kathie olivas' benny & red bird @ sdcc 2007

seen@SDCC [images courtesy of Pixie]Kathie Olivas' Benny & Red Bird SDCC Exclusive Mono Editionvinyl-pair has left me pretty darn breathless, it has [via] above-right image is Ms Olivas original paintings [via], as comparison to the faithfulness of the exceptional sculpt and form (also perhaps the impending original colorway? :p). produced by MINDstyle (SDCC booth#?) and limited to 200pcs -

tofu robots @ sdcc 2007

Spicy Brown officially adds a quartet of Tofu Robots to their Extra Firm Tofu Robot!last mentioned in my interview with Tofu Robot-creator Kazuko Shinoka and seen at the recent VTN-show, both MEDIUM (blue) and SOFT (pink) versions will debut @ SDCC - Spicy Brown booth#4835 (Kazuko will be signing on Saturday!). both MEDIUM and SOFT will retail for USD$20 each = i waaaaaannnt! LOL the duo-Frank

ashley wood @ sdcc 2007

remember the Ashley Wood-toy i blogged a whiles back? peep this:standing at a massive 16"-ers tall, this monster-of-a-mecha is made in collaboration with IDW Publishing and produced by BigShot Toyworks and ThreeZero - look for him/it @ Toyqube's booth#4937 at SDCC! also do peep Ashley Wood's blog for updates :)(cheers for the lurve, Klim!)

joe linsner's dawn and death be@rbricks @ sdcc

Joseph Michael Linsner's Dawn and Death comicbook characters get the 100% be@rbrick-treatment with this two-pack special from Medicom Toy, exclusive to SDCC 2007 with a limit of 2,007-sets (no price-points at this time) = which i reckon is one of the sweeter looking be@rbricks in a loooong while, IMHO *yep*[source]

unklbrand @ sdcc 2007: sug and ulligus

VinylAddiction unveils [images via] full figure images of UNKL's SUGS & Ulligus figures for a SDCC-debut [last seen as drawings] and they look absolutely ace! nice and clean - just the way i like 'em! (and i've ALWAYS wanted a SUG or two...)*coolness*scheduled for a July 27-release @ UNKL's booth#4633, do note the quantities listed:- The Urban Recovery SUG (USD$69.99) & Ulligus (USD$49.99) is

rocket world @ sdcc 2007: combat mod squad

Rocketworld unveils peeks of their IWG exclusives for SDCC [via]: shown here are the first painted samples of the Special Editions of the new upcoming Combat Mod Squad series to debut in san diego, with Septimius v2.0 and Taharka v2.0 [last seen here] and they are utterly cute+mod-cool, IMHO! (im a sucker for scooters too) *LOL* ... (*note: the iPod-nano shown below is for scale and not included

andrew bell's lotus kanser

witness the unveiling of Andrew Bell's Lotus Kanser! designed by Keith Poon, the 6"-er Kanser is produced by Toyqube with the Lotus Kanser being the 1st artist collaboration (of the Artist Series) and i haveta say, tis one of the classiest designs and treatment (matt+gloss prints = *uber-cool*) i've seen on a vinyl in a bit, IMHO :)the Regular version (GREY body) is limited to 400 pcs with (

david horvath's uma newborn type baby kaijus

wave a warm hello to Chupacabra (yellow), Mothman (orange) and Flatty/Flatwoods monster (blue) = offsprings of daddy-Mothman and mummy-Flatwoods Monster, and new creations of David Horvath - dubbed UMA: Newborn Type (Unidentified Mysterious Animal)produced by Wonderwall (makers of KaijuForGrownUps), the delightful trio will be at the Giant Robot booth this coming SDCC (right next to the Giant

toyqube's sdcc black and orange flocked mcdonkey vinyls

the JIP-designed MC Donkey vinyl debut @ SDCC'06 ... and in 2007, Toyqube is launching MC Donkey II-Redemption - with the new rendition of MC Donkey following the previous concept (good vs. evil), but this time MC Donkey goes to jail!with flocked 'fro and in neon orange velvet prison outfit, with handcuffs and jail-balls attached, JIP has made it looking sharper than ever (*note: orange version

cousin frank's black-on-black vinyl figures

from a "tip-off" in KR (via DrilOne), there is a third colorway of the Cousin Frank figures [blogged]!currently featured in Cousin Frank/GHOST's blog is the SDCC-exclusive Black-on-Black Gee Crazee (dude with the crazee-swirly-eyes - not too sure about Old One-Eye tho :p). produced by the Level5Group, the previously featured GREY version is a ToyTokyo-exclusive, while the COLORED Version is

