The Daily Reviewer | Vinyl Abuse

Kidrobot Black – SSUR’s Black & Gold Skull

Mar 11, 2010 5:27am

The next piece from Kidrobot’s Black line is this wicked black and gold skull by Russell Karablan, owner and creative director of SSUR. Opinion seems divided on the piece, sure it’s different and more of a sculpture than the usual “toys” we’re used to but it’s not exactly original (Secret...

Kevin Gosselin tutorial – Making (of) Bacon, Sculpting in polymer clay

Mar 10, 2010 8:29am

Following on from our post on Kevin Gosselin’s “Bacon” custom Munny comes this great tutorial that details it’s creation and explains in great detail how to get such great results from sculpting in polymer clay. You can follow the progress of Kevin’s work and other customs on his blog. Look out for...

Mike Gray’s Space Pussy @ Kickstarter

Mar 10, 2010 6:35am

Mike Gray, the multi-talented artist/animator/writer/director needs your help to finish creating the vinyl toy of his character, “Space Pussy” There will be editions of 350 orange kitties, 350 black kitties, then 100 pink kitties, 100 grey kitties with glow in the dark eyes, and then 100 green kitties that is glow...

Ninjatown Zipper Charms

Mar 9, 2010 6:17pm

Shawnimals and Squibbles Ink + Rotofugi have teamed up on a 16-design series of Ninjatown Zipper Charms set for a soft release on Friday, March 12th in the Shawnimals online shop and at a designer toy store near you! Ninjatown Zipper Charms are $3.95 USD each. Cases consist of 32...

Bacon from the Dunny Eater Series by Kevin Gosselin

Mar 4, 2010 3:30pm

Say Hello to Bacon. This little guy tries as hard as he can to be mean. He’s even borrowed a bloody halberd and shield from his father but try as he might, deep down inside he’s just a sweetie. Bacon is part gorilla, part boar and all around nice guy. Bacon...

BIBICO by Américo Neves

Mar 3, 2010 5:56am

Américo Neves, a graphic designer from Macau has released his series of hand-painted resin figures named Bibico. “My series are composed of one 15″ size and the little ones as 3″ size made of resin. They are all unique due to hand-painted. In other words, they are all different.” There’s something about...

DREDGE released 26.2.2010 @ Rotofugi

Feb 25, 2010 6:30pm

DREDGE designed by the always awesome Brian Morris is released today. Available exclusively at Rotofugi...

Upper Playground x Sam Flores – Blue Wyger

Feb 24, 2010 5:24pm

Upper Playground, The Loyal Subjects and Sam Flores have teamed up again to release the next edition of Sam Flores’ Wyger, the Blue Wyger. Following in the footsteps of the Orange Wyger, which was released in December, the Blue Wyger incorporates Upper Playground’s iconic Walrus imagery into the figure to commemorate...

Qee x Fifth Sun: Apparel Launch

Feb 22, 2010 6:05pm

Here (there?) is a teaser for the upcoming Qee Apparel launch for 2010! Not much is teased though other than it’s in collab with Fifth Sun, Qee clothing, clothing with Qee on (or included?). Hopefully it’ll be some interesting artists collaborations and crossovers from toys to apparel and not just...

‘Everybody, all the time’ – Scott C. @ London Miles

Feb 22, 2010 6:04pm

On Thursday 4th March 2010, London Miles welcomes you to join us in east London for the opening reception of ‘Everybody, all the time’ and an evening with the artist Scott Campbell Showcasing more than 100 new original watercolour paintings, ‘Everybody, all the time’ delves deeper than ever before into the...

Scumlife – Non-racist Black Skinhead Panthro

Feb 22, 2010 5:50pm

Before you start asking yourself, “Yo, is Tone on some racist shit!?”, check this out, it’ll save both of us a lot of breath. I always knew Panthro was a black man, but recently I was watching the Thundercats as a grown up and it hit me that he was a...

Tessetoys – Oakor Blikz – Released Fri 26th

Feb 22, 2010 5:21pm

I knew something was missing when I cast the original batch of Oakor, and now it seems I was correct. From a friends tip off who spotted this wild Oakor in the woods earlier today, I managed to talk him and his owner(?) to come back to Tesselate HQ. His ‘owner’...

ToyBreak – Episode 109: What’s Wrong With Our Faces?

Feb 22, 2010 5:04pm

Download – wmv (windows) mp4 (ipod) small mp4 (small res) mp3 (audio) Show Notes – This week Sarah Jo from DKE Toys joins us on the couch as we look at the Biting Pear and Werewolf from Patch Together, Jellyface, Plush Pecan Pals, and much more! Break open that...

?(pao)’s ‘01235′ print

Feb 22, 2010 10:23am

?(pao)’s favourite number was revealed yesterday, and yes, it’s the number 5! A 5-color screenprinted poster is now on sale, with only 40 copies available. please visit www.paoismyname.net for more details and to purchase, send an email to heyyy -AT- paoismyname.net...

THUG DIY & Defcon series – Unison Lab

Feb 19, 2010 5:32pm

THUG (Toy Home Unit Guardian), are a new DIY and designer toy from Unison Lab. THUGs are 5″ figures with poseable head and arms which will first be released as a DIY platform and then followed by the Defcon series which will feature three designs, (Black) Hazmat, (Red) Fire Rescue,...