Sunday, August 31, 2008

Plush "chest-spreader" by Jeremy Tinder



Custom plush "chest-spreader" by Jeremy Tinder for the Plushform show at Rotofugi.

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Extremely surprised gorilla Dunny by Patrick Francisco



Extremely surprised gorilla Dunny by Patrick Francisco. It's for a show opening September 6 at The Gilt Edge Society, "Seattle's premier hair and art studio."

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DIY Vinyl Toy: MadL design competition



Delicious Drips is sponsoring a MadL design competition in San Francisco. You can go here to enter. Pictured is a customized MadL posted on the Delicious Drips site.

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Designer Vinyl Toy: Custom Sharkys on sale

The Custom Sharkys from the recent ToyQube show are now on sale here. Here's a few standouts I haven't previously featured:



Batman by Duncan Poon





Deep sea diver by Dave Quiles





Pirate by kidlew.




Jack Skellington (?) by Jimmy Pickering.

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Designer Vinyl Toy: Rorschach (Watchmen), Kakashi (Naruto) Munnys by Shaddai Berron




Custom Rorschach (Watchmen), and Kakashi (Naruto) Munnys by Shaddai Berron.

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Designer Vinyl Toy: Apple (and worm) Dunny by Joe Grady



Apple (and worm) custom Dunny by Joe Grady.

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Saturday, August 30, 2008

Action Figure: Deadpool (Marvel) joins The Hand (TMNT)



Custom Deadpool action figure by flawpunk.

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Upper Deck All Star vinyl sports toys designed by Joe Grady




These are a couple of designs Joe "Rebel Wookiee" Grady designed for Upper Deck's All Star vinyl toy line. According to the comments, the actual production of the toys is in doubt. Here are the direct links to the Eagles and Giants MVP figures.

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Mighty Muggs Designs: Frankenstein, Space Ghost




Space Ghost and Frankenstein Mighty Muggs concepts by Michael Atiyeh and Matt Luxich. Via.

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Friday, August 29, 2008

Designer Vinyl Toy: Monstrous Munny by Colin Moore





"Daedal" Munny by Colin Moore for the Show Us Your Munny Vol. 2 show.

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Designer Vinyl Toy: FaceBreaker Munnys

Custom Munnys for the main characters in the upcoming video game FaceBreaker. Here's a group shot:



And here's three of my favorites:



Molotov by Duke Barstow.




Spin by Colin Moore.




Brick by Brent Clowater.

You can see more photos here.

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2-D/3-D Show by Fabric8 and Neon Monster

Here's a few standouts from the 2-D/3-D show by Fabric8 and Neon Monster:



Leecifer "Saccharineosaur", acrylic on Gamagon, "Carnivorous Candy Plant", acrylic on Kitty Fire, and "Yummy Deth", acrylic on canvas, US$ 900 for the set.





Clee Sobieski "Kaboom!", acrylic on Munny and canvas, US$ 250 for the set.




Peabe "Mr. Powers", acrylic on Munny, and "Fly Me To The Moon", acrylic on canvas, US$ 650 for the set.

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Scenery: Papercraft buildings




Download these templates here.

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Urban Vinyl Toy: Four-Eyed Monkey Munny by Alex Ho



Custom Monkey Munny (with glasses) by Alex Ho.

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Thursday, August 28, 2008

Designer Vinyl Toy: Dragon Parade Munnys by Donald and Alisa Ross





These Munny dragon dancers are by Donald Ross and the dragon is by Alisa Ross. The Dragon Warriors piece will be featured in the Introvert Extrovert solo show, opening September 5th, 2008, at Cardboard Spaceship in Santa Cruz, California. You can see higher res images here.

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Half-Life Lego Minifigs




Custom Half-Life Lego Minifigs by Alterschwäde.

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Thrawn My Little Pony



My Little Pony turned into Thrawn from Star Wars by "Ravenau1." Via.

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Zombie Spider-Man action figure




Custom zombie Spider-Man action figure by Courtney Turney.

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Wednesday, August 27, 2008

Action Figure: Spartan Air Marshal, Iron Buster by Jin-Saotome

Custom action figures by Jin-Saotome. He typically sells his custom action figures here.


Spartan Air Marshal by =Jin-Saotome on deviantART


The Iron Buster by =Jin-Saotome on deviantART

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Designer Vinyl Toy: Tribal Munnys by Huck Gee




The little one is called Spike, is part of an set of 20, and will go on sale here on September 5th, 2008 at Noon PDT, for $600. The larger figures, Skullhunter and Skullhuntress are available for $3500 apiece. Send inquiries to sales@huckgee.com. See more photos at Flickr. And here's Huck Gee's official site.

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Designer Vinyl Toy: Monkey Mad*l by Ken Keirns




Oil on Vinyl 10" MADL by Ken Keirns for the MADL Citizens Show at LIFT Gallery in Detroit, MI, October 2008.

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Designer Vinyl Toy: Young Frankenstein Munny



Custom Young Frankenstein Munny by scavenjer33.

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Master Chief (Halo) My Little Pony

Custom My Little Pony by "Amy-Chan."


Master Chief From Halo by *AnimeAmy on deviantART

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Urban Vinyl Toy: Tiger Munny and more




Custom Munnys by Squink!.

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Sunday, August 24, 2008

My Little Predator

My Little Pony customized by Mari Kasurinen.


My Little Predator by ~Spippo on deviantART

Via.

*See more custom Predator toys here.

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Miniatures: 2008 Battlefleet Gothic Painting Competition



Games Workshop does very little to promote its line of spaceships, but there's some nice painted ship on display in the 2008 Battlefleet Gothic Painting Competition gallery. Pictured: Hive Ship.

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Walking dinosaur-shaped vehicle




James Gurney's website has near-daily tips on painting and modeling.