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BIC Buddy Custom show
ZAKKA NYC
155 Plymouth St, Brooklyn, NY, 11201
info@zakkacorp.com
Bic Plastics
Marka27: www.marka27.com
Baby Blue is out to get you! Out to get you hooked on his candy weed cigarettes or maybe its that old blue Hawaii thats making him fall apart.
No self-respecting vinyl toy convention can go on without a custom show, and VTN didn’t disappoint with a selection of 15-inch interpretations of its mascot, Vinnie. For such a giant and rotund original, the asking prices–even during the economic recession that was on everyone’s mind during the event–were pretty great. Really nice cartoony work that went all the way around the figures. Most of the artists have full turnarounds on their websites and blogs (I just checked). The customizers included Scott Tolleson, Ragnar, Miss Mindy and CJ Metzger, Jim Mahfood, Erick Scarecrow, Andrew Bell and a plush Vinnie by Amy Vutiya.
This text was part of a feature I wrote for ToyCyte in December 2008: www.toycyte.com/vinyl-toy-network-winter-2008-the-toycyte...
First peek of prototype for my dino art toy that will release by My Tummy Toys next year.
This little fella will come on 10" high and produced in very limited quantities on high quality resin.
More detail soon, Stay tuned!
This set of dunnys are 100% hand painted using spray paint, acrylics, and matte varnish.
Includes 4 custom kidrobot dunnys inspired by the superheroes of Marvel:
Flash, Hulk, Captain America and Wolverine
effeherre.bigcartel.com
No self-respecting vinyl toy convention can go on without a custom show, and VTN didn’t disappoint with a selection of 15-inch interpretations of its mascot, Vinnie. For such a giant and rotund original, the asking prices–even during the economic recession that was on everyone’s mind during the event–were pretty great. Really nice cartoony work that went all the way around the figures. Most of the artists have full turnarounds on their websites and blogs (I just checked). The customizers included Scott Tolleson, Ragnar, Miss Mindy and CJ Metzger, Jim Mahfood, Erick Scarecrow, Andrew Bell and a plush Vinnie by Amy Vutiya.
This text was part of a feature I wrote for ToyCyte in December 2008: www.toycyte.com/vinyl-toy-network-winter-2008-the-toycyte...
BIC Buddy Custom show
ZAKKA NYC
155 Plymouth St, Brooklyn, NY, 11201
info@zakkacorp.com
Bic Plastics
Marka27: www.marka27.com
This set of dunnys are 100% hand painted using spray paint, acrylics, and matte varnish.
Includes 4 custom kidrobot dunnys inspired by the superheroes of Marvel:
Flash, Hulk, Captain America and Wolverine
effeherre.bigcartel.com
I sometimes wonder if Frank Kozik gets tired of answering the same questions over and over. While I was circulating the VTN floor, Frank was attended to by various camera crews and fans waiting for signings. He had a ton of merch from hand-painted exclusives to Sharkys and Muttpop and kaiju figures to some Qees and Dunnys and Smorkin’ this-n-that and Kidrobot gear. I think he was willing to engage in the unusual-for-toy-conventions behavior of bargaining. Like a few other vendors, he had an “economic recession” discount bin.
This text was part of a feature I wrote for ToyCyte in December 2008: www.toycyte.com/vinyl-toy-network-winter-2008-the-toycyte...
I sometimes wonder if Frank Kozik gets tired of answering the same questions over and over. While I was circulating the VTN floor, Frank was attended to by various camera crews and fans waiting for signings. He had a ton of merch from hand-painted exclusives to Sharkys and Muttpop and kaiju figures to some Qees and Dunnys and Smorkin’ this-n-that and Kidrobot gear. I think he was willing to engage in the unusual-for-toy-conventions behavior of bargaining. Like a few other vendors, he had an “economic recession” discount bin.
This text was part of a feature I wrote for ToyCyte in December 2008: www.toycyte.com/vinyl-toy-network-winter-2008-the-toycyte...
