WIP of Dragon Boy Custom by J*RYU

J*RYU customs-up a Dragon Boy from Sam Flores x The Loyal Subject and so far it is looking AWE.SOME! Scheduled to debut at Dragatomi's 'Year of the Dragon' show launching February 11th, this looks to be an exceptional piece to be had at any respectable rosewood-lovin', feng shui-fueled household! Can't wait to see the final version, bro!

Avengers Action Figurines Assemble!

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Marvel showcases upcoming action figurines from The Avengers movie (with photography by Ed McGowan) featuring Thor, Hulk (in brown pants ;p), Iron Man, Captain America, and even a glimpse of Hawkeye and Black Widow, squaring against Loki! I'd not necessarily purchase these figures, but tis always swell to see them within the confines of toy-dioramas made for them LOL

As well Cool Toy Review has product images of Hasbro-releases here if you wanna carry-on gawking. I'm waiting on Hot Toys to do their best to wow us anyways :)

Love Heart Cavey by A Little Stranger

February 2nd (@ 8pm London time) will see the release of this Valentines themed Cavey-plush, named "Love Heart Cavey! Love Heart Cavey is limited to 75 numbered pieces, and are priced £16 available via http://heycavey.bigcartel.com. Each Love Heart Cavey comes with a free gift; a pack of love heart sweeties. A cuddle and a munch? What's not to like?

"Love Heart Cavey is based on one of my favourite childhood sweets, Love Hearts. I think they are an British thing, so i'm sending a little love along with every Love Heart Cavey - a free pack of Love Heart sweets with every Love Heart Cavey. My little present to you :)

Love Hearts are little sherbet candies in pastel colours, each is embossed with a random message of love. When i was at school we used to pass the lovey dovey messages around to our friends and boys we fancied." ~mentioned Cavey-creator, Holly Stanway.

Valentines Day Initial Turtle Tetsujin from Peter Kato

From Peter Kato comes this Valentines Day Initial Turtle Tetsujin (we previously posted about them HERE) standing 2.5 inches tall and in a special red-wine color, and as well a white symbol on it's chest, chosen by YOU and hand-painted on by Peter! Narcissistically, I chose a heart with an "A" in the middle (yes, I am gifting myself here… *cue-lonely-violins*) :p


I reckon tis a perfect Valentine's Day gift for the discerning toy-collecting better-half (regardless sexes, but you should know that by now *wink*). And although it might not come with rose (that'll be up to you buddy!), it comes with an indie attitude that cannot be denied! Check pout individual pics HERE on my FB-album!

Purchase here for US$15 each - dateline is February 1st tho (so that it can be mailed out in time for V-Day), so make your decisions NOW and have yourselves a swell Valentine's to come!

Monster Worship Superfestival 58 releases

First seen at Superfestival 58 in Japan on January 9, Monster Worship now makes the unpainted grape-colored figurines available for the general public via the MW store. Greasebat is as of this post listed as "Sold Out", while Cannibal Fuckface ($75), Altar Beast ($35) and Kusogon ($35) are still up for grabs!

KANOMAN Project from indieguerillas

Introducing KANOMAN = an avatar generator project from indieguerillas, currently online HERE for you to make your own avatar (as I have done and posted above ;p). Shown below is the page where you can choose your own head-shape, eyes, hair, shirt, accesses etc, and as well be able to save on your desktop or folder. It will was launched at the opening of JANEFO #1 on Jan 31st, 2012.

JANEFO #1 is an exhibition by Langgeng Art Foundation, curated by Enin Supriyanto.

Fugi.me Prints from Jon-Paul Kaiser + Triclops Studios (Feb 1st release)

Since our earlier press release for FUGI.me, a new release date has been scheduled for February 1st, featuring 3 prints out the gate! We have info and images for the first two prints (posted below) while the 3rd is a Sneaky Raccoon-design, which will be a Valentine's Special. Also lookout for a March release featuring a collaboration between Cris Rose and PodgyPanda! Meanwhile, check what's in store in Feb:


From Jon-Paul Kaiser comes a 40cm x 40cm print named "Tolteca" (which will fit nicely into readily available 50cm x 50cm frames). Printed in 3 Pantone colours on to triple coated silk board. Limited to 50 pieces and with a SRP of £29.99 - each comes with a hand numbered and signed certificate.


