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Into The Jaws Of The Golem With Tragnark

2007-12-31T01:55:00.000+08:00

The Golem is the ancient protector of the King of the Hlin people from the Kingdom of Soledad. Devastated by the bloody 2nd Lotus Rebellion, the Hlin culture was destroyed and with it any and all recorded traces of the Hlin and the Golem. Two thousand years after this devastating blow, a group of archaelogists excavating the remains of an ancient city two miles below the water's surface have

Of Pixels And Peecols: An Interview With eBoy

2007-12-31T01:43:00.000+08:00

it took me quite a while to come up with an intro (took me a coupla weeks! :p) for this post, as i felt i couldn't accurately categorize the new eBoy X Kidrobot PEECOL figures, but mayhap i was trying too hard to fit them into current collector-labels (ie: urban vinyl, kaiju etc) ..... and while personally i doubt that they are specifically produced to be the next platform toy, so too are the

Of Huck Gee's AkumaBombs and The Evolution of AkumaGirl

2007-12-31T01:35:00.000+08:00

best known for his vinyl-customs and limited-edition production Kidrobot-Dunnys, Huck Gee had recently released his first ever self-designed vinyl-toy; Akuma Bomb by Kidrobot [blogged] with both Red-DANGER and Grey-SKULLY'S REVENGE being 3D realizations of his Akuma print (from the Danger solo show at Kidrobot LA) and has thus far been very well received (if the 'sold-out status' and

Onibaka's Tunny the Oni and Flying Cloudy Sheep Resin Figures

2007-12-31T01:30:00.000+08:00

fledgling Italian-designer/sculptor Onibaka aka Davide De Rose Veltri has created a fantasy world of candy-eating-creatures and flying failed sheep experiments with his TUNNY The Oni and Flying CLOUDY Sheep, and is set to materialize them unto resin figures to be made available in two colorways: (OG) RED CLASSIC (limited to 150-pcs, signed & numbered) and B&W OLD CARTOON (limited to 100-pcs,

Of MAD's Big Money, Ninjas, Kansers, Hoodies and more Madness

2007-12-31T01:25:00.000+08:00

MAD (aka Jeremy Madl) is bringing BLING to the month of October/November, starting with some personal blinkage with the Big Money limited edition Necklace: produced by Random Nature and distributed by DKE Toys, each Big Money piece and 30 inch ball chain are sterling silver with 18k gold plate, and comes with signed and numbered gold foil pressed print by MAD all in a beautiful black leatherette

From Plush To Inflatables To Vinyl: An Interview With DGPH

2007-12-31T01:16:00.000+08:00

from plush, to inflatables to vinyl (chronological, not in order of preference :p) - Argentinian design studio DGPH has emerged unto the designer-toy-arena with their clean-graphically-designed world; populated with cute and happy (and even charmingly silly) creatures, each with their own personality quirks and stories (i always appreciate a toy with a back-story, IMHO) giving them a semblence

About That Triclops Studio Interview

2007-09-08T15:37:00.000+08:00

no need for fancy-schmancy-intros. no pointless meandering to bore you readers. let's skip the foreplay shall we? and jump straight into bed the fire with my interview with UK-design studio+toy-customizer-wunderkinds: TRICLOPS! (trust me, tis a massive one!)TOYSREVIL: So what does TRICLOPS really really do?TRICLOPS: Triclops really, really does customs and exhibition pieces, we also contribute to

Come Over To The Dark-Vinyl-Side with Sucklord

2007-09-08T15:32:00.000+08:00

making a "surprise debut" during SDCC'07 @ DKE Toys' booth were a duoof upcoming new vinyl figures from SUCKLORD, dubbed: SUCKLORD600!there will be 2 colorways made available: a GREY (with blue+silver) with a Black Radio (limit to 700pcs), and an All-SILVER with a White Radio (limit to 300pcs). the vinyl figures will have 8-points of articulation and four accessories: a removable-cap, turntable (

Conquer The Galaxy With Onell Design's Glyos System Series

2007-09-08T15:29:00.000+08:00

Onell Design, a new independent toy and comic company, is pleased to announce the debut of its Glyos System Series toy line. the new line features three different versions of Space Traveler Pheyden – Standard (blue), Gear’s Edge (sepia) and Phase (clear green) – and three versions of Prototype Sincroid Exellis – Standard (midnight), Hyper (yellow) and Aves (red).The Glyos System Series figures

Travel The Cosmos With Michael Kwong's Galaxy Bunch

2007-09-08T15:26:00.000+08:00

The Galaxy Bunch: Virus Series - is a new series of 3"-er tall vinyl-figures designed by Michael Kwong of Locoism (HK) with 9 distinctive characters in a set and are limited to 1500-pcs each worldwide @ a SRP of US$11.95 per - scheduled for an August-dropaccording to Michael, currently the figures are available blind-boxed only in HongKong, while they will be sold as a set in plastic packs in

