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Upcoming New Toys on TOYSREVIL (Jan/16/2011)

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CLICK THRU for a bumper look at upcoming new toys, featuring Dunny Azteca Series 2, WWR Japan Defense Set, Mini-Mayhem, Patient No.2, U.R.I.-NAL 9000, WIP-Dino, Inspector Cumulus, and Boycott - now THTA's a load of new toys to gawk at! Hit me with your newest creations at toysreviler [at] gmail.com now!

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The Dunny Azteca Sries 2 hype continues with the reveal of the alternate colorway of Marka27's design for the launch, as well as the launch of the product-dedicated website at "http://sites.kidrobot.com/dunnyazteca2/">http://sites.kidrobot.com/dunnyazteca2/ - which includes live webcast screens for Jesse Hernandez (Jan 20 @ 5pm EST) and Carlos East of Beast Brothers (Jan 21 @ 5pm EST). Also check out the ration list to see who you've left off the purchase. DUNNY AZTECA Series 2 launches January 20th, 2011.

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Since news of their being distributed in Japan by Good Smile Co, ThreeA Toys are now poised to release their exclusive WWR JAPAN DEFENCE FORCE SET [www] - with availability starting February 6th at Wonder Festival 2011 (Winter) - sold at the 'WONDERFUL HOBBY LIFE FOR YOU!! 13' booth [www]. This Japan-only set consists of a 1/6th scale Dropcloth and a WWR Square, and is priced at YEN 12,000 (with a max of 2 sets per person). This no doubt will cause a decent amount of "emo" for 3A-fans, no doubt at all.

But all is not lost" - the set will be made available online via the Goodsmile Online Shop from Feb 7th until Feb 13th. (Website in Japanese, so time for emo!)

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From OddCo Ltd comes Mini Mayhem, "the am-mazing range of new wave, blind box, bad taste bear figurines launching this Spring 2011" - There will be 8 chibi style BTB characters in the first range (with varying degrees of rarity) plus 2 ultra rare chase figurines hidden within outers of 16. Priced at around £7.99 per or an outer of 16 for £120. via www.weloveodd.com in the UK or Diamond Comics in the US.

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The 4" flexible polystone figurines are designed by Peter Underhill
(the original creator of Bad Taste Bears) and will drop February 2011.
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Solya and Asha introduces a new "patient" for 2011, with “Patient №2” - scheduled for a release between 10-13th of February. Standing 14cm tall, the figure - who is a girl, by the way - chimes along with a chamber (aka a room with graffiti-walls and even a practical light), medical history, all packaged in a cardboard box. Order online via http://www.solya-i-asha.org.ua/. Price is unrevealed at this time tho.

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Hauke Scheer showcases the first test-shot of this upcoming U.R.I.-NAL 9000 figure - previously a resin figure, now to be made available in PVC! As shown from the montage above, the figure will come articulated and might see a production run of 2000 units - 1000 will be standard white, the other 1000 will be split into yellow, blue, green and pink ones. Meanwhile, you can still score yourselves a resin U.R.I.-NAL 9000 bathroom robot at http://scheer-imagination.com/.

(Note: Insert artwork by Kris Smith)

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A WIP of "Dino" from The Yellow Dino and made by My Tummy Toys literally shows the articulation point of the 10" tall resin figure at the arts/shoulders - how cool with that be? [Last WIP-post on TOYSREVIL]

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While Andy Woo had posted the sample of Jonathan Edward's INSPECT CUMULUS [covered on TOYSREVIL] on the Crazy Label blog since December, it is Jonathan's own recent twitter which brought renewed interest for his cloud-headed Inspector-character creation. No drop-date revealed at this moment, but do look out for packaging box design on Jonathan's blog.

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Abell Octovan teases us with images of his 7" resin figure BOYCOTT - in both all-Black (with red eye-cross) and a as-yet-revealed "Secret" color edition (the DIY-eidtion is just an unpainted preview). This figure design has been around even before his recent Barking Gun release, and we chat briefly about the figure in my trip to Jakarta last year. Stay tunes to TOYSREVIL for release dates soon!

Asked for the origin of Boycott, artist Abell mentions: "Boycott is my original character, I started drawing these characters since I was 12 years old.

Boycott is my reflection on Selfishness and Emotion of myself against something. By time goes by, I grew older, had a job, lots thing to do, married and had kids and I totally forget the Boycott.

One day I was bored with my daily activities, I am sick with the news on tv , upset with the traffic of my city, upset with the clients, etc. - I decided to take the paper to start drawing something, I usually do this at my free time. Do not know why, and unintentionally I draw BoyCott.

Then I remembered my past, I always draw the boycott at the time when i'm angry. Then I decided to sculpt this character and produce it. And it is 7inch tall figure - hopefully this can represent the Selfishness of people who love it."