And from Triclops comes "Clop Swap" - shown here is the initial sketch alongside a WIP of the colored version - with the finished piece be in 5 pantone colours. Sized 40cm x 40cm, with a SRP of £34.99. As well a limited edition of 50 prints.

Head-on to www.fugi.me for your procuring pleasures!

Art Work Previews by Luke Chueh for The Primrose Path

Artist Luke Chueh has been previewing artwork for his upcoming two-man show titled "The Primrose Path" (with Juan Muniz @ Brett Wesley Gallery) on his Facebook. With imagery themed along the notion of ‘The Seven Deadly Sins’ - the most intriguing of artwork shown thus far is (the as-yet-completed) "The Bird and the Bee" - posted below, which showcases a style of Chueh's previously unfamiliar to his work thus far. More details and an active sense of conflict in motion, versus his stoic moods in the past. Interesting to see how this develops into the future for Mr Chueh.

Jackal Rebel Tank (Black Mate Edition) by PHU! x My Tummy Toys

Click HERE to see more images of PHU!'s REBEL TANK - made by My Tummy Toys (we previously posted WIPs here) - to sit his 7" tall Rebel Pilot resin figure! Limited to 10 pieces and featuring one-point of articulation, expect this "Black Mate" edition to be released somewhen in 2012.

I wonder if it'll come as-is, or painted up in the style of PHU!'s regular treatment...

Qee Loves Pink 5" Mini Qee Bear from Toy2R

PRODUCT-PRESS: 'Love is in the air as Toy2R plans to release the third flocked 5" Mini Qee Bear in the "Qee Loves" series. Introducing the Qee Loves Pink Mini Qee Bear. Following in the Qee-Steps as last year's winter edition (Qee Loves White) and the classic spring edition (Qee Loves Green) Toy2R continues the cuteness with this pink edition.

With an SRP of $28.00, these cuties will be available shortly so be sure to reserve yours today and show some Qee Love!'

11 PIXS for 2011 on TOYSREVIL

The project premise for "11 PIXS for 2011" was simple: Collect 11 x images of your best work in the year 2011, and showcase them in a singular dedicated album. "Content" for me and my blog, and as well provide my blog as a platform to promote the artists themselves.

Folks had the freedom of personal choice to participate in this project. This was not an "invite only" project. Anyone anywhere in whatever relevant genres could participate.

My favorite part of this project, I am not posting it to "sell" anything, besides the skills and works of the artists themselves.

Artists/Illustrators/Customizers do not create from a vacuum, unless of course you are starting fresh out in the field, with a head full of dreams and a heart filled with passion! So with this albums, I had hoped to be able to introduce new artists to folks (I myself benefitted from this as well!), re-introduce artists and introduce a little slice of retrospective works for all to see.

The month of January 2012 was dedicated to daily features of "11 PIXS for 2011" and on the last day of the 31st, I sincerely thank everyone who had taken the time and trouble to participate in this project.

I have hosted montaged-images of all participating artists in one album on my Facebook. Do feel free to click on the links to individual artists' websites and albums to view their works (and "LIKE" them albums, why doncha?). And as well you are welcomed to CLICK HERE to see all "11 PIXS for 2011" published on the TOYSREVIL-blog :)

Cheers
Andy

P/S: You have nearly a year to plan for "12 PIXS for 2012" :)

11 PIXS for 2011: Bryan Luss

"2011 was a year of great transformation for me as an artist.  After hearing repeatedly during studio visits how my sculptures (are) not related to Toys were the most intriguing.  The drawing board had to be rethought entirely. Being at the time all my projects were toy related in one aspect or another, I started to think of focusing on toy inspired sculptures with an urban toy collecting pop art sensibility

I began sculpting - not limited to which platform or edition or size or company etc so far the people that have returned have been amazed by some of the work being the scale can be tiny at times.

