Thursday, September 20, 2012

Gentle Giant's Jumbo Vintage Kenner Cantina Playset

Gentle Giant Ltd. Jumbo Vintage Kenner Cantina Playset is available for Pre-order HERE for $89 + shipping. Here's a 12" scale playset that you could use to display your 12" Jumbo figures . Size of the playset is 37.5” wide, 21” deep and 20.7” tall. Die cut and printed on hefty, high-quality cardstock.

Sac-Con - Sacramento's Comic, Toy & Anime Show

Sac-Con is Sunday, September 30th at Sacramento's Scottish Rite Center. For those of you that love Adventure Time & Teen Titans, Hynden Walch who is the voice of Princess Bubblegum as well as Starfire & Blackfire will be in attendance. Other artists in attendance is Liam Sharp, Joshua Ortega, Ron Lim, Dan Brereton, Morrie Turner and many more. Admission is $6 at the door. Pre-register now for $4 HERE. Show hours is 10am-5pm.

Lulubell x Skinner's Ultrus Bog "Black Earth Scalded Magma Soul" Release

Lulubell will be releasing Skinner's Ultrus Bog "Black Earth Scalded Magma Soul" Version on Monday, October 1st at 1pm Pacific HERE. Designed by Skinner, Sculpted by Siccaluna and produced by Lulubell. $85 + Shipping.

Wednesday, September 19, 2012

Gentle Giant's Jumbo Vintage 12" Boba Fett Rocket Firing Kenner Figure

Gentle Giant Ltd's Jumbo Vintage 12" Boba Fett Rocket Firing Kenner Figure is now up for Pre-order HERE. $85+shipping. As most know these were never produced and if you watched the Toy Hunter(s) first episode that came out last year, you would see the host get his hands on a prototype of the original 3 3/4" version.

The Toy Box: RealxHead's Chaos Q Bean

RealxHead's Chaos Q Bean. This clear rainbow style version was by Shef who is another artist from Japan. RealxHead released a lot of little Chaos Q Beans. There were a lot of different color releases. At one point I had over 30 but only kept a few choice pieces. These little guys are quite small and are about 2" tall. These have a hole at the bottom so you can also use this as a finger puppet.

Lamour Supreme's Baby Huey "HELL" Release at My Plastic Heart

Lamour Supreme updated on twitter with more info on his Baby Huey exclusive with My Plastic Heart. This is called Baby Huey "HELL" Edition and will be released this at 1PM ET Saturday, September 22nd at MPH retail store and if any is left over will be sold online in their store on Tuesday, September 25th at 1PM ET. This is a hand painted edition of 9 by Lamour and 2 unpainted Mix parts blind bagged with 11x17" print.

Related Post: http://collectingtoyz.blogspot.com/2012/09/lamour-supremes-red-baby-huey-for-my.html

Tuesday, September 18, 2012

The Toy Box: Chima Group's Formal "Banana Coat"

Chima Group recently introduced us to their newest figure Formal - A Strange Bird. Formal wears a bowler hat and for their first release he has on a banana coat. (Don't you see the resemblance of a banana?) Formal is the tallest so far of all the Chima Group figures. He stands 5.25" tall and has 1 point of articulation on the neck. You can rotate his head. You can purchase Formal directly from Chima Group or if you were quick enough last week, you could've picked him up at Rotofugi. As of this post, Rotofugi is sold out of Formal.

Updated: Splurrt's "Hell Fire Burnin'" Mecha Brain Cadaver Kids

Splurrt announced that their "Hell Fire Burnin'"  Mecha Brain Cadaver Kids will be released through FOE Gallery. Keep checking FOE or Splurrt for more release info. This release is aweseome! A definite Must Have!

Update: FOE just announced that they will be releasing these in their store on Saturday, September 22nd. For those unable to make it to their store, send them an email for their waitlist at hellfire@shopfoe.com
and make sure to include your paypal email as they will start sending invoices on Sunday in the order the emails were received. This Mecha Brain will cost $75 + 7 domestic shipping. International expect shipping to cost around $40 as these will be shipped EMS.

Super7's "Glowing Sundown" Little Prick Release

Super7 will be releasing Brian Flynn's "Glowing Sundown" Little Prick this Thursday, September 20th  at Noon Pacific HERE. This Little Prick is on GID Vinyl. Ohhh Glow in the dark!!! Everyone loves glow in the dark figures! Right?!?