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And just Who Is Boycott?
"Boycott is a form of egoism, any form of ego, Boycott is involved.
Boycott would live as long as we have an ego, Boycott has no mouth because she spoke to our heart.
Why Boycott as a child ? because he is a reflection of the childhood when we're so selfish.
Why Boycott like a skull head ? because it is one of the most important part in our body (I was symbolized by the head of the skull, because without a this skull it means we do not have a brain and face).
Why Boycott has an X-shaped eyes ?it is not an eye, Boycott did not have the eye, because he saw through our eyes. it is a symbol of emotion and Selfishness or Egoism.
Boycott very pleased with something that Neat, Elegant, Glamor, etc., so that's why he's using a neat suit.

so, the conclusion is : BoyCott = Yourself = Selfishness / Egoism = BoyCott."



Sorry, just had to sneak in this image:
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Custom Works on TOYSREVIL (Jan/16/2011)

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Custom Works-galore this weekend featuring domed action figures, pearlized Jumping Brains, killer Celsius and oodles of Dunnys = all customized for your gawking (and even some purchasing) pleasures. CLICK THRU for info and snaps, and hit me with your works at toysreviler [at] gmail.com - and remember to leave me sum info about your works!

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Paulo Mendes aka Zukaty / ZKT drops word of the upcoming release of his custom 3"-Dunny series, dubbed "The 2nd Rise" - from his ZuWorld Vision Series. Totally 7 x Dunnys (numbered 07-13), these Dunnys have been spray primed, spray painted, drawn on, painted and finally gloss sealed. They also come with their own 3"x 3" hand painted canvas which also works as base for the Dunny. For one lucky buyer of "the 2nd rise", once is sold out there will be a draw for ZWV #14 surprise Dunny.

Priced at US$70 each, order yours here on http://zukatyartz.storenvy.com from Sunday 16th Jan 2011 (London 10PM -  NY 5PM  -  LA  2PM ). Each Dunny will come boxed with artist card. Check out this link for more images.

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Huck Gee unleashes his custom-Dunny series for sale in 2011 - "Dr Dunmore Taggert"! Limited to 10 cps @ US$750 per figure (articulated at fingers, shoulder, neck and swivel booster-packs) - you are to email sales@huckgee.com to reserve your figure and make payment arrangements.

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PRODUCT-TEXT: "Shown here wearing the Vlad Systems Terrain One Mobile Suit©, Dr Taggert is fully prepared for whatever situation the day delivers. The ornery battlefield curmudgeon surgeon is just at home on a Vlad Systems Omega Class Drop Ship© as he is doling out medical advice in the jungles and favelas of Naoya 13. And when we say "at home" we mean "complaining nonstop"... grumble, grumble, grumble."

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From Jumping Brain-creator Emilio Garcia comes a series of hand-painted high-gloss 2" Pearlized Mini Jumping Brains for 12 months, in 12 colors, and to be released on the 25th of each month at Toy Art Gallery and Jumping Brain Fine Art Store. Price unrevealed at this time though.

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ZEROMAN - 1st of the DOGFIGHTERS series by Jan Calleja. DOGFIGHTERS is inspired by WWII's fighterplanes. All are one of a kind 7 inch CELSIUS customs. ZEROMAN is inspired by the Japanese Mitsubishi Zero and will be paired with it's nemesis the MAD HELLCAT (to be shown soon).


[8 images in slideshow above / CLICK for full-screen viewing]
Photos by Ian Pedarse - ANG LITRATISTA

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Shown here are two unavoidably cool custom series from Igor Ventura and Chauskoskis - completed for the Kidrobot forum's "MOST WANTED ARTIST SERIES 2" (the pre-sale of which is unfortunately as of this time, sold out for a 2nd week February-drop). Artists also included in this series were Tim Munz / Simon Walter / FAS / Kevin Gosselin / NikeJerk / Grimsheep / Luihz Unreal / PAUSE / Sergio Mancini / Rsinart / Matucha / with Special guest artist : Jon Paul Kaiser. Yu can find out more images and info on forums.kidrobot.com or http://mostwanted-behindthehype.blogspot.com = proving once again that folks can drum up their own hype and not need news sites like TOYSREVIL.

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Chauskoskis's BIRRO The Clown is 15 figures strong (with a lone Corona variant lol), while Igor's butcher-tastic custom also comes with 15 figures (including chopped off sausage-ears! Tres Delicatessen - I love it), with a huge 7"-er shown for measure. Yes, it does look like more than 15 figs - that's because a whole lotta extras were made for additional trade!

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Paris-based Lucas Mongiello has collected a selection of action figures and displayed in glass domes, and is currently looking for a place to share and show this series. Not the most epic of installations, but somewhat cater to the geekery latent in collectors, IMHO. What do you think?

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Lucas adds: "I have always had a nostalgic feeling when I see some old used action figures/ toys when i go to flea markets garage sales in my neighborhood...So I collect lots of those colorful "pop" cheap toys .  I kept them stored in boxes not knowing what to do with them...Until I thought about displaying them as the victorian taxidermists displays exotic birds in glass cages... Like some surrealistic "collages" .

