Jun 16, 2005
Snout Variants fromSTRANGEco
Loads of exciting SDCC stuff coming your way from STRANGEco. In particular, there will be two ?exclusive? color variations of Touma's snout available at the 'con, Gunmetal and Silver. These are pretty fresh -- and seem to have eyes that pierce right through you. Pretty intense variants IMO. No word on price or edition size.
Jun 15, 2005
Gwins!
What's a Gwin? It's a brand new penguin vinyl toy from October Toys. The shape is based on the original "Tux" penguin (Linux Mascot) designed by Larry Ewing. What a cool idea and sweet inspiration! Series 1 features nine designs including those from Mimic, Doctor A, Nixon Scratches, idlechimp, Eric Treadway and SpookyAMD. Not only is the shape interesting, I'm a huge fan of both Mimic and Doctor A so its doubly sweet! While series 1 won't drop until late August, it will be on display at SDCC (July 14th - 17th) in the Tower Records booth (#4729). The Gwin's are available for pre-order directy on the website at $8 each or $64 for the full set of nine, so check 'em out!
SDCC: Circus Punks Booth
Circus Punks are locked and loaded for the San Diego Comic-Con this year! Thanks to Paul from CP we have loads of info for you. First, their booth will have an exhibit featuring all the CP's ever made -- where is the that wide angle lens ?!?! Second, they will have a "Friends and Family" section hosting the following companies/artists:
- Monkey Business Skateboards - 7 of their 9 glow decks - exclusively at the CP booth
- Letterpressed.com - Limited edition designer stationery
- Chump Toys -- Featuring Gary Taxali's monkey available for sale.
- Munktiki - Featuring products by Stucky (Creator of the Tim Biskup Cermaic Stack Pack)
- Monkey Vs. Robot - 12 of Vinnie's sweet vinyl toys + the circus punk. Depending on Vinnie's recording schedule for Less Than Jake, he may be making off and on appearances at the CP booth!
Third, they will be selling their new line of cute 6-inch mini-punks (12 designs).
Fourth, they will have loads of CP merchandise on-hand including those spiffy T-shirts.
Whew! And last but certainly not least.... They will be selling 6 "sorta Comic-con exclusive" 12" punks with signings by many of the artists. Here's the signing schedule:
THURSDAY, JULY 14th
Noon - Touma Circus Punk (Edition of 75) - All new design! Touma's drawings will also be available.
3:00 PM - Ness - One-of-a-kind hand-done Circus Punks (10 unique pieces)
4:00 PM - Frank Kozik - Circus Punk (Edition of 75) - Purple colorway monkey
FRIDAY, JULY 15th
Noon -Touma Circus Punk (Edition of 75). Some of his drawings will also be available.
3:00 PM - Tim Biskup - Dark Blue Helper Circus Punk (Edition of 100) & Circus Punks skateboards!
4:00 PM - Brian McCarty - Limited Edition Photgraphic Print of Tim Biskup's Yeti
SATURDAY, JULY 16th
11:00 AM - Jim Koch- Signing his newest toy creation: the Circus Punks Trexi 3-pack set.
Noon - MAD - 75 Edition Circus Punk - Brand new design! ***Unless his wife has a baby - then the good dad will be @ home!
1:30 PM - Huck Gee - Circus Punk (Edition of 75) - Brand new design!
3:00 Gary Taxali- Circus Punk (Edition of 150) - Brand new design! Gary should also have some of his monkeys on hand too!
5:00 PM - Frank Kozik - Circus Punk (Edition of 75) - Purple colorway monkey
Jun 14, 2005
SDCC Exclusive: NYC Lase MOTUG Trexi from Toytokyo
Whoa... check out NYC Lase's Motug Trexi from Toytokyo and Play Imaginative. These will be sold exclusively at comic-con for $10 and limited to 75 available per day until the full run of 300 is gone. The purple/white design is really striking! Trexis get hotter and hotter... Just wait till Series 2 hits!
