Adult Toys
For the coming San Diego Comic Con, Super7 is set to unleash a slew of toy-goodness, and news comes in of the first treat for both fans and toy-customizers – yes, Super7 is offering blank vinyls – in the form of their own line of figures; with this 3-Pack of 4.5 inch blanks featuring [L-R]: Josh Herbolsheimer’s ROSE VAMPIRE, Bwana Spoons’ STEVEN THE BAT and Le Merde’s HOLLIS! SRP is US$50 per 3-
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Super7 Exclusive DIY figures for San Diego Comic Con 2009 (Booth #4729)
Besides SDCC-exclusive CELSIUS ZERO toy from KUSO Designer Toys and Rotobox Vinyl Anatomica – there is also an exclusive print set featuring Celsius & Fahrenheit artwork by Rotobox! So is Fahrenheit ally or foe of Celsius?Each Giclee print on 310gsm Watercolor paper measures 12″ x 17″ (with white boarder) and is limited to only 60 sets available during the event @ US$60 per print, US$120 per
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SDCC Celsius & Fahrenheit Limited Giclee Print Set by Rotobox
When KUSO Designer Toy plans an event launch, they sure do bring the goodies! Fast on the collectible toy-heels of the announcement of Itokin Park’s Iti-Pinhead Forester Edition, KUSO lines-up a figure folks have been waiting for (at the very least from myself / Celsius tagged) – Rotobox Vinyl Anatomica’s ZERO DEGREES CELSIUS aka the CELSIUS 0 (“Zero”) Full Thermal Jacket SDCC Exclusive edition!
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CELSIUS 0 by Rotobox x KUSO Designer Toys for San Diego Comic-Con 2009 (Booth 4837)
TRE brings you an exciting new update on Lord Mesa’s KALUA MOOLA resin figure with Argonaut Resins [tagged] – Get Ready for the “Recession Aggression Tour”!The bulk of Round 1 (#’s 1-6) will debut at the San Diego Comic-Con – at Lord Mesa’s Artist Alley table (Table-# to be announced very soon). There will be 5 tints and a special chase figure painted up by Lord Mesa that will only be seen at
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Kalua Moola Round 1 by Lord Mesa x Argonaut Resins for San Diego Comic-Con 2009
Itokin Park’s ITI PINEHEAD will finally make it’s San Diego Comic-Con debut with the FORESTER Edition! CLICK THRU for a closer-look at the adorable little vinyl baby hedghog, including WIP-production pics 
Produced and made by KUSO Designer Toys – the 5 inch tall Iti-Pinehead Forester edition is limited to a 100 pc run with a SRP of US$58-per boxed packed figure – and will be made available at
Two new exhibits opening on the night of July 10th @ Rotofugi Gallery is VOLCANOES FOR BEGINNERS (featuring original metal sculptures) by Amanda Visell, and SLAPHAPPY (featuring ceramic sculptures) by Michelle Valigura). The show exhibits thru July 31st, 2009.The event opens Friday from 7 to 10pm, with Amanda Visell signing between 7-8:30pm. And from the online preview listing on Rotofugi, quite
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Volcanoes for Beginners + Slaphappy by Amanda Visell + Michelle Valigura @ Rotofugi Gallery (July 10)
Devourer of tiny, crunchy worlds and spicy planetary systems, behold the ever gnawing menace of…The Nibbler! = TRE proudly brings you an exclusive reveal and first look at The NIBBLER!THE NIBBLER is a custom Glyos collaboration with The Tarantulas and Onell Design – and will come in two “official” colorways: Classic Nibbler (Edition of x 6-pcs ) and the SDCC’09 Exclusive Bubblegum Nibbler (
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TRE-Exclusive: First Look Reveal of The Nibbler by The Tarantulas x Onell Design (for SDCC 2009)
CLICK THRU for an exclusive TRE-look at Medicom Toy’s WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE products / toys on display at the Taipei Toy Festival (July 9-12th)! Seen here are the previously posted 1/6th-scaled articulated RAH Max in fur suit, WTWTA-Kubricks, 400% MAX KUBRICK and BE@RBRICK set, and what perhaps may be the debut reveal of the “Wild Things” Monster VCDs (Vinyl Collectible Dolls)![100% WTWTA
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Medicom Toy’s Where The Wild Things Are @ Taipei Toy Festival 2009 (Day One / July 9)
