most talented artists in the toy business for this show. EVERY PIECE was world-class work. It struck me that Lou's Cranston figure makes for a superb platform for customization. Word.

I hung out with Lou & his wifey, NEMO, KaNo, Steve Talkowski, iheartcoolstuff, the staff of MPH and of course a whole mess of other toy peoples. It was a great time and I'd recommend stopping by MPH to anyone who could possibly make it into Manhattan for one of their shows. Always a good time.

Hell Freezes Over will be up and viewable for a while so if you missed last night, definitely head over there within the next few weeks.

Oh yeah, they also have a ton of toys to buy so you can get your fix.

Event Pics for When Hell Freezes Over @ myplasticheart NYC (Jan 8-30) / featuring customs by SmallandRound & Chauskoskis (a link to TRE who always has extensive coverage!)

SKET's "Helix of Joy" Poster to benefit the National Breast Cancer Foundation

My fellow CT native Sket One has teamed up with Poster Cause for the January 12th release of his "Helix of Joy" 11 x 17 inch print.

You'll be able to purchase Helix of Joy here. This poster is limited to just 25 prints, and you'll be able to pick one up for just $25 on Jan 12th.

50% of the profits will go the National Breast Cancer Foundation, a cause close to my heart as I lost my mom to breast cancer in 2001.

Suckadelic Bad Acid, Eros and Wicked Metal figures

The Sucklord is churning out bootleg figures like it's his job!

You can buy the 3 new bootleg figures at the Suckstore.

I had to read about this release on Vinyl Pulse because apparently the Sucklord thinks more highly of Jack than he does of me.

Bastard.

Just remember, Sucklord- I know where your workshop is.

Jay222 custom Qee for Thud Rumble show?

Here's a particularly greusome custom Qee by Jay222, seen on his blog here.

He posted this pic in a post mentioning a custom show at Thud Rumble, so I don't know if this is a qee he did for that show or what. Anyway, it's gross enough that I thought I'd repost.

King Bossy Bear coming January

The latest iteration of the ever-popular 5-inch Bossy Bear series of toys by Uglydoll creator David Horvath is this pristine white flocked version with a gold crown, dubbed "King Bossy Bear"!
Coming in January from Toy2R; preorder now!

Skullyboom Custom Show call for artists: info & preview video

Call for artists...

If you're looking for the next hot event in 2010 to showcase your custom toys then look no further. PVC (PolyVinyl Cranium) is a show bringing in over 100 artists with over $500 in prizes (with more on the way).

We want to make sure that this is one of the most hoppin' events in 2010, so we're providing FREE Skullys to the first ten artists that enter. Find out how to get in for FREE here. (better hurry though!)

Just to show you guys that all we do is mess around here, check out the PVC teaser:

Prizes

1^st Place

$150 cash, $100 certificate to Delicious Drips, Origami x Toy2r Skate Deck

2^nd Place

$100 cash, $50 certificate to Delicious Drips, 8″ Toy2r Bear Qee

3^rd Place

$25 cash, $25 certificate to Delicious Drips, Headphonie of your choice

4^th-10^th Place

$20 certificates to Delicious Drips

We are pulling together 100+ artists with participation from other shops like Rotofugi, Dragatomi, Genuine Artikle, Minty Fresh, Tenacious Toys, Scooter and Jinx with more on the way! Retailers interested in getting involved should contact info@skullyboom.com

For information on registration and deadlines, go here.

Poster Cause Project: Willow & Abe Lincoln Jr

I am happy to announce that a couple of artists I suggested have works available now as a part of the Poster Cause Project:

Willow has an 11 x 17 inch poster (above) and Abe Lincoln Jr did up a set of five 11 x 17 inch prints (below)

Abe's 5 print set is $100, and Willow's poster is $25, incredible prices for extremely limited artwork!

Click the links above to find out more about the Poster Cause project, to buy the artwork and to see which charities your purchase will support! Click here to see the full roster of artists and links to their sites.

35% off Kidrobot open-box figures with coupon code

35% off all Kidrobot open-box mini figures with coupon code KROB35OFF

Click here to see all of our Kidrobot open-box mini figures.
Paste the code into the coupon code field in your shopping cart before checking out.

KIDROBOT OPEN-BOX MINI FIGURE SALE DEC 26TH - 31ST
You may or may not know that Kidrobot has changed their rules for internet retailers with KR wholesale accounts:

Starting Jan 1st, online stores with Kidrobot wholesale accounts may NOT sell Kidrobot blind-box figures as open-box. As you well know, we have been doing a lot of that!
We are always fully conscious of the various rules put forth by our toy manufacturers and we have always fully complied with each and every rule.

In this case, we find ourselves in the odd position of having quite a bit of stock of a type of product which we will not be able to have on our website on January 1st.

In light of this, we have set up the KROB35OFF coupon code which will take 35% off of the cost of EACH AND EVERY Kidrobot open-box figure that we have in stock, starting December 26th.

We set up a hidden category on Tenacious Toys that contains ONLY the Kidrobot open-box figures we have in stock, in case you want to see all of them in one place.

Our stock includes open-box figures from the following KR series:
- UK Dunnys
- 2009 Dunnys
- Dunny Series 5
- Nathan Jurevicius' Swamp Folk
- Patricio Oliver's Cucos
- Junko Mizuno's Pure Trance
- Futurama
- Mongers Series 1
- Mongers Filter Kings
- Kozik Chumps
- Adult Swim
- MIST Debilz
- Mad Barbarians Shake-a-Tongue

Late on Dec 31st we will take down any remaining KR open box figures off of our website. Hopefully there won't be many left.

Thanks so much everyone! Happy hunting!