David Horvath's Ham Slammer 8-inch Qee
Here's the first pic of David Horvath's really spiffy Ham Slammer 8-inch Qee! If you work for a certain breakfast establishment... move along... nothing to see here. This will be limited to 500 pcs, sell for $50 and be available first at comic-con. I love the ad which is chock full of Horvath's usual cartoony goodness. I'm glad it also carries over to the box. Gotta love toys that come in boxes covered with delicious art. This toy is very svelte at $50 and a zero-calorie way to start your day as well! Uh-oh -- my wallet's slinking away into the corner... come back here!
Jun 13, 2005
MCA Evil-Ape Comicon Edition
Here's a pic of MCA's limited Comicon edition Evil-Ape -- rocking the yellow! These are limited to 100 pieces in 2 versions (not sure what the other is, at this point).
Jun 12, 2005
Hi-Fructose at SDCC
Fresh news from Attaboy: The premier issue of Hi-Fructose will debut at SDCC in Tower Records' Pavillion Booth (#4729). To kick off this magazine focusing on designer toys, there will be a slew of artist signings:
- Gobler TBD
- Cooper TBD
- Baseman Friday @ Noon
- Seen Friday @ 1PM
- Dr. Cube Friday @ 2PM
- Attaboy Saturday @ Noon
- Taxali Saturday @ Noon
- Pardee Saturday @ 1PM
- McCarty Saturday @ 2PM
Voltaire's SDCC Exclusive Deady Baby Qee set
Here are the final pics of the two comic-con exclusive monochromatic Deady Baby Qee's (Angel and Devil) by Voltaire. I love the nice silver metallic accents! They will be sold as a 2-pack for $30 and are limited to just 250 sets. The production (color) version will retail after the 'con for $15.
Deady Angel Baby Qee
Deady Devil Baby Qee
Jun 06, 2005
Chop Shop show at SDCC (July 14th - 17th)
Exciting news! The Chop Shop show at the San Diego Comic-Con, features 66 vinyl cars customized by an amazing lineup of artists including both well-known superstars and up and coming talent (click the poster to the left for the lineup). The show, the first of its kind at Comic-Con, is curated by miQ willmOtt and Munky King. Five versions of the Ledfoot vinyl cars (diecast wheels) serve as the "canvas" for the show which will be located at the Munky King booth. The standard Ledfoots look really nice -- just imagine what they'll look like when they're fully customized and tricked out! So make sure to swing by Chop Shop at the 'Con and perhaps even purchase one of the custom vinyl rides for yourself!
The Five Ledfoot Types
SDCC: Sorta Exclusive Circus Punks
The Circus Punks folks just sent out pictures of the six Comic-Con "Sorta Exclusive" Punks. Sorta exclusive? 80% of these very limited editions will be available at Comic-Con with the remaining 20% available for hard-core fans directly through CP (hopefully reducing the need to rely on Ebay). Ok, enough rambling. Here are the pics of these punks!
Mad, Kozik & Biskup 
Taxali, Huck Gee & Touma
CP-38 Huck Gee Peek-A-Boo 75 Pieces
CP-39 Tim Biskup Dark Blue Helper 100 Pieces
CP-40 MAD Twisted Thought 75 Pieces
CP-41 GaryTaxali Scary Punk 150 Pieces
CP-42 Kozik SDCC Monkey 75 Pieces
CP-43 Touma New CP design! 150 Pieces
Jun 04, 2005
Tim Biskup's Yellow Calli Alphabeast
Here's Tim Biskup's latest Alphabeast toy, the 9-inch Yellow Calli which will be available simultaneously at Comic-Con and Flopdoodle.com, limited to 350 numbered pieces. IMO, this is a definite "must buy" - the figure has four faces! Thanks to Tim for sending the nice large picture (click the pic for a full-size pop-up image).
Jun 03, 2005
Voltaire's Deady Baby Qees (2-pack)
Fresh from Toy2r, here's the official ad for the Comic-Con Edition of Voltaire's Deady Baby Qees (2-pack). Apparently the comic-con version is a mono/grayscale variant of the original still unreleased design. I know alot of people (including Francine) have been looking forward to these lil' guys especially since there are so few Baby Qee's released these days. Definitely something to pick up at SDCC.
