Monday, August 5, 2013

Pyramidun from Andrew Bell x Kidrobot



    This toy has gotten a lot of panties in wads.  Andrew Bell has re imagined Kidrobot's Dunny with a pyramid head.  What's cool about this is that the pyramid has three sections that spin, giving you the opportunity to create the face you like the best.  Yeah, I kinda miss the traditional Dunny ears, but I don't know how on earth they would have added them in and still given you free reign over the face you make with it.  At the end of the day it does take some getting used to with the different head shape but the interactive part of it outweighs that for me.  And the great thing is that they aren't blind boxed, so you can easily get the color scheme you want or you can get them both without having to spend a lot of money or end up with doubles.  They come out on August 15th and will sell for $14.99 each.  

Creatures Show at Foe Store and Gallery featuring Plaseebo



    You may never see toys as crazy as the ones that will be on display at this weekend's Creatures show at Foe Store and Gallery in Massachusetts.   Just look at the stuff that Plaseebo will have on display and for sale and try to sleep tonight:


    I wish that when we died out skulls would separate from our bodies, grow tentacles, and then live a life of leisure on an island in the Pacific.  Every year they would gather at a set meeting point, say Kansas, and then migrate together to go and begin their new lives.  The journey would be perilous, and not all of the skulls would make it, but if they did they would live in a nice retirement resort and develop a love for beach volleyball.  

    Ok, that may not happen, but that doesn't mean I don't want it to any less.  I love this Skulloctopus.  The figure alone is cool enough, but he also lights up with a motion-activated LED.  Can't get your kid to stay in their room all night?  Put this guy outside their door and never worry again about them coming to bug you while you're trying to sleep.  



    How do you top a motion-activated light up toy?  You make the LED's change color.  This Isotope Night Gamer has some pretty crazy head gear and a worm-like tongue that could unnerve the bravest of men.  




    I'll be the first to admit; the Android toys don't normally do it for me.  No matter who designs them I just can't bring myself to want to own one.  Until now.  Who would have thought that all you have to do is fill it with asteroid slime and space guts and I would suddenly be all about it?  This could improve a lot of advertising mascots, like Tony the Tiger or Bob's Big Boy.  

    See all of Plaseebo's work in person starting this Friday, August 9th.  And keep an eye on http://www.shopfoe.com/ to get a chance to purchase one of these if you can't make it for the event.  


Saturday, August 3, 2013

Mike Egan SDCC Exclusives Available Now at Lulubell Toy Bodega



    Mike Egan is my favorite artist who used to be an embalmer.  Come to think of it, I don't know anyone who used to prepare corpses and make neo-folk art.  But that still makes him my favorite.  The man has experienced death in ways most of us never will and I think that gives his paintings a unique truth to them, as they were crafted by hands that have transformed people's loved ones into the last physical image they will ever see of them.  It's eerie and it's poetic in the same breath.  

    Another one of his characters entered the 3D realm this past San Diego Comic Con and now Lulubell Toy Bodega has the few remaining pieces for those of us that were unable to be there in person.  Lucky is available in both black and orange and makes a nice companion piece to his previously released Bones figure.  They also have a few copies of his Death Goes Pop book in which he painted portraits of some of pop cultures most recognizable characters.  Each on also come with a hand embellished and signed print.  

Check out more of his work at http://www.eganpaintings.com/.




Bad Apple Liquid Erosion from Mighty Jaxx



    Snow White is evidently not a fan of the heat either, though thankfully I've never been hot enough to actually melt.  Instinctoy have added this subtle touch to the ridiculously popular Bad Apple figure from Goin x Mighty Jaxx.  Only 150 of each color grenade were made and they will retail for $150 each.  Now onto the confusing part.  There are different windows of preorder time available depending on where you live in the world.  I am going to present this info to you directly as it was stated on Mighty Jaxx's Instagram account:

4th August 2013 Los Angeles 8pm New York 11pm 5th August 2013 London 4am Singapore 10am Japan 11pm 


    So if you live in the United States, your window of opportunity is tomorrow.  If you live elsewhere, it's gonna be on Monday.

Friday, August 2, 2013

Hug The Killer Army Green Edition from Mighty Jaxx





    I've made it a rule to never hug anything with razor sharp teeth.  Thus far, that rule has kept me alive and in good health.  Sorry Aunt Claire, it's not that I don't love you, it's that you filed your dentures down in some weird DIY dementia moment.  It's creepy.

    Hug The Killer looks like he is filled with bad ideas.  Most of them involve your flesh and how good it would feel digesting in his belly.  Mighty Jaxx are offering up this critter in a new army green color way in an edition of 50 right now at http://mightyjaxx.com/.

Paul Frank's Julius Custom Show at Toy Art Gallery


    Monkeys make everything better.  Who wouldn't be far more fascinated by NASCAR if all of the drivers were monkeys?  What about a monkey dentist?   While it may not cut down on the pain factor it would still be more entertaining.  Paul Frank's been putting monkeys on things for years and making them better, and now other artists are putting their artistic talents on his monkey Julius (wait, that sounds kind of scandalous).  

    Tomorrow night is the opening reception for the Julius Toy Art Show at Toy Art Gallery.  And if you don't live close it's no big deal, because you will be able to see them all and even buy them at www.toyartgallery.com



Thursday, August 1, 2013

Lost Worlds: Creatures from Beyond at Stranger Factory



    Oooooooooh this is gonna be so good.  Stranger Factory is Albuquerque (do you know how freakin hard that is to spell) New Mexico is having a new show that starts tomorrow featuring some of my favorite toy people.  Lost Worlds: Creatures from Beyond will feature new work from Paul Kaiju, Splurrt, and Mutant Vinyl Hardcore, and more.  Check out some of the stuff that Splurrt is sending for the show right here:



    The opening reception is tomorrow night from 6-9pm and hopefully some of this stuff will make its way online in the near future.  


    Paul Kaiju will also be teaching a class in mini figure sculpting this Sunday.  For $85 you get a 3 hour class with the man himself with an additional hour long q&a afterwards.  Learn all of his secrets and then become a toy making phenomenon yourself.  Then have your own show, become rich and famous, and date a Kardashian sister.