Oreo Dunny series by Shawn Wigs

Shawn Wigs is bumping the 3 inch series he did last year up to an 8 inch series. 

Have to say that they are looking great.

More info will follow later!

Follow Shawn Wigs here:

http://www.facebook.com/shawn.wigs

http://blog.kidrobot.com/custom-oreo-dunny-series-by-shawn-wigs

Carson Catlin giving away this custom when he hits 500 Twitter followers

Follow Carson Catlin on Twitter!

Then watch this time-lapse video which shows Carson at work, creating the custom seen above.

You can also visit Carson's website and his online shop.

reticulated from Carson Catlin on Vimeo.

Space Rabbit by Stuart Witter

Probably the first pac23 custom that has been made and what a custom this is. Love the spacesuit and the clean lines.

Space Rabbit , 3 inch Dunny

Follow Stuart Witter here:
www.stuartwitter.com

Hot Rod Zukie custom by Benny Kline for Zukie vs the World

 Well, I went and did it. I made my first custom toy!
Alison Perez invited me to be a part of her upcoming Zukie vs the World custom show (opening at Toy Tokyo Underground, July 27th from 6-10pm) and I of course accepted! I've been knee-deep in custom toys for a few years now, watching artists rise up through the ranks and get famous. It's rad. I love seeing all the artists gain success, notoriety and sometimes, when they are SUPER lucky, they get to make their artwork a full-time pursuit! But...

 I've never made a custom toy myself. At least not a designer toy. When I was young I used to make static models a lot. Mostly cars, but sometimes planes or tanks or the Space Shuttle... later I graduated to R/C cars, still painting the Lexan bodies myself.... but I've never created a custom toy before.
So... to start myself off, I went back to what I know best: static models. I bought a dragster kit which had a nice-sized supercharged V8 engine, and built the engine. Some of you might have followed along on Instagram when I did that (if ya wanna follow me, I'm "tenacioustoys" on Instagram).

 After I had the engine built, I got in touch with Monster Kolor and picked up some paint. I invited Kris Dulfer over to hang on my roof and show me what's what... and when he got here I hacked up this Zukie's head and built a mount for the motor.

Then I got to spraying: Monster Kolor aerosols the whole way: base coat of silver, on top of that I layered C-Thru Red, and to finish it off, several coats of Gloss (aka clear coat). I've never used the paint before, and I have to say it worked perfectly. The Gloss top coat dried perfectly. Not sticky in the slightest! I highly recommend Monster Kolor aerosol, and in fact you can buy it from my shop here. Actually, you can buy Zukies in my shop as well.

It's really not the most complex custom toy I've ever seen, but it was damn fun making it and I'm proud of my first attempt! I feel a little better now that I'm part of the customizing community, as opposed to some outsider just writing about the customs and selling them. Most of my friends would probably consider me an insider already, but to be a real insider, you need to take part. Now I'm in! And I'll see you at Toy Tokyo on Friday!

Huge thanks to Alison Perez for inviting me to be in this show, to Matt Walker for providing Monster Kolor paint, and to Kris Dulfer for showing me how to do the chopping, sanding and painting!

For more images of my Hot Rod Zukie custom, click here.

Celebrities and Cosplayers with Lil G Boombox at SDCC

Will the real Deadmau5 please stand up and blast some tunes?

Jasin Dollin showed up at SDCC with his Lil G boombox and found thousands of attendees (famous and almost famous) that loved his project-in-the-making! If you want to support the LiL G project, visit the Ideacious site to help fund it (and place your preorder) or visit Jasin Dollin's website: www.jasindollin.com

Darth Vader: "Luke... turn down that damn hippity hoppity music so I can hear my bluegrass."

Andrew W.K.: "Lil G Boomboxes required when PARTYING HARD!"

Clark Kent and Prince Adam. Oh damn, I mean... uh. LIL G!!!!!!

Who needs drugs? Watch this Friends With You YouTube video instead.

TOUMA & FRIENDS 10th Anniversary Show open tonight at Munky King (L.A.)

Munky King and Japanese artist and character designer TOUMA are proud to present "TOUMA & Friends", a group art exhibition inspired by over 10 years of TOUMA's characters. After a brief hiatus from shows in the United States, Munky King welcomes TOUMA back for his anniversary.

In 2011, TOUMA reached his 10th anniversary but postponed celebrations due to the Tohoku-Kanto earthquake disaster. 2012 marks his official anniversary celebration. Artwork and exclusive items such as posters, prints, Pico Mao Cat keychains, and a Munky King exclusive SKUTTLE figure will be available to purchase by Munky King gallery and online. TOUMA will be in attendance at the reception tonight, July 21st 7:00pm to 10:00pm.

Munky King Exclusive Skuttle figure

 

If you're in Los Angeles tonight and you want to attend, RSVP to the Facebook event by clicking here.

Special Announcement - The Sucklord Hosts 2012 DTAs

"As host of the second annual Designer Toy Awards,I promise to be
biased, corrupt, and possibly drunk, as I mock the entire process.
With tyrannical precision I promise to keep shit moving, entertain your sorry ass, and actually speak into the microphone. It will truly be a night to almost remember..." Sucklord.