Making it’s debut at the coming San Diego Comic-Con is Rocket World’s I.W.G. MOVIE ICONS series! This new series pays homage to the iconic anti-heroes from great movie classics and features detailed accessories, and “poses which all reflect the movie characters they are inspired by!”Shown here are Bullett HANNIBAL, Secret Agent TITUS and Inspector “Dirty” AFFONSO (Bullitt,, Bond and Callahan
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I.W.G. Movie Icons Series by Rocket World for San Diego Comic-Con 2009 (Booth 4932)
Stop-motion video “Introducing The Tummie Friends” [www] to promote a new line of plush toys and accessories from LouLou & Tummie and BUBU Co [blogged] – set to debut at the Taipei Toy Festival.CLICK THRU to peep event-pics of The Tummie Friends exhibition which launched at Hong Kong’s Delay No Mall in Causeway Bay on July 3rd (exhibits thru July 14th) which featured artwork from participating
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Introducing The Tummie Friends Video & Exhibition in Hong Kong (circa July 3)
Do take note of DKE Toys’s Booth #4732 at this year’s San Diego Comic-Con for a showcase / display from over 100 companies’ toy-goodness, including samples and prototypes. As well as a selection of SDCC-exclusives – which include offerings from Shawnimals, Andrew Bell, Buff Monster, Muttpop, ESC Toy and a host of others = CLICK THRU for a rundown!Signing Schedule @ DKE Booth #4732:- Thursday 07/
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DKE Toys SDCC-Exclusives & Signing Schedules for San Diego Comic-Con 2009 (Booth 4732)
Spied on Kaiju Korner are exclusive pics x information for Itokin Parks’ Red-colorway ROBBY THE SPACE FIREMAN set for a debut at the coming Taipei Toy Festival! [CLICK THRU for full-pics]Made by KUSO Designer Toys – this Red Robby is limited to 25 pcs for sale at TTF and 25 pcs for international sales outside of Taiwan – which will be handled exclusively by Kaiju Korner! Sales begin July 9th on
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Red Robby The Space Fireman by Itokin Park (Taipei Toy Festival / Kaiju Korner-drop July 9)
Kat Brunnegraff’s “The Strong-Gentle-Man” first made it’s appearance as a painted artwork (acrylic on wood) as part of the “Freaks, Geeks and Sword Swallowers” group show at Monkey House Toys. Now, it has been made into a limited edition print for which you can procure at US$35 per via Kat’s Etsy-shop.”The Strong-Gentle-Man” is limited to only 25 prints and measures 11″ 14″ with one inch white
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The Strong-Gentle-Man Print & Custom MAD*L Contest by Kat Brunnegraff
In preparation for their upcoming joint-show at Galerie d’Art Yves Laroche in Montreal, artists Chris Ryniak and Jonathan Bergeron, in association with Bigshot Toyworks, invite you to speculate on the nature of “MISFORTUNATE TRAVELERS” [last teased on TRE] – their first collaborative work.The piece will be available at Galerie d’Art Yves Laroche at the show opening of “Gardens of Misfortune” (
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Chris Ryniak / Jonathan Bergeron / Bigshot Toyworks: Misfortunate Travelers at Garden of Misfortune @ Galerie d’Art Yves Laroche (July 29)
Since the initial announcement – here’s a TRE-exclusive sneak peek at the design motif teaser (courtesy of Gavin Strange – creator of Droplets) for the upcoming DROPLETS SERIES 2 by Gav aka Jam Factory with Crazy Label (tentatively scheduled for an Autumn / Sept-Oct release)! This teaser comes in anticipation of the full unveiling of the designs / colourways for Series 2 inside the character
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TRE-Exclusive Sneak Peek at Droplets Series 2 Design Motif by Gavin Strange
From the Philippines comes an intense Mickey Mouse-custom completed for the Mickey Brand Halo show in Times Square, Hong Kong on July 9th 2009 – as part of the BLOC MICKEY Show (organized by 3-Mix x Disney Asia). Nemo Aguila aka NEMO vibes Mickey with a neon-hotrod palette (at least in thy humbled-eyes) and a surprisingly eerie cheery grin .. perhaps Mickey knows something you don’t?
