Nerd (Un)Culture
Background Legendary “neo-primitive” artist/cartoonist Mark Beyer has influenced contemporary art and comics with his work over the last twenty years. Gaining attention through covers and stories in RAW magazine, he solidified his place with a long-running weekly comic strip, “Amy…
You’ll need to wait util early 2007 for adFunture to release the Perk Boy figure. The piece has been designed by Chinese Mainland creative duo – PERK. The Perk Boy represents reborn purity and is the most iconic character of…
In addition to the Pirate edition of Span of Sunset’s Cheshire Cat figure…they have now released 2 more. The Haunted Mansion and Punk Chehsire Cats are part of an ongoing series of figures sculpted by Monster5 and produced and manufactured…
ArtCenter/South Florida is premiering Scion’s Skywalkers Parade curated by the artist collective FriendsWithYou during Art Basel 2006. On Thursday, December 7 at 2:00 p.m., a full-scale procession of 18 balloons designed by a select group of prominent and emerging artists…
This past weekend, The Banana Lab hosted the first installment of its Urban Art Experiments show. The show consisted of big name Detroit artists customizing both Nades and BUDs. Some artists were familiar with the world of vinyl toys, for…
In the fall of 2005, La-La Land Gallery in Los Angeles held a custom lunch box exhibit featuring over 30 artists. Visitors to the gallery’s website, lalalandgallery.com, voted on their favorite design from the exhibit. Dark Horse is proud to…
Background If you’re a reader of the Sunday Comics, you might have seen (and even read) the rather popular strip named Mutts – by Patrick McDonnell. Dark Horse has the license to produce figures of the Mutts characters, and recently…
Here are some of the first photos of the Dekoboko Boys vinyl figures. They have been designed by Devilrobots and Furi Furi for Playstix (Play Imaginative’s vinyl division). Not sure if the heads are actually interlocking ,but they definitely look…
Welcome to Black Wednesday! (They couldn’t wait until Friday) Panik’s Toy Box has FREE Shipping within the United States on purchases of $50.00 or more. (enter coupon code freeship) Your choice of a Free Gift with purchases of $100.00 or…
Levi’s is proud to announce the release of their limited edition 12” figurine box set. Each box set consists of a 12” figurine, a limited edition Levi’s Time watch (model LTB1310), and a certificate with a corresponding serial number. The…
So check it out…here are a few preview layouts from 4th iteration of Hi-Fructose magazine. They don’t want to give away too much, but Atta and Annie thought they’d share a few images with us. I would equate it to…
Half the size, twice the horror! It’s David Horvath’s Flatwoods Monster! Flatwoods Monster is the fifth toy in Wonderwalls Kaiju for Grownups series, and a follow up to David’s Mothman vinyl. Made 100% in Japan, the super high quality, extra…
Not only will Strangekiss.com have free shipping during the holidays, but they are also offering Plastic and Plush readers a very special offer! Just enter plasticandplush in the coupon code area for a 10% discount. It’s good on all purchases…
Upperplayground, Fifty24SF and Ningyoushi, presents a new mini figures series, GET SMALL San Francisco. GET SMALL San Francisco features four recognized San Francisco street and fine art artists, Jeremy Fish, Sam Flores, Coro and David Choe in a 3″ mini…
David from Rocket Pop (they’re giving away a JLed Teeter!) has sent us some photos from his show – The Bomb Project. It took place on Saturday at Normal Street Studio in Denton, Texas. They have listed a number of…