With Emilio Garcia’s “Brain Evolution” Group Custom Show drawing to a close, California based Toy Art Gallery are preparing for their latest show, a collaboration with Italian artist Francesco De Molfetta, set to drop later this month (October 14th). Entitled ‘Pop Fiction’, Molfetta’s exhibition will feature a host of new sculptures in his famed popContinue reading “Francesco De Molfetta’s Pop Fiction @ Toy Art Gallery”
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DMS’ Dumny in Carbonite: A Dunny Bootleg
Having previously covered the bootleg toy art of both Killer Bootlegs and the legendary Suck Lord, our attention turns to Dan ‘DMS’ with the release of the latest edition in his series of toys. Based on the iconic Star Wars scene in which Han solo is imprisoned in carbonite, DMS takes the original sculpts ofContinue reading “DMS’ Dumny in Carbonite: A Dunny Bootleg”
Zombiemonkie’s Zombie Art Project
With Halloween just around the corner, up and coming toy designer / customer Mikie Graham of Zombiemonkie has recently unveiled his latest creation, The Zombie Art Project, set to run throughout October. Graham has painstakingly customised 65 different Playmobil figures to brain eating perfection, featuring “outbreak survivors, celebrity zombies, one playset, and enough humourus goreContinue reading “Zombiemonkie’s Zombie Art Project”
Uncovered: The Beautiful World of Ashley Wood’s ThreeA Toys
Founded in 2008 by ThreeZero’s Kim Fung Wong and artist Ashley Wood, threeA have gone from strength to strength to become one of the world’s leading art toy manufacturers. Focusing on anime inspired 1/6th scale figures and post-apocalyptic robots, threeA’s attention to detail surpasses anything seen in the mass production toy industry thus far; fromContinue reading “Uncovered: The Beautiful World of Ashley Wood’s ThreeA Toys”
LEGO® Mini-figures on a Mission… to Outer Space
Launching at the beginning of last month, NASA’s Jupiter space probe, the Atlas V rocket, was secretly carrying a few unique stowaways. In a collaboration with Lego, three mini-figures were especially created and attached to the space craft for it’s five year journey to the fifth planet from the Sun. The toys, based on theContinue reading “LEGO® Mini-figures on a Mission… to Outer Space”
Sillof’s Workshop: Re-imagining Your Childhood Since 1999
Whilst writing our recent feature on Peter Goral’s “Killer Bootlegs” and the newly emerging bootleg toy scene, we stumbled upon the amazing works of American modeller, Sillof. Although not a bootlegger in the same vein as Goral or the Sucklord, Sillof’s customs of well known iconic action figures (primarily from Kenner’s vintage Star Wars line)Continue reading “Sillof’s Workshop: Re-imagining Your Childhood Since 1999”
Zim and Zou’s “Back to Basics” Retro Paper Craft
French graphic design house, Zim and Zou, have recently finished their highly anticipated Back to Basics project, a beautiful study of vintage technologies in paper-craft form. Featuring iconic designs from the 80’s era, the likes of the Polaroid camera, Gameboy, floppy disk, Walkman and NES controller have been faithfully re-created in the era’s bold andContinue reading “Zim and Zou’s “Back to Basics” Retro Paper Craft”
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