Designer Toys

A "LEGO Movie"? For Reals? AWESOME!!!!


(Poster image via fmoviemag)

With my introductory post about Japanese artist and character designer Redjuice coming to Singapore as anInvioted Guest for STGCC, here's a closer look at his art done for anime "GUILTY CROWN" - featuring a distinct design aesthetic an visual treatment, at times subtle and explosive at the same time, all held together with a certain "grace", IMHO. I like what I am seeing here!




(Pages from Complete Art Book for "Guilty Crown" by Redjuice)


(Images via the Redjuice Facebook fansite)WHAT: "Guilty Crown (ギルティクラウン Giruti Kuraun?) is a 2011 Japanese anime television series produced by Production I.G which aired on Fuji TV's noitaminA program block from October 2011. The story revolves around Shu Ouma, a high school boy who inadvertently obtains an ability called "The Power of the Kings" that enables him to draw out items called "Voids" from other people. He is then thrown into the conflict between a resistance group called Funeral Parlor which aims to restore Japan's independence from a quasi-governmental organization known as the GHQ. In the process, Shu has to deal with the burden his ability puts on his shoulders and the horrific mystery of his past. The series incorporates elements of numerous genres, mostly drawing from science fantasy." (Wiki)
Trailers for "Guilty Crown" (no English subtitles)

Anime Opening:

We've seen the Black and Bronze colorway in an earlier post, today we get to witness the WHITE Edition of Godmachine's "PREY FOR ME" statuette, currently on pre-order from Disturbia, shipping the first week of July."Standing at 8 inches tall, 'Prey For Me' is available in 3 colourways; Black (£45), Bronze (£85) and D.I.Y White (£55), with a total edition of just 200 pieces. The Black variant is limited to 100 pieces, and Bronze and White limited to just 50 of each. The bust is a hand cast, and hand painted polystone statuette (the bronze variant has been electroplated), and comes boxed in bespoke packaging."

One more month till San Diego Comic Con, and since our earlier glimpse at "Mr. Pumfrey and His Astounding Mechanised Perambulator" from Doktor A, producers Munky King reveals an image showcasing the (partial) side shot of the figure (in it's wax phase) showcasing the "Mechanised Perambulator", with which the Mechtorian operator rides in/on - seen in the below image with it's black-n-gold colors. Further product images to be updated when I have them.

I've posted images earlier for MINICEL from Rotobox (hell, I have been following their developments closely!), now here's the official product details for their launch at San Diego Comic Con!

Standing 4 inches tall, and available "blind boxed", Minicel is limited to 500 pcs total - with a single blind box containing either Minicel or Minifah - both of which are "Super-Deformed" baby versions of their earlier Celsius and Fahranheit characters! Besides being loaded out with accessories, the figures themselves possess articulated at head and arms.

Available for US$15 per pull via KusoVinyl's SDCC Booth #5642 - Minicel comes with 3 guns (1 handgun, 1 sniper, and 1 rifle), and Minifah comes with 2 future katana. Also watch out for chase colorways of both figures, which we have not seen thus far!

Every army needs a chief!

Scott Tolleson will be releasing his Sideshow Dunny 2013 Artist Proofs this Friday at 10 AM via www.stolleart.com/store. Priced at US$75 per set, these AP’s will come with an exclusive custom “Argyle Chief” necklace. The set also comes with a signed print and an “Official Argyle Warrior” button.

Here's a look at a new fowl-inspired "QuicklyQ Mini Qee from Toy2R, with Raymond Choy mentioning: "coming soon for Taipei Toy Festival and Toy2R Web Store."

The figure was first released at an earlier "Qee x Hong Kong Pacific Lions club", inclusive of exclusive logo printed on the figure's chest (see images below). Will we see a new logo printed for the TTF-version? I certainly hope it is not a black TTF-logo tho, and something more luxe? But then again… Nevertheless am liking the yellow "rubber ducky" colors seen thus far on the main figure :)

Dark Horse has officially revealed details (and at least one photo) of their upcoming White Walker Statue from HBO's series Game Of Thrones. With a release date of December 18th 2013, you might need to wait a little while to get your hands on the undead. The White Walker is a hand-painted, numbered limited edition collectible. Each bust is packaged in full-color collector box and will retail around $124.99.

Here's a look at the NOFUTURE figure from Kenth Toy Works, with this colorway being an exclusive to Toy Art Gallery! Limited to only 15 resin pieces, this Black/Gold version is my fav seen thus far, with the color palette choices popping, as well giving it a swell glam-rocker with the black+gold, accentuated with a luxe funk-club vibe with the pink, methinks! Will update with further product and availability info, when I have them.

The Keeper of the Forest, is a wise old beast,
He wanders round the Earth,
looking for a feast.
He's always very hungry,
he could eat a tasty horse,
But the Morrow find him biscuits,
it's what he craves, of course.

From Taylored Curiosities, Penny used a 4″ DIY Kidrobot Munny and combined sewing, her original resin toys, sculpting and up-cycling with painting and needle felting to create this one of a kind creature. The Morrow is hand sculpted and cast in a minty green color and measures 2 cm.

The forest floor is needle felted with an artificial leaf adorned with a button, fixed in place. The Keepers face is hand sculpted and painted. The fungus is also hand sculpted and painted and finished off with moss. A hand sewn nest is the perfect resting place for the Morrow when it's not off collecting biscuits for the Keeper.

