Unfortunately, KusoVinyl won’t be able to exhibit at San Diego Comic Con this year…but that doesn’t mean Celsius has to miss the big event. Kuso will be releasing the Celsius Overheat version at Dragatomi’s booth (#3848). Each figure comes with a wing, backpack, sword, and Fahrenheit mini comic
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SDCC10: Celsius Overheat Version
Even though Motorbot won’t be making it to SDCC this year, some of his toys will be there. There will be 9 hand painted Treatures and 2 hand painted Louts available at the Dragatomi Booth (#3848). And if you can’t make it to the show – like Motorbot – you can check out his shop
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SDCC10: Motorbot’s Treatures and Louts
It’s been raining buckets the last couple of days, off and on with thunder and lightening. So with the bad weather my son stayed indoors for most of the day yesturday, took a break from video games and made some homemade Chocolate Chip Cookies. This was the first time that he really got it all together with very little supervision and oh my, they were good….now there’s only 4 cookies left.
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Raining Buckets
I’ve got some pics for you to enjoy and a little story with each one. First, tomorrow is the last day of school for my son and this is what he is giving to his teacher. The little Inspire dish is from an Etsy shop called Wise Impressions a great dish for paper clips, jewelry, push pins, etc and my son picked out this little cute Russ cat plushie
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Sharing…♥
Hot Toys has released details of their newest Iron Man 2 Movie Masterpiece Series figure – the 1/6th scale Black Widow limited edition collectible figurine. The movie-accurate Black Widow collectible is specially crafted based on the image of Scarlett Johansson in the movie, highlighting the newly sculpted head, hair implantation, highly detailed costume and accessories.
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Iron Man 2 – Black Widow
Tessetoys newest handmade figures – Big Klik & Small Klak – will be available separately on this Tuesday May 4th 2010, starting at 5PM GMT. Small Klak runs a small business with Big Klik travelling through wormholes stealing pockets of time for personal consumption. A second cousin to Small Klak and partner in the time stealing
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Big Klik & Small Klak
This May, Smithsonian Portrait Gallery finalist Jason Shawn Alexander returns to Corey Helford Gallery for the debut of his first Los Angeles solo exhibition “Mourners Walk Over Maple Leaves”. The opening will take place on Saturday, May 8th 2010 from 7PM to 10PM, and the show will be exhibited until May 29, 2010.
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Mourners Walk Over Maple Leaves
Aww, she is SO cute! Ta, Ta, Bad little pup! She found this tiny stuffed bunny which is usually on a shelf in my son’s room but the shelf was taken down when we painted his room last weekend. The bunny came from the Easter Bunny last year. So I had to wait to rescue the bunny or our pup would have wanted to play tug of war with it.
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A Bunny Rescue
In addition to releasing prints from Shane Jessup, Dalek and Patricio Oliver – the folks from The Poster Cause Project have added three new prints to help raise funds for Haiti Earthquake Relief. These prints, selling for $15 each, are from artists Scribe, Eboy and Pon. 100% of the profits from these are going to
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The Poster Cause Project Supports Haiti
Inglourious Basterds was my favorite film of 2009. The performances of Christoph Waltz, who just won the Golden Globe for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture, and Brad Pitt highlighted a great film from Quentin Tarantino. Hot Toys has released this teaser image of their upcoming 1/6 scale Lt.
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1/6 Scale Lt. Aldo Raine
In light of the recent tragedy that occurred in Haiti, gallery hanahou and the artists participating in the 20/10 Vision show will contribute 20% of all proceeds from the exhibition to disaster relief efforts in Haiti. The opening, which takes place this Thursday (January 21st) will include a collaborative live drawing created by participating artists
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20/10 Vision Show Update
On Tuesday, we asked you to send in your favorite toys of the past year. Check out this post to refresh your memory. Well, here are the prizes that you could win! Complete set of Treeson and Other Stories Figures (Thanks to Crazy Label) Custom Star Trek Bunk Bot
The Sensory Overload show – taking place at Instinct Gallery – will showcase artists works that explore the senses of sight, smell, touch, taste and sound through large installations, performances, samplings and interactions. The opening reception (Friday January 8th from 6PM to 11PM) will include large installations, interactive video and sound displays, tribal belly dance
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Sensory Overload
The first event for 2010 at Dragatomi will be the “Art For Wishes” show – a charity event benefiting the Sacramento chapter of the Make-a-Wish Foundation. There will be custom mini Munnys and mini canvases created by the children of artists. The event will take place on Saturday January 9th beginning at 6PM
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Art For Wishes at Dragatomi
Dark Horse will be marking the 60th anniversary of Charles Schultz’s Peanuts comic strip by releasing the above pictured Charlie Brown Then and Now figure set. Scheduled to be released on April 21st, 2010, the pair of 4″ tall vinyl statues depict Charlie Brown now (left) and when the strip debuted (on the right). Look
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Charlie Brown – Then and Now
Bad Brian is the latest polymer clay collectible figure from Lisastarchild Pinkston of Sleepy Robot 13. Each hand sculpted figure is packaged blind box style and comes with a unique weapon and removable junk food accessory. Some of the accessories available in the Bad Brian collection include grenade launchers, katana swords, mini Gatling guns, and
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Bad Brian from Sleepy Robot 13
Our old pal Bryan – of Paper Foldables fame – has posted up his newest character – Porthos. This piece was designed for Legendo’s WiiWare video game – The Three Musketeers: One For All! Bryan describes the game as follows: Porthos, the hero of the game, is out to to rescue his kidnapped Musketeer brothers!
