vinyl is the new canvas

:: TOYS / DIY ::or so it seems, dunnit? There currently are two main types/categories of “customizers” = the “Painters” and the “Worksmiths”.PAINTERS: the vinyl-figure is literally a blank canvas for the artist to embellish his/her own sense / version / perception of graphics, concept or of character, to give it a new character from it's original. be it an extension of their imagined character/

what are designer urban vinyls?

:: TOYS ::tis a question that non-toy collector friends (who've read about it somewhere or have seen me spend ridiculous amounts of $$$ on) ask me. so too non-designer-vinyl toy collectors (ie: fellow 1/6th action figure fans) and i admit, tis a hard "concept" to explain and to be understood by those who feel not for it ... yet ... *read more after the jump*i mentioned "concept" becoz that's

toy or art?

:: VINYL-PAUSE ::i've read it somewhere (or izzit my own overflowing brainbile?) that vinyl is the new canvas. ~ and of coz we be talking about vinyl-figures/toys here, innit? and mayhap that statement/expression is valid, if but for the artists that works on them ... and tis something that seems poised (or already have) to overwhelm the mass culture-consciousness (as opposed to niche/