Transforming Transformers Toys With Jin Saotome

2007-09-08T15:23:00.000+08:00

when i was first clued to the Transformer-customs of Jin Saotome; i was uber-impressed with the "life" he had re-given the plastic-figures, with details previously unnoticed and a realism that turned the regular Transformer-shelf toys into something more, IMHO ... and thru his ebay-auctions, fans would have the opportunity to possess these figures ... i had a quick chat with Jin about his works,

A Nice Interview With NiceBunny

2007-09-08T15:21:00.000+08:00

NICEBUNNY has been producing loads of free downloadable character-toys for quite a while now [tagged] and is currently producing a brand new paper toy every week on his blog and with his pending appearance at the coming Urban Underground Project [blogged], i had a long chat with the man behind NiceBunny, Brian Castleforte about his paper and vinyl creations, including a little surprise ...

Get Happy With Jeff Pidgeon's Happy Beaver

2007-09-08T15:17:00.001+08:00

isn't this one of the cuter vinyl-beavers you'd ever seen? looking like he could've comfortably walked out of any 50's classic cartoon, Jeff Pidgeon's first vinyl creation; HAPPY BEAVER is ready to charm (and nibble?) his way into your vinyl-heart :pcurrently available for pre-orders online for a SDCC-pick-up, the 5"-er tall Happy Beaver is going for US$45-per and is housed in a box designed by

Putting In Some Custom Elbow Grease with Rohby

2007-09-08T15:13:00.000+08:00

in-between this preparation for his upcoming Elbow Grease customs show @ myplasticheart [blogged] on 8th June (6-9pm) mecha-customizer extraordinaire Rohby managed to squeeze-in some quickie-answers for an online interview on my little blog :)(with massive help from Vincent @ MPH - thanks dude!)TOYSREVIL: how do the concepts of your creations came about? what inspires you?ROHBY: Machinery,

Da DKiller Panda Interview

2007-09-08T15:10:00.000+08:00

from Barcelona comes the design duo called dKiller Panda, whose SD Toys-produced Monster Theater mini-figures have just been released by Dark Horse [and reviewed here] and i've had the opportunity to have a wee chat with the guys:TOYSREVIL: please introduce yourselves, who are dKiller Panda?DKP: dkillerpanda is Juan Rubí, illustrator, and Carles Jiménez, writer. It's a design studio divided into

A Conversation With Enterbay (Part Two)

2007-09-08T15:05:00.000+08:00

the second in my interview with ENTERBAY's CEO; Bill Tjhang[first interview here] focuses on the company itself, from it's genesis,to the Arnie-Kim-connection, to the future of their 1/6-products and more!TOYSREVIL: let's start at the "begining", shall we? when was Enterbay conceived? how did the company start and it was started by whom?BILL TJHANG: the company was conceived from early 2005,

A Conversation With Enterbay (Part One)

2007-09-08T15:03:00.000+08:00

ENTERBAY "entered" into the 1/6th market with an impressive "bang", with the much lauded high-end Arnie Kim-scultped Bruce Lee Game Of Death figure, but nothing much else is known outside of the images and toys seen online ... i had the opportunity to have an online chat with Enterbay's CEO; Bill Tjhang just, who graciously answered my questions regarding both their new Gang2 figure [blogged]

Of Sheeps and Moles: An Interview With Metin Seven

2007-09-08T14:59:00.001+08:00

moving rapidly from prototype to actual toys very soon, Metin Seven X Crazy Label's Seamour Sheep and Marty Mole [blogged] are set to invade our collective toy-shelves sooner than we think (@ Taipei Toy Festival?) ... but before that happens, i had a long chat with Metin about the creation and genesis of his goggled-diary farm duo made vinyl :)TOYSREVIL: tell us about Seamour Sheep and Marty

A Limited Edition Interview With Toy Break

2007-09-08T14:57:00.000+08:00

George Gaspar, Ayleen Gaspar and Matt Aylward - the trio behind October Toys, are also behind the successful TOYBREAK podcasts and after watching and listening to them for 8 episodes, i decided to bug them for my first-ever three-way-(or is that "four-way"?)-interview! ... and if i'd make a fool of myself in the process, tis for the entertainment of my readers (*shifts uncomfortably in chair*)

How Ted Stilson Created Moody and Lived To Tell The Tale

2007-09-08T14:54:00.000+08:00

so what's a Moody? < from a charcoal sketch to a full bodied platform vinyl figure, Moody is the creation of Ted Stilson (the above video is of artist Darren Booth's custom Moody) - i had an opportunity to chat with Ted just, to catch-up on Moody and find out about his plans for vinyl-world domination :)TOYSREVIL: how are things with Moody? what's been happening so far? he giving you any problems

