Ring in the New Year With Robbie Busch’s El Diablo
Robbie Busch has been finessing his art formula since many Kidrobot devotees were drinking formula (particularly true for kids born in the late 70s when formula briefly reigned over milk). His colorful career spans comics (more Sandman than superher0), film, animation, music, photography and writing. Robbie, aka McBoing Boing, has clocked decades as part of the urban art scene, so who better to wax poetic on cultural changes as we teeter on the precipice of a new year? ToyCyte chatted up the New Yorker about life, art and his first original resin toy. You can check out paintings and pieces from Robbie's recent show at Rotofugi here, including prototypes of his El Diablo figure. The first wave of El Diablos available for purchase hit the Argonauts Resin store at 12PM PST/3PM EST today.
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Now You Can Collect Qees on FaceBook
It’s as if my girlfriend and best friend conspired with Toy2R to lure me onto FaceBook with the only possible application that could circumvent my disdain for social networking. Now, in addition to virtual “fun” like tending one’s “green patch,” you can collect Qees. There are currently over 100 Qees to give and receive as [...]
Continue reading...New Zombie Ojo Rojo and Bwana Spoons Customs at Grass Hut
As the Grass Hut/ Gargamel Gang event creeps closer, Bwana Spoons is sending out some custom sneak peeks. The Martin Ontiveros/Gargamel Zombie Ojo Rojo figure above is one of three exclusive pieces they will have on hand. But there will be copious customs. Bwana sent us the two below, but he’s dividing up the previews [...]
Continue reading...STITCH Exclusive Uglydoll Plush Colorways
After a dirth of Uglydoll news, David Horvath and Sun-Min Kim are coming on strong with new and exclusive plushes and vinyl figures. Today’s topic: these plush Uglydolls. Ice-Bat and friends are currently available in colorways exclusive to Japanese lifestyle store, STITCH, and Uglycon Tokyo. The STITCH exclusives will run you about $45 USD while [...]
Continue reading...custoMONDAY: Win a Custom Skull Plush by Lana Crooks
We begin the first custoMONDAY of 2009 with a first for the series: plush. And who better to kick things off than full-time plushinator, Lana Crooks? As the proprietor of Crookedart, Lana spends her time between freelance illustration, costume and set design for film and TV, visual design for retail and, of course, making unique soft sea creatures and skeletons...you can pick up her plushes in LA at Munky King. Or, you could win one right now.
Continue reading...Popaganda Asia Tour and Mini-Series From Ron English
Much in the way of Ron English news came out over the holiday break. MINDstyle continues to prove itself peerless with this preview of an upcoming mini-figure set featuring many of Ron’s iconic characters. One of the figures is expected to lead the pack with a January release, while the other figures are set to [...]
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Casio’s Holy 25th Anniversary G-Shock Trinity
I don’t know too many people my age who didn’t spend at least some time in Elementary School with some huge, blocky watch strapped to their tiny little wrist, myself among them. I might have had a Casio in there somewhere, but I know at there were at least two impractically enormous Nintendo Game Watches [...]
Continue reading...ToyCyte Gift Guides 2008
Collin and I wrote up a bunch of guides to cheekily target certain types of holiday shoppers. The “season of giving” may now be over, but here are quick links to Gift Guides for Bunny Lovers, Stargazers, Toy Fashionistas, Steampunks, The Recently Dead, Kaiju Kids and People Who Love Cephalopods. You never know when you’re [...]
Continue reading...Toy2R x Jay Chou Qees
TOY2R collaborates with overseas singing sensation Jay Chou. With the release of his ninth album, Capricorn, in October of this year, the theme of magic and fantasy open the doors for these cool 2.5″ Qees. Like those Eslite Qees I was coveting, the Jay Chou Qees will unfortunately only be available in Taiwan. Fans can [...]
Continue reading...New Crap From KAWS
Proving that turd-themed toys can survive a recession the way cockroaches can withstand radiation, KAWS is preparing to drop some fresh piles on his fervent fanbase. Warm Regards was originally created as part of the Beautiful Losers exhibition in 2004 and has since been seen in other 2D manifestations. These vinyl toys are modelled after [...]
Continue reading...Doctor Who Gets Small
Et tu, Doctor Who? While I’m not completely sold on this whole new aesthetic of kid-friendly 2″, unarticulated, super-cute fantasy characters that Hasbro started, I can’t help but be a little swayed when all of my favorite science fiction properties are sucked into its mighty whirlpool of toyetic regression. Last week, it was Hellboy and Mezco, [...]