The pretentious" Napoleon III glass domes"  give to the modest toys a new life . 
There was something before "Toyz" .  These toys are part of our culture, and thats a way for me not to be forget them. For me this series are- maybe- a starting point around that theme."

The World Of Toys on TOYSREVIL (Jan/16/2011)

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CLICK THRU for info on designer resin from We Kill You, art toy that comes together with the new Vinyl & Co toy-DVD, albino and blood-sucking monkeys - yes, you read that right, "monkeys". Welcome to the wonderful wide world of Art Toys! Hit me with your info and images at toysreviler [at] gmail.com.

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WeKillYou presents the Hickory Bitternut Sprout Summer Edition - standing 3.5 inches and comes packaged bag and header style, signed and numbered. Priced at US$50 per, only 10 editions were made but since it's release in 2010's SDCC, "only a few were are left for sale" - order the resin figure online here.

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With the release of the Vinyl and Co toy-documentary by Jac and Johan last December, came their very own art toy figure bundled together with the 80-minute DVD - introducing TIBISH by Craiion - available in three colorways; Regular, Artoyz and Black Version. Pretty apt to have a figure to go along with the docu, even tho it might bring the price up, IMHO. TOYSREVIL has tracked their work since 2006, and this is a surprising treat.

The 16cm tall TIBISHO special version (Limited to 200 pcs) is available at artoyz.com for €44,90, while the Black version is orderable online via Fnac.com. Do note the DVD comes in both French and English languages.

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So who doesn't need an Abominable White FrankenMonkey? Currently distributed by DKE Toys with a SRP of US$45 for this 6 vinyl figure - which features glow in the dark eyes, removable top and a brand new squishy removable glow in the dark brain. Yumz.

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We've posted about the Pink, Brown and Grey Count Monkula, now DKE Toys taunts us with a Blue, Green and Yellow colorway editions. Limited to 500 pcs @ US$20 per.

"Atomic Monkey's popular character Franken Monkey has found a new friend to play with... Count Monkula. This little 4" collectible resin comes complete with a little batty friend and makes a great addition to the on going line of Monster Monkey figures."

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Living The Toysrevil Lifestyle (Jan/16/2011)

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I enjoy a relatively simple lifestyle - which might consist of freebies (ala online contests), hand-drawn sketch-cards and prints, adidas sneakers, Star Wars (best bet combo of both), and superhero live-action movies. Yes, I am a simple guy after all. CLICK THRU for peeps, and hit me at toysreviler [at] gmail.com!

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Someone set Mat Jones witjh up a Lunartik in a Cup of Tea - Fan Club on Facebook, and he's gone and contributed a prize for the Mini Tea Competition ! Folks are to snap a pic with a Lunartik Mini Tea figure, jin the Fan Club, and upload it to the Fan Club page. And don't forget to vote for the entry by clicking "Like" - most votes win. Dateline is March 1st, 2011.

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LamourSupreme has been releasing sketch cards thru his Flickr for a while now - generally priced at US$25 per Pentel Bursh Pens and Pantone markers on 2.5" x 3.5" Illustrated Board, bagged with header card. Intensely cool, if you ask me. But you didn't - so go stake out his Twitter-stream @LamourSupreme for updates instead.

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The first 25 customers who made they way down to Kidrobot SF for Junko Mizuno's release and signing of Junkocat Chococat, was greeted with literal hand-drawn prints from Junko (for the first 25 customers) - did I mention hand-drawn"?


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The galaxy-spanning collaboration with LUCASFILM LTD continues with the adidas Originals x Star Wars Spring/Summer 2011" collection featuring delectable sneaks the retro skate shoe stormtrooper-themed "G41750", the classic '80s street shoe with a Vader-themed adidas Skyline Mid Coruscant "G41818".

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Apparels reek of retro-hip-hop with the "V33928" adidas Star Wars Leather A-15 Tracksuit, and the cheesy "V33581" adidas Star Wars Sweatshirt (featuring the original artwork of Luke Ross and Jason Keith on an all-cotton sweatshirt).

US BUY: http://tinyurl.com/OriginalsStarWars
WESTERN EUROPE: http://bit.ly/EMEAadiOriginals

Captain America: The First Avenger

I have never been fully convinced with Chris Evans being cast in the role of "Captain America" in the Marvel Comics' big-screen live adaptation - mainly because I felt his jaw-line is not as pronounced as it could be in the mask. But hey, I'm not running the show here, and at the very least, the costume is looking pretty Elseworlds-nifty here, innit> (Yes, I know EW is DC Comics). Image via SuperHeroHype.

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Actor Andrew Garfield as Spider-Man (via @SHH) in the big-screen reboot of the successful franchise (by Sam Raimi, starring Toby Maquire as "Peter Parker"). I really do not see the need for a reboot, but I reckon with this "new" possibly-Ultimate version, the franchise begins in school and may well drag on much longer, and no doubt keep the cash-tills ringing, and of course fanboys around the globe in geekery-glee .. hopefully…
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