Goddammit. Every time I say no more Dunnys, Kidrobot drops a hot new lineup. Officially Launching September 10th, is the Kidrobot Dunny Series 2009!
Artists in this series include Amanda Visell, Andrew Bell, Amy Ruppel, Brandt Peters, Dalek, Devilrobots, Gary Taxali, Mori Chack, Huck Gee, Jeremyville, Kozik, Kronk, Luke Chueh, Mad, Pon, MR. Shane Jessup, Shawnimal, SupaKitch, Travis Cain, and Thomas Han.

Your chance to snap up the whole set comes a day early when you hit up an Official Trading Party the night before, at a Kidrobot store, or official retailer.

If you live in Buffalo, or Western NY, then your shop to go to is Hero Design Studio and Boutique. Even if you live in the good ole Canada, come on down to  93 Allen st, in Buffalo, NY, for a crazy night of toy unleashment. Trade new toys, old toys, con Mark, get conned by me, and win sweet prizes from Mark and Beth.  Last year, I nabbed the entire Series 5 in one night, and I only made one little kid cry.

The party starts at six, and ends around 9 or so. If you live elsewhere, scroll to the bottom to find the location for an Official Trading Party near you.

I can’t go into Hero and think I won’t buy anything, especially when such a bad ass series like Futurama just dropped from the KidRobot heavens.  And while I glimsped a peek at one of the chases (Slurms McKenzie), the jury was still out on what the second chase was. Today’s meander into Hero and Design Studio and Boutique was fortuitous; I snagged the second chase, who is none other than Sal.

I feel pretty gangster, but a litle bummed that Hermes or Proffessor Farnswuth, or Kiff didn’t make the series. Maybe there will be a second series… I can think of 12 more characters I want to see. For now, I’ve managed to snag Sal….

Morbo the Annihilator…

Nibbler  ( I love the chicken but his Dark Matter Poo would have been the most awesome of accessories)…

And Phillip J. Fry.Sal is pretty sweet lookin, love his Bachelor Chow (pretty detailed graphic).

I’ve got full size pics on flickr. Check it.

Matt Groening teams up once again with Kidrobot to release his less mainstream, but just as awesome, Futurama characters in to vinyl. 12 three inch characters, two blindboxes, $8.99 (or something like that) at Hero Design studio and other Kidrobot retailers. Like right now. Mark and Beth totally let me get in after hours and get a peak at em, and I scooped up a few to start a collection I plan on finishing. I was really waiting for this series, well that and the new series of Futurama on Fox…. can’t wait for that either.

When Kidrobot dropped the Adult Swim mini figures, they tried to create exact copies of adult swim characters. Coupled with a so so production quality they looked more like gumball machine toys. When Kidrobot made the Simpsons Mini Figures, they were caricatured to 3.” I remember Hero Design ran out of them quick, as opposed to several of the Adult Swim toys floating in the “Land of Forgotten Toys.”

Thankfully when Kidrobot produced the Futurama toys, they went with a winning strategy.

Created by Matt Groening with David X Cohen and Kidrobot, the series has 12 3″ characters, blind boxed, plus two chases, and sell for 8.95 each. Goes on sale at Kidrobot and official places like Hero Design on August 13th. I’m so excited I could spit.

via Vinyl Pulse

“Joe Ledbetter”

This special series of 3-inch Dunnys dropped Thursday and are already sold out on Kidrobot. Not to fear as Hero and Sound has a nice stock of em for sale. I’d really get on these quick though, they’re endangered for a reason. Since these are a special release, price is $8.99 a piece, but totally worth it. Every Dunny comes with an accessory or breaks the mold someway. Stop by Hero and Sound at 93 Allen St in Buffalo and get your fix!

Animal instincts are sharper than ever in the limited edition hyper series, Dunny Endangered! Featuring 15 designs (and 2 chases) by 13 incredible artists, this ultra-fierce series will disappear soon…Contributing artists include Amanda Visell, Aya Kakeda, Elizabeth Berdann, Chuckboy, Frank Kozik, Jeremyville, Joe Ledbetter, Kronk, Michelle Valigura, Mr. Shane Jessup, Sket One, Tad Carpenter, Triclops Studio and Touma.

Its good to see Hero finally getting some KidRobot love for being the awesomest toy shop in the WNY area. Coming tomorrow, Hero will have a stupid limited (can’t say, its so small) amount of 8″ Tree Huggr Dunny’s AWOL editions by Kronk for sale. No presales, no holds, no multiples, just be there at Noon, Thursday , April 9th at Hero (93 Allen St)  with money ($75 bucks). These will not be available at Official KidRobot Stores, just loyal shops like Hero.

If you don’t live in the Buffalo, NY area, then check out these other places that the Kronk will show up at. Just remember, with 500 made, these will be gone fast.

Attention everybody in the Western New York Area! Every so often, Kidrobot sponsors DIY decorating parties and picks stores all over the country to host them. Hero Design Studio, since they be the baddest toy shop in WNY, was picked to throw a party. Sunday, April 19, from 12-5pm, stop in (you might wanna reserve a spot, more details below) and get a free Mini Munny mobile to customize and decorate however you want. Mark and Beth will supply decorating materials, but you are more than welcome to bring your own.