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Porthos – The Three Musketeers
Background For today’s review, we’re going to be looking at two of Toy2R’s newest 2.5” tall Qee lines – the Wood Grain Qees and the Reservoir Dogs Qee line. These are both blind boxed series, and we pulled one from each lineup…to give you a look at what these lines offer. …
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REVIEW: Wood Grain and Reservoir Dogs Qees
James Jean unveiled his newest collection of limited edition prints at Hint Mint House in Venice, CA this past Saturday. In conjunction with that release, there was an exhibit showing the process behind the images he created for Hint Mint’s Limited Edition Artist Series tins. The second phase of the …
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James Jean: Process
calling all cars 7 The 7th (and last official) wave of Calling All Cars! papercraft toys is now available for your downloading pleasure. The lineup consists of five new designs from the following artists: Yasushi Hamada aka “B”; Jullen “Fasmer” Gendron (Kenny); Zerolabor (KITT); Idham Mahardhika (Cepot in Angot); KNGL (Horrorzozz).
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Calling All Cars Wave 7
Corey Helford Gallery is proud to present “Immortal Artifacts”, an exhibition of extraordinary new works by highly-collected artist Kukula. For her first solo show with the gallery, Kukula delights audiences with her unique fusion of childhood innocence and deliciously dark narratives. Inspired by the artist’s love of classical art and …
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KUKULA “Immortal Artifacts”
Urbanix Gallery , in collaboration with the Industrial Design Department at the Holon Institute of Technology, will be presenting the Mini Me exhibition, which includes designer toys that have been manufactured using OBJET's 3D printing technology. The event will take place November 1st at 8PM at the Urbanix Gallery in Tel Aviv, and run through November 12th. As part of the project, third-year students in the Industrial Design Department were asked to address their persona and self-perception.
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Mini Me Exhibition at Urbanix
The Hot Toys Movie Masterpiece series continues to bring collectors historical ninja characters with the 1:6 scale Kamui collectible figure from the Japanese live action film – Kamui Gaiden . The collectible figure stands approximately 12″ tall and features more than 32 points of articulation, dressed in his movie-accurate ninja outfit including ninja costume, faux-leather vest, wristlets, shin guards, pants and shoes. The accessories and weapons include: Shinobi Sword with sheath Short sword with sheath Two iron fists Two kunai knives Small bag 2 pairs of interchangeable hands Shells Authentic likeness of Kenichi Matsuyama as Kamui Figure stand with Kamui Gaiden movie logo and Kamui nameplate
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Kamui Gaiden – 1:6 Scale Kamui
The Hello Kitty Balloon MIMOBOT from Mimoco is taking to the sky with her birthday bear balloon. It’s her 35th anniversary on November 1, and from October 23rd through November 15th she’s got the Three Apples exhibit at Royal/T in LA to celebrate, featuring favorite MIMOBOT artists Simone Legno, Gary Baseman, FriendsWithYou, and many more. The hi-speed USB 2.0, Mac/PC compatible, is preloaded with wallpapers, icons, and screensavers, and is available in 2GB ($24.95), 4GB ($34.95), 8GB ($49.95) capacities
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Hello Kitty Balloon MIMOBOT
Background If you’ve gone to San Diego Comic Con over the past several years, you’ve realized that there are a ton of Twilight fanatics in attendance. Whether you’re pro, anti or indifferent, it’s likely that you were trampled by at least one or two mobs of vampire-adoring middle school girls. So having the Twilight license is a big draw, and there’s no one that creates large scale articulated character figures the way that Tonner Doll Co.
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REVIEW: Bella Swan Tonner Character Figure
If you didn't make it to Comic Con, you're in luck! Strangekiss just released all three of their Bill the Yeti designer toys. Designed by David Lanham , this rotocast vinyl features removable fabric clothing. Bill is available in three different artist renditions: David Lanham – Bill the Yeti (limited to 250 pieces – $60 ) MAD – Gangsta Bill (limited to 250 pieces – $80 ) Frank Kozik – Mantra Bill (limited to 250 pieces – $80 ) The 8″ tall vinyl figures will be available to purchase individually or as a set
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Bill the Yeti…Now Available
Corey Helford Gallery is proud to present major exhibitions of new works by Dave Burke ( Heavy Petting ) and Mia ( Riddles In The Dark ) with guest artist Sarah Folkman ( Keep It Down ) in the loft. These three incredibly talented and diverse artistic voices from Los Angeles’ New Fine Art Movement intersect for a summer showcase of stunning new paintings and drawings. Open to the public, the reception takes place on Saturday, July 25 , and the show will be on view until August 11, 2009
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Dave Burke + Mia + Sarah Folkman
Hi-Fructose will bring an Oasis of Chaos to the San Diego Comic Con at Booth #4939. They have an extensive list of artist signings (featured below), exclusive print releases and special items premiering at the event. Score limited edition prints from many of the artists and find Mark Ryden's YHWH vinyl figure, Hi-Fructose vol.12, Attaboy's Talking Gooberry, Travis Louie's “Curiosities” SDCC exclusive book, rare back issues, surprise updates via Twitter and much more.
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Hi-Fructose 2009 SDCC Signing Schedule