That being said, I am also working on some vinyl customs. This one particular raffi has great potential. I'm always trying to use as much negative space use by cutting the vinyl. There is something very liberating to cutting something most people can't fathom doing.

Toys rule my design concepts. Whether it be a throwback design choice, a commissioned work, or a piece just in the concept phase. There will be something toy related, besides there is always a new release or an old release out there left not acquired."

Click on banner-image above to view images of customs from Bryan Luss for the "11 PIXS for 2011" project. And as well there are hi-res images posted up at www.society6.com/bryanluss as well.

11 PIXS for 2011: Maury Enrique Mendez Ruiz

Click on above banner to view "11 PIXS for 2011" album from Maury Enrique Mendez Ruiz. (Some images are tiny though, but you get the general idea).

11 PIXS for 2011: ZAKANE

Click on the above banner image to view images of Zakane's "11 PIXS for 2011", and as well download your own papercrafts to make on his website at www.justusproduct.webs.com. They are all for free! Also expect to see more from Zakane on TOYSREVIL as well :)

11 PIXS for 2011: Alejandro Ovalles aka JAOC

Click on the above banner to view the gallery of illustrations from Alejandro Ovalles aka JAOC - for the "11 PIXS for 2011" project! I've always enjoyed his illustrations, so this is a treat for me as well :)

11 PIXS for 2011: Southern Drawl

"I'm expecting to do bigger pieces, more original sculpting, and some resin casts this year. I'm excited to really push out what I know and learn a lot more about how to do it. Happy Year of the Dragon!"

Check out the full images of Southern Drawl's "11 PIXS for 2011" here in his Picasa-album, and see more of his works on http://particlegun.blogspot.com!

11 PIXS for 2011: Sekure D

"2011 was an incredible year for Sekure D with so many projects coming up and with such variety it was a lot of fun. It also marked the year that I took my customizing of vinyl toys to the next level. I have been known for working on sneakers for a long time but never really publicized my work on vinyl, until now! Its definitely a way of the future for me and something I really enjoy working on, you can expect to see lots more in 2012!"

And it looks like customizing sneakers led Sekure D in good stead with toy platforms! The lines on the munnys shown here looked extremely crisp, and the color treatment is unique upon himself, I reckon. Am truly looking forward to seeing more custom-works from him! Meanwhile, you can check out the full images of the customs montaged above here on Facebook, and as well check out his works at www.sekured.com.

Prototype of CE Designs for SINGHA ARSA

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We've previously announced the winning CE designs for the SINGHA ARSA Project - and now here are a series of images showing the prototypes of the figurines to be sold in aid of charity, along with their blister-back-cards - seen at the venue the night before the Press Release launch of the CE Contest 2 @ Siam Center, Thailand! Once I find out how folks can (or if they can in the firs place) purchase the figurines online, I'll be sure to blog about it!

Meanwhile, check out the entire album here on Facebook!


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Tara McPherson In Manila @ Vinyl On Vinyl / Fully Booked (Feb 8-9)

Event Poster from Vinyl On Vinyl for Tara McPherson's appearance at the 2nd Anniversary of VoV and Toy Release with Tara's Lucius!

UPDATED SCHEDULE:
Feb 8 (Wednesday) 1-4pm
De La Salle College of St Benilde SDA Cinema

Feb 8 8pm onwards
Vinyl on Vinyl Anniversary Party and Exhibit / Toy Release
The Collective, 7274 Malugay St Makati
*with Bagetsafonik, Vulture Club and Chillitees

Feb 9 (Thursday) 1-3pm UP College of Fine Arts Corridor Gallery

*Get your advance copies of Bunny in the Moon book 3 at Fully Booked (scheduled March release)

Brought to you by Vinyl on Vinyl and Fully Booked.