Creative Quality Control With Erick Scarecrow

2007-09-08T14:50:00.000+08:00

artist. toy designer. product manager. Erick Scarecrow of ESC Toy seems to be is living the vinyl-dream and we have been treated with teasers of his creations on this blog, with his plush Shiitakes and vinyl belle Liberty ~ who will be making her "official" debut this coming NYCC @ ToyTokyo's booth#126 [details here]now before you go bugging looking for Erick there (do check the dates where

Maz's Marvelously Mazzalicious Plushies

2007-09-08T14:47:00.000+08:00

from irresistible ibabes, to rainbow-colored cookies, to slurpy sweet deserts, to forest friendlies and even jolly zombies, Marion Hawkes aka MAZ's handmade-plushies have taken the toy world by surprise and is surely gaining fans and plushie-converts alike ;) ... i had the opportunity to sneak a few questions into her hectic schedule :pTOYSREVIL: let's jump right in, shall we? how long have you

Kustom Kungfu With The NVC Crew

2007-09-08T14:41:00.000+08:00

arriving unto the designer vinyl scene with their unique style of customization, the Canadian-duo of NVC Crew has made their mark time and again with their sculptural artworks and dioramas, which further pushes the boundaries of both "toy" and "art".in this fifth installment of Toysrevil-interviews, i had the opportunity to get deep into the minds, motivations and the kustom-kungfu of Dr. Bao and

Everything's Black And White according to Kenn Munk

2007-09-08T14:37:00.000+08:00

in this third installment of artist interviews, i had a insightful online chat with illustrious customizer, Kenn Munk ~ inclusive of exclusive images not seen anywhere else online yet (dare i say ;p). onwards!TOYSREVIL: can you tell us, who is "Kenn Munk"?KENN MUNK: He's a shy 32 year old Dane, People generally don't believe it when I tell them I'm shy, but I am. I find walking up and talking to

artist interview: doktor a and his spookypop customs

2006-11-05T15:44:00.000+08:00

(circa 21.10.06)you've seen his inspired customs constantly featured in me humble blog (see bottom of post for links). you see his work being fawned over at forum boards and online toy-entities, now read about the good Doktor.A in a short interview i've had with him just: TOYSREVIL: how do the concepts of your creations and customs came about? what inspires you?DOKTOR.A: Anything can inspire me.

artist interview : undoboy and super bastard toys

2006-08-15T02:31:00.000+08:00

(circa 13.08.06)Super Bastard Toys has seen quite a fair bit (*understatement*) of promotion across varied respectable online toy entities (VP / VA / P+P), all the while as i was bugging Undoboy for an online interview instead! ~ this blog's first, i might add ... onward :)TOYSREVIL: tell us about yourself. your "dayjob".UNDOBOY: my sig's Undoboy and i currently reside in New York, originally

living the one-sixth world (part one) : kitbash vs custom

2006-08-15T02:29:00.000+08:00

(circa 30.05.06)what is a "kitbash"?[1] To take pieces from several kits/figures and create an entirely different item. a superficial surface modification of an existing item from it's original design. [adapted via]this is my humble kitbash-example:by utilizing various clothes and accessories, i've converted both the DML-Initial-D and Lain figures into "someone" else. no other physical surface

vinyl is the new canvas

2006-08-15T02:28:00.000+08:00

(circa 26.05.06)or so it seems, dunnit? There currently are two main types/categories of “customizers” = the “Painters” and the “Worksmiths”.PAINTERS: the vinyl-figure is literally a blank canvas for the artist to embellish his/her own sense / version / perception of graphics, concept or of character, to give it a new character from it's original. be it an extension of their imagined character/

what are designer urban vinyls?

2006-08-15T02:26:00.000+08:00

(circa 08.05.06)tis a question that non-toy collector friends (who've read about it somewhere or have seen me spend ridiculous amounts of $$$ on) ask me. so too non-designer-vinyl toy collectors (ie: fellow 1/6th action figure fans) and i admit, tis a hard "concept" to explain and to be understood by those who feel not for it ... yet ... i mentioned "concept" becoz that's what i personally

toy or art?

2006-08-15T02:24:00.000+08:00

(circa 16.03.06) :: VINYL-PAUSE ::i've read it somewhere (or izzit my own overflowing brainbile?) that vinyl is the new canvas. ~ and of coz we be talking about vinyl-figures/toys here, innit? and mayhap that statement/expression is valid, if but for the artists that works on them ... and tis something that seems poised (or already have) to overwhelm the mass culture-consciousness (as opposed to

toytalk

2006-08-14T01:13:00.000+08:00

welcome to my new blog-abode, where i talk toys. and mayhap once in a while ~ an interview with a new up and coming toy designer / artist / customizer and/or an industry veteran (the latter being a tad tricky, but i shall persevere).drop me an PM if you've got something to say or wouldn't mind letting me ask you questions, yeh? cheers :)andytoysrevil