STRANGEco has the nicest staff on earth, seriously. Bambi probably had to let a bunch of people down easy that James Jarvis’ Martin X SE figure sold out on Black Friday and didn’t make it to VTN as part of the previously announced exclusives. However, the absence of one figure inevitably enabled the purchasing of others: STRANGEco had a couple other editions of Martin, as well as a GID Lorbo by Jim Woodring, the tree edition of Julie West’s Bumble and Tweet, some more Shikito from Superdeux, a special edition Captain Coco by tokidoki, some full Vivisect Playsets, plenty of mini King Kens (including the SDCC gold) and some figures by Greg “Craola” Simkins. Plus free stickers, pins and postcards for all!
This text was part of a feature I wrote for ToyCyte in December 2008: www.toycyte.com/vinyl-toy-network-winter-2008-the-toycyte...
This set of dunnys are 100% hand painted using spray paint, acrylics, and matte varnish.
Includes 4 custom kidrobot dunnys inspired by the superheroes of Marvel:
Flash, Hulk, Captain America and Wolverine
effeherre.bigcartel.com
www.meetthecrumps.com offers hand stitched plush toys by designer Miskellaneous which would make the perfect unusual valentines day gift! Each plushie is completely unique, no two are alike and you can even create your own crump just to your liking.
This set of dunnys are 100% hand painted using spray paint, acrylics, and matte varnish.
Includes 4 custom kidrobot dunnys inspired by the superheroes of Marvel:
Flash, Hulk, Captain America and Wolverine
effeherre.bigcartel.com
Tim Biskup’s Flopdoodle shop was one of the first tables I encountered when entering VTN. I took these pictures just before the event opened and folks who were queued around a couple buildings shuffled in and absconded with much of the loot. Tim had a good mix of designer vinyl and kaiju, including figures of yore and new ones like the T9G Rangeas collab we’ve been blogging up a shitstorm about lately. You can also see the Helper jewelry: $275 for a ruby ring limited edition and $195 for the open edition.
This text was part of a feature I wrote for ToyCyte in December 2008: www.toycyte.com/vinyl-toy-network-winter-2008-the-toycyte...
This set of dunnys are 100% hand painted using spray paint, acrylics, and matte varnish.
Includes 2 custom kidrobot dunnys: Santa and elf
On sale here:
effeherre.bigcartel.com
One of the best surprises at VTN today was the markdown on Joe Ledbetter’s final edition of his popular Smash figure. Many fans lined up several hours ahead of the event’s opening to get the mono colorway produced in an edition of just 150 pieces by Toy2R. Kevin Winnick, who heads up Toy2R USA and can be seen above, cut a third off Smash’s price, bringing it down from $150 to $100. The man is a generous dude, as evidenced by the fact that ToyCyte is now in possession of a mono Smash for one lucky reader–stay tuned for the contest. While I lamented the lack of a proper Happy Chanukah 8-inch Qee bear among the pair of Merry Christmas bears, it’s hard to be a poor sport when there’s a black flocked Dr. Bomb nearby to stroke. I picked up a couple of Kozik’s Redrum Qees and peeped some of the newer and prototype items Toy2R is working on. Check out the tiny Toyer zipper pull and the Toyer concept bank–a great way to save up money to buy more Qee!
This text was part of a feature I wrote for ToyCyte in December 2008: www.toycyte.com/vinyl-toy-network-winter-2008-the-toycyte...
Wondercon is many things to many people (case in point: there was a booth advertising a dating service for self-professed geeks), but it wasn’t exactly bursting with art toys. We did our best to find them. Eric Schrecongost’s Nemoids caught our attention. There’s something cute about the diver bots, which also present some options for customization. Perhaps explains the word “nemoid,” which, according to the Urban Dictionary, is a “slang word originating in Mississauga, Canada, that is used to describe any person, animal, act or thing that is thought of as cute.” But probably not. Eric asked us which of the sample colorways seemed the most interesting, and Jason and I both responded to the aged patina Nemoid. Eric hopes to get these produced. Leave a comment here if you get a strong feeling for one of the four Nemoids in particular. Shortly before we left, I saw Eric chatting up Ryan Hungerford, so maybe Patch Together is a consideration for production. We’ll keep following, so here’s hoping there’s more where these came from.
This image and text come from a feature by me originally published here: www.toycyte.com/wondercon-2009-designer-toys-recap