Alternative Press Expo (A.P.E.) This Weekend

The Alternative Press Expo (A.P.E) is this weekend, October 1-2 at the Concourse Center in San Francisco, CA. It's definitely smaller than Wondercon and Comic-Con but definitely growing. If you're in SF this weekend, stop by and take a look. Admission is $10 or $15 for both days.

Super7 Charcoal Flame Honoo & Skulletor Milton

Super7 is set to release Leecifer's Charcoal Flame Honoo & Brian Flynn's Skulletor Milton this coming Friday, September 30th at Noon Pacific at Super7 both in-store and online. Charcoal Flame Honoo can be yours for $35 and Skulletor Milton for $25.

Gargamel Clear Light Blue Zagoran

Gargamel's Clear Light Blue Zagoran will be released this Thursday (9/29) at Noon Pacific at Super7 in-store or online for $95 each.

Joe Lebetter's Hunny Bunny Print

Joe Ledbetter just released his latest Mutant Bunny Series 2011 Print titled "Hunny Bunny". Limited to 99 and each one comes signed & numbered. 5x7" Giclee Print on heavy stock watercolor paper. $40 each and available HERE!

Friday Toy Day!

Nothing better to start off the weekend than to get new toys. Got in my Monstergools by Grody Shogun. This is a mash up of Grody Shogun's Monster Heads on top of Paul Kaiju's Seagool body. All painted by Grody Shogun. Unpainted clear blue Cosmos Pocket Boris & Standing Killer along with a set of buttons from Bwana Spoons. Finished off Friday night by picking up Cometdebris' Sametan from the Sink or Swim Show at Spoke Art Gallery.

Cometdebris Clear Blue Sametan

This Sametan was available at Sink or Swim with proceeds benefiting PangeaSeed. Limited amounts were available on Cometdebris' website. Sametan is a hit and sold out. Lots of details from the teeth to the stitches on the fins etc... If you missed this, don't worry a color version will be coming out soon.

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PangeaSeed x Spoke Art Gallery's Sink or Swim Show Recap

Back of the Line Waiting to get in

PangeaSeed x Spoke Art Gallery Sink or Swim Benefit Show for the Sharks and the Ocean had their Opening Reception on Friday, September 24th at 6PM. We got into San Francisco on a busy Friday evening a bit before the show opened. Looking for parking we see the line go up the block. People were camped out there early in the day with their fold up chairs etc... We later find out the line was for purchasing Josh Keyes' art print.

We were there to purchase Cometdebris x PangeaSeed's Clear blue Sametan figure which made its debut at this show. If you were lucky enough, Cometdebris had a few up for sale yesterday in his online shop. All proceeds for this figure goes to benefit PangeaSeed. If you missed out, don't worry there will be a color version coming out soon. 

Refreshment Witch Cuppy, Halloween Devi-chan & Sunny for Super Festival 57

Refreshment just announced 3 more releases for Super Festival 57. All of Refreshment's releases are Halloween themed.

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Refreshment Zombie Chu-Ziiiii for Super Festival 57

Refreshment Zombie Chu-Ziiiii for Super Festival 57. Loving the Halloween Theme on these releases! All of the releases are great!

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Refreshment Mutant Chaos Mummy for Super Festival 57

Refreshment Mutant Chaos Mummy for Super Festival 57. WOW! This is a definite Must have! Best version yet!

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Refreshment Halloween Perora for Super Festival 57

Refreshment Halloween Perora at Super Festival 57. Both colors will be available at the show!

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Medicom Project 1/6 Exclusive Josh Herbolsheimer Halloween Midnight Earth Wolf

Medicom Project 1/6 Exclusive Josh Herbolsheimer Halloween Midnight Earth Wolf. Pre-order starts September 24th and ends October 31st.

"Pre-order will be offered at ordering page on our website from September 24(Sat) 0:00AM to October 31 (Mon) 11:59PM.

We accept PAYPAL only.
Please pay by Japanese yen to overseas@medicomtoy.co.jp
Payment amount is listed bellow
Please confirm the right amount before you pay.

