Trip to MPH & the Jeremyville & Buff Monster show at Cotton Candy Machine

Yesterday was fun- I met up with Kris Dulfer of Kid Ink Industries and Jon Malmstedt of Rampage Toys to chill in NYC before Jon leaves for Japan. We stopped at Kidrobot and then popped over to MyPlasticHeart, where we met up with Eric from Argonaut Resins and Rob (who you might know as "Smack"). Also stopping in: Grim from IHeartCoolStuff, and Cho, 2 more locals. It was a regular party! We all talked toys, like true nerds, and I played with MPH's new resident puppy. 

MPH just got a big Toy2R shipment so I got to play with the brand-new 7-inch Clear Qee Bear for the first time. The arm joints are AWESOME! They can go in any direction. Definitely a cool new feature. Our shipment containing these figures is arriving early next week.

After we finished bothering Vin at MPH, Kris, Jon, Rob and I hopped on the train and went to Brooklyn. We stopped in to refresh ourselves on a bar which is, conveniently, at the end of the same block as Tara McPherson's new shop & gallery, Cotton Candy Machine. KANPAI!

Here's the CCM shop, and Jon poking thru his stuff as we wait for the show to open. Jon thinks this isn't a good picture, but he's wrong. It's a GREAT picture!

Time to go in!

The show quickly became PACKED, and there were probably 100+ pieces hanging on the walls. Straight up jammed on the walls! Tara's colorful artwork meshes perfectly with Buff's use of pink and Jeremyville's cartoony style. A great show!

... and of course the Sucklord showed up and walked in screaming. Literally. He quieted down a little when I showed him where the free beer was. (THANK YOU TARA FOR THE FREE PBRs!!)

There were lots of awesome production and custom toys for sale. Here are Buff's customs of his own figures. I also saw someone buying one of Buff's Destroyers, a huge piece with silver antlers! Great day. Godspeed to Jon Malmstedt, we'll miss you buddy!

3A Adventure Kartel Retailer Ankou preorders running out

Only 1 or 2 preorders left for Ankou Johnson (above). Starting to run out of Tommy Red as well (below). Ship date of these excellent 1/6-scale figures is Nov/Dec of this year. They're $90 each but we're offering you the option of just sending us a small non-refundable deposit of $15 per figure that will lock in your order. Balance not due till the figures are ready to ship. 

Click here to buy these and other excellent 3A toys in our 3A section.

Why don't you see preorders for all 8 of the Retailer Adventure Kartel figures in our shop? Because we offer them for sale privately to people on our email list first. Thus, the more rare and desirable figures go to people on our email list, saving them the trouble of scouring the internet and fighting for Ankous, Penumbras and Shadows. Click here to sign up!

Mo Abedin Artwork: A Storm is Born & Grey's Anatomy

"A Storm is Born" by Mo Abedin

Mo Abedin, owner and creator of the MEGA series of DIY toys, shares with us some of his artwork: "A Storm is Born" (above) and "Grey's Anatomy" (below). You can find Mo on Facebook!

"Grey's Anatomy" by Mo Abedin

Ian Ziobrowski NUGGLIFE Paintings

 In a season when many artists are slowing down, Ian Ziobrowski is gathering momentum. In addition to an epic-scale custom project he's nearly completed (and we'll be selling on our site), Ian has begun working regularly in oil on canvas. He plans on regularly creating oil paintings to accompany his toy releases. Here are his two most recent paintings: above is a delicately rendered Jesus painting, part of a NUGGLIFE triptych he's completed.

And the Nuggs painting above is a study for a custom 8" Dunny commission that I an will be working on for a client. I honestly have no idea how Ian has enough time to get all this stuff done, but I do know that he has a brand new studio out on Long Island where he's been working away. I am very much looking forward to helping Ian promote and sell his upcoming projects- I'm constantly impressed with the work he does!

Steampunk Cephalopods by Noadi

Steampunk Cephalopod Sculpture by ~Noadi on deviantART

Sheryl "Noadi" Westleigh shared her amazing commission work online: three Steampunk Cephalopods: "an octopus, nautilus, and cuttlefish. Bodies are sculpted in polymer clay, clockwork is real watch and clock pieces sealed under clear resin. Bases are stained wood with a brass rod support."

See more fine work by Noadi on her website and on Etsy.

COOL SHIT AT SDCC: Free Bunny Keychains from Kid Ink Industries

Kris Dulfer of Kid Ink Industries will spend the last day of SDCC (Sunday) checking out toys and giving out swag packs consisting of his self-produced tasty resin Bunny keychains (above)(do not eat) and sticker packs to those who approach him and request a swag pack!

Kris will be easy to find as he will be wearing his black Kid Ink "Alchemy" t-shirt:

If you are lucky, and you ask real nice, Kris might give you one of these awesome Alchemy t-shirts as well! They're super limited (he only made 25) so definitely find him early. Follow our tweets to get reminders about where Kris will be today!

Kris Dulfer's SDCC Wandering Swag Schedule: 

9:00 - noon: WANDERING

noon - 12:15pm: near Hippy Comix booth #1615

12:15 - 12:30pm: near Sideshow Collectibles booth #1929

12:30 - 12:45pm: Hasbro Pavillion #3213

12:45 - 1:00pm: near G4 booth #4249

1:00- 1:15pm: near Frank Kozik booth #4734

3pm onward: near Dragatomi booth #4935

Rampage Toys Moving to Japan; Last Resin Figures Release Tomorrow

Jon from Rampage Toys is moving to Japan in 2 weeks! He already has a soft vinyl toy in production there, so the Rampage Toys releases will continue, only from here on out they'll be in real Japanese vinyl! Jon has a couple final resin releases tomorrow in his shop: the rainbow-colored Flex Packs (above) and the Cupcake Buddha v2.0 figures (below).

These figures will drop Monday July 25th (tomorrow) at noon EST in the Rampage Toys web store. 

The end of an excellent chapter, and the beginning of a new one in the evolution of Rampage Toys!

And, to keep you sated while Jon moves in and sets up shop, we will be selling an exclusive and wide selection of NEVER BEFORE AVAILABLE Rampage Toys pieces. Instead of shipping his older one-offs and con/show exclusives to Japan, Jon shipped them to us. So I have a giant box of Rampage Toys awesomeness in our warehouse. As I unpack and photograph it, I will offer it up for sale in our Rampage Toys section. Stay tuned for more info on that.

COOL SHIT NOT AT SDCC: B.A.L.D.'s Screw SDCC Sale

Bryan Lopez aka B.A.L.D. seems to be as pissed as I am that we didn't make it to San Diego this year...

Couldn’t make it out to SDCC this year? Me either!
So does that mean we just sit and wait for Con updates on the web?

Hell no!!! We will have our own fun, so I’m putting up a rare sale while the
Con runs it course.

Check the CTU Store for ridiculous pricing on BALD's amazing customs.