Nerd (Un)Culture
The Wolfman Mez-Itz vinyl figure is the newest stylized designer toy from Mezco. The piece is based on the upcoming film “The Wolfman”, which stars Anthony Hopkins and Benicio Del Toro and opens February 10th, 2010. The Mez-Itz stands 6″…
Background Vannen Watches recently released their first series of designer watches from a quartet of recognizable names from the designer toy and art scene. Buff Monster (Happy Creamy), Brian Morris (Time Waits for No Man), Damon Soule (Square Takes the…
Mark Nagata and Max Toy Co. have released a new red version of the Kaiju TriPus rotocast vinyl figure. The figure is a factory paint based on a paint master that Mark created. Each one comes bagged with header card…
On Wednesday September 30 (7PM to 11PM), in Hollywood, Japanese artist Masakatsu Sashie pays tribute to one of Britian’s legendary pop stars and the original glam rocker T.Rex (Marc Bolan) in the Twentieth Century Boy show. A life-long fan, up…
Vannen Watches have given fans this little teaser of an upcoming Halloween Exclusive release coming this October. Being a huge fan of the holiday, I can’t wait to see the full reveal of this watch…probably coming next week.
Mezco has announced this cool – almost hand drawn looking – Zombie Mez-Itz B&W Limited Edition Variant. The 6″ tall figure features 5 points of articulation (including a ball jointed neck) and individually rooted “hairs”. Set to ship in mid-October,…
Charles Creature Cabinet has announced their newest ball-joint figure. Neo-Yoshi, The Woodling Faerie (teen/mature Tiny), is Charles’ newest faerie. She’s a bigger ‘grown up’ version of Yoshi The Woodling Faerie (CCC’s debut ball-jointed doll). This Neo-Yoshi is cast in CCC’s…
Prototype and 808orbit are joining hands to announce something big for Hawai’i folks and urban collectors around the world. There aren’t many details about what this secret special surprise announcement is…but apparently we’ll be finding out before December 1st.
Gary Ham has posted up photos of his new handmade wooden bat figure. I love the Jack-o-Lantern shirt. Just in time for Trick ‘r Treat! With Halloween around the corner, I couldn’t help but be inspired to make this batty…
BeelzeWuz is the newest custom Dunny from artist WuzOne. With the tagline “Someone has escaped from hell……”, this 100% hand-painted custom is set to displayed at a custom show in the near future.
The folks behind the platform toy Ouip[wip] are collaborating with Nike+ Human Race an event that will be held on October 24th around the world. The limited edition 2.5″ Ouip will be available in Yellow and Red versions. The “Nike…
Beauty & The Beast features the works of COPE2 and CHOR BOOGIE (curated by POSE 2). The opening of the show takes place at Mid-City Arts in Los Angeles on September 26th from 7PM until 11:30PM. COPE 2 is a…
The folks at Blamo Toys will be unveiling their website – featuring a line of hand-carved, hand-painted wooden figures…as well as leather and brass “plush-like” characters – on October 1st. For the launch of this new line of designer collectibles,…
Background BIC Plastics have released their BIC Buddy line of blind-boxed platform figures. Designed by graffiti artist Marka27, the figure uses the shape of a spray can nozzle head on a Dunny-esque body. In Artist Series One, they’ve gathered a…
Designer Eduardo Escobar Beckwith – a.k.a. el Escobas – will be presenting his new Molote art toy on Saturday October 3rd at the Munky King LA. The figure is inspired by wrestlers of the Lucha Libre Mexicana (Roots and Culture)….