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

house of liu blanks @ ttf 2007

remember Crazy Label's House Of Liu BLANKS i mentioned in myprevious TTF-post? well, peep this:need i say more? - limited to just 80 production-pieces per figure andwith only 20 of each design available @ TTF (Crazy Label booth#A20)while the rest will be available online via Crazy Label by end-July) = you'd really wanna grab some when you have a chance, yeh? *heh*(cheers for the headsup, Andy!)

birch juice and sleepy summer goomas

Gooma's are living seeds and each of them unique, before the hatching out theirheads forms in compliance with weather and surroundings. (Gooma life-cycle via)both Birch Juice Gooma (green) and Sleepy Summer Gooma (red) stand at 12cm (4.5") tall and has interchangable heads, are made of two-component hard plastic (product of organic chemistry, so Gooma is also a nature friendly toy!) and are

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!)

goth whaleboy release party @ munky king

Patrick Morgan's MunkyKing-exclusive GOTH black-variant WHALEBOY [blogged] is scheduled for a debut his very own toy release party @ Munky King Melrose on July 5th (7-11pm) [via]:limited to only 100pcs, both Goth and Regular Whaleboy will be available, as well as a gallery of Whaleboy-inspired art by Joe Vaux, Mark Covell, Raul Guerra, Andrew Burrell, Bobby Chiu and more = peep details here :)

legend of plaseebo mummy - 2nd edition

from the ever-kaijulicious Omni-Monster blog comes the announcement of a2nd Edition of the Bob Conge-designed Plaseebo vinyl figure [1st edition tagged]! cast in an uber-eerie blue-GID with blue-insert eyes, the 8"-er tall 2nd-EditionPlaseebo is limited to only 80 pcs worldwide for USD$85 (USD$9 shippingwithin US) - shipping rates outside of the US to drop Bob an email :)

of the toy evolution of hasheeme and tokyo tribe2 anime

"Hasheeme" (or izzit "Hasheem"? LOL) from Santa Inoue's (Santastic) Tokyo Tribe 2 (manga) [jp-wiki] has seen his fair share of toy-immortality ... and it is a mark of "achieving" pop-culture status when KAWS bothers to adapt it, doncha think? *heh*seen @ the Medicom Toy Exhibition @ Parco [image via]/// peep youtubed 2006-07 anime TT2 HEREEPISODE ONE / PART ONEPART TWOPART THREE/// search the

michael lau X nike pro colored figures revealed

full-colored images of Michael Lau's NIKE PRO-figures revealed [via]:apparently all three 20"-er figures are not sold commercially, but are instead up for auction on Yahoo!HK (from June 25th to July 4th) with the proceeds benefitting a local kids' charity = *cool*[auction link via CrazyToyz0709] "Another opportunity to acquire this set is playing the Nike Pro Train Simulator (June 18th - July

dc direct's uni-formz: batman vinyl figure

DC Direct begins the vinylization of the DC Universe by joining forces with Monster 5 in creating their first VCD figure; BATMAN!due to ship by late February, 2008, the figure is on pre-order for USD$49.99 @ WizardUniverse :)personally, urban vinyls and comicbook toys do not traditionally meet, with either tribes dwelling in their own markets and domain (IMO) - but tis with the obvious advances

crazy label @ ttf 2007

///HOUSE OF LIUVeggiesomething will be in Crazy Label booth#A20 on 7/6/07 (4:00pm) for signing his House Of Liu duo-figures; Mei Mei and Di Di [blogged], as well as live painting on BLANKS (!!!)///SEAMOUR SHEEP & MARTY MOLEMetin Seven's [interviewd] Seamour Sheep & Marty Mole [blogged] will make their debut! peep the de-boxing of Seamour (with images via Andy's flickr-stream) ///OTHER CRAZY

adfunture @ ttf 2007

seen@TTF:/// READ MORE HERE[images via adFunture website] [event images courtesy of LuciferJ]ORIGINAL PRE-TTF POST:vinyl goodies adFunture has for fans this coming TTF 2007:the new platform figure BUKA will be make its official debut in TTF. Buka-creator; SICHI will be on hand to sign the WHITE original version (USD$4.50). the PINK variant-Buka (a pink variant was previously produced to

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

artoyz's metallic gold leigong vinyl figure

newindainbox: Phalax Creative has created a Metallic Gold-colorway of :phunk studio's LEI GONG vinyl-figure and it totally rawks my thunder-cloud LOLlimited to 150 pcs worldwide, LEI GONG is currently available online @ Artoyz [images via] for 45.EUROS - or if you happen to be at the upcoming Taipei Toy Festival, Pixie will have 20 pcs available for your thunder-god-grabbing mutts [info+event

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 (

a play imaginative visit (part one)

i wished i'd brought my camera when i popped by Play Imaginative's office yesterday (for a wee "chat" *heh*) - the toys on display were simply exceptional! (the show @ Galleria Foyer is gonna an eye-popper) and while i tried my very best to contain my fan-boy-excitement, i'd haveta say, you would literally have to see and hold the products up close (the images does not fully do them justice) to

win a skwak maniac @ vinyl pulse

fancy a MINDstyle X SKWAK (production sample) Maniac figure for FREE?(the original colorway Maniac is limited to 500 pieces worldwide with 300 available in the USA)all you need to do is log unto Vinyl Pulse and leave a comment before Monday June 25th @ 8 PM Pacific ... but don't be an idiot like me and accidentally comment twice (multiple entries will be disqualified *sob*) - comment once and

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