Continue reading...MINDstyle’s Two-Faced Hazel by Kathie Olivas: Update
MINDstyle is not bothering with a slow ramp-up to their 2009 releases, instead, they are rather nonchalantly dominating the art toy gambit with brilliant new figures from Ron English, Doktor A and Kathie Olivas. We previously showed you full turnarounds of Kathie’s 9-inch hand-painted vinyl Two-Faced Hazel, and now here’s a look at the premium [...]
Continue reading...Deharavath Menta Ice-Bat Uglydoll Japan Version
David Horvath has a penchant for dropping some rad Ice-Bat colorways, like GID and glitter, and this latest piece from Intheyellow is no exception. Following the highly-coveted green Deharavath Menta Ice-Bat collabs, Intheyellow has now revealed this black, pink and red Deharavath Uglycon Japan version. This Uglydoll is ultra-limited and going for just over $100 [...]
Continue reading...Toy2R Continues to Channel Matt Groening With Futurama Qees
As a rabid Futurama collector (and subsequently, hopeful speculator about the fate of the series), I’m kinda excited about the combination of all things ‘outer space’ and ‘Matt Groening’, so I’m already sold on the 3″ superdeformed-ish, Qee-styled versions of Fry and Bender that Toy2R will be releasing somewhere between January and February, for roughly [...]
Continue reading...Tim Tsui Goes GID with Blue Kidrobot Exclusive Lupus Hope
Tim Tsui continues to release Lupus Hope colorways in a fast and furious manner compatible with the werewolf himself. Perhaps as a consolation prize for the lack of Kate Beckinsale in the upcoming installment of Underworld, lycan-lovers can grab up this glow-in-the-dark blue Kidrobot exclusive. The blue GID Lupus Hope follows the SDCC version, [...]
Continue reading...Enterbay’s 1/6th Mr. Bean Figure: An Update
Perhaps the very last 1/6th scale figure I ever, ever, ever thought I’d see, mute Britcom star (and possible space alien) Mr. Bean is finally on his way from Hong Kong’s Enterbay. When last we reported on this in September, the final details were a bit hazy, but Enterbay has since published a small gallery [...]
Continue reading...Doktor A’s Sweeny Podd Asian Exclusive
Following the Gentleman’s Club VTN-exclusive Stephan Le Podd, Doktor A now brings us this striking black and red colorway, called Sweeny Podd. The newest MINDstyle Mechtorian is an Asian Exclusive, and rumored to be a very small run at that. Doktor A weighed in on the conundrum of countless colorways with this refreshing perspective on SpankyStokes: My [...]
Continue reading...Brandt Peters’ Cackle Factory at G1988
Gallery 1988 continues their streak of great shows with Brandt Peters‘ debut LA solo exhibition. I’m not trying to start a rumor, but maybe they’ll have some of Brandt’s Serv-O-Matic mini-figures on display? Opening reception kicks off at 7PM, February 3rd in Los Angeles. Mark your calendars. Related posts Doktor A x G1988 x Mattel Hot Wheels [...]
Continue reading...Meet The Littles: Post-Punk Figures from Creamous
If Creamous was a house, I’d want to live in it. The label, which “melds quirky art infusions, retro-fitted subcultural leanings, pop surrealism and post-punk sensibilities” in an effort to bring back the “forgotten lovechild” of Fashion, Art and Design, is currently showcasing 3 limited edition figures called The Littles. Although on first glance The [...]
Continue reading...ZJ Design Unveils Nike Founder Qees
We’ve seen Qees take the form of humans like Frank Kozik, MCA, Voltaire and even Raymond Choy himself. Now, with the friendly support of Toy2R, designer Dragon Wang (ZJ DESIGN) has unveiled two 8-inch custom-made Qees: “Mark & Tinker in Beijing.” Mark and Tinker, need no introduction to Nike fans. For the rest of us: [...]
Continue reading...Even More Marvel Muggs
Hasbro might have let their once-glorious Marvel Legends line collapse into hellish oblivion before I ever got my Dormammu or Inhumans action figures, but they’re still pounding on the door of the designer toy market with their sixth set of Marvel Mighty Muggs, which includes Logan, Sabretooth, a vintage-era Cyclops, and a seriously deranged Phoenix [...]
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