Revealed on Instagram in the early hours of this morning, MAD‘s highly anticipated second Mini MAD*L drop has will be making its way onto the MAD store at some point today. Coming in highly polished black resin, each 3″ piece has taken MAD around 3 hours to prepare, making the already modest price of $50 an absolute steal! Limited to just 20 pieces in this colourway, be sure to keep an eye on the @MADLBrand twitter feed for regular updates throughout the day…
Created by Brian over at Dead Hand for Tenacious Toys’ upcoming Candy Coated Custom Show, ‘Sweet Teuth’ is a 7″ tall re-sculpt of Teuth that’s been cast in clear resin… and filled with candy! With the first coming out so well (pictured left), Brian has since gone on to make another 5 one-off designs that will be going on sale in the Tenacious Toys store on April 22nd, a day after the event. Along with the original Sweet Teuth, the red/white Starlight and the black/white Licorice Starlight have been revealed, with the other 3 set to feature on the Dead Hand Toys blog in the coming week. Priced at just $100 each, be sure to keep checking the TT store next weekend as they wont be around for long!
Facing a staggering amount of requests for collab runs and custom blanks, kaiju king Grody Shogun has finally bowed to the pressure and is now offering blanks of his four signature sculpts (Ojisan, Karakuri, Monster & EM) for a one-time-only discounted price! Dropping exclusively on the Lulubell site as I write this, 7 colours have been made available- the custom friendly clear, plus 6 mystery blind bagged colours (anyone ordering 6 of the same figures to get one of each). Priced between $18-$38 plus shipping, the hand cast vinyl figures will be available with no limit on ordering (this is an open pre-order, shipping June) for one week only, ending April 19th.
It’s important to note that Lulubell will be offering support to anyone looking a producing a Grody custom run, with both promotion in the Lulubell Toys newsletter, plus the chance to feature in the upcoming Grody show in September!
Following last month’s reveal of the Gold Artist Proof Unchartered Drake, Erick Scarecrow is proud to reveal another 3 super-limited editions that will be making their way to the ESC Toy store this Friday (April 13th). First up we have ‘Limon’ and ‘Silver’ Drakes; 2 custom painted edition of 15 and 5 that will be retailing for $250 and $400 respectively. Both colourways offer the chance to win an exclusive 8″x8″ original Drake illustration that will be making its way to the lucky collector who finds a GOLD Soopa Coin-UP Bros coin packaged with their figure.
Set to be released alongside the 2 new editions comes the one-off un-produced ‘Neo-Tokyo’ Nathan Drake prototype. Hand painted, signed and numbered by Scarecrow, the never-to-be-replicated figure comes with a special print that is also limited to 1/1 worldwide. Arriving in the ESC Toy store with Limon and Silver tomorrow at 11am EST, the proto will be retailing for an undisclosed price (expect upwards of $700)…
Gabriel Feldman of Argentinian designer toy house Mishmish is proud to present her latest release, the cute bee suit wearing Miel! Standing at 3.75″ tall, Miel (meaning ‘honey’ in Spanish) has been cast in resin and individually hand painted by Gabriel. Limited to just 10 pieces, each figure comes with its own custom made Mishmish tube box and drawstring bag. Priced at just $80 each shipped, you can find Miel on the Mishmash store now…
It’s been a busy week already for Max Toy collectors with the re-opening of the exclusive membership club on Monday, so it came with great surprise today to find that Mark Nagata has revealed not one but two new protos that should be heading to the Max Toy shop soon!
First up comes the much anticipated collaboration with Japanese toy company, Frenzy, the re-imaging of Max Toy‘s signature spaceman, Captain Maxx. Sculpted in a new standard size, the figure is set to come with 2 different helmet variations (Version A and Version C, a nod to Nagata’s favourite hero!), a newer, sleeker version (right), and one more faithful to the original (left). Nagata has stated that a test shot of the newly revived character should be available at Design Fiesta in May, so be sure to stay tuned in the coming weeks for more details…
Next up we have Mecha Nekoron, the would-be robot companion to Negora! Designed and sculpted by Makino-san of TTToys, the micro sized mecha cat stands at just 2.5″ tall. Coming with his own Mewship, the tops and bottoms of both figures can be removed and interchanged to create a number of different variations! With iron molds in the process of being made, expect to see this little guy debut at Design Fiesta (with a healthy surplus promised for us collectors in the West!). Stay tuned for test shots soon…
Hot off our recent Nerd City C2E2 post, we can reveal to you yet another con exclusive, the David Healey x Toy+Life ‘Talisman’ collaboration! Set to drop at Toy+Life’s booth (#658) and at www.shoptoylife.com this Friday (April 13th), Talisman pays homage to football’s greatest rivalry – Healeymade style! Coming in 2 colourways, the incredibly detailed figures have been hand made in solid cast resin, featuring a unique marbleised team-specific colour scheme and number. Both editions have been limited to just 5 pieces, with an expected pricetag of around $70.
