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Want: Dunny Series 5

Its gonna be a party, and as much as I’m almost burnt out on the Dunny platform, i’ll be there snatching up the goodies. As I become more knowledgeable in the Designer/Vinyl toy realm, I start to get more excited about the individual customs. Series 4 I was a complete dummy; in this cycle I’m amped for Amanda Vissel, Frank Kozik, Huck Gee, DevilRobots, Jesse LeDoux, and of course, MISHKA.

I wear a lot of MISHKA, thanks to the boys at Krudmart keeping me in stock. The MISHKA Dunny is the first second (see below) for the NYC fashion label, and to celebrate, they are selling 25 custom Bear Mopped autographed Skunk Ape Dunnys from their online store.

I of course, just bought one, but I’m anxious to get another; keeping the collectors pack in mint condition.

[Update: Not ten minutes after posting this, does MISHKA comment and remind me that they actually had a figure in Series 3, "My Pal the Crook." This goes to show how much I paid attention to S3. Either way, totally stoked and essited. Way to go MISHKA! ]

Bootleg Meatwad magnet

I made this magnet back when I was good with my hands, back when I had nothing better to do than stay up late and watch TV. Meatwad is my cartoon idol, and naturally I was stoked when Adult Swim and KidRobot did a collabo. Of course, the stoked smoldered to a pile of smokey nothing when I learned there was no meatwad figure. But really who cares; I had already made the best figure 4 years ago.

Thanks to Scranto for taking the picture for me; he craftily came into possession of it a couple months ago and hung it in his cubicle at work.

This B.U.D.’s For You Custom Show Teaser

I always get jealous reading vinylpulse, all these awesome custom shows in NY, SF, LA, SD, never BUF. well, now mother fuckers, I get my wish.

Hero Design Studio is proud to bring you their first ever custom show:

THIS B.U.D.’S FOR YOU!

• WHAT: Hero is hosting a custom toy show featuring one-of-a-kind custom toys from over 30 artists from all over the world. The figure being customized by every artist is the 9″ Blow Up Doll from Jamungo (as seen to the left) and each custom toy will be available for purchase.

• WHEN: October 24 - December 23, 2008. The opening reception is Friday, October 24 from 7pm - 11pm at El Museo directly next door to Hero. The show will only be on display at El Museo for the night of the reception (Hero will still be open next door) and the show will move over and remain on display at Hero from October 25 - December 23, 2008.

• WHERE: The opening reception is Friday, October 24 at El Museo, 95 Allen Street, Buffalo NY 14202. The collection will be on display for duration of the show at Hero Design Studio + Boutique at 93 Allen Street.

• WHY: This B.U.D.’s for You was organized to spotlight the phenomenon of custom designed toys and the artists creating them. We are featuring seasoned toy designers, gigposter artists, fine artists, illustrators, tattoo artists, musicians, etc. and there will be local artists as well as international artists. Each piece is a one-of-kind toy and they are all available for purchase.

I’ve seen full shots of some of the customs and this is going to definitely be sick as hell. If you want a chance at owning one, you best be at the opening night.  After the gallery showing, what hasn’t sold will be put online. I have plans to steal Kozik’s and Dr. A’s so don’t come looking for me a’right?

The artists participating in this show are:

Frank Kozik • Dalek • Doktor A • Michael Michael Motorcycle • Shawn Smith of Shawnimals • Bobby Dixon • Aesthetic Apparatus • Anne Benjamin • Jordan Buckley • Mike Budai • Jared Cain • Coreroc • Delicious Design League • D-LuX • Doublenaut • DROID • Dwitt • Edreys • Jason Goad • Eleanor Grosch • Hero Design Studio • Richard Kegler • Bucky Lastard • Leecifer • Jon Mirro • Punchgut • Thomas Rooney • Rob Schwager • Craig Seder • Mike Slobot • Dan Springer • Dan Stiles • Strawberryluna • Adam Swinbourne • Steve Tenebrini • Amy Jo + Tooth • Lonny Unitus

Tags: Custom Show, DR. A, Frank Kozik, Hero and Sound, Jamungo, Vinyl

WANT: Radioactive Seamour Sheep

I first discovered Seamour the Sheep when Beth pulled him out at the store and I huffed in reply “ok, it looks likes a Serta prop.” But now… oh my, now… now we have something amazing. CrazyLabel is following up on the apparent success of Seamour with something more experimental.

Behold Radioactive Seamour!  For a mere €53.90 (or $69US), you can have your very own green hued genetically enhanced USB powered sheep lamp. Embedded with a motion sensor, laying Seamour on his side turns him off, while setting him on his feet puts him aglow. This edition is Mad Stupid Limited, so get it online while you can.

Want: SuperFishal Big Skull Pint Glass

Remember Barry the Beaver? Well making questionable vibrating vinyl isn’t the only thing Jeremy Fish does. He’s actually a very talented artist, often working with Upper Playground to produce urban wear, art prints and apparently pub glasses too. Much to the delight of his alcoholic fans, you can pick up Jeremy’s Big Skull Pint Glass for 15 bucks from Design Public.

