Doktor A's "G.N.O.M.E" revealed at NYCC

We are getting the first look at Doktor A's awesome new figure which is being released at this years NYCC 2010 at the RAJE Toys booth #2680. These are extremly limited at the con and are retailing for $50 each... and wow does this figure look good and it really captures Dok A's style spot on!

Image Source [J.ME Blog]

*RECAP* Ferg's "Reconstructing Misfortune" custom show @ Munky King 10/08/2010

Thanks Flight Pattern and Geoffrey Forbes we have some awesome pictures of the opening night to Ferg/Playge/Threezero's 8" Misfortune Cat custom show titled "Reconstructing Misfortune"! this show was hosted by Munky King, and had customs from some seriously talented artists including: Andrew Bell, Luke Chueh, The Beast Brothers, Frank Kozik, Chris Ryniak, MAD, Reactor88, Jason Siu, Goad, LFOP, TADO, Jon-Paul Kaiser, MCA, Brian Morris, Jason Sui, Abe Lincoln Jr, Motorbot, Scott Wilkowski and Ferg. The show was setup great and really gave great focus to each and every custom submitted to the show.

A few standouts that I personally like would have to be the amazing piece from Andrew Bell... can't go wrong with anything skull related, that stone gargoyle like piece from Chris Ryniak, and JonPaul Kaiser's awesome Karate Kid Cat! Were you unable to make it out to the opening... no worries because this exhibition runs through October 29th, so be sure to stop by and check it out!

RAJE Toys reveals the winners for series one of the 'Project Blueprint' project!

RAJE Toys just announced the winners for their 'Project Blueprint' series one... and there are some seriously rad designs in this series, and along with those designs are some seriously intricate patterns! I can't wait to see them fully produced. They say on their website that "It was a very tough job to choose winners from such quality entries and we feel guilty that we can’t make them all." No worries though as they plan on hopefully making this a yearly series which will always be open to entries from the top names and the unknowns in the industry! As you can see from the list they have a little bit of just that, some well know artists and some unknowns... and what a great mixture! Congrats goes out to the series one artists which include: Hugh Rose, Luihz Unreal, Kris Dyche, Hyaku, Igor Ventura, Cesar Zanardi, Jon Paul Kaiser, Matucha, Leonard Brizuela, Sjors Vervoort, Chris Dobson, Nahuel Cardozo Esper, Lisa Rae Hansen, and Patricio Oliver!

I hope to see this as a mini series soon.

Jeff Soto -- ‘The Deek’ for Kidrobot Black (10.10)

Kidrobot has revealed their newest KR figure -- ‘The Deek’ by Jeff Soto. Limited to 150 pcs, his axe-wielding creature will drop @ NYCC on Saturday from Kidrobot’s booth (#2674) for $100 each. Jeff will be signing from 1 to 3 PM.

Bunka – Chaos X @ NYCC

Due later this month from Artoyz Originals, Chaos X by Bunka made its public debut @ NYCC as part of the Vinyl Pulse Spotlight in booth # 2577. Featuring tribalish-deco, Chaos X is a follow-up to the previously released Chaos Monkey.

Muttpop’s King Katch @ NYCC

King Katch, the latest brawler from Muttpop’s Lucha Libre universe, made an appearance at NYCC in the Vinyl Pulse Spotlight (booth #2577). Fabien’s character has made the jump to 3D through a long development process. Look for the King in the not too distant future.

Munky King Exclusive for NYCC

To celebrate the event, Ferg will be releasing a 4" Munky King exclusive colorway. Decked out in matte black with shiny gold highlights, this rare piece will go nicely with your Playge collection.
Opening Night: Friday, Oct 8th, 7-10pm
Show runs thru Oct 29th
Music by R-Rated and Colby
Munky King
7308 Melrose Ave
LA, CA 90046

Kaws x Original Fake - Tweety Bird vinyl...

The long wait is over as the Kaws collaboration with Original Fake and Warner Brothers is finally here, and thanks to ToyQube you can pick up this limited edition "Tweety Bird" vinyl figure right now. Tweety, the already iconic bird, gets a pop makeover from one of the most prolific artists of our time, and how fitting it is to have Kaws add the bones and the patented "X's" on this lovable bird... looks much better IMHO :-) The Kaws Tweety stands about 9" tall, and is available in yellow or black. Get em' HERE now before it's to late!

NYCC 2010 – Day 2 Preview

Saturday, October 9
Kidrobot Black is back! For Day 2 of NYCC, we will have an exclusive signing of Jeff Soto’s new KR Black design, The Deek. Straight out of Jeff’s childhood nightmares, this 6.5-inch vinyl figure is limited to 150 pieces and will cost $100. Jeff will be signing and sketching at the booth 2674 from 1-3 pm.

