The World Of Toys on TOYSREVIL (April/10/2011)

01. Motorbot teases "What's In The Bag" - we have our suspicions, you can check it out for reals at deadbear.bigcartel.com.

02. Le Merde is making loads of toys and figurines. From the bagged with header Purple Speck, to a new colorway of Hollis Price with Clear Pink Glitter tennis racket - both available since April 8th in the Le Merde Shop. Both have been sold out tho :p

03. Test Shots of Sloth'n'Moth from Graves and Spoon harks back to the old days of collecting animal figurines and building zoos with blankets.

04. Japan-based Artmymind prepares to unleash a new custom-Dunny series on April the 11th.

05. "Sperels" are deceptively adorable winged plushies that can be adopted online here. The 8" tall plush made an "appearance" at the recent WonderCon in San Francisco, courtesy of creator Orion. Check more Sperel-happenings on sperel.org.

06. Johnny and Penny Pirates. The shininess of Sparrow's boots make it look like a pair of galoshes.

07. Singapore-based plush maker dubbed "Sugarpunk" makes fabric dolls with the gothic-touch, and can be procured online via her Etsy

08. SketOne prepares to unleash hos 8" Custom Dunny Mayo - with each figure coming signed and numbered, with the set inclusive of a miniature 2.25oz glass bottle of Mayo, 3.5"x3.5" custom header card, and a wrought iron condiment caddy to display this custom.

/// TYO Toys has truck up for pre-sale, with a graffiti truck featuring NYC graffiti duo 2ESAE and SKI. Score your 8.5 inch box truck for the presale-price of US$50 (regular US$65) here. Limited to 50 units, the item comes with a free 3.5" URNY ini truck.


/// PROMO-TEXT: 'What's better than a dump truck ? A Gump Truck thats what ! The Gump truck is a custom run of Tyo box trucks vandalized by Gumpy guerillas , they say that the Gumpy Kastro lives but the Kuban government says he died october 31, 2010 . Nobody knows for sure but one thing is certan , these are very limited (run of only 5 and one artist proof) and the AP is going to be given away at Gunnzo on april 16th and stay tuned for the full reveal !!!' www.gumpyrevolution.com


/// Benny Kline of Tenacious Toys shares with us how folks roll in the NYC chapter of the Legion - folks in NYC got your WWRp Large Martins yet?


/// ILANENA x NEKONOKO offers up the "Neko-genpatsu" Nuclear Accident playset - with the figure representing Nuclear plant, Radioactivity and Height refraction water cannon fire engine. = Scarily apt for the current mood.

/// Artist Jeremiah Ketner aka Smallandround has a new website launched at jeremiahketner.com - time for a visit.



/// Kyle Millard shares with us something decidedly NOT "art toy", but revels in the realm of fantasy, and I'm sure loads of folks might be interested as well in this. Witness the story of "Clank The Ironclad: and check out more snaps of him on http://isleofwindswepp.wordpress.com!

KYLE: "The concept of my line of figures is that all of the characters come from this place called the Isle of Windswepp.  Each figure will come with a story explaining who they are, and it gives you an idea about what they are doing.  This first figure is called Clank the Ironclad, and the two other figures with him are dragon pups.  Basically they have adopted him as their parent, but the problem with dragons of such a young age is they can't control their molten breath and accidentally start things on fire.  So the pose you see them in is Clank defending the pups from angry villagers or farmers, one pup hiding behind him snarling, and the other terrified and hiding in his backpack.  And the reason for such a large backpack is they are constantly on the move from one place to another."