Nerd (Un)Culture
Background The folks at Monster Workshop (aka Stitches and Glue) state that their main goal is to help abandoned and abused monsters find a safe and caring home. They produce handmade plush monsters, usually in runs of about 10 pieces…
In addition to the 3″ & 9″ Urban 1 Collection, several one of a kind 9″ Vinylmation creations designed by select artists from the Disney Design Group will be made available at the Art of Disney in the Downtown Disney,…
Following up on the overwhelming success of last year’s art toy show, Vinylmore, Atomic Books has once again asked artists to customize blank, vinyl toys (between 2.5″ and 4″ tall). Vinylmore 2: Tiny Town will open on April 3rd at…
The Scallywogs’ studio is a collaboration between two best friends that fell in love and married some twenty years ago. All started when David’s love of plushies and Susan’s many years of sewing experience came together to create something fun…
Urbanix Gallery is proud to present Zeev Engelmayer’s special Passover solo show: Matza & Tequila. Engelmayer, one of Israel’s most famous Illustrators and comics artists, displays in this exhibition illustrations, collages, and original hand written texts from the “Engelmayer Haggadah”,…
Paul Shih has been secretly working on his first handmade resin toy called Metal Spirit. This character is part of Paul’s (punk and heavy metal inspired) Hollow Threat project. The above image is not the final product, they are still…
David and Sun-Min will be releasing two new Ugly Board books this summer (July 2009). Entitled ABC U Later and 1 2 3 4 U, these (approximately) 20 page long board books will help you (or the child in your…
Riot68’s ten piece 3” Custom Dunny Zombie Army is now complete and for sale via his website. The above image shows the 9 designs and the 1 hidden chase piece. They are all being sold blind boxed, in individually hand…
The Robot in the City Plush is currently shipping. Unfortunately, they had to cut out the comic (though it’s always free to read at www.robotinthecity.com) and pin sets (the pre-orders still get them). By doing that, they were able to…
Albert Art’s newest custom figure is entitled I Am EarthBound. It’s a videogame themed Munny based on the cult classic EarthBound. Nintendo fans should especially be familiar with the character, whose name is Ness.
Bob Conge – of Plaseebo Custom – has customized Mark Nagata’s (MaxToyCo) Tripus and entitled it the “Electro Tripus”. It will be in the Kaiju Comrades show at the Hyaku gallery in Tokyo starting on March 28th. The “Electro Tripus”…
Background If you’re into collecting plush toys, you’ve most definitely heard the name Anna Chambers. She’s released lines such as the Doolie Boxes, Suzy and Sammy, Lucy Owl and – most recently – the Fresh Fruit. The Fresh Fruit line…
The MonstreHero folks are moving to the west coast and to help facilitate the move, they’re holding a MonstreGarage Sale. You can expect some amazing deals, like blind bag pantsmonstres for $15 each and a butt ugly Mardi Barf Victim…
In celebration of the launch of Matt Hawkins’ book Urban Paper, which will be released next month, Jack Hankins from Horrorwood has started a new customization project named Calling All Cars. He’s currently recruiting artists to customize the above featured…
This Saturday, Chuckwa will be opening their new show entitled It Must Be the Fumes. The show will run through April 3rd with the opening taking place on Saturday March 14th at Chuckwa (Store & Gallery) from 7PM until 11PM….