Putting In Some Custom Elbow Grease with Rohby

in-between this preparation for his upcoming Elbow Grease customs show @ myplasticheart [blogged] on 8th June (6-9pm) mecha-customizer extraordinaire Rohby managed to squeeze-in some quickie-answers for an online interview on my little blog :)*read entire interview including custom pics, after the JUMP*TOYSREVIL: how do the concepts of your creations came about? what inspires you?ROHBY: Machinery

charlie mewshaw's saucernauts

say *HI* to Billy, Ted and Geoff - the trio of colorful aliens designed and independently produced by Charlie Mewshaw, dubbed SaucerNauts [blog]and while the alien-trio are busy setting-up their myspace, read more about the SaucerNauts and Charlie's plans for his creations, in an interview - *after the JUMP*TOYSREVIL: tell us about your SaucerNauts, Charlie :)CHARLIE: The SaucerNauts are colorful

A Conversation With Enterbay (Part Two)

the second in my interview with ENTERBAY's CEO; Bill Tjhang[first interview here] focuses on the company itself, from it's genesis,to the Arnie-Kim-connection, to the future of their 1/6-products and more!*the entire interview after the JUMP*TOYSREVIL: let's start at the "begining", shall we? when was Enterbay conceived? how did the company start and it was started by whom?BILL TJHANG: the

Da DKiller Panda Interview

from Barcelona comes the design duo called dKiller Panda, whose SD Toys-produced Monster Theater mini-figures have just been released by Dark Horse [and reviewed here] and i've had the opportunity to have a wee chat with the guys = *coolness**read the entire interview after the JUMP*TOYSREVIL: please introduce yourselves, who are dKiller Panda?DKP: dkillerpanda is Juan Rubí, illustrator, and

Da Dookie-Poo Interview

just who is Dookie-Poo? a jet-setting world-traveller? a young upstart star in a music video? a breakout character-star waiting to explode?or a narcissistic photograph-hound with his very own website, blogand even myspace? or is he just your regular Joe-Poo from Pooville?in the midst of his whirlwind world-tour, i managed to track Dookie-Poodown for a blog-interview, where we uncover the myth,

Of Sheeps and Moles: An Interview With Metin Seven

moving rapidly from prototype to actual toys very soon, Metin Seven X Crazy Label's Seamour Sheep and Marty Mole [blogged] are set to invade our collective toy-shelves sooner than we think (@ Taipei Toy Festival?) ... but before that happens, i had a long chat with Metin about the creation and genesis of his goggled-diary farm duo made vinyl :)*read the entire interview after the JUMP*TOYSREVIL:

the story of erick scarecrow's shiitakes

"I warn you, do not stare into the Shiitakes' cyclops eye for too long. These monster mushrooms have a variety of bizarre powers that eventually led to their escape from me their creator. Presently they camouflage themselves as regular toys with a convenient clip-on in efforts for you to take them with you!" = so goes the "warning label" on Erick Scarecrow's new plush SHIITAKES that are set to

A Limited Edition Interview With Toy Break

George Gaspar, Ayleen Gaspar and Matt Aylward - the trio behind October Toys, are also behind the successful TOYBREAK podcasts and after watching and listening to them for 8 episodes, i decided to bug them for my first-ever three-way-(or is that "four-way"?)-interview!... and if i'd make a fool of myself in the process, tis for the entertainment of my readers (*shifts uncomfortably in chair*) *

Plastic Pimps 2 Interviewed

and so the Trexi-custom show Plastic Pimps 2 [blogged] is currently underway and if you aren't and/or can't be in Melbourne for the show (it ends 13 May), you can partake of online images of customs and event @ these cyber-venues:- opening night of Plastic Pimps 2 @ Flickr [all images via]- event / custom pics @ GameAxis- do lemme know if you have pics too thanks!i had an opportunity to chat

Everything's Black And White according to Kenn Munk

in this third installment of artist interviews, i had a insightful online chat with illustrious customizer, Kenn Munk ~ inclusive of exclusive images not seen anywhere else online yet (dare i say ;p). onwards!TOYSREVIL: can you tell us, who is "Kenn Munk"?KENN MUNK: He's a shy 32 year old Dane, People generally don't believe it when I tell them I'm shy, but I am. I find walking up and talking to

Doktor.A & his Spookypop Customs

:: TOYS / CUSTOMS / INTERVIEW ::you've seen his inspired customs constantly featured in me humble blog (see bottom of post for links). you see his work being fawned over at forum boards and online toy-entities, now read about the good Doktor.A in a short interview i've had with him just: TOYSREVIL: how do the concepts of your creations and customs came about? what inspires you?DOKTOR.A: Anything

artist talk : slinkachu and little people

had a wee chat with UK-artist, Slinkachu since i last featured his "little people" ...TOYSREVIL: how did the concept of "little people" came about? what inspired you?SLINK: Looking at places where i wouldn't normally look and hoping to see surprising things. 'Little people' just sprung in to my head - a little hidden world. I've been inspired by street art that surprises.TRE: what/who are your

artist talk : undoboy and super bastard toys

Super Bastard Toys has seen quite a fair bit (*understatement*) of promotion across varied respectable online toy entities (VP / VA / P+P), all the while as i was bugging Undoboy for an online interview instead! ~ this blog's first, i might add ... onward :)*read the entire interview after the jump*TOYSREVIL: tell us about yourself. your "dayjob".UNDOBOY: my sig's Undoboy and i currently reside