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Showing posts with label designer toys. Show all posts
Showing posts with label designer toys. Show all posts
Saturday, May 31, 2014
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Saturday, April 19, 2014
Mort is just dying to meet you!
Meet Mort the Expired Munny! Sculpey on a rotocast resin blank Munny. Painted and sealed with acrylic. 4 inches tall.
Thursday, April 17, 2014
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Eye see you!
This is a Mini Eyezon from Mark Nagata's Captain Maxx Mini Kaiju series. This little dude is a 4 inch tall rotocast soft vinyl kaiju (Japanese for "mysterious beast") toy from Max Toy Co. Mark created a whole line of crazy critters to honor the toys that he played with as a kid. He named his company after his son Max, a move that I approve of greatly!
You can check out all of his stuff here: http://www.maxtoyco.com/
The first release of these mini kaiju figures were cast in this crazy pink vinyl... and when I say pink I mean "mind-melting toxic pink!" I have yet to see someone capture on film just how abnormally pink these things are!!!
The character was designed by Mr. Nagata, and the toy was sculpted by Yoshihiko Makino. The sculpt is so darn good, but the pink doesn't really allow you to see all the awesome details on this tiny guy... so I decided to paint it up!
It took me forever to get some extra time to do it and to decide how I wanted it painted. I blame the final results on my nephew Daniel and my friend Stefanie who both suggested the idea of a molten monstrosity. Thanks, you two! I guess great minds think alike!
I loved painting this little dude up! Mark Nagata's design is so much fun, and the sculpt by Yoshihiko Makino just lends itself to being painted. The vinyl was great too... I was kind of worried about paint adhesion at first because the vinyl felt kind of slick, but it took the paint without a problem at all!
If you can get your hands on one of these figures I can't recommend it enough for customizing! YAY!!!! This is going to be a custom I keep... I have fallen in love with the actual figure, and I think it would be nice to keep this lil' guy in my collection!
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Jumping Madness
For those of you lucky enough to be going to Designer Con this year (I'm quite jealous of you) there's a little extra treat, and I had a small part in it. Smash Tokyo Toys, makers of the awesome Seismic Ace figure asked me to team up with them for a small run of custom mash-up figures based on the smaller version of the Seismic Ace character. Cram that guy together with Emilio Garcia's Jumping Brain and the result is just plain weird-- but it's a lot of fun too!
These little dudes will only be available as exclusive giveaways at Spanky Stokes' booth at the con. Check his latest post for some more info about these toys and other exclusive items from Smash Tokyo Toys!
These little dudes will only be available as exclusive giveaways at Spanky Stokes' booth at the con. Check his latest post for some more info about these toys and other exclusive items from Smash Tokyo Toys!
Thursday, September 23, 2010
Dunny Time!
Finished this little bugger up today... He's a 3 inch Dunny that I started painting in my tutorial post:
Sunday, July 11, 2010
Georgia on my mind...
I was gone all last week. I went to my brother and sister-in-law's house in Georgia to visit with them a while. I had a blast going to the zoo and the aquarium, hitting all the stores we don't have here, and plundering the antique stores of Braselton. I also got to hang out with some good friends from the area. It was a pretty wicked awesome week.
While I was in Georgia I picked up a few things at Toys R Us, and I received a few things from my friends. Just thought I'd share the haul here:
This is the War For Cybertron Cybertronian Optimus Prime figure from Hasbro. It pretty much rules. He's based on the in-game character design from the Transformers: War For Cybertron video game.
It's a deluxe figure, which means it's about 6 inches tall and costs around 12 bucks. This is the first time in a long time I have felt like I got my money's worth in a Transformer this size. He's well articulated and looks pretty darn dynamic in just about any pose.
His weapon stores on his body when not in use, which is a big plus for me... I always dug it when they designed them to do that.
Prime has ball joints all over the place, so he's able to stand really well. The gun he comes with stores on his back...
...or on the back of his forearm. It folds up and is spring-loaded so that it snaps back into shape with the touch of a trigger.
There are several ports on the body that the pegs on the gun fit, so you have all kinds of options for storing/displaying the weapon. The ports are sized to fit classic Transformers weapons, so you can deck him out like crazy!
See what I mean by poseability? He looks so awesome!!!
The design of the figure is deceptive... you think he's going to be easy to transform... and then...
SCIENCE!!!
This is his alternate form... some kind of Cybertronian lowrider.
It's a really powerful looking vehicle with exhaust pipes and extra wheels.
The kneepads fold up to become the tail lights, which is kinda cool. I wonder if they blink when he turns left in robot mode...
It's nice to see the windshields through the armor there. It suggests slightly the big truck Prime would eventually become without being overly earth-vehicle-like in nature.
A very nice figure that's well-worth the price. Grab one while you can... these suckers are hot right now!
A few days later I found a figure I had been looking for since it came out, but I had always missed it in stores.
This is the Mighty Mugg Boba Fett. I'm not really crazy about Mighty Muggs, but I am nuts about Boba Fett. He's a cute little chubby guy, and he makes a great addition to my Boba collection.
I was kinda shocked when I saw him on the shelf. It's the old figure... the package had a fine layer of dust on it, which makes me think it had been in a store room or something. I got him for about half the price of a new one, so YEAH! Oddly enough he didn't come with a gun... that's pretty unusual in my book. I'll have to make him one.
I met up with some friends, and they had a few things for me. We always send stuff to each other because we're pretty much awesome. Yeah. They surprised the crap outta me when they handed me all this awesome stuff...
This is Dark Zagi, a character from Ultraman Nexus. I haven't ever seen any episodes of Nexis, but this dude just looks unbelievably awesome.