Please settle the payment by November 6 (Sun)
Order will be canceled if the payment is not made by the day.

Delivery is planned to be in late December 2011by EMS."

Another great release! Order yours HERE.

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Sleep It Off Pocket Sleeping Killer & Pocket Monster Anonymous

Pocket Sleeping Killer by Bwana Spoons

Pocket Monster Anonymous (no official name yet) by Martin Ontiveros

Both of these will be available at Bwana Spoons & Martin Ontiveros' Sleep It Off Art show at Thrashout this coming Saturday, September 24th for ￥1575(tax in) each.

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Pushead x Secret Base x Astro Zombies "The Andy Too" Patchwerk Japan Skullwing at Super Festival 57

Pushead x Secret Base x Astro Zombies "The Andy Too" exclusive to Super Festival 57.

Translated Text: 
Change the color forming another version of the version sold at Comic Con San Diego Association of Pass-head sign (Comic Con was a luminous and black version). Mixed color marble molded soft vinyl and luminous brown. Atmosphere is different shades of color mixing increments molded body 1 by 2. Each button is a badge with a bonus of 3.
※ After the opening sale [RFM × POP × ZOMBIES] done in the booth.

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Restore Debris Japan "Destiny" Edition for Super Festival 57

Translated Text: Popular series "DEBRIS JAPAN SFB" more limited color super festival as "DESTINY version" (Black Thunder) has appeared! Black bill is a specification, a red loincloth, each part has been painted with the motif of a lightning bolt design! (Subject to individual differences in hand-painted design for all.)


Specifications: 170 × 110 × 80mm
(Parts included: / loincloth bill / ring / bell / Knives)
Material: Soft Vinyl
Price: 8,000 yen (tax included)

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Refreshment's Pumpkin Cuppy for Super Festival 57

Refreshment's Pumpkin Cuppy for Super Festival 57. OK, this is just too Awesome and released before Halloween!!!

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Splurrt x Velocitron Cadaver Kid for Super Festival 57

Splurrt x Velocitron Cadaver Kid at Super Festival 57. Velocitron will be painting up a bunch of these. Stop by his booth to pick one up!

Grody Shogun Ensorcelled Man for Super Festival 57

Grody Shogun's Ensorcelled Man exclusive for Super Festival 57. Super Festival 57 is Sunday, September 25th in Tokyo, Japan.

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Bwana Spoons & Martin Ontiveros' Sleep It Off Art Show at Thrashout

Bwana Spoons & Martin Ontiveros's Sleep It Off Art Show @ Thrashout, this Saturday, September 24th. If you're in Japan, stop by the show and check it out as this is the last show at this location before Thrashout moves.

Check out what Bwana Spoons will bringing HERE.

Preview Jeff Lamm's M5 Bravo & Stee-Gar Brainfreeze Edition

Unbox Industries recently revealed Jeff Lamm's M5 Bravo & Stee-Gar Brainfreeze Edition. A release date has not been set yet but will update you when we get more info.

Heteromorphism Show at Double Punch

Heteromorphism was curated by Junichi Yajima / Dream Rocket. The Opening Reception is Saturday, September 24th starting at 6PM at Double Punch.

Cometdebris' New Figure Sametan to Benefit PangeaSeed

Cometdebris' New figure Sametan to Benefit PangeaSeed. Sametan will debut in San Francisco at PangeaSeed’s Sink or Swim.

The debut release is a crystal clear blue vinyl, unpainted, and limited to 25 pieces. For those unable to attend the event, we will also have a limited number available on the Cometdebris website. Price is $40.

"We are very excited to announce the release of a brand new Cometdebris figure, Sametan (pronounced saw-meh-tahn). Sametan was designed by Koji Harmon, and sculpted by the talented Kiyoka Ikeda. Sametan stands about 11.5cm tall, and willl be made in Japan of high quality soft vinyl.

With reconnected fins, shoes, jeans, and a fancy spade belt buckle, Sametan is here to help spread the word about the plight of sharks worldwide. Did you know sharks are being overfished in many parts of the world, and many shark populations have declined by as much as 90%? Our oceans are dying, and when they die, so do we.