sideshowtoys @ sdcc 2007: holographic darth sidious chair

truth be told, i wasn't that sold on the SideShowToy's SDCC-exclusive 1/6 Holographic Darth Sidious with Mechno-chair ... until i saw the LED light-up feature of the chair = pretty nifty, methinks :p (altho it does look "scarely" like a chinese religious-statue LOL)pre-orders datelines are over tho (my bad) and Non-Attendees Edition is now sold out, but you could still try for the Attendee

ron english bearbrick

i dunno about you folks, but if this Ron English Bearbrick were 400% = it would totally rawk! EDIT: HypeBeast reports that both 100% and 400% will be released! am strangely diggin' the creatures in the "swirl" (from his earlier Yang Bangers-vinyl, yeh?) made by Medicom and slated to be a (possible?) SDCC-exclusive ... ~ quantity and price to be determined ~[source: SlamXHype / hi-res image via

play imaginative @ ttf 2007 and sdcc 2007

Play Imaginative is pulling out all the stops this year with a bountiful selection ofreleases slated for July/August, most notably for Taipei Toy Festival and SDCC:and here is a summary of what is to come, including signing schedulesfor TTF'07 = *details after the JUMP*headlining the selection this year is their Touma-designed vinyl GRABBIT series [labelled] slated to debut during SDCC, with two

evil design @ sdcc 2007 and ttf 2007

Toy2R X MCA Evil Design serves up the 50pcs limited (@ SRP of USD$40) Taipei Toy Festival-exclusive 6"-er Naked Evil Ape White Version and all we can but do is scream like a wittle girlie (like the one gripped in it's hands) [via] *LOL* and then there is the 6" Evil Ape GID DIY-series @ SRP of US$30/pc in blind-box assortment (of 6-colorways) available at both TTF'07 and SDCC'07 [via] *neato*

frank kozik's anarqee qees

Frank Kozik has created an army of Anarchy Qees and they are goingto start dropping all over the world sooner than you'd expect! *more details and images after the JUMP*Toy2R and Diamond Comics are setting the stage for a massive release of trouble on the heels of the latest Magic of Color Series 3 of 2.5" Qees. first up is the Kozik 8" Anarchy Black Qee Bear (limited to only 500pcs / order

crazy label @ sdcc 2007

previously seen as a GID-proto, Crazy Label is set to release this specialexclusive colorway of GID Firefly Treeson for the upcoming SDCC:with a limited run of 300 pcs - look for them @ DKE Toy's booth = *yumz*

keith poon's sharky revealed

here are glorious reveals of Keith Poon's sharkalicious SHARKY vinyl! created by Keith Poon, SHARKY [blogged] stands @ 8"-ers tall and is sculpted by NEMO, with a accessory that goes inside of the mouth (Sharky's, not NEMO's :p) - with the first series comprising of 4 editions, designed by:Keith Poon:- Black SDCC-edition (150 pcs limit - sample shown, production piece should has blood on the

marka27's mini-gods coming soon

to see Marka27's MiniGods [featured] figures finished in vinyl-form (even if they be production photos) is indeed awe-inspiring, IMHO. and they can be yours sooner than you think, with the 100 piece-limited MG1 Platinum Grillz (bottom-right) version scheduled to be released during SDCC 2007 (@ USD$150)! - the other three colorways: MG1 Brazil (300 pcs @ USD$120 per), MG1 Midnight (300 pcs @ USD

frank kozik @ sdcc 2007

courtesy of the KR-forums [info+images via] - here is a list ofSDCC Exclusives as offered by Frank Kozik:- 9" Clockwork Nade / edition size: 130 (100 available @ USD$54-per)*more after the JUMP*- 10" Black Anarchy Labbit / edition size:130 (100 available @ USD$108-per)- 7" Black Anarchy 'Sarge' / edition size: 130 (100 available @ USD$54-per)- clear purple/gold Usagi Gon / edition size: 130 (100

pimp daddy destro @ sdcc 2007

the name alone totally warranted a singular blog-post for these figures!"Ten years ago, DESTRO briefly replaced his bad-to-the-bone suit with a very flamboyant outfit: dark and deadly DESTRO was now dressed in leopard skin. The unusual deco was given the go ahead for production, and a few hundred of these garish guys made it into the world before Hasbro honchos decided the deco was too