ThreeA Popbot and Badbot coming in the fall

Coming in the fall of 2010 are the retailer versions of the ThreeA Popbots and Badbots:

The retailer Popbot (above) will be 14.5 inches tall and will come with a randomly painted kitty, a shoulder bag and one long-barrel pistol. Kitty has 10 possible color variants.

The retailer Badbot comes with 2 long-barrel pistols. Price each for a Popbot or a Badbot will be $150 and we ship free within the US. These figures are available individually packed, or we can also get them packed together in a 2-pack (1 Badbot, 1 Popbot) for a little less ($280 for the 2-pack). 

So far I have ordered the individually packed figures; I have not yet ordered a case of the 2-packs since I need to know for sure if I can sell enough. Very expensive! 

Email us if you're interested in a Badbot, a Popbot or a 2-pack.

Jamungo K11 set: Ghost S1 & SPOT S1 Retailer versions

This white retailer-only version of the Jamungo K11 set will be coming some time soon. Each figure is 4" tall and made of vinyl. I believe the price for the set will be $75.

GOHST includes: sweater, modular harness with removable pouches, and
removeable helmet. 

SPOT includes sweater, modular harness with removable pouches and removable helmet.

Definitely shoot us an email if you're interested in a set...
**UPDATE** Preorders now available on our website! K11 set will ship to us in August.

UNKL JunPo series of 6-inch vinyl figures

No one is sure how long the JunPo organization has been around. Like the Samurai, they have existed as a secretive global faction passing down their mission and way of life for centuries.

The JunPo came out of the shadows just after the turn of the millennium confirming their presence and vowing to continue to protect the human race. These self-proclaimed public servants have always been made up of working class-laborers with little stake in the world around them. Throughout time they have hidden within unremarkable lives while secretly performing remarkable tasks. The JunPo utilize highly specialized skills and an impressive knowledge base about the world’s key strategic locations and government organizations.

To date only three of JunPo’s members have come forward as spokesmen of the organization: Axl, Tran, and Raj. Each oversee distinct global regions and posses unique skills of their own such as deep sea recovery or urban chemical clean-up. The group’s total numbers are unknown. Some estimates put membership as high three hundred. The exact number of JunPo members may never be known but what we can be sure of is their resolve to continue their efforts.

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MIST Lucius 6-inch vinyl figures by Artoyz

In stock now are 2 beautiful colorways of a dynamic and interesting 6-inch tall vinyl toy: Lucius by MIST. These 2-piece figure sets were made by Artoyz and they are of the highest quality.

The blue/black colorway shown above is a US edition, sold exclusively in the US. You can buy one here in our store for $59.95.

The yellow colorway shown below is the regular colorway that was distributed worldwide:

You can also buy the yellow one in our store here.

A little more about this figure:

Artoyz Originals presents Lucius, a devilish new vinyl creation by MIST. French graffiti artist Mist, strikes back with an original vinyl toy, graphically following his latest mini series (Debilz) released in 2008 by Kidrobot. A new original figure for Mist, Lucius features all his iconic features such as innovative articulations, dripping colors, spiky boundaries and prominent teeth. Lucius comes with its partner, a little flame-ball, that you can display in its hands or simply put by its side. Four colorways will be released in 2010.

More about MIST:

Born and raised in Paris, Mist first experienced graffiti in the late 80's and is also a French pioneer of designer toys. Today Mist travels the planet with his partner TILT for exhibitions and street paintings whenever he is not developing his art in his studio in the south of France.

MIST, c'est l'homme!

That means "MIST is the man!" en francais. Correct pronunciation is something like "mist, say luhmm".

Now you know some French.

Next week I will teach you what "merde" and "putain" mean.

For now, visit MIST on his website, follow his blog or check the Flickr page devoted to his artwork.

Ian Ziobrowski's George Nuggington custom for Spaghetti Project

Ian Ziobrowski of Genuine Artikle sends us these images of his incredibly well-executed custom 8" Mon Qee "George Nuggington" which he recently sent down to Fredericksburg, VA to be a part of Spaghetti Project's "The Civil War and our Founding Fathers" show. 

20% of the sales from that custom Qee show will be donated to a charity called Our Military Kids.

If you've ever watched Dazed and Confused, you know as well as I that our Founding Fathers grew a lot of hemp back in the day, since the plant had many varied uses. Ian's character "Nuggs" views George Nuggington as somewhat of a hero, not only because he helped found our beautiful country but because they share a love of the mary jane. 

Price for this custom is $325 and it's well worth it considering the immaculate sculpting and painting that Ian did. Diggin the period-correct clothing and hair, and the real wood and twine basket he's holding! 

Contact Spaghetti Project if you're interested in purchasing it, and DEFINITELY be on the lookout for Ian's new Nugg Life website which is under construction.

And also be on the lookout for Ian's custom Marshalls which will be a part of our Marshall Custom Blind Box series, dropping after SDCC!

Little 9 plushes by Jon Schiller

Jon Schiller's cute Little 9 plush toys are available in his web shop for VERY reasonable prices: the 8-inch Little 9 plush is just $9.99 and the large 17-inch size is just $21.99! The 17-inch Little 9 plush has a couple of cool color variants, and you may want to check out Jon's limited edition Phantom plush, which is my favorite!

Jon's building up an apparel line and you can buy his branded t-shirts in his web store. Jon's also very proud of his model Apple from Thailand, who loves her Little 9 plushes because he's the hero, after all, and she feels safe with him:

Tenacious Toys x Argonaut Resin Silver Tuttz Exclusive: July 8th release

We are incredibly excited to announce that Wave 1 of our Exclusive Silver colorway of Argonaut Resin's Tuttz figure will be release at 8PM eastern time this Thursday, July 8th! 

Wave 1 is 6 figures: 4 standard silver, 1 Robo variant and 1 Aquamarine variant, blind-boxed so we won't know which one we're sending you. There will be a VERY big chance that you'll get a chase colorway.

Price is $55 and they will be available in our new Exclusives section.

Release date for Wave 2 will be announced later.

Tenacious Toys Marshall Blind Box Custom Series

We are proud to announce a little project that we've been working on for many months now: a blind-box custom series based on the Marshall platform. The Marshall figures were originally designed by 64Colors and produced by Rotofugi, so full respect and props to them for making this excellent sculpt.

We reached out to a few of our close friends for our first custom series, and while we are still in the late stages of getting everything ready, we are aiming to launch the series soon after SDCC ends. The price for each custom will be $50 even. I have to say that I am extremely impressed with the quality of the customs that we've gotten back. Most DEFINITELY worth quite a bit more than the $50 price we decided upon when we were planning this project, but we wanted to keep these customs accessible to the vast majority of collectors, so $50 it is.

For now all we're showing you is the graphic which will be applied to outside of the boxes, but rest assured: teasers will follow in the upcoming weeks! If you keep your eyes peeled on the blogs and pages of the following artists, you may just catch a glimpse of some of their custom Marshalls!

Artist Roster:

Mike "NEMO" Mendez

Brent Nolasco

OsirisOrion

Ian Ziobrowski

Den Ramos

LYS0L

Rolo

Bryan Collins

Phetus

John "Spanky" Stokes

Leecifer

Steve "Sketchbot" Talkowski

ZAM