NYCC 2010 – Day 1 Preview

Friday, October 8
To kick things off at New York Comic Con, Kidrobot will be hosting a signing panel with 3 amazing artists from the new 2Tone Dunny Series. Join us from 3-5 pm at booth 2674 in The Cultyard for a signing and sketch session with PON, Aya Kakeda and Chuckboy. Get your mitts on the exclusive 2Tone Dunny t-shirt for $30. We will also have the super-limited Gary Baseman exclusive Dunny available with 2Tone Dunny cases, while supplies last.

Week Four: Toy2R's 15 Weeks to Celebrate 15 Years Contest

Toy2R continues it's massive worldwide contest celebrating its 15th Year Anniversary with Week Four of the 15 Weeks to Celebrate 15 Years Contest! Just about the easiest contest to win - all you have to do is log on to the Toy2R USA Facebook Fan Page and post a comment about why you love Toy2R or post a picture of your Toy2R collection, favorite figure or customized Qee and you could be a lucky winner - it's that easy!

This week Toy2R focuses on the imagination as Week Four begins as a prelude to several hot and highly anticipated Toy2R releases come out during October; 2.5" Skelanimals Qee Artist Series, 5" Jon Paul Kaiser Samurai Pumpkin Mini Qee, Emilio Garcia's 8" Braint Pattern Qee, Jon Paul Kaiser's 8" Zombie Pirate Qee, the 5" DIY Pumpkin Mini Qee and a few otehr surprises.

Custom Ice-Cream Dunnys By Jennipho

Custom artist, Jennipho has just released her creamy custom Ice-Cream Dunny series. She individually sculpted 10 of your favorite flavors and blind boxed them with sweet custom packaging. Not surprisingly, these mighty morsels have already been quickly consumed on Jennipho’s webstore. Can’t wait to see what’s next on the menu.

MILK MUNNY Custom Show Benefits Breast Cancer

The MILK MUNNY Show is not your normal benefit event for breast cancer awareness. Red Hot Robot and Acrylic Squid present this first of its kind custom MUNNY group exhibition. There will be over 120 customs by a 62 diverse artists on display with proceeds benefiting the Keep A Breast Foundation. In line with Phoenix’s First Fridays and Breast Cancer Awareness Month, MILK MUNNY will be debuting at the monOrchid Gallery in downtown Phoenix this Friday, October 1 – 3.

2 TONE DUNNY SERIES

Hi All

We are expecting our 2 tone dunny series stock to arrive on Thursday night s it will be available on Friday morning. As this is a very limited series we have 256 pieces arriving so hurry on down to the barrow to get yours before they sell out.

2 Tone Series Gary Baseman

Gary Baseman has done it again with 2 great pieces in the 2 tone series.

These 2 pieces are a definite for me.

Custom Munny "Princess Byakko (White Tiger)" by KingQuan

KingQuan just sent up the first images of his custom piece for the Milk Munny Exhibit, titled "Princess Byakko (White Tiger)" and it looks awesome! The bold black against pearly white really make this Munny stand out, and with a few of KingQuan's trademark cherry blossoms... this is one beautiful custom!!

"Milk Munny" is a group show at Monorchid in Phoenix, AZ to raise breast cancer awareness. Check out their website for more information, or if you are in the Phoenix area between October 1 and 3 just stop by the gallery to see KingQuan's White Tiger in person!

Kidrobot's 2tone Dunny series

It's here! Kidrobot's 2tone Dunny Series just dropped, and, thanks to Neon Monster, we are happy to present some of the first exclusive reveals. The lineup features standard figures by Ryan Bubnis, Aaron Meshon, Huck Gee, Tad Carpenter, Steven Harrington, Chuckboy, Maxx242, Pon, Doktor A and Aya Kakeda, a mystery figure by Maxx242, figures with unknown ratios by Angry Woebots and mcbess and a rare chase by Gary Baseman.
The 2tone Dunny Series is like the Endangered Dunny Series in that it is in limited release and available only through select Kidrobot resellers. Although you can see that not all of the Dunnys in this series follow the strict definition of "2tone," Neon Monster told us that the case they opened contained every figure listed except the Huck standard and the Baseman chase. Not a bad ratio! Hop over to their blog to see photos of all their 2tone Dunny pulls.

Our stock will be arriving late next week so watch this space for more details.

Posted by Paul Bubnitz on Twitter today.

This is a great piece , i definitely want to get one. Where ?