Every Sametan release will benefit PangeaSeed, a grassroots organization based in Tokyo, Japan dedicated to educating and raising international awareness on the plight of sharks and the destruction of their habitat. PangeaSeed is the first organization in Japan to raise public awareness regarding shark conservation and preservation."

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PangeaSeed & Spoke Art Gallery Presents Sink or Swim - A Benefit for Sharks & The Ocean

PangeaSeed & Spoke Art Gallery Presents Sink or Swim - A Benefit for Sharks & The Ocean. Opening reception is this Friday, September 23 from 6-10PM. Show will last until September 25th.

Toy2r USA Announces Bissy Bear

Toy2r USA recently announced Bossy Bear's newest friend Bissy Bear. Looks like Bossy Bear will have some competition with Bissy Bear! Bissy Bear will retail for $20 and is set to be released in time for the holidays!

Grody Shogun's Nerd Pellets Exclusive Release at Robots - A Benefit for GR2 Show

Nerd Pellets

Grody Shogun is set to release another new figure called "Nerd Pellets" at Giant Robot 2 this Saturday, September 24 at the Robots - A Benefit for Giant Robot 2.

"Grody Shogun’s latest mash-up of goodies, Nerd Pellets, will rear their charitable heads for the first time ever at  the “Robots, A Benefit for GR2″ show, which opens September 24 and runs through October 12th. All the proceeds from this robot themed show will benefit the GR2 gallery and help allow it to continue to provide the amazing space for renowned and up & coming artists to share their work!  Be sure to check out this fun event in person or online after the show opening! (Grody fans, please note: This version of Nerd Pellets were made exclusively by Grody Shogun to donate to this show, and will not be offered up anywhere else!)"

Lulubell & Grody Shogun are AWESOME!

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Robots - A Benefit for Giant Robot 2

Robots - A Benefit for Giant Robot 2 takes place this Saturday, September 24th. Show lasts until October 12th. Opening reception is 6:30-11pm on Sept 24th.

"Giant Robot will host a “special” art exhibition for the benefit of Giant Robot 2 – the gallery space.
Giant Robot 1 retail space began art exhibitions including Ai Yamaguchi and kozyndan. The space was limiting and art as we know it today was a limited world that was just beginning to bubble.

Opening in 2003, Giant Robot 2 or “GR2″ has hosted exhibitions by well known, soon to be well known and new young artists. The first exhibition in the space was by renown artist David Choe. Following exhibitions included Saelee Oh, Deth P. Sun, kozyndan, Barry McGee, Souther Salazar, Eishi Takaoka, Masakatsu Sashie, and many others who exhibit at many locations around the world. We’ve since worked with new waves of artists who’ve also moved forward at a rapid pace as well. Then yet another wave, and so forth. Giant Robot 2 has often and free exhibited young artists at an expense. In the end, who pays for the promotion, rent, staffing, etc? We do.

We’re not like many other establishments who force artists into contracts. We try and nurture artists so they can have their freedom. At times it works well. Our track record is powerful. But again, how does this get paid for? The hindering economy leaves us with less options, and a benefit show featuring our artist friends will carry us for a healthy amount of time and we hope to have your support. The goal for GR2 is for the space to be self sustaining as an art space in 2012 and on. We’ll release more news on our plans, soon.

Artists include:
Apak, Andrice Arp, Gary Baseman, Robert Bellm, Jill Bliss, Aaron Brown, Buff Monster, Jon Burgerman, Youjung Byun, Ako Castuera, Sean Chao, Louise Chen, Shawn Cheng, James Chong, Luke Chueh, Josh Cochran, Eleanor Davis, Evah Fan, Ulises Farinas, Jesse Fillingham, Jordan Fu, Matt Furie, Susie Ghahremani, Katherine Guillen, Clement Hanami, Nao Harada, Seonna Hong, David Horvath, Martin Hsu, Mari Inukai, Yellena James, James Jean, Hellen Jo, Kaori Kasai, James Kochalka, kozyndan, Le Merde, Tessar Lo, Barry Mcgee, Miso, Junko Mizuno, Tru Nguyen, Saelee Oh, Saejean Oh, Bryan Lee O’Malley, Ming Ong, Martin Ontiveros, John Pham, Sidney Pink, Ferris Plock, Jarrett Quon, Albert Reyes, Grant Reynolds, Dr. Romanelli, Luke Rook, Souther Salazar, Rob Sato, Scrappers, Ryan Jacob Smith, Space Invader, Deth P. Sun, Daria Tessler, Mark Todd, Kelly Tunstall, Aiyana Udesen, Edwin Ushiro, Esther P. Watson, Jing Wei, Yoskay Yamamoto, Jeni Yang and more!

