Nerd (Un)Culture
With the presidential debates happening and the election a little over a month away, Matt Hawkins of custompapertoys.com has created a new (free) papertoy – Build-O-Bama. He wanted to show his support for Barack Obama in a “creative and positive…
Lunartik (aka Matt Jones) has developed a pretty fun site where you can actually go and customize an art print. The Big Licker is a made to order 8″ square giclee print that’s signed and dated. And the fun part…
The NVC Crew is at it again. They sent us photos of their newest creations for the upcoming Gallery1988 Monster Art Rally show (October 10 – November 1). The figures that they created use a small canvas box for the…
The folks from Dynomight NYC have posted photos from their Custom Bumrush Show, which took place on September 13th at The Showroom NYC. The show featured customs by Sucklord, Erick Scarecrow, Steff Bomb, Jude Buffum, all of the Toy Breakers…
Bwana Spoons will have his first European show – Hunt and Gather – at Artoyz in Paris. He’ll be in attendance for the opening night ceremonies, which will take place on September 25th beginning at 7PM. So if you’re around…
Ben the Illustrator announced the launch of Wish You Were Here! – a new range of art prints that consists of twelve brand new pieces (along with five of Ben’s most popular prints from the past several years).
Hmm…I guess you can send your unwanted or unneeded platform toys to Lunartik for him to transform into a custom Self Army. If you want more than the info above, you’ll have to contact the artist.
Jaag Plush will be sponsoring a new line of plush entitled Spooky Floofs by Kerri Richardson during the 4th quarter of 2008. The line consists of 8 different plush toys which will be released throughout 2008 and 2009. Look for…
Giant Robot is proud to present mixtART, a group art show held in conjunction with Hands-On Mobile, Inc’s release of mixtART, an application that allows independent artists to sell their original works of art as wallpapers to mobile subscribers. Contributors…
Format and Monster Factory have collaborated to produce Clive, the Format mascot. Clive enjoys double-riding bicycles, collecting buttons, nonchalantly striking poses, and brunch. Currently traveling throughout North America, Clive is extremely shy, so please give him a big hug when…
From September 5th through the 5th of October, Bassano del Grappa Civic Museum will house the first Italian canvas toy launch event – Hello My Name Is Señor Blanco. Produced by Atom Plastic and designed by Julian Pastorino, Señor Blanco…
The following was swiped straight from David Horvath’s blog. If you’re a fan of stickers, especially FREE stickers…or a fan of Bossy Bear…or a fan of mail…then you might want to take him up on the offer. Free stickers! Want…
The newest character to be released from Roadkill Toys is Splodge the Hedgehog. You might remember their last plush – Twitch – who was released last year. Each of these squished animals come in a body bag, with a toe…
Background Originating in Minneapolis, Curster’s Yeti can now be found in diverse habitats all around the globe. These elusive creatures usually steer clear of people. But there are many tales of friendship between Yeti and humans-who as a species seem…
Rumble Monsters and Dead Presidents are teaming up to produce a limited edition run of 50 Dragon Engine customs. Each vinyl comes bagged with a header card and will run $110. Matt Walker, the artist behind Dead Presidents, painted, pinstriped…