Perfect Effect - RC Motorcyles @ TFsource

spotted on the very cool blog Battle Grip is this awesome Perfect Effect custom Transformer. It comes in pink and blue, but costs a cool hundy. I love the way the motorcycle looks. In robot mode, it looks pretty damn nice too. My concern is that i've never ordered one of these Perfect Effect toys so I don't know how awesome they are. I'm sure it's pretty nice, but hows the engineering for the transformation? My fear is it's over complicated and too fragile with shit falling off at every turn.

Shikaruna Koubo x SEGA Genki Figure Preview

Looking forward to this upcoming figure from Shikaruna. Based on a SEGA video game called "Genpei Taisen Emaki" or "Samurai Bloodshow" (I think... but I don't see this character anywhere in these trailers)

Marmit Juda. Photo by tatsurus

Samurai Fett Illustration by Clinton Felker

via: The Hand That Feeds You

Darth Samurai is still my favorite

Human Slayers Resin Pre-Order

5.5 inches tall- cast in green resin and handpainted.
Will bill later for international shipping
(this is a preoder, figures will ship early to mid february)

pre-order from HERE for $80

South Korea's "Live Park" uses Microsoft Kinect sensors to create 3D Fantasy World

Just like being on the planet Pandora from Avatar, right?

We've seen Microsoft's Kinect show up in a number of unexpected places, and now it's being used to power a 3D theme park in South Korea. Created by interactive company D'strict, Live Park consists of 65 attractions spread out over 7 stages; RFID-enabled bracelets track users as they move from exhibit to exhibit, while Kinect sensors allow their motion and expressions to control virtual avatars within the park's wall installations, holograms and panoramic 3D projection screens. Even better, at night the entire park turns into a dance club.

Built at a cost of $13 million — and able to house 3,000 visitors at any given time — Live Park is more of a free-roaming exhibit than a theme park in the traditional sense, but it's proven so successful since its December debut that D'strict is extending its run at South Korea's Kintex exhibition center. This isn't a one-off, either: D'strict will be licensing Live Park to additional partners, with plans for permanent facilities in China and Singapore already in the planning stages. As for those of us in the US, the company has partnered with a "Hollywood entertainment powerhouse," and in March is expected to announce plans to bring a version of Live Park to Los Angeles and Las Vegas.

via: The Verge

toybot studios Custom GARAKUTAGIGAS for GARAMANIACAL...!!

Here is my submission to the upcoming GARAMANIACAL show at FOE Gallery opening Feb. 10th. I painted Alex Wald designed and amazing GARAKUTAGIGAS which was produced by Atelier G-1. This figure is one of my favorite sculpts. I almost don't want to send it away.

Dream Rocket Beelzebub - Hyper Hobby Exclusive at One Up..!

This Dream Rocket Beelzebub Hyper Hobby Exclusive is quite fetching..! Get it now at One Up for ¥8,900

Bandai Tamashii Nations S.H. MonsterArts MOGUERA

Posted on the Tamashii Nations USA Facebook page. Hard to get more awesome than this.

S.H.MonsterArts MOGUERA
Release date: May 2012
(U.S. Release: June 2012)
Retail Price: 6,500yen (without tax), U.S. Pricing Coming Soon

NERD ONE x METROID?? Wonder Festival 2012

Not completely sure what this is, but looks like a group project with NERD ONE, Atom A, Dr. Strange Toys,Fig-Lab and Shamrock Arrow working on a METROID themed show?



Preview of Samus vinyl figure coming out Summer 2012 ?

DoubleStar Corp. Zombie-X AK with Chain Saw

From the SHOT Show 2012. Looks crazy, but me thinks more joke than anything else. Battery Powered chain saw?? C'mon, if it was for really killing zombies, that thing would be gas powered....

This Mossberg Chainsaw style Zombie Edition Shotgun is even more offensive. It doesn't even have a chainsaw...c'mon......!!

BOKER Anso 67...!!

Just got my Boker Anso 67. I'm pretty damn stoked and surprised how much I dig this knife. Reason being is that i'm on the fence with my earlier Anso purchase which is the Haddock. it's cool, but not nearly as awesome as the 67. I love the sheep's foot blade shape and coffin handle. I need to replace the thumbstud with a hole ala the original. Check out the videos below for grail versions that I must have.

Full Ti version: Grail


Ti Pimpage by Tuffknives

Mastodon's "Dry Bone Valley" video directed and animated by Tim Biskup

Boing Boing presents the US premiere of Mastodon's "Dry Bone Valley, from the album The Hunter, available on Reprise Records.

Directed and animated by: Tim Biskup

Mastodon: http://www.mastodonrocks.com/

Tim Biskup: http://timbiskup.com/

Todd Robertson x Mark Nagata "Mecha Dualos Project"

Mecha Dualos Project - Todd Robertson from Lot F Gallery on Vimeo.

Max Toy Co and Todd Robertson Release this pair of Custom Mecha Dualos'. The Ice Mecha Dualos and Mecha Dualos. Stop motion animation attempts to document Todd's process at a very high speed. Over 17,000 images were shot in the time lapse process. Shooting one shot every 5 seconds.

lotFgallery.com
maxtoyco.com
mechavirus.com

Steve Seeley "All We Ever Do Is Fight" Show at Rotofugi Gallery

All We Ever Do Is Fight
New Works by Steve Seely
February 10-March 4, 2012

Opening Reception
Friday, February 10, 2012, 7-10PM

Artist Bio
Chicago-based painter Steve Seeley may have a Master of Fine Arts from Ohio State University in printmaking, but it's his firm grasp of painting and pop culture that have made us fall in love with his art.

Steve's wide-ranging tastes in comic books, superheroes and Japanese monsters (kaiju) along with his ability to combine those with an array of floral and natural elements results in a disparate, though pleasing, amalgamation that never gets boring.

This is Steve's second solo exhibit at Rotofugi Gallery following 2010's my god, it's good to see you.

Visit Steve's Website

Not part of show, but I love these customized retro comic covers






Heavy Metal Skeletor