Anyone interested in picking up the original black/purple ‘Shadow Backer’ Talisman will be glad to know that a small quantity are still available through Mishka NYC here…
UhOh Toys are proud to reveal their latest batch of hand crafted Kaiju inspired pieces, adding a new sparkling Rokuashi and 3 variants of the wooly Nagaremon and to an already extensive list of resin creations…
Coming with 5 points of articulation, ‘Slippery Rock’ Rokuashi stands at a sizeable 5″ tall. Cast in GID sparkle resin, each lovingly crafted figure has been hand painted in metallic gold, blue, fluorescent pink, and green spray. Limited to just 3 pieces, the tentacled turtle comes bagged with a laminated name card for just $80 plus shipping.
Standing at 3″ tall, mini resin mammoth ‘Nagaremon’ is available in either ‘Six of One’, ‘Space Flower’ or GID ‘Easter Disease’ colourways. Featuring 2 points of articulation, the pastel hued figures have been limited to just 6 pieces in total, coming bagged and headed on the UhOh store for just $35 each…
With excitement over the recently revealed ‘C2E2 exclusive’ Cyborg Space Barbarians reaching fever pitch, creator Ben Spencer has kindly taken some time out ahead of the Chicago con to give us an insight into what we can expect from himself and the rest of the Nerd City crew at their booth come Friday…
“At this year’s C2E2 (April 13th-15th at McCorrmick Place in Chicago), Nerd City’s booth #842 is going to be the place to be for lovers of indie/MOTU/Glyos/resin toys! Our long time friend, The Godbeast, will be returning this year, along with his sons, and they’ll be bringing a plethora of resin goodness. Additionally, I will be unleashing no less than 25 of my new Cyborg Space Barbarian custom figures upon the world. We’ll also be featuring an exclusive new resin Simulation from Giant Japanese Monster, Bad!, as well as hand painted OMFG! Phantom Shithouses from Mistuh Thye, resin MOTU-inspired Glyos Demon Skull Heads from FeedtheDead and more customs and resin goodness from Super Sandbagger.
All of the exclusives at Nerd City’s booth #842 will be featuring is either of a very limited quantity or a one of a kind nature. So, if you see something you like, you’re advised to jump on it asap…”
Ben gives us the lowdown on the featured artists-
TGB will be bringing that resin magic that you’ve come to know and love with a bunch of new heads for his Glyos-compatable Armorvor figure. He will have the Granthan (previewed here last week), Flybee, Cobra and Kabuto Mushi (all sculpted by The Godbeast) and the awesome new Lion heads (sculpted by Jason Frailey.) Marty will also have a selection of his Bio Jumpers which have been brilliantly painted with Monster Kolor paints, as well as a stunning rainbow of his Repoclaimer Soldier figures (designed by Matt Doughty and sculpted and produced by TGB).
Marty will also have a selection of his Clawshine mini figures, as well as a selection of Glyos-compatible heads sculpted and designed by his uber talented sons, MJ and Kobe!
This Cyborg Space Barbarian figures Orion Axe, Wardraak, Hallogrim, Gammathrall and Drowlok consist of a helmet that was originally designed and sculpted by Ben Spencer and produced in resin by Marty “The Godbeast” Hansen. These Cyborg Space Barbarian figures also feature bodies from disused vintage Masters of the Universes that were rescued from second hand stores, flea markets and the like, and brought back to brilliant life with hand painting and tlc from Ben Spencer. Each character will be available in an edition of 5 with 2 special horned “chase variant” figures. They will come in standard bag and header card format and will be available for $40 each.
Giant Japanese Monster, Bad! will have the “Cherry Bomb” Edition of his Off figure from the Rejects of Eternia Similation line. The figure will be limited to an edition of 5, will come in a bag and header format with a He-Man head pin and will be available for $55 each.
Mistuh Thye will have 20 different 1/1 hand painted versions of his OMFG! Phantom Shithouse figure. Each custom figure will be $20 and will come with a sticker, pin and a mini army man or hillbilly cowboy.
FeedtheDead
FeedtheDead will be bringing his new resin Demon Skull Glyos heads in Scareglow, Skeletor, Jewel Theif and GITD colorways. This awesome little piece of evilness was sculpted by FeedtheDEad and produced by TheGodbeast. Each version is limited to an edition of 7 and will be $20 per head.
Super Sandbagger will be bringing an amazing collection of 1/1 customized Android figures and well as an edition of 6 of his Sandbaggler resin mini figures. And, as I’m told, he’ll be bringing even more resin goodness on the day!