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Friday June 21st

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Stop by our shop on Haight Street this Friday for your chance to win FREE STUFF!

Details coming soon….in the meantime, thrash out on some of our other skate-themed goods:

DECK TIMELINE T-SHIRT
$30 each
Available Now in S~2XL

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MARK GONZALES PRIEST VINYL FIGURE
$75 each
Available Now!

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Double Haunt and artist Square One have joined forces to release a series of resin toys called The Squares. They are a family of four mechanical robots designed by Square One and sculpted and produced by Double Haunt. Each of the approximately 3-inch tall robots are hand cast and painted. They're available in full color ($30.00) or single colors ($20.00) (single colors are sold blind).

With Transforming Collections about to ship to the backers I’ve started thinking through possible projects for another book about toys and this afternoon, on Twitter, I started thinking out loud and am starting to think through a book devoted to the Kenner toys of the seventies, eighties, and nineties. This would be written by multiple authors, with each one writing... Read more →

I was home long enough last night to enjoy dinner with friends, deal with laundry, and pack and rush off for another business trip. Oh. And also long enough to grab the very first completed copy of Transforming Collections . . . and it turned out great! Here are a few quick cell phone pics while I wait for the... Read more →

At San Diego Comic-Con 2012, DKE Toys debuted the first 5 sculpts of The Super Sucklord's mini figure line, S.U.C.K.L.E. (Simply Unimportant Collectable Kitschy Little Eyesores).

Sculpted by George Gaspar (October Toys), S.U.C.K.L.E. pays homage to the classic mid-eighties toy line M.U.S.C.L.E. by Mattel. The figures are roughly the same size (around 2" tall) and made similarly out of solid color injection molded PVC plastic.

Since San Diego Comic-Con 2012, 5 new sculpts were created, bringing the total to 10 unique figures for S.U.C.K.L.E. Series 1. The ten figures in Series 1 will include: Sucklord 66, Sucklord 43, Sucklord 16, Ass Wipe, Necromancer, Galactic Jerkbag, Ira Tyranusberg, Another Bitch, Vectar, and Gay Empire.

They've brought this line to Kickstarter in order to raise enough funds for production. KickStarter Reward levels start at $5 and go up to $1,166. The project will only be funded if at least $7,350 is pledged by Tuesday July 16th 2013 at 1AM ET.

From Avatar666 comes a commissioned custom from the cartoon series "Samurai Pizza Cats" = a character in México named "Speedy Ceviche" aka "Yattaro". Check out further snaps via his Flickr for more snaps and WIPs.

Local toy-making outfit Mighty Jaxx goes on the road in 2013 and does the convention circuit! Check out the spots they'll be heading to, and hit them up for their exclusives when you can! Meanwhile the image above is of the first vinyl figure for TOUMA's IFRITS, with the first colorway to be made available at TTF!

POPCON ASIA 2013 (5-7 July 2013)
@ Assembly Hall - JCC - Jakarta, Indonesia
Mighty Jaxx will be in attendance with an exclusive!
*With Clogtwo in attendance at Popcon, could it be a SKUHL Colorway?

TAIPEI TOY FESTIVAL 2013 (11-14 July 2013)
@ Huashan Cultural Creative Park - Taipei, Taiwan
Mighty Jaxx will be in attendance with an exclusive!
*The above-posted IFRITS with TOUMA!

SAN DIEGO COMIC CON (18-21 July 2013)
@ San Diego Convention Center
(111 W. Harbor Dr., San Diego, CA 92101, USA)
Look out for a SDCC-Exclusive!
*Previous year's was a Hell Lotus-colorway with DKE Toys, FYI :p

WONDER FESTIVAL 2013 (SUMMER / 28 July 2013)
Mighty Jaxx will be in attendance with an exclusive!

HeyCavey continues their spring animal themed plush with the introduction to "Polkadot Piggy Cavey. Made from pale pink polar fleece with white polkadots, special pointy piggy ears, and a hand cut felt snout, this lil'piggie is limited to 50 numbered pieces.

Priced at £16 per, it comes with a purple enamel Cavey badge and a Cavey Cube, Polkadot Piggy Cavey goes on sale in the Cavey shop on Monday June 24th at 8pm London time (15:00 EDT, 12:00 PDT).

Circus Posterus will be taking over Cardboard Spaceship's booth #5346 at this year's San Diego ComiCon on Saturday, July 20th, featuring the works of Chris Ryniak, Brandt Peters, Amanda Louise Spayd, and Kathie Olivas. No further product details or schedules as yet, but I reckon their "Wandering Misfits" series might well be making a debut at SDCC.

Meanwhile ESC Toy seems to be have a space at Dragatomi's booth, with a whopping total of seven items for sale? No news on whether they are SDCC-exclusives, or first releases, or a mixture of toys and prints. Further details when I get them, folks!

3DRetro is proud to present Scott Tolleson's newest figure - Bitta Critta. The 5-inch tall vinyl figure will be available at San Diego Comic Con 2013 at both the 3DRetro Booth (#5051) and Scott Tolleson's Booth (#5139). They'll be available for $50.00.

More about Scott Tolleson's Bitta Critta:

Dressed in his dinosaur costume, BittaCritta lurks the streets.
He’s always a bit dirty … but, charming from head to feet.
With a bottle of his favorite spirit and no love to spare,
Poor homeless BittaCritta invites you to his cardboard lair.