Giant Robot was born as a Los Angeles-based magazine about Asian, Asian-American, and new hybrid culture in 1994, but has evolved into a full-service pop culture provider with shops and galleries in Los Angeles as well as an online equivalent."

If you're in the LA Area, stop by for a good cause as well as checking out the amazing artwork by a lot of talented artists.


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Grody Shogun Ensorcelled Man Release

Grody Shogun has been releasing killer releases the past few weeks. For those who weren't able to get any of his figures, you will have your chance to pick up Grody Shogun's latest figure called "Ensorcelled Man". This is a a made to order edition so everyone has a chance to get one. $50 for the painted version or $45 for unpainted.

These will be offered Friday, September 23rd at 12 Noon Pacific at Lulubell Toys.


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New Toys From Super7 - Purple Puncher Power Mister & Strawberry GID Foster

Super7 is set to release Purple Puncher Power Mister by Sun Min & David Horvath as well as a Strawberry GID Foster by Brian Flynn this coming Friday, September 23rd.

Purple Puncher Power Mister = $35 each and Strawberry GID Foster = $25 each

Both can be purchased Friday, September 23rd at 12 Noon Pacific HERE.

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Toy Art Gallery Grand Opening & "Brain Evolution" Custom Jumping Brain Show

Today, Friday, September 16th, Toy Art Gallery Celebrates their Retail Showroom Grand Opening at 7571 Melrose Ave., Hollywood CA 90046. Not only will be it be TAG's Grand Opening but will also coincide with their new show, “Brain Evolution” Jumping Brain Custom Group Show by Emilio Garcia. Both Events are 7pm to 11pm. The "Brain Evolution" show will run until October 10th.

The pictures above show some of the exclusives and hand painted customs that will be available at TAG's Grand Opening.(Splurrt's Cadaver Kid, PPPudding's Kinohel, Paul Kaiju's Boss Carrion, Pico Pico's Beckos, Velocitron's Tulubokrug and Waotoyz's Waodogs and of course lots more........)

"We will be handing out tickets at 12pm Friday afternoon for exclusives and Jumping Brain customs. This will take the place of the line so you don’t have to be standing outside all day! We will be limiting all exclusives to one per customer per style, no exceptions. There is no limit on Jumping Brain customs. Remaining customs and exclusives will be on sale in our webstore starting Saturday."

For more info click HERE.

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Use The Force For Good! Star Wars Stand Up To Cancer Exclusive T-shirts & More...

Lucasfilm launches initiative to benefit Stand Up To Cancer. The campaign features celebrity fans celebrating their favorite Star Wars moments, an Ebay charity auction offering one of a kind items and a rare experience, an exclusive line of t-shirts and support from Major League Baseball.

"San Francisco, CALIF – Sept. 15, 2011 – Lucasfilm announced today that in celebration of the September launch of Star Wars: The Complete Saga on Blu-ray, it is linking up with celebrities, eBay and Major League Baseball to ask fans to Use the Force for Good to support Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C). SU2C funds groundbreaking cancer research that will get new therapies to patients quickly and save lives. 

“Lucasfilm joining with eBay, Major League Baseball and a wonderful group of actors is an amazing force for good being brought to bear in Stand Up To Cancer’s fight against this disease, and we are profoundly grateful,” said SU2C Co-Founder Sue Schwartz. “With one in two men and one in three women diagnosed in their lifetimes, cancer affects us all.  SU2C’s mission is to persuade each and every person to support the scientists working to end cancer, and this initiative gives legions of Star Wars fans fun and easy ways to do that.” 