” I am a small, angry, monster. I make monster mini figures. Prototype toy pictures will be featured soon. I have ordered logo stickers, and will be having a contest and give-aways to my followers soon. Rar.” – Sam Monstrous
Today we can exclusively reveal to you ‘Small Angry Monster‘, the debut mini figure project from the elusive Sam Monstrous (we can guarantee you’ve seen this guy’s work at some point, even if you don’t recognise the name!). Details on the upcoming monster minis are still scarce, so be sure to stay tuned in the coming weeks for exclusive pics, art work and information, with a full reveal round May 1st. In the meantime, head over to the Small Angry Monster twitter (@s_a_monster), facebook, blogspot and tumblr pages for regular updates, contests and give-aways…
Nearly 2 years in the making, the HMQ (Heavy Metal Qee) Custom Show will finally be opening it’s doors this Thursday (April 12th) at London’s Forbidden Planet Megastore. Featuring 30 heavy metal inspired pieces from some of the UK scene’s most prolific artists including A Little Stranger, Hoakser, Lunartik, Penny Taylor (Taylored Curiosities), RunDMB and Sneaky Raccoon, the exhibition is set to run for one week only, with a special ‘meet the artists’ session planned for the close on April 19th (6pm).
To celebrate the long awaited event, show curators Fugi.me have prepared an extensive 64 page companion art book. Featuring a 2 page spread dedicated to each artists creation, the beautifully designed book features full colour photographs and information about each artist and their masterpiece. Due to go on sale in-store at Forbidden Planet, and online at fugi.me from April 12th, the HMQ book will retail for just £14.99. Check out the recently updated HMQ gallery here for a look at some preview spreads…
Expect a full report from the show here at MAN-E-TOYS this weekend…
Artist Daniel Fleres is proud to present his first line of figures based on his signature character, the Swanicorn. Created in conjunction with Dragatomi, the 7″ tall horned resin beauties have been hand cast by the gallery, with the initial run of 16 coming with their own one-off designs hand painted by Fleres himself. Making their debut at the artist’s upcoming show at Dragatomi on Saturday, May 12th, expect to see the Swanicorn Companions alongside a whole host of Swanicorn illustrations and traditional wall art. No news yet on pricing or the possibility of a general release, but we’re guessing that with the huge demand for them, these little guys could follow the same path as Bigfoot’s Fujisan (another Dragatomi produced resin figure), which will be seeing a vinyl production run at some point this summer…
Hot off the heals of last month’s ‘Ivory Warrior’ Skullendario 8″ custom Dunny series, The Beast Brothers and Huck Gee are back again with their latest instalment, the Royal Guard. Coming in a beautiful golden colour scheme, the Royal Guard has several noticeable differences from it’s forbearer, including the lack a protruding tongue, purple embedded Swarovski crystals, and a glowing resin kanji inscribed head piece. Hand cast and painted by The Beast Brothers, each piece comes signed, numbered and packaged in a laser etched wooden box. As with Ivory Warrior, the Royal Guard has been priced at just $475 (a steal for such a huge collaboration!), and will be hittingThe Beast Brothers store for 24 hours from April 20th at 1pm EST.
“Lining the gates of the palace is the illustrious
Royal Guard of the Azteca Empire.
Cast in solid gold, adorned with rare jewels
and crystals, and proudly displaying the royal flag.”
Can’t wait until next week to get your Beast Brothers fix? Well then you’ll be glad to know that their popular “Calaverita” skulls are back on the BB shop this Friday (April 13th)! The second release in the BLACK 13 series, the 4.5″ tall fibre glass figures have been limited to just 13 pieces worldwide. Coming signed and numbered by the artists, expect to see these drop at 1pm EST for just $130 plus shipping…
Previewed here last week, Richard Page of UME Toys is proud to reveal his latest custom creation, the staggering robo Foomi ‘Clunk’! Featuring a mixture of original sculpting, kit-bashing and a meticulously weathered paint job, the Gundam inspired piece is currently available to purchase directly from Rich at umetoys@googlemail.com. No news yet with regards to pricing, so be sure to hit Rich up quick because Clunk wont be hanging around for long…
Featured several times here on MAN-E-TOYS, Jeff Lamm‘s latest modular kaiju toy, the mutant spider Spike Wad is finally readying to drop this weekend. Available in “Black Hole”, “Bloo”, “Absinthe”, “Satsuma” and “Claw” colourways, the super-limited vinyl figure will be making an appearance on the Unbox Industries web store at various times today (April 8th) for just $45 (£28) plus shipping. Anyone interested in grabbing a specific colour is going to have to stay locked onto the shop as these little critters won’t be around for long!
