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Switcheroo (Amanda Visell and Michelle Valigura) have released a pair of new resin collectible sets. The first one (shown above) is the Pug and Chicken. This hand sculpted, cast, and painted resin … Read More
UVD Toys and the artist Kyle Kirwan have announced their latest Kickstarter project – to raise funds to produce a plush version of Kirwan’s famous Willo character. The plush will sit at … Read More
The Magic Sky Wizards are a limited edition custom collaboration between Bunnie Reiss and Blamo. This special edition is limited to six individually hand carved and hand painted Minkys. Each Minky is hand carved from Suar wood at the Blamo workshop and customized by Bunny Reiss. The pieces stand approximately 8 inches tall and come in a screen printed box. You can pick up the remaining one-offs for $300.00 each.
Patrick Wong has announced the release of his latest resin sculpture entitled “Emblem of an Abstract Riot no.2”. The artwork further explores the theme of failure in protest, riot, and revolt common in many of the art toys and customs from the artist in recent years. It is also the followup piece to the 2015 released resin sculpture “Emblem of an Abstract Riot”.
Cast in solid urethane resin and features an extinguished wick within a molotov cocktail, the piece riffs on The Simpsons cartoon with various elements appropriated directly from the show. “Emblem of an Abstract Riot no.2” measures 6 x 6 x 3.75 inches. It’s available to order through the artist’s webshop (linked above), with handcrafted resin art-multiples priced at $200.00 each.
Zard Apuya has created a new series of custom food themed Munnys and Dunnys that will be released at the PIQ Booth #252 at Five Points Fest on May 20th 2017. Zard combined his realistic snack food style with pop culture references for a run of 15 figures. From Sponge Bob riding a cheeseburger and to Eleven clutching Eggos Munnys, to Adventuretime Dunnys hitting a super snack burrito, all of these one-of-a-kind mashups feature Zard’s signature mouthwatering details.
Artist Kasey Tararuj (One-Eyed Girl) will be attending Five Points Fest this weekend. She’ll be sharing a booth with Lickyourelbow Art – at Booth #223. And KC has announced a few of the items that she’ll be bringing with her to the show.
She’ll have a new batch of Kritters and Kronies available. Pictured above are Cuppy Cako, Neapo Litan, and Chip Chocko, but there should be a few more of these little guys featuring little popsicle, candy apple and macaroon friends going for $50.00 to $100.00 a piece.
She will have 5 little Hatchies (shown below) available. Each baby dragon is a Custom Lunartik Cup of Tea. There’s Water Dragon, Lizard Dragon, Furry Dragon, Alien Dragon, and Flying Dragon – at $90.00 each.
Tenacious Toys have announced a few more items that will be available in Booth 229 at this weekend’s Five Point’s Festival in NYC.
In Booth 229, Tenacious Toys will be representing the work of:
• UME Toys (Jango-Wok resin figure)
• Jon Schnepp (signed Slayer comics in both regular and Red Variant editions)
• Forces of Dorkness (Nature Warriors 6in OOAK resin figure series)
• Nerviswrek (Inner Child Greyscale handpainted customs)
• Rampage Toys (Cyclops Dinos Painted sofubi sets of 3)
• Taylored Curiosities (Huoli Guadians resin figure sets)
• Dollar Slice Bootlegs (Blue Chrome Slaughterbots)
• Cat Atomic (pins & customs including a Finalist in Custom Category in the DTAs!)
• Jason Adams (Will Work for Toys resin figure)
• Pickman’s Vinyls (Dick Wood – Log Private Eye resin figure)
• Naptime Noah (various customs on many platforms)
• NEMO & Dead Hand Toys (Danger Dog blue resin figures)
• Manly Art (stickers and more)
Many of the artists will be on hand in person, including but not limited to: Cat Atomic, NEMO, Brian Ahlbeck, Jacob JAMS, Abe Lincoln Jr, Manly Art, Jason Freeny and more. One-Eyed Girl and Rampage Toys will be in their own booths nearby.
Tenacious Toys and Dead Hand Toys have announced the Resin Is King Series 4 – a series of all-resin blind box mini figures. Making a debut at the Tenacious Toys Booth #229 at Five Points Fest on May 20th in NYC, this series will include work from 11 resin casting artists from the US and UK.
Meet Riceoops (pink) the newest resident of Ricetown desert. Riceoops is a cheerful pink cactus, she is quite a calamity and always dropping things and making mistakes. Riceouch (green) and Riceoops have become inseparable, they love to enjoy the hot sun of Ricetown desert and wear their favorite hats. Each 8-inch tall plush sells for £21.50 (about $28.00).
Ricesnore (white) and Ricesnooze (pink) are two of the newest and softest residents in Ricetown. They both have super soft long hair and are cushion sized. The plush measures about 9.5 inches wide and is available to order for £38.50 (about $50.00).
A collaboration between Kidrobot and Clutter Studios, the OctoDunny will be released today (Friday May 12th 2017) at PIQ Grand Central and PIQgifts.com. This 5-inch tall resin Dunny is triple cast, featuring a solid green interior covered in a glow-in-the-dark interior skin and a blue tinted exterior cast. The glowing interior octopus design was sculpted by Josh Kimber.
Funko has announced another cuddly plush series – the Galactic Plushies: Star Wars Classic Series 2. These 7-inch to 8-inch tall plushies include Star Wars favorites such as Wicket, R2-D2, Yoda, Luke Skywalker and a classic Stromtrooper.
Justin Alan Volpe, creator of POPprolific, will release The Prior of Chaos resin figures at PIQ Grand Central Terminal on Friday May 12th 2017. These 5.5-inch tall clear resin blue-glow figures are the result of a decade of sculpting, collecting, and casting. Using an over-sculpting technique Justin creates figures with recognizable elements that merge into new characters. The glow-in-the-dark Prior of Chaos figures have removable custom robes in three pieces with Swarovski crystals. They’ll be available only at PIQ Grand Central and PIQgifts.com.
Conspiracy theorists claim to have spotted an “alien soldier” on images returned from the Mars Curiosity Rover. Artist Andy Kurovets studied the infamous photograph, looking at figure lines, proportions, details and design 3d model. And based on that analysis, developed the sculpture based on the image called Martian Predator. Now, he’s looking for funding on Kickstarter in order to produce the figure in resin.
Artist Paula Cristina Rodriguez is currently working on a Kickstarter project to help launch her Quirky Cowfish plush keychain. Created by Squishables, the Quirky Cowfish plush keychain is based on a real fish found in both the Atlantic and Pacific Ocean. This lovable plush is 4 inches long. You can currently grab one at the $10.00 funding level.
Jackie Ashley, founder and owner of Shlii Kawaii Toys, has announced the launch of her newest Kickstarter project, Boston Terrier Mermaid Cute Plush Toys. In 2013, Jackie created the Norfolk Merdogs line, which is made up of cute mermaid-dogs. Merboston was one of the three original merdog characters and is well-loved by fans young and old.
In January 2017, Jackie started working with her production company to create a highly detailed, professionally produced Merboston plush toy. Each plush measures ten inches tall, is made with soft Minky fabric, and features professionally embroidered details. Plush production is extremely expensive, so Merboston can only be produced with the help of crowdfunding.