Jon Paul Kaiser – Samurai Pumpkin Pure Edition

October is right around the corner. That means candy, more candy and Jon Paul Kaiser’s Samurai Pumpkin 5” Mini Qee from Toy2R. Here’s the first look at the OG b+w edition of the new figure which now carries the ‘PURE’ moniker. This one will also be available in a red accented GID edition.

KING OF THE BOARDS – Rsin Art

Welcome to the Kidrobot Forums artist custom contest, KING OF THE BOARDS! Every month we honor one of the many talented artists from Kidrobot’s discussion boards for their incredible art and dedication to the vinyl community. Plus you can win this amazing custom 8-inch Dunny designed by Rsin Art. To enter, email mailto:wheelbarrow@kidrobot.comwith a picture of your most prized Dunny in your collection by 5p EST this Friday, September 24. Please title all entry emails KING OF THE BOARDS – Rsin Art.
This month’s KING OF THE BOARDS is Rsin Art. Hailing from Pennsylvania, Rsin has made a prominent name for himself amongst the custom toy community. He has featured his charismatic Whisper Style art works in numerous vinyl shows around the US since 2007. Taking on commissions and creating new art works, Rsin keeps pushing himself to the next level. He took a moment to give us some insight into the world of Rsin Art.

PHU's "Rebel" Yoka vector turnarounds...

Last but not least in the line of production Yoka's set to be released at this years NYCC 2010 via the MyPlasticHeart booth #2879 for $15 each, is none other than PHU as he brings his futuristic neo-nuclear designs to this platform toy. The color pallet is not very dynamic as it's grayscale, but what it lacks in color it really makes up in design as this figure looks great! adFunture did another stellar job on this piece and a huge congrats goes out to PHU for being recognized and getting in on this fierce threesome along with Mortorbot and Reactor-88!

"Roadkill Motorcycle Club" custom by Hugh Rose

We have been dazzled with custom from Hugh Rose before, but instead of his normal affair we are familiar with, Hugh took a new approach to customizing his latest Munny commission as he dug a little deep into the dark side of his mind to created the "Roadkill Motorcycle Club" custom. This figure is 100% awesome, from the color pallet used to the amazing detailing of line work and textures throughout the entire piece... really cool! This was commissioned by CTU member Matt A. and if your looking for a sick custom, hit up Hugh via mail.to:hrose6161@hotmail.co.uk as he is available to do your bidding :-)

Sket One's custom 8" Bacon Swine Flu Edition

Now this is some great news... artist Sket One does a fantastic job of creating a character and transferring it to different platforms... and that is exactly what he has done with his "Bacon" character. First seen on a 3" Dunny, then on a 3" Bic Buddy, and hopefully soon a 5" MAD*l this character has some charisma, and now this Friday, March 12th, 2010 at 12PM PST, Sket One will be releasing an edition of 10, 8" custom "Swine Flu Edition' Dunny's! These awfully gory customs come decked out in scrubs, and a blood filled syringe. Each is signed, numbered and will retail for $475 at Sket's Big Cartel Store HERE... these are great, that syringe is a nice touch for sure!

Gizmo gets the MEGA treatment...

Artist Kristy Anne Ligones has been featured on here before where she tackled the 8" Dubai based platform MEGA figure... and well, she did it again on the same platform, as she created a really cool custom of Gizmo from Gremlins! She also added a surprise Lil' Gremlin or Mogwai in his bag... really great use of this platform and another stellar custom from Kristy!

Designer Collection Series 6

Keep you eyes open we are on our way to you !

5" Mini Qee Samurai Pumpkin GID version by JonPaul Kaiser!!

Munky King Presents: Luke Chueh – Black In White (& Red All Over) Signing & Release (10.02)

On Saturday, October 2nd, Munky King will be releasing the second colorway of Luke Chueh’s Black In White figure. The Black In White & Red All Over is an MK Exclusive and is limited to 250 pieces worldwide. They will be available during Luke’s signing from 4-7PM and at the release party from 7-10PM. There will also be a limited edition print, shirts, and other goodies.

Custom Control – Skateboard Dunny By COOB Originals

Vermont artist, COOB Originals has out done himself with his latest creation, a custom 3-inch Dunny sculpted from broken skateboards. This one of a kind is a truly inspiring adaptation of the Dunny platform and a wonderful expample of Custom Control. COOB, primarily working with recycled materials, creates upcycled skateboard jewelry and accessories. Check out more COOB Originals on his Etsy store.

REVEALED – Dunny Series 2010 Golden Ticket

Dunny ????

Charming Custom Skumbo By Task One

For artist Task One, no vinyl is off limits. Here, he has taken Tristan Eaton’s 2005 character, Skumbo and created an emotional custom for a very special friend entitled, To Be Named. Check out Task One’s website for more amazing one of a kind art toys.

