Welcome to our second weekly round-up of the art toy scene! In our endeavour to search for exclusive content for the site, we regrettably miss a lot of the art toy industry’s biggest stories throughout the week. To combat this, we’ve decided to create a new weekly feature that helps sum up some of the most important developments in the scene…
This week we take a look at the newly released metal “Neo Eyezons” from Mark Nagata, Jon-Paul Kaiser’s “Captain Sturnbrau”, Ugly Dolls’ M.U.S.C.L.E inspired “Lucky Uckys”, and much, much more!
Niall
Tru:Teknology Files writer/editor
Mark Nagata x Toy Art Gallery: Metal Neo Eyezons
Released on Wednesday (January 11th), Toy Art Galley’s latest addition to their extensive range of metal cast art toys came in the form of Mark Nagata’s (Max Toy Co) Metal Neo Eyezon. Available in four different metal finishes; Gold – $195, Silver – $175, Copper – $150, and Black Nickel – $165, the 5″ tall hand crafted figures have been limited to a run of 100 in total, and are only available through TAG’s store here.
Jon-Paul Kaiser x Toy2R: Captain Sturnbrau
Available to pre-order as of this week, Jon-Paul Kaiser’s latest addition to the Whispering Corsair series comes in the form of the Captain Sturnbrau mini Qee. Unique in its level of customisation for a Toy2R production run, the captain features a wooden leg, hook hand, and pirate hat, all in Kaiser’s unique comic book style. The figure can be found on Toy2R’s store here for $40.
UME Toys: Pembleton Stranglefoot prototype
Hot off of the heals of the recent Martin Longbottom prototype reveal last week, Richard Page of UME Toys revealed yet another new sculpt in the form of Pembleton Stranglefoot on Wednesday. Based on the sticker design Richard did for the promo pack during NYCC, there is no news with regards to the moustachioed octopus’ release date or availability, but we’ll bring you the news as soon as it hits…
Martin Hsu: Dragon Boy prototype
With the opening of Martin Hsu’s latest solo exhibition at Dragatomi this weekend came the final preview of his long awaited Dragon Boy production prototype. No release date or editions have been announced as of yet, but we expect the figure to drop in the next couple of months. Head over to Dragatomi’s site here for more information on the show.
New teasers from Super7
Following the deluge of January releases announced this week, Super7 rounded off the week with yet another two teasers in the form Chewbacca rocking a t-shirt and bowcaster, and a blister card design similar to that of the Sucklord. What these images are telling us is anyone’s guess, but we’ll keep you up to date on any developments as we get them…
Ugly Doll: Lucky Uckys
The recent resurgence in multi-coloured ultra mini figures (Cris Rose’s Robotones, October Toys’ OMFG to name a few) has finally infected the world of Ugly Dolls, with offshoot Lucky Uckys revealed this week. Coming in five different colourways (totally a staggering 60 toys), the 1.5″ M.U.S.C.L.E inspired Ugly Dolls come in packs of four at $5 per set.
Frank Kozik: Choice Cuts 10″ Labbit
Frank Kozik’s first 10″ Labbit for 2012 was announced this week in the form of Choice Cuts. Coming with handy dotted lines for butchering the finest cuts of Labbit, the tasty morsil is set to drop on February 9th for $80 in an undisclosed edition number at Kidrobot retailers worldwide.
Ferg: K11 [FROZN WHOLE] III pac
Last up comes the reveal of Ferg’s latest Squadt addition, the K11 [FROZN WHOLE] III pac. Available this Monday (January 16th) through Squadt’s store here, the three pack features new characters “ROVR”, “SPIKE” and “FIDO”, replete with jackets, modular harnesses, and removable helmets. 50 out of the 200 available sets will come in the Yello Sno variant, with both colourways priced at $85 each.
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