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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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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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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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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Thrawn My Little Pony



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

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Wednesday, August 27, 2008

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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Tuesday, August 26, 2008

Monday, August 25, 2008

Action Figure: Bank Robber Joker from The Dark Knight



Custom Joker action figure by Torch Customs. Click here for more photos and the recipe.

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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.

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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.