Hero’s Mini Munny Mobile Decorating party
Hero Design Studio + Boutique
93 Allen Street, Buffalo NY
Sunday, April 19, 12-5pm.
Ages 10 + up.

Due to the fact that Hero is a very small store, we are going to offer signup lists for the Mini Munny Mobile decorating party, for those that wish to reserve a spot for themselves. Please call 716-858-4376, email, or come by Hero to sign up for you spot(s). Sign up is NOT required, so please feek free to come by at any point during the day.

We will accept reservations every hour from 12p-3pm. 4pm-5pm will be an open hour for people to come by, put together the final details of their customs, pick up their finished pieces if they left them to dry, etc.

If you do not wish to sign up on the list, any open spots will be at a first come, first server basis, and you can always reserve a spot for later int he day if we are full when you come by.

We will be supplying art supplies, but feel free to bring your own as well.  Your finished custom is yours to take. Free Munnys will be limited to one per customer.

John and I will be there most of the day hanging with Mark and Beth and helping out, so come on out and hang with the coolest toy lovers in WNY!

If you don’t live anywhere near us, but still want to customize a Munny, check this list for a shop near you!

Saw this on the Clutter blog this morning, it appears that UK artist McFaul and IloveDust, two participants in Kidrobot’s latest Dunny release, are waging a little photo war.

First volley, a little bit of bum action with ILD givin it up to McFaul, doggy style…

then ILD takes an interest in McFauls poofy hat and really ignites this little playful conflict…

And just now, McFaul went for the Meaty bits….

Now its ILD’s turn, lets see what they can do to top this…

http://blog.mcfaul.net/

http://ilovedust.wordpress.com/

[Assy McGee, Lil' Squidbillie, Robot Chicken, and Grandma Squidbillie]

This is it. Convergence. The love of the toy merged with the love of late night absurdity… KidRobot plans to release a 20 toy blind box series this April featuring an allstar Adult Swim cast. The figures appear to be about 3 inches tall, and will retail at select retail stores for $7.95 Here’s the lineup:

• Assy – Assy McGee
• Avenger – Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law
• Bird Girl  – Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law
• Carl – Aqua Teen Hunger Force
• Dr. Girlfriend – Venture Bros.
• Early – Squidbillies
• Grandma – Squidbillies
• Ignignokt and Err – Aqua Teen Hunger Force
• Kill Face – Frisky Dingo
• Lil’ – Squidbillies
• Mad Scientist – Robot Chicken
• The Monarch – Venture Bros.
• Murderface – Metalocalypse
• Orel – Morel Orel
• Robot Chicken – Robot Chicken
• Toki – Metalocalypse
• and two other mystery figures

Definitely I shall definitely be getting up on this series like a fat kid on a Snicker Bar. I’m not a fan of all the shows to be featured, but I plan on getting the ATHF, Robot Chicken, and Squidbillies. I really really hope the two mysteries are Master Shake and Meatwad from teh Aquateen Series…

• Via Vinyl Pulse because KidRobot is keeping quiet. Apparently, during SDCC 2007, Kidrobot sent out a press release that they had secured the license to drop the minis this February. That never happened. No one really know why but if Vinyl Pulse is on the money (they nearly always are) then we will see these in early to mid April. Hopefully I’ll hear more soon and I’ll see what I can do about poking Hero Design to carry a box or three.

One of the greatest things about the Le French Dunny Series is how there are visible connections and proof of collaboration between some of the artists. Instead in some series’ where each character is completely different, I’m gonna point out a few details on some of the French figures that bring them together.. as well as explain why the Easy Hey is so goddamn ugly unique.

First off, the French Color Trio.

Look at the 123KLAN, Oktus (I’ve yet to score this figure), and Superduex  together, notice anything? The three colors (blue white red) aren’t just the French national colors, they are a prevalent design aesthetic for Superduex, who also did the packaging design for the series. Superduex, 123KLAN and Oktus all have collabo’d together via french Design groups like UNCHI. Looking at the art styles of 123KLAN, I’d assume that they followed Superduex’s concept to create a matching figure. And Oktus was more of a color adherence. either way, the three look appropriate placed next to each other.

Now, onto the the Peen and the Sourpatch.

We found the cock and balls “discreetly” painted on the underside of the SecretLab figure during the Hero Party. It wasn’t till the end of the night that I discovered that the Koralie I just traded for had a raspberry under her. I refuse to believe that this is a coincidence.

Ok, now why Easy Hey is so.. Unique.

For being 1/400, this is a real stinker of a figure. I guess thats makes sense, seeing it was based off of Easy Hey’s Kid Onion “pet” character….

On another note, Oktus and Easy Hey are both part of the same French Design Group called Delkographik

The French Dunnys are selling fast and strong, stop by Hero Design in Buffalo and pick up a few, or visit the KidRobot page to learn more.