IKEA+Vinyl=Party Hutch

IKEA can make some total crap. Sometimes you wonder what exactly goes through the heads of designers when they produce something like the HATTEN, which looks like an acrylic cake carrier flipped on end.  Despite the seemingly drug induced design choices IKEA spews out en masse, you can always be assured they’ll have some wicked lighting to make up for it.

I saw the DIODER (featured in the video above) series last year, when I went with Angel and his biz partner to shop for new store furnishings. We had picked up the disc lighting, hoping for a multicolored cosmic front display, only to realized upon getting home, that we had picked the plain lights instead. Norman took back and we forgot all about them. Fast forward to last weekend with John down in Maryland, when we took the mandatory sweep through IKEA looking for an ottoman suitable for John’s new space. We saw the DIODER series again, this time in the form of adjustable light bars, brighter than the discs and a tad more expensive, but we thought the perfect solution for a faux ambient effect behind John’s Hi-Def.

He snagged the bars and I grabbed the discs, I wanted lighting for the vinyl hutch and these were perfect. However, as I never seem to learn from the past, the light bars turned out to be the plain boring white strips, though I managed to get the colored discs this time. John’s still trying to find a solution for the overly bright bars of doom…

Good luck trying to get these online, unless you want to pay nearly double from the .ca store and then extra on top to get it shipped from Canadia. Yes, Canadia…

ps. IKEA is the only company I know that gives you too much cord with your lights… not that thats a bad thing…

Something Affordable: Blood Rage S7 Squirm

After the simply unattainable Kozik clockwork orange Ludwig, I have to post something a little bit more in my price range.

Hows about the new colorway for Brian Flynn’s Super7 (Snakes of Infinity) Kaiju, (Blood Rage) Squirm? This time, he’s a clear rotocast with red accents on his eyes and tentacles with brown painted boots, drops this Saturday online and at the San Fran store for an oh-so-do-able $50.

And while I’m on a kaiju fix, Hero Design Studio got a few new awesome Kaiju For Grownups in:

I’m snatching up the Green Usagi-gon, which would go well with Kozik’s newest Kaiju, the Salary Ika I’ve talked about, finally on sale from wonderwall for ~$80

• Hero Design Studio - 93 allen, Buffalo NY
• Via Vinyl Pulse
• Frozen Empire Toys

RoadKill Toys: you Snuff em, we stuff em!

As much as I love vinyl, there is something about twisted plush toys that pull at my heartstrings.  Enter the Roadkill toys, take the beauty of animal autopsy by automobile inside your home, safe from your dog rolling in it and safe from the stew pot. Twitch the Racoon and Grind the Rabbit sell for £25.00 each, and come inside a translucent body bag with toetag telling of the poor critter’s demise.

Get your Squash-plush toys while they’re still fresh off the tarmac. Twitch the Raccoon was the first to be scraped off the road. But now there’s a new not-so-cuddly toy in town. His name is Grind the Rabbit. The first 1000 Grind characters are all limited edition. Each one has a personalised toe tag, handwritten by the creator. All of them have limited edition numbers. It took Adam, the creator, 7 long nights to finish all those tags, and caused him severe tendonitis. It’s not that we’re trying to emotionally blackmail you. Just buy one.

• Roadkilltoys.com

Ultraviolence: Clockwork Ludwig Van

And now for something no one can afford.

Frank Kozik has always tailored to the higher end vinyl art scene with his extremely limited busts of political icons, twisted in subtle ways. The busts are typically vinyl or fiberglass, often flocked, and sell for about 300 bucks each. This time, Kozik, is releasing the first bust under his Ultraviolence line, a line meant only for the deep pocketed. Meant to connect Alex from Stanley Kubrick’s A Clockwork Orange with his love Of Beethoven, Ludwig features a bowler cap and will be finished as a bronze mold, set upon a pedestal of marble. While the price isn’t set, expect this very limited run (only 20) to set you back at least $3000. But I’m sure after a wee night full of ultraviolence, you could come up with that much cash, eh?

• Pre-order one for me at lulubell toys, and I’ll kill anyone you like.
• Via Vinyl Pulse

Want: Kozik Anarchy Plush Labbit

I’ve been a wee bit absent about designer toy posts for a bit, ok, pretty absent about a lot of stuff.. to think I let BRO beat me to the punch on the Elmwood Strip Updates because I was too lazy to get the info out first. I’m approaching that point right now where blogging is getting harder and harder because i’m working more and more. I’ve got some tricks up my sleeve though…

Anyways, the Vinyl Toy Network was May 4th, an occasion full of collaborations and new customs and release teasers, like the one DKE Toys put out: a plush Anarchy Labbit. No word on price or release date, but I’m getting one.

• via ToyCyte