Nerd (Un)Culture
kaNO’s Moneygrip figure has been redone in a Destro-like colorway. With only 100 of these bad boys available, they’ll probably go quickly. Hopefully those G.I. Joe fans don’t get to them before we do! Look for ’em to retail around…
Background The Boogily Heads are art toys produced by Illinois-based Rocket USA. Each figure is a replica of artist Gus Fink’s original sculptures, which he would sell in galleries and on everyone’s favorite auction site – eBay. Michael Perry, the…
Hmm…I found these on Coroflot via Gizmodo. Designed by Argentinian artist Ignacio Pilotto, these designer deodorants (???) are still only concepts. It sorta looks like a CiBoys head with a Dunny body and someone’s nasty Old Spice.
A new branch has been added to the Oneye family tree. Marianne Roosa of 12PUNT3 has designed the line of plushies. They are all handmade and distributed straight from the Netherlands. The new line – called the Monk’eyes – are…
The 2nd BUD of the Month (BOTM) – Frank Kozik’s Red Dead Che – will be released at the Vinyl Toy Network Show on December 2. Head on over to the DKE booth, where you’ll be able to pick one…
The latest joint project between TOUMA and Play Imaginative is set for a December 2007 release. The Grabbit Whipping Edition is the latest vinyl release from the popular Japanese artist. Why’s it called Whipping? Well, I thought it might have…
Moody Idols, featuring customs by local and international artists, opened on November 9 and runs until January 11, 2008 at the University of Lethbridge’s Helen Christou Gallery. The show was organized by guest curator/artist Ted Stilson and Bovinyl. Moody Idols…
Mike of Slobots fame sent us news of a few new customs he has created. The first started life as an 8” Cat Qee. “SloQee7b” has four arms, the head swivels about 35 degrees, and he has a bright LED…
Okay…I’d like to preface this post by saying that I’m definitely not a Microsoft guy. I had my fair share of the blue screen of death…as well as the missing DLL’s. So, I’m not sure how the Microsoft Zune is…
One of the most interesting art prints I’ve heard of is now available. The Henson Chocolate Poster is a screen printed poster with high density inks, and the poster has an amazing chocolate scent. Yum! You can currently order it…
Check out these photos of the limited edition set of Planet of the Apes styled 15″ Circus Punks that Jason Kochis designed. There were only 35 total sets produced. They are available for sale at the Circus Punks site and…
If your favorite Thanksgiving Day bird isn’t turkey…but penguin…you’re in luck! We’re going to be giving away two sets of October Toys’ Gwin – Series 3. How can we do that?!?!, you may ask. Well, the fine folks at October…
If you’re around the Royal Oak area, you’ll want to head to LiFT Designer Toys on November 16th for the Hell’s Proprietor Release Party. Designed by Glenn Barr, the figure has been produced by Dark Horse Comics. Glenn will be…
TNES recently had a solo art show (two Fridays ago, to be exact) in the arts district in Las Vegas. The show was called “Say hello to my little friends” and consisted of wooden toys of TNES’ T-Wrecks character. He…
Background Erick Scarecrow and his ESC Toy label recently released the Mousey Micci line of plushies. The 12″ plush has been released in 3 different Super Hi-Tech Mousey Suit colors: the original Green Master, Pink Rage, and Midnight Marauder. Each…