He's all armored and shiny black... what a cool looking guy! Evidently he's the master of dark evil or something. I bet Ultraman can whupp him!
This is Skull King. He's one of the Kaiju For Grown Ups from Wonderwall. Japanese artist Touma designed this wicked dude, and this version was released in an extremely limited quantity.
He has a really cool bone-like texture over his body, and he appears to be made of individual bones.
He has a very distinctive look that marks most of Touma's work. He has very sharp, curved lines and a saw tooth grin.
He stands about 8 inches tall and is clear blue rotocast vinyl. I have him stuffed with glow in the dark Glyos parts right now, but I'm going to replace it with glow in the dark Airsoft pellets as soon as I find some. It looks great glowing from the inside out!
This is Armada Optimus Prime. Another friend of mine gave me this this past week because he knows I dig Prime.
It's a really ruggedly awesome looking robot with nice, chunky body parts.
He has electronic features, but the button cell batteries are dead, so I'll have to get some new ones.
He comes with a trailer, but I forgot to get pics of it. Maybe I'll post those at another time. He's so cool looking!
My sister-in-law's son has grown out of his toys, so he let me rummage through his stuff and pull out what I wanted. I snagged this awesome 5 inch Goldar figure...
... and this pretty spiffy American Godzilla. I've never really liked the American Godzilla, but seeing as he appears in Godzilla: Final Wars I couldn't pass him up!
He has a whipping tail, moving jaws, and a roar sound effect. He actually looks really nice sitting with my other Godzillas!
This isn't all the goodies I got on my trip... I just thought I'd show the highlights! Hope you enjoyed it!
While I was in Georgia I picked up a few things at Toys R Us, and I received a few things from my friends. Just thought I'd share the haul here:
This is the War For Cybertron Cybertronian Optimus Prime figure from Hasbro. It pretty much rules. He's based on the in-game character design from the Transformers: War For Cybertron video game.
It's a deluxe figure, which means it's about 6 inches tall and costs around 12 bucks. This is the first time in a long time I have felt like I got my money's worth in a Transformer this size. He's well articulated and looks pretty darn dynamic in just about any pose.
His weapon stores on his body when not in use, which is a big plus for me... I always dug it when they designed them to do that.
Prime has ball joints all over the place, so he's able to stand really well. The gun he comes with stores on his back...
...or on the back of his forearm. It folds up and is spring-loaded so that it snaps back into shape with the touch of a trigger.
There are several ports on the body that the pegs on the gun fit, so you have all kinds of options for storing/displaying the weapon. The ports are sized to fit classic Transformers weapons, so you can deck him out like crazy!
See what I mean by poseability? He looks so awesome!!!
The design of the figure is deceptive... you think he's going to be easy to transform... and then...
SCIENCE!!!
This is his alternate form... some kind of Cybertronian lowrider.
It's a really powerful looking vehicle with exhaust pipes and extra wheels.
The kneepads fold up to become the tail lights, which is kinda cool. I wonder if they blink when he turns left in robot mode...
It's nice to see the windshields through the armor there. It suggests slightly the big truck Prime would eventually become without being overly earth-vehicle-like in nature.
A very nice figure that's well-worth the price. Grab one while you can... these suckers are hot right now!
A few days later I found a figure I had been looking for since it came out, but I had always missed it in stores.
This is the Mighty Mugg Boba Fett. I'm not really crazy about Mighty Muggs, but I am nuts about Boba Fett. He's a cute little chubby guy, and he makes a great addition to my Boba collection.
I was kinda shocked when I saw him on the shelf. It's the old figure... the package had a fine layer of dust on it, which makes me think it had been in a store room or something. I got him for about half the price of a new one, so YEAH! Oddly enough he didn't come with a gun... that's pretty unusual in my book. I'll have to make him one.
I met up with some friends, and they had a few things for me. We always send stuff to each other because we're pretty much awesome. Yeah. They surprised the crap outta me when they handed me all this awesome stuff...
This is Dark Zagi, a character from Ultraman Nexus. I haven't ever seen any episodes of Nexis, but this dude just looks unbelievably awesome.
He's all armored and shiny black... what a cool looking guy! Evidently he's the master of dark evil or something. I bet Ultraman can whupp him!
This is Skull King. He's one of the Kaiju For Grown Ups from Wonderwall. Japanese artist Touma designed this wicked dude, and this version was released in an extremely limited quantity.
He has a really cool bone-like texture over his body, and he appears to be made of individual bones.
He has a very distinctive look that marks most of Touma's work. He has very sharp, curved lines and a saw tooth grin.
He stands about 8 inches tall and is clear blue rotocast vinyl. I have him stuffed with glow in the dark Glyos parts right now, but I'm going to replace it with glow in the dark Airsoft pellets as soon as I find some. It looks great glowing from the inside out!
This is Armada Optimus Prime. Another friend of mine gave me this this past week because he knows I dig Prime.
It's a really ruggedly awesome looking robot with nice, chunky body parts.
He has electronic features, but the button cell batteries are dead, so I'll have to get some new ones.
He comes with a trailer, but I forgot to get pics of it. Maybe I'll post those at another time. He's so cool looking!
My sister-in-law's son has grown out of his toys, so he let me rummage through his stuff and pull out what I wanted. I snagged this awesome 5 inch Goldar figure...
... and this pretty spiffy American Godzilla. I've never really liked the American Godzilla, but seeing as he appears in Godzilla: Final Wars I couldn't pass him up!
He has a whipping tail, moving jaws, and a roar sound effect. He actually looks really nice sitting with my other Godzillas!
This isn't all the goodies I got on my trip... I just thought I'd show the highlights! Hope you enjoyed it!
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