“Spike Wad is a fairly new large mutant spider. It’s origins are unknown, some say it first appeared in the area of the Large Hadron Collider on the border of France and Switzerland. It was given the military nomenclature “Spider Quad” which was shortened to “Spi-Quad” and finally “Spike Wad”.
The gender is unknown. Currently it has not been observed making a web or shooting silk. The volcano-like protrusions on it’s back appear to be a defensive mechanism, the larger ones can extend and shoot gelatinous balls of a gooey substance. The gelatinous balls are extremely thick and sticky, and they have a slight numbing effect on human skin.
The three large eyes give it excellent nocturnal vision, with a sort of thermal imaging view. The teeth can deliver a paralyzing venom if a bite is made, although the teeth are too big to penetrate a human being.
Spike Wad’s four arms make him/her an excellent climber, it has been observed climbing tall buildings and towers with alarming speed. The arms are covered in a sort of armored exoskeleton.
The body is covered in a thick fuzzy hair, which is impervious to fire. A single hair is about the width of a Bavarian weisswurst.
Spike Wad has no known weaknesses, but it has been noted that he/she seems to bypass cultural icons, cheese shops and boulangeries when rampaging.”
The beginning of the month signifies yet another Robotone drop from resin master Cris Rose, with April’s springtime robots coming in a beautiful “Daffodil Yellow”, the brightest colourway yet! Available in either Renold or Rourke designs, the hand cast bots are available exclusively from Rose’s Big Cartel now for just $25 plus shipping (limit of 2 per person). And remember, anyone who manages to collect the whole set of 12 figures throughout the year will receive the 13th completely free!
Following the reveal of Orion Axe, Hallogrim, Drowlok and Wardraak over the past month, Galaxxor creator Ben Spencer is proud to present the fifth and final figure in the Cyborg Space Barbarian series, Gammathrall. Consisting of an expertly painted vintage MOTU body, with a horned-helmet sculpted by Ben and produced in resin by Marty “The Godbeast” Hansen, Gammathrall will be making his debut alongside the rest of General Gorgax’s henchmen at Nerd City’s C2E2 booth next week (April 13th). Priced at just $40 each, expect to see Galaxxor’s sworn enemies disappear quick!
As we draw ever closer to threeA’s Re-Venture festival taking place at the end of the month (April 27th-May 4th, read more here), the art toy powerhouse has finally revealed the line-up of exclusive toys that will be making an appearance. Available to pre-order from the Bambaland store from April 10th at 9am HK (for pick-up only), the following figures will be up for grabs-
ANKOU EX SXCLB H SHADEY 1/6th $165 usd
WWRP Square MK2 KID SARGE 10 PACK 1/12th $150usd
YESTERDAY PRINCESS ( two versions, random ) 1/6th $90usd
SHIT MOOD LADYSHAM 1/6th $90usd
OLD GUARD T KING SBV ( four versions, random ) 1/6th $90usd
NABLER GENERATION ONE RE-VENTURE SNOOGLER 1/6th $50usd
2000AD MONGROL AND THE MESS BLACK HOLE EDITION 1/12th $55usd
As you can see, there’ll be a couple of unexpected releases alongside the originally publicised 1/12th MONGROL, so be sure to visit the site early to avoid disappointment. Anyone interested in picking up a few (or all!) of the toys on offer will be happy to know that threeA will also be offering up 3 sets, which will include either-
Set A:
TK (random), Nabler, 1/12th scale Square MK2 10Pack, Lady Sham, T-shirt and the FI 4 Book
Priced at $420
Set B:
TQ (random), Mongrol, Ankou ex, Wray Book, T-shirt and the Raw FI Book
Priced at $400
or Superset C, which combines both A and B for just $800…
Legendary resin studio Monstrehero are proud to reveal not one, but two new releases heading to their store this weekend. First up come the mysterious Headless Apes… Utilising a special double resin pour technique, the hand cast and painted one-off figures come in either Male or Female variants (one of each blood colour). Priced at $75 plus shipping, the 5″ tall Headless Apes will be hitting the Monstrehero store today (April 7th) at 12 Noon EST.
First making an appearance in Monstrehero’s February Lucky Bag, the Bloody Heads will be dropping alongside the apes in a number of different colours and sizes. Coming randomly assorted, these 1″ resin figures have been priced at just $6 a piece…
Spotted during myplasticblog‘s recent trip to Andrew Bell’s studio comes the first reveal from the Android series 3. Designed by kaNO (pictured holding the Android above), the figure pays tribute to the Beastie Boys’ Intergalactic, sporting the same hazard suits worn by the trio in the iconic music video. No news yet as to when the series is likely to drop, so be sure to check Bell’s site for more info soon…
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