The Second Pin from Josh Divine's Alley Kids Series is Available Now

 

  How come the enamel pin thing didn't blow up while the people at TGI Fridays were forced to wear flair on their suspenders?  You'd think that with those restaurants and all those folks needing pins that the market would have responded accordingly.  But nope, now they just wear polo shirts with no hint of their personality or what they're really about and the pin game is stronger than ever.  I for one am not into eating crappy food served by people who all look like extras from 1984, so bring back the flair and stop feeding us your agenda of conformity and indigestion, TGI Fridays, if that is your real name.

   When Josh Divine isn't dreaming up craziness for Kidrobot he's out there doing his own thing in the art world, like making his Alley Kids series of pins.  The latest is Alexis, who is a rocker girl who is waaaaaaay more Joan Jett than Avril Lavigne and would bring love to bring a heavy dose of sass to your jean jacket.  Get her right now by checking out www.alley-kids.com.

"Summer's End" and "Dark Arts" Fumetsu Release from Cop A Squat Toys

    We all have two sides: one that's light and fluffy and wants to hugs baby duckies and laugh at Tina Fey movies, and one that's dark and brooding and wants to listen to Slayer and kick people in the face.  Sometimes one rises up to cancel the other out.  Sometimes they both remain even and you flip flop between the two.  It's just basic human nature, but according to my lawyer it is not a valid excuse for throwing out a request to appear for jury duty.  That sounds like some University of Phoenix Law School thinking to me and I've gotta do better when picking legal representation on Craigslist.

    Don't be ashamed of either of your personalities; instead celebrate them with the help of Cop a Squat Toys.  He's ready to release two new editions of his popular Fumetsu figures in the form of the brightly colored Summer's End and the mysteriously evil Dark Arts sets.  Each figure is sold individually for $80 a pop.  There won't be many to go around, so be ready when they are on Tuesday, August 9th, at 2pm eastern time only from http://www.copasquattoys.com.

Porcelain 400% Bearbrick from Medicom Toys x K. Olin Tribu

    I know you thought Bedazzling your toy shelves was gonna elevate your collection to a whole nother tax bracket, but that's not the way to do it.  You've gotta raise the caliber of the collection itself and what better way to do that than with porcelain.  And no one does porcelain like K. Olin Tribu,
who have teamed up with Medicom to create this stunning 400% Bearbrick.

    You can preorder one right now by clicking on the link to the right of this post.  Your friends will be impressed and your family will probably think you have extra money to lend them now that you're so fancy.

Limited Run Of Hand Painted Dorobannii from Cristina Ravenna x Javier Jimenez

    We all commemorate milestones in our life differently.  Some people get them tattooed on their body for all to see.  Some make glorious Facebook posts that may or may not get them fired from work.  Sometimes you just want to celebrate and you wake up three days later wearing someone else's pants in a zip code different from where you swore you left your car all the while being stared down by a table full of people who don't speak your language or necessarily have your best interests at heart.  Not everyone would find it appropriate to celebrate fixing your dishwasher to such a degree, but I take appliances very seriously.

    Cristina Ravenna has chosen to mark her tenth year living in Granada, Spain by painting up a handful of Javier Jimenez's Dorobannii figures.  That's probably way more appropriate than what I would have thought of.  Each resin toy is adorned with a motif inspired by Fajalauza pottery, which has been around since the 16th century.  That's even older than I am!  

    These are extremely limited and will be available on Sunday, August 7th only from http://www.stickupmonsters.bigcartel.com at 11 am eastern standard time.  

"The Nothing" from The Never Ending Story As Envisioned by Renone x Extratruckestrial

   I love self-produced carded figures but I'm always torn between opening them and leaving them in as mint condition as possible.  Part of me wants to tear into the package and check the toy out from all angles while another part of me wants to leave everything intact and appreciate it as a complete package like the artist intended.  For those of you that obsess over things like I do, sometimes you just need that decision removed from the equation so you can continue on with your life as a somewhat normally functioning human being.  

   Renone and Extraruckestrial have combined their talents to bring to you the first ever action figure of The Nothing from The Neverending Story.  Not only will you get this perfectly detailed, film accurate version of creeping emptiness, the entire box it's mailed in will be filled with extras of the uncarded version to display as you wish!!!!  Put some Nothing in your display case, let your children play with a big pile of Nothing, or just tote them around in your pocket and hand them out at work when people need to bring it down a notch.  You'll have so much Nothing you won't even know what to do with them all!!!!!!  

   Snag one for yourself on Sunday, August 7th only from http://renonelab.storenvy.com and make this easily the figure that most people want to ask you about in your collection.  

The Debut of Bake-Kujira from Candie Bolton X Toy Art Gallery

   
    Moby Dick would have been the size of a pamphlet if Ahab had seen this dude from his boat.  He would have immediately given up hunting whales, moved further inland, and become an accountant.  By comparison it's not as compelling a story, and Herman Melville is not a name we would all know had he wrote that one instead.   But who cares about all that cause the important part of this is coming up riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight now:

    Finally, collectors around the world can get their hands on the majesty that is Bake-Kujira!!!  Candie Bolton and Toy Art Gallery made a killer choice in debuting this figure in gray vinyl with silver and copper flakes, really playing up the ghostly aspect of the piece.  This thing looks stunning online so I can only imagine how much better it is in person.  Find out for yourself when it goes on sale Friday, August 5th at noon pacific time from www.toyartgallery.com.  

Lemmy Pop! Vinyl from Funko

       This is Lemmy.  He was in a band called Motorhead.  Unfortunately he is no longer with us.  But now he is one of Funko's Pop Vinyl figures.  Just holding this toy will probably get you stoned and make you as attractive to the opposite sex as an antelope carcass is to hyenas.  That's how Lemmy would have wanted it.