The campaign will launch today with a video featuring celebrity Star Wars enthusiasts encouraging fans to Use the Force for Good and join Lucasfilm in donating to Stand Up To Cancer.  SU2C Ambassadors Aziz Ansari, Zach Galifianakis, Bill Hader, Ed Helms, Ken Jeong, Jaime King, Seth Rogen, Andy Samberg and Emma Stone – along with Star Wars alum Samuel L. Jackson – will each Use the Force for Good as they recreate classic Star Wars scenes to raise awareness for cancer research.  The all-star video tribute appears on the Star Wars YouTube channel youtube.com/starwars.

Also, eBay will use the Force of its 97 million active members to give fans an online destination for browsing unique and special Star Wars items: ebay.com/usetheforceforgood.  The destination will allow fans to bid on rare and exclusive items like a one-of-a-kind Star Wars edition 2012 Volkswagen Passat and a once-in-a-lifetime experience; dinner with prominent Bay Area filmmakers George Lucas, Chris Columbus, Francis Ford Coppola, Philip Kaufman and John Lasseter. All charity auctions will begin on September 16^th at 4:00 p.m. PDT, and continue until 4:00 p.m. PDT on September 23^rd.

Star Wars and SU2C have also created a Stand Up To Cancer line of Star Wars t-shirts.  The tees will feature iconic Star Wars artwork alongside SU2C’s signature upward arrows, with slogans like “Blast Cancer” and “Use the Force for Good.”  The exclusive tees are available now and can be purchased through the end of the year at store.standup2cancer.org/shop with proceeds benefitting SU2C.

Then, throughout the month of September, select Major League Baseball Clubs across the country will feature Stand Up To Cancer/Star Wars themed nights in their respective ballparks. The special events will offer Star Wars themed ticket packages with a portion of proceeds benefitting SU2C. Most packages will include appearances by Star Wars costumed characters, VIP fan photo ops, giveaways and the Star Wars Stand Up To Cancer exclusive t-shirts. For a list of participating Clubs, game schedules and ticket information, please visit MLB.com/StarWars. Since its launch, Stand Up To Cancer has grown significantly with support from players, fans and all 30 MLB Clubs. Major League Baseball was a founding donor to Stand Up To Cancer in 2008, and has donated more than $30 million to the groundbreaking research organization since its inception. 

“We are thrilled to be using the launch of Star Wars: The Complete Saga on Blu-ray as a call to action for our fans to Use the Force for Good,” said Kayleen Walters, Senior Director of Marketing at Lucasfilm. “We are happy to use the power of Star Wars to support this noble cause.”

D23 Exclusive Disney x Mattel Toy Story Woody's Roundup

Mattel's Mailer Box

Was very surprised to see how Mattel used their mailer box to advertise the Woody's Roundup and the Old TV set. They could've just used the plain old boring white mailer boxes but they didn't.

Front

Sorry, Woody is gonna be in the tissue paper for a while. Not sure when I'll have enough time to mess around with him. On the top is a handle which can be moved up so you can move his arms since he is a marionette. At the back you can slide him left to right. There are 3 interchangeable backgrounds.

Back

This was another awesome D23 Exclusive by Disney x Mattel. The packaging is awesome! All I know is that once I found about this, I had to have it.

D23 Funko POP! Exclusive Flocked Lotso

D23 Exclusive Disney x Funko POP! Flocked Lotso vinyl figure. This was limited to 480 pieces. I was lucky enough to get a little help in getting this and another exclusive which I'll talk about in my next post. This guy will stay sealed in the box. Hard to dust flocked toys!

RECAP: Garden Of Eden Art Show by Joshua Herbolsheimer & Wednesday Kirwan @ Super7

Saturday, September 10th 2011, Super7 hosted the "Garden of Eden" Art Show by Joshua Herbolsheimer & Wednesday Kirwan.

Lots of great artwork by 2 great artists! Check out some of the pics below:

To View more pics click the link here to view the album. You can purchase artwork that is still available at Super7.