SPIKEWAD Colorways by Jeffrey Lamm x Unbox Industries

We've recently seen a snap of Jeffrey Lamm's blue-colorway SPIKWAD on-show at the London Toy Fair, now peep the "360" turnaround image of the vinyl figurine, with this colorway made in only 30 pieces only! Time to go make "friends" with Unbox Industries - or at least get in on their mailing list, folks! And yes, there be other colorways to be had too - and for sure the one posted here will not be the only ones to expect! Peep these:


I've reviewed both STEEGAR and M5-BRAVO, for your purchasing considerations, of course :)

Guardians of the Galaxy by Patricio Oliver

I started on my journey of the new Guardians of the Galaxy actually with the Starlord mini-series (I liked the quirky art and sci-fi-stories, so I picked that up eons ago), which led me to the tradepaperback of the GofG a while back - because it had Starlord in it, and Rocket Raccoon! But alas I stopped short of before the "War of the Kings" storyline came into play (as well there was a change in artist, which I abhorred). THEN I saw Patricio Oliver's depiction of them, and was blown away, very much like his Saint Seiya and New Mutants.

Peep individual images HERE on my FB-album, and read what PO! has to say about these Guardians!


TOYSREVIL: I see your Guardians of the Galaxy characters are from the recent storyline - where the Starlord forms the group, and Vance Astro returns with his memory lost (I got so excited seeing Starhawk!). What got you into drawing them? How are the Guardians connected to you? And why this incarnation and not the earlier version?

PATRICIO OLIVER: Actually I wasn't a fan of the original team! as a matter of fact I found them pretty lame. But since Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning started to be the architects of a whole new era from the Space oriented marvel characters I started to adore them little by little in Titles like Nova or Annihilation. These team was so dysfunctional and yet so funny and bizarre that I couldn't help loving them


TOYSREVIL: Who is your fav character in the group? And who was the most difficult to re-design for?

PATRICIO OLIVER: Actually I like many of them! Rocket Raccoon is definitely a winner in terms of personality and looks same as Cosmo the Russian telepathic dog ( he could be a characters from The Tenebrae, as a matter of fact…). Grood is amazing and really hard to do! I don't adore my Grood version but I don't hate it either. Actually I had a really hard time doing both Grood and Mantis ( I think those are my less fav illustrations from the set).

(Check out more of Patricio's work via his illustration-blog or www.patriciooliver.com.ar)

Custom-Feature: Kitsune 8 inch Dunny by Huck Gee

From Huck Gee comes the customized Kitsune 8 inch Dunny! Priced at US$750 - each figure comes signed, numbered and comes with shown accessories. Limited to 10 figures in this set, they will be distributed on a first come, first serve basis. Limit one figure per customer. Do email sales@huckgee.com to reserve your figure and make payment arrangements.

'Kitsune, the Seven Tailed Geisha. The Masked Beauty, the lover, the mirrored trickster. Protected by Kabuki, the Masked Ronin, her reflection of anger and retribution incarnate.

First Test Pull for Pembleton Stranglefoot by Rich Page

Rich Page of UME Toys is on a roll and sculpting+casing+customzing up a storm! Hot on the heels of the reveal of 'Project X' and his custom Dunny, comes an updated look at "Pembleton Stranglefoot" - and he looks a real cutie here. even if he is a resin test pull! Would look exceptional with his own top hat eventually too, methinks! (Check out my previous post to see what I mean).

Custom-Feature: Koralie Dunny by Rich Page

Rich Page of UME Toys shares with us his custom 3" Dunny named "Koralie". "she's my latest 3 inch custom Kidrobot dunny, grabbed straight from the bottom of the ocean." ~mentioned Rich, who also says that she is available to add to your collection! Contact him at umetoys@googlemail.com - and tell him TOYSREVIL sent'ya!

'Project X' Sculpt Revealed by Rich Page of UME Toys

Spotted on truteknologyfiles.com is the previous teased "Project X" from design by RunDMB x Jon-Paul Kaiser, featuring sculpting-work by Rich Page of UME-Toys (who is seen above holding the figurine).

"Standing at around 5″ tall, the beautifully tactile figure is set to come with 3 points of articulation (arms and neck) and a refined head sculpt (Rich hinted that the creature will come with a pointier chin)." ~reported by Tru:Tek

Rich himself mentions: "Everyone seems to like him so far - next stop is a tweaked head and arm articulation and then it's off to the mould-making department for casting in resin."

Check out the individual pics HERE on my Facebook!