Monday, September 17, 2012

Spooky Shop Show at Grass Hut

Spooky Shop Show at Grass Hut with the Opening reception on October 4th from 6pm-9pm and featuring a slew of artist including one of my current favorites companies, Chima Group! This is the first time Chima Group will be participating in an international show! Here's some of the artists/companies that will be participating:
  • Joseph Harmon
  • Sean P. Aaberg
  • Grumble Toy
  • Chima Group
  • IV
  • Bwana Spoons
  • Munktiki
  • Little Friends of Printmaking
  • Gargamel
  • Healeymade
  • Joseph Edward
Also there will be a release of a translucent yellow Boris the Bee and a few other Boris goodies yet to be announced. The show looks to be great just by looking at the lineup already.

Skinner's Frenzy Brother's Cannibal Collection Release

L-R: The Cannibal Phantom, Appalachian Inbred Cannibal Dad
Skinner will be releasing Frenzy Brother's Cannibal Collection this coming Thursday, September 20th at Noon Pacific in Skinner's Store. Cannibal Phantom & Appalachian Inbred Cannibal Dad. Nice necklaces!

"Misty Fog's Combat Rock" Show at Giant Robot 2

 
"Misty Fog's Combat Rock" Show at Giant Robot 2 featuring Le Merde and Kiyoka Ikeda of Gargamel. Opening reception is September 29th from 6:30PM-10PM.
"Known for his hand sculpted figures, Le Merde has worked tirelessly on a new direction in his work. This exhibit will focus on Le Merde’s Misty Fog line of figures. New items will include: New T-shirt, New Beer Koozie, 4 new Coaster prints. 4 color art pieces and various customs of the new sculpts. Also scheduled is a new figure release. "
via http://gr2.net/


Friday, September 14, 2012

Toy Art Gallery's Anniversary Show Exclusives

 Toy Art Gallery announced their Anniversary Show Exclusives which includes Bwana Spoons x T9G Marty, Killer & Globby White Edition as well as 2 Paul Kaiju Alien Argus Editions and a Pollen Kaiser Edition. Pictures Below:
Bwana Spoons x T9G Marty, Killer & Globby White Edition
Paul Kaiju's Alien Argus GID Edtion, B&W Edition and Pollen Kaiser GID Edtion
If you are planning to purchase any exclusives or customs from the show you need to get a line ticket which TAG will be passing out at 12 Noon on Saturday, September 15th.
"If you plan on purchasing exclusive items from the show (custom and limited edition toys) you must have a line ticket. Line tickets will be passed out starting at 12PM Noon on Saturday the 15th. Ticket numbers will be random, so no need to wait in line all morning! Just show up after 12PM to get your ticket and be back at the gallery by 6PM to ensure your proper place in line. Doors open at 7PM."
Have Fun & Good Luck everyone! Looks to be a great show!

Toy Art Gallery's Anniversary Show Preview

Toy Art Gallery's Anniversary Show Preview of some of the customs that will be available at the show this coming Saturday, September 15th. There are over 50 artists that were invited to participate.
The TAG Anniversary Show 2012 features the following Artists:
Arkiv, Blamo Toys, Blobpus, Brent Nolasco, Cieromuco, cikcuk, Cris Rose, Dave Bondi, David Flores, David Healey, Elegab, Emilio Garcia, Erostika, FFINC artist Reggieknow, Gomez Bueno, Grody Shogun, Hints and Spices, Itokin Park, Jan Calleja, Jeff Lamm, Josh Herbolsheimer, Julie B / Pretty in Plastic, KARZWORKS, KusoVinyl, Lash, Leecifer, Luke Chueh, MAD, Mark Nagata, Marka27, Marmit, Mattia Biagi, Meredith Dittmar, mr clement, Monstrehero, Munktiki, Nathan Hamill, Naoto Hattori, Okedoki, P.P.Pudding, Paul Kaiju, Phu!, Pico Pico, Quim Tarrida, Rampage Toys, Reactor88, Rock’n Jelly Bean, Rohby, SkullHeadButt, Splurrt, Sucklord, T9G, Taeko Maezawa, Tan-Ki, Triclops Studios, Uamou, Velocitron,Waotoyz, and more!
"If you plan on purchasing exclusive items from the show (custom and limited edition toys) you must have a line ticket. Line tickets will be passed out starting at 12PM Noon on Saturday. Ticket numbers will be random, so no need to wait in line! Just show up at 12 to get your ticket and make sure you’re back at the gallery at 6PM to ensure your proper place in line. "

via TAG

Max Toy x Konatsu Kaiju Negora FOE Gallery Exclusive

Max Toy x Konatsu announced that FOE Gallery/Shop will have an exclusive Kaiju Negora. Email catfish@shopfoe.com to get on the wait list.