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MAN-E-NEWS// The “Lost Kaws” one-off custom from Plaseebo…

Bob Conge aka Plaseebo kindly shares details of his latest custom release, the rather aptly titled Lost Kaws! A one-of-a-kind mash-up of Kaws‘ “Astroboy” vinyl figure with a hand cast resin Plaseebo skull, the figure has been treated to additional “bone” sculpting, coming complete with simple white and black sprays that leave the original figure’sContinue reading “MAN-E-NEWS// The “Lost Kaws” one-off custom from Plaseebo…”

MAN-E-NEWS// The KAWS Astroboy Companion…

We very rarely feature KAWS‘ work here on M-E-T, but upon seeing the press for his latest figure, we simply couldn’t resist… An ingenious take on one of our all-time favourite cartoon characters, Tezuka’s Astroboy, the Companion figure was originally created as a micro-run a while back (one of THE mecha KAWS pieces!) which is nowContinue reading “MAN-E-NEWS// The KAWS Astroboy Companion…”

MAN-E-NEWS// Mini SUCKaws bootleg peg figure from 2bitHACK…

“Someone messed up and set the cloner to 50%- so now we have a bunch of little clones running around!” Following the release of Megantrann last month (read more here), 2bitHACK has revealed a return to his original bootleg, SUCKaws- this time in mini form! Standing at just 2.5″ (approximately half the size of theContinue reading “MAN-E-NEWS// Mini SUCKaws bootleg peg figure from 2bitHACK…”

KAWS’ Partners by Original Fake x Medicom Toys…

KAWS’ latest release has just been revealed as the ‘Partners’ statuette from Original Fake x Medicom Toys. Featuring artist KAWS aka Brian Connelly and a cowering (beaten?!) Companion character, the sculpt is a take on Walt Disney and Mickey Mouse’s Disneyland statue of the same name (pictured below). Whilst the subject matter is undeniably strangeContinue reading “KAWS’ Partners by Original Fake x Medicom Toys…”

TRANNYformers: New resin figures from 2bithack

Continuing the shameless pop culture parodies of our last post, we present to you the “TRANNYformers”, the latest line of resin figures from toy creator, 2bithack. Launching yesterday, the 4″ tall hand cast and painted toys are available to purchase for $40 each through 2bithack’s bigcartel here. The up coming artist first debuted at DesignerContinue reading “TRANNYformers: New resin figures from 2bithack”