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NEMO custom Mickey Mouse for Mickey Brand Halo @ Times Square, Hong Kong (July 9)
Seen at the Scale Nutz table at Sunday’s Toy Carnival @ Singapore Art Museum [blogged] were a couple of nigh-impressive custom toys (by Scale Nutz’s William Tan) – featuring a Red White and Blue metallic repaintwork for a Hot Toy Iron Man Mark 3 figure, and a sweet custom chrome-finish MEGATRON (from Hasbro’s production toy line) as seen in his cyber-tank form in Transformers: Revenge of the
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Custom Transformers Megatron and Iron Man Mark 3 by Scale Nutz @ Toy Carnival, SAM (July 5)
TRE’s coverage of custom-Mickey Mouse 12″ vinyls for Mickey Brand Halo show continues with a series of Mickeys from Philippines! A hook-up via FreshManila led to a showcase of work by Reggie Yuson, Christian Tamundong, WULA, Krayola Eater and WeeWillDoodle, as well as the crew from artist-collective MOVEMENT 69: featuring works from Egg Fiasco, WHOOOP, NEMO, EXLD and TRIP63 = CLICK THRU for more
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Custom Mickey Mouse from Philippines for Mickey Brand Halo @ Times Square, Hong Kong (show date TBC)
Artist Tony DePew shares with us his custom-Mickey Mouse vinyl – completed for the Mickey Brand Halo show in Times Square, Hong Kong (that was supposed to have begun June 29th and exhibited thru August 2nd – status currently unconfirmed tho :p). About his custom-creation, Tony-mentions: “Bright colors and bold lines make up this nostalgic character, re-introducing Mickey Mouse to today’s times in
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Tony DePew custom Mickey Mouse for Mickey Brand Halo @ Times Square, HK
CLICK THRU to find out more about the trio of exclusive-toys from Kathie Olivas and Brandt Peters (Scavengers & Serv-O-Matics respectively) scheduled to drop at the coming Taipei Toy Festival – courtesy of the extremely busy MINDstyle (what with San Diego Comic Con in July, and the Singapore Toy Games & Comic Con in August).PRESS: The first of three vinyl art toys for Taipei Toy Fair, MINDstyle’
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MINDstyle Scavengers & Serv-O-Matic Exclusives for Taipei Toy Festival 2009
GRANVILLE is a young vampire who lives in a strange place called the DARK FOREST. He is also an albino and he is phobic to the moon light.Designed by Patricio Oliver (Zombie Pet Dunny), Granville follows the style of his earlier self-produced Priotcia Levori and has created an intriguing winged character who is currently on pre-order at Patch Together as a 6 inch tall resin figurine! Priced at US
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Granville The Vampire by Patricio Oliver pre-order on Patch Together
A rally track is not the place you would normally expect to see a Ferrari, but the Ferrari 308 GTB performed well in this demanding environment. Having started out as a test car, the 308 was originally intended to race at Le Mans, but following its introduction at the Paris Salon in October 1975, it moved into rallying. The new Scalextric model recreates the FIA Group 4 rally car made by Makela Auto Tuning in 1977 and is part of Scalextric’s high-detail classic car range
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Scalextric rallies round its latest release
French designer (and creator of Chaos Monkey) BUNKA gives the classic good-guy MickeyMouse a devious extreme makeover – specifically customed for the Mickey Brand Halo group custom show (organized by 3-MIX and Disney Asia) exhibiting from June 29th til August 2nd @ Times Square, Hong Kong. CLICK THRU for a closer-look at “Chaos Mickey” and for a few quick words with Bunka TOYSREVIL: What is
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BUNKA custom Mickey Mouse for Mickey Brand Halo @ Times Square, HK (June 29)
From the honied beehive-nose, to the tail as wriggly-snake, to the numerous lil critters scurrying around the old Mickey-tree, and to the twin creatures popping out of his branched-mitts, this custom-Mickey Mouse TREE SPIRIT MICKEY by 64 Colors (creators of Marshall the Marshmellow Boy) = both charms and awes at the same time, IMHO.Completed for the Mickey Brand Halo show @ Times Square, Hong
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64 Colors custom-Mickey Mouse for Mickey Brand Halo @ Times Square, HK (June 29)
Another exciting addition to last week’s announcement post about Netherlands-designers LouLou & Tummie’s The TUMMIE FRIENDS – prepare yourselves to be dazzled by the Glow-In-The-Dark MR SPRINKLES!Do keep a lookout for this limited edition plush (in an edition of only 150 pcs) at the coming Taipei Toy Festival – where the entire plush collection will also be launched by BUBU Co.Also to make a note
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Glow-in-the-Dark Mr Sprinkles by LouLou & Tummie x BUBU for Taipei Toy Festival
Japan’s SECRETBASE serves up a couple of Taipei Toy Festival Exclusives – with a CONVEXBASE-mashup of the Convex mascot-character MUTAN and a Secretbase SKULLBEE, to form an adorable mutant SKULLBEETAN! (I do lurve it when cuteness x a tinge of horror are combined well :p) … And from Three Tides Tattoo come DR MORTALITY [blog] featuring a red-skulled and black-hooded with blue-spray color
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SECRETBASE Exclusives Skullbeetan & Dr Mortality for Taipei Toy Festival 2009
CLICK THRU for still-images of Brent Nolasco’s custom-Mickey Mouse (shown in above video) – completed for the Mickey Brand Halo show that is scheduled to launch June 29th @ Times Square, Hong Kong (exhibits thru August 2nd). The title of the custom is “Consumption”.BRENT NOLASCO: The way I went about this custom was to have my characters slowy consuming Mickey. As they take over his body, Mickey
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Brent Nolasco custom Mickey Mouse for Mickey Brand Halo @Times Square, HK (June 29)
Underneath this seemingly macabre visage hides the spirit of a rouge, perhaps even charming a “character”, but undoubtably an exceptional custom-Mickey Mouse vinyl figure by Okedoki – as completed for the Mickey Brand Halo show launching next week on June 29th @ Times Square, Hong Kong (exhibits thru – August 2nd / organized by 3-MIX & Disney Asia). CLICK THRU for more images, as well as a lil Q&
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Okedoki custom Mickey Mouse for Mickey Brand Halo @ Times Square, Hong Kong (June 29)