Nerd (Un)Culture
As promised, Paul Shih has released the details (and full photos) of his Maori Warrior figure. The hand-cast and hand-painted resin toy stands just over 8″ tall. The first release of the Maori Warrior will be the ‘All White Edition’….
We had previously reported that Crystal Chesney-Thompson’s Deviled Haminal (a Comic Con exclusive) would run $12 and not available in a can. Well…we’ve got word that she’s been able to can this little guy. So, the Deviled Haminal will be…
Rivet presents The Study – a group show featuring the work of Doktor A, Steve Cvinar, Dave Pressler, and Johnny Yanok. The exhibit will feature paintings, ink and charcoal drawings, and sculpture work. The opening reception takes place on Saturday,…
If you’re into the designer toy scene, you’ve probably downloaded, printed out and assembled at least one papertoy/papercraft creation. But thanks to Matt Hawkins and his recently released 151-page book entitled Urban Paper – 25 designer toys to cut out…
The newest from Paper Foldables is the husband and wife alt.country band – The Handsome Family. You can download the template for free via the above link. And what’s fun about this foldable is that they’re actually attached, so you…
Every few weeks, Schmancy will be releasing a very exclusive toy by one of their favorite plush artists. They’ll be starting on June 3rd with the artist Robyn Fabsits. She has made 20 FeeJee Mermaids that will be exclusive to…
Patrick Ma’s “Do You Feel Lucky” Show opens at OhNo!Doom Gallery courtesy of A.Okay Official on June 5, 2009 from 6PM until 10PM. The show will feature the debut of the newest IWG Designer Vinyl Figures – the IWG Sleepy…
Tristan Eaton and Thunderdog Studios have brought their art to the small screen with an app that combines the visual style of the art toy movement with the sleek technology of the iPhone. If you ever wanted to see how…
For the release of the Urban Paper book, Josh McKible (of Nanibird fame) and Jack Hankins (from Horrorwood) decided to do a special collaboration. Jack came up with the idea of scaling up his “Calling All Cars” car so that…
Coming this Saturday, Monster Workshop will be releasing some new faces via their web shop. Here’s a glimpse at two of them – Berwi and Pike. I love the little ears on these guys. If you haven’t seen these plushies…
The Grapefruit Goblin (what a name?!?! Love it.) is making his newest resin figure – Scary Boy – available to the masses. Scary Boy is a 4″ tall resin figure depicting “an ugly child wielding a snowball packed with three…
Our Etsy Wednesday segment reveals the online shop from Spiderbite. While these might look like plushies at first glance, they’re actually (also) nighttime journals. They’re available in various colors (some even glow in the dark) with different teeth and eyes….
Makkinoso has released the brand-spanking new Evil Spike handmade figure. Limited to a small run of only three pieces, they’re now available for purchase. Each Evil Spike costs $35 and comes with a header card, stickers and a badge.
OsirisOrion has dropped detailed news of his official custom run with Rumble Monsters. The custom Bop Dragon run will hit his webshop on Saturday May 30th 2009 at 8PM EST. There will be two colorways – “Deadly Nightshade” and “Radioactive…
Albert Art sent us some photos of a pair of new customs he has created using Touma’s Bonga Konga and a Convex Astro Mutan. Both of these toys were made for the Into the Darkness show happening in San Francisco…