Custom 10" Teddy Troop from Rsin

Rsin continues to wow us all with his amazing customs. He made this rad Teddy Troop for a fellow KidRobot forum boardie to go in their kids nursery/bed room... LUCKY kid!!!! Rsin says that he "Wasn't given anything specific to do, except make it kinda panda in the whisper style. I wanted to use bright colors and also make it a bit shinny, both things I know young children are drawn too." So he took that direction and ran with it and sculpted out the face, stomach, and added some wicked looking ears then he added his patented whisper face to both the helmet and the face. The colors that Rsin uses really make the figures pop... and each one he completes they get tighter and tighter... amazing! Hit up his Flickr HERE for more pics including a dope 20" custom Van Orlax!!!

New YORKA... 3 new Yoka designs by Motorbot, Reactor88, and PHU for NYCC 2010

adFunture just released images of 3 awesome new production Yoka's by 3 very deserving artists that have been at the grind doing customs for years now, so these are very well deserved. First up is Motorbot as he give us his classic monster magic, which translated very well over to this platform. Next up is Reactor88's sweet tribal inspired pattern design, as well PHU's neo-futuristic "Rebel Pilot" inspired Yoka. All three of these are set to be released at this year's NYCC... more details as they roll in, but congrats to all 3 of these artists once again!

Custom Showcase Dunnys by ZAM and Jon-Paul Kaiser

One of the coolest "surprise" with my recent trip to Thailand for CLEA, was the opportunity to see two hand-painted custom Dunnys by two equally talented artists, up close! Heck, I even borrowed them for display at my booth! And of course I had to snap to my fill of these awesome work (no over-hyping here, I assure you folks) and exclusively share it with you folks here! CLICK THRU to have a look at Jon-Paul Kaiser's YETI KONG and ZAM's super-swell villain-Dunny, both completed for a swap amongst both artists!

Cris Rose's Custom Rumble Stolen @ DragonCon 2010

Custom MADL Has Style

Found this great custom 6 inch vinyl MAD L toy by Zdenek55. What attracts me to the toy is its really expressive face and the base paint job(not the inkwork) that makes for a nice textured look that almost makes it look like its madde out of wood rather than plastic.

The artist has been featured at The Don O'Melveny Gallery In Los Angeles (2006), and at The THINKSPACE Gallery (2007), Phantom Gallery (2007), The Sundance Film Festival, The L.A. Biscuit Lofts Art Show (2007), Monkeyhouse Toys (2007, 2008) Gallery Hangar 1018 (2007), AlphaCult (2007) and APW NYC (2008), Gnosis Gallery (2008).

Check this great piece , You can pick him up for $75 if you are quick.

Kidrobot and Mcdonalds Toys? Great Concept Fun

Here's a signature image I saw on the Kidrobot forums that made me laugh. I believe it's a concept, because it says "It's only a matter of time". I wouldn't be surprised either, and hey I might even pick them up. Or maybe they'll be included in my happy meal? Sweet. Spotted on user Mistuh_T's signature.

Skelanimals Qee series 1

Toy2R keeps the Qee news rollin as they have just revealed 3 more new designs from their upcoming Skelanimals Qee series 1! Today we are getting a glimpse at designs by Reactor 88, Jim Koch, and Julie West... which all have distinct charasterics that we have come to know from each of these designers! I really like the Totem designs from Reactor as this little figure captures his style so well, and Jim's Stitch-n-skull design is so fitting as well as Julie's clean lines and feminine touch! Keep your eyes peeled for more designs from other artist in this series includiug: Jon Paul Kaiser, Voltaire, Lunabee, and Chauskoskis!

Sket One Artist proofs

Gary Baseman Painting.

Gary Baseman's - Happy Idiot and other paintings about Unattainable Beauty

One day i would like to get one of Gary's paintings, He is my favorite designer/artist

Bitbots series 0

Bitbots will be launched tomorrow.

We wish them great success in their new venture.

Come down to the barrow to get your first ever release of this amazing toy.

Dunny 2010

Hi All

Just to advise all our followers in Johannesburg that Mooks in The Zone shopping center in Rosebank has got dunny's in stock.

New York Comic Con Here We Come!

For the first time, Kidrobot will be getting down this year in The Cultyard at New York Comic Con. We will be joining our vinyl allies STRANGEco, Mimobot, Tokidoki, Toy Qube, Toy Tokyo and many others in the expansion of our vinyl art community at NYCC. And in good Kidrobot fashion we got a ton of tricks up our sleeves. We’ll keep you posted on details as they arise.

I really would love to be there !