Tim Biskup Deco Armageddon QEE 2-pack
Courtesy of Toy2r here's the official ad for Tim Biskup's eagerly anticipated Deco Armaggedon set featuring 2 8-inch blue Qees which pay homage to his previous Deco Virus and Deco Plague 8-inch qees. These will be sold as a 2-pack and are limited to just 250 sets. The box art looks great as well! Time to save up :-)
Gary Baseman - Black Bear OX-OP 8-inch Qee
Courtesy of Toy2r here's the official ad for Gary Baseman's new 8-inch Black Bear Ox-OP Qee. Looks pretty slick! Haven't seen it in person yet, but I think I prefer this one over the original white/pink Baseman Qee.
Jun 01, 2005
San Diego Comic-Con: Keeping Track of It All
The San Diego Comic-Con (July 13th- 17th) is without a doubt the biggest show of the year for designer toys (plus almost every other form of pop culture, including of course comics). Between now and Comic-Con we're going to try to collect and post any/all info related to designer toys at SDCC such as exclusives, signings, etc. We've also created an SDCC category for all things Comic-Con. Hopefully collecting this info in one place will make it easier to plan out your trip, figure out what to save money for, and make it a little more fun :-)
If you have info you'd like to share about SDCC plans, please feel free to email us via the link in the right-hand sidebar. Thanks!
SDCC: Circus Punks
Circus Punks will have a loaded booth this year at the San Diego Comic-Con featuring several exclusive Circus Punks (see the list below). All the artists will be on-hand at various times (schedule still to come) to sign 'em on the spot!
CP-38 Huck Gee Peek-A-Boo 75 Pieces
CP-39 Tim Biskup Dark Blue Helper 100 Pieces
CP-40 MAD Twisted Thought 75 Pieces
CP-41 GaryTaxali Scary Punk 150 Pieces
CP-42 Kozik SDCC Monkey 75 Pieces
CP-43 Touma New CP design! 150 Pieces
N/A Brian McCarty C.P. - Photo/Print
N/A Jim Koch Top secret collab. CP and ???
In addition the CP booth with have Circus Punks T-shirts and Skateboards. Plus, the booth will also feature products from Letterpressed and Gary Taxali (Original Monkey?).
Source: KR Forum Thread
May 23, 2005
Toy2r Worldwide DIY Expo - Upcoming Stops
The Toy2r 2005 DIY Worldwide Tour featuring one-of-a-kind custom Qees rolls on. These customs were contributed by pro designers/artists and amazing toy enthusiasts! Here's the upcoming schedule.
- 05/27 - 05/29/2005 Toy2r DIY Expo @ Paris , France
- 06/01 - 06/03/2005 Toy2r DIY Expo @ Amsterdam, Holland
- 06/07 - 06/27/2005 Toy2r DIY Expo @ London, UK
- 07/04 - 07/14/2005 Toy2r DIY Expo @ Barcelona, Spain
- 07/14 - 07/17/2005 Toy2r DIY Expo @ San Diego Comic con, USA
Check the end of this post for detailed venue information.
What custom Qees are part of the tour? Here ya go -- loads of pics. Although, I'm fairly sure these pics don't truly do justice to these creations. So if you can, go to one of the stops and see 'em up close and personal! Oh, as with most of my recent posts -- clicking on the small images will load a popup window with a much larger version. First up, customized Knuckle Bears.
May 22, 2005
Toy2r @ SDCC: 5" Rolitoboy Haze XXL version
Toy2r will be selling a 5" Rolitoboy Haze XXL version for $30 at the San Diego Comic-Con. I really dig the look of this one!
Toy2r @ SDCC: 8" Obey Dog Qee
Toy2r will be selling the 8" Obey Dog Qee by Shepard Fairey at the San Diego Comic-Con for $100.
Toy2r @ SDCC: 2" Angel Devil IT Qee
This sweet 2-inch Angel Devil IT Qee will be available at SDCC for $10.
Toy2r@SDCC: 8" Shag Cat Qee
Wow, just got some updates from Raymond on Toy2r's exclusive (or at least debuts) for the San Diego Comic-Con. Here's the first... 8-inch Cat Qee from Shag which will go for $100. Kinda expensive, but boy is it sweet! I love the jester look. Gotta have it, gulp!
