toybot studios Presents Your SDCC 2009 Video Coverage Featuring Alex Zavaleta!!

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toybot studios presents your SDCC 2009 video starring the Intrepid Alex Zavaleta.

featuring "interviews" with Frank Kozik, Brian Flynn, Funko Toys, Jermaine Rogers, Darth Hank, Goku, MINDstyle, Spaceballs cast, Le Merde, Drunken Master, Gargamel, Bwana Spoons, Salary Ika, Reckless Toys, Lamour Supreme, Greg Mishka, Carl Kent Smith.

cameo with Mutant Massacre

Dead Presidents x Sucklord x Onell x Fig-Lab x Lamour Supreme x Paul Kaiju = Global Figure Symposium

The Global Figure Symposium hosted by Onell Design and Callgrim with curation by Fig-lab was an amazing booth. It was a beehive of activity with what seemed like an endless series of mini shows with various members of the GFS displaying their wares on the single table in a constant rotation that was hard to keep up with!

One of the events was an Ileana set handpainted by the three horsemen: Paul Kaiju, Dead Presidents and L'amour Supreme. They each painted one figure and each set is painted a little bit different.







Plastichunter finds his prey!



Then we had Dead Presidents bust out some of his customs which included these insane Sunguts minis.











How about this custom Cronic! Maverasu?



Or this metallic blood red BLObPUS Diablo?



Mori of RealxHead with Don of Fig-Lab.



ok, check out this upcoming collaboration between RealxHead and Onell Designs. I'll take one in every colorway. please.







Ryan showing Mori how to tie-dye a RealxHead Chaos figure.



My guilty pleasure of the show? I actually purchased my first fucking Sucklord figures. He must be growing on me. I thought most of his shit sucked, but I was kind of stoked on Run DMC Cthulu. Meeting him at SDCC was a surreal experience. Him and his "lady friend" were like out of some really bad B-Rated movie. Seriously. But when I saw these toys, they somehow resonated. I think his toys have evolved in a good way. Not only did I purchase these three figures, I also got his three way collaboration between Onell, Dead Presidents and himself.



She looked at me like this the whole time I was standing there. It was creepy and erotic at the same time. I wasn't sure if I should run or pop a boner. At one point, I was sure she was going to leap over the table and bite my neck. Which I think I would have liked.

Characters @ SDCC 2009

A compilation of real and not-so-real Characters hanging about SDCC 2009. Above: Greg with one of his Mishka models and what looks like a lost Onell figure.

Greg Mishka and Lamour Supreme



fucking unbelievable Bemon painting by Lamour Supreme.



Scott has something he can hang on his walls of the new Super 7 store in Florida!



Carl and Scott laughing it up



Carl and Ultrapaul gawking at the S7 line-up.



Super 7 crew. haha. Kazu is the only one looking at my camera. Kazu rules.



Lamour, Chad and Brian



Maddie, Nate and Baroncasino



Carl with a TJ poncho and fresh Mummy Boy Tattoo.



Tim Biskup



Biskup x Itokin Park collaboration?



Josh showing off a pick-up



Where art thou elusive Stormtrooper?



Brian Flynn saying there will only be seven (7) Stormtroopers made. That's it.



A bevy of Slave Leias are calling for you



and a gaggle of Suicide Girls



Tony Stark!







Michael and Greg of Mishka realizing they left their wallet back at the hotel.





Steampunk Cowboys



Lil Japan with Mori and Ayako.



Dead Presidents and Mark Nagata



Despite his toys, KAno is a really nice guy.

Hasbro Dioramas @ SDCC 2009

Hasbro went all out this year with these amazing, unbelievable dioramas. If you read this blog, you know I dig dioramas. These things were huge and spanned multiple levels. It was like a giant ant farm except with GI Joe and Star Wars figures. Check out the looks on the kids faces when gazing into these things. They will remember these scenes, go him, pull out all their GI Joes and Star Wars figures and maybe even try to build a secret HQ or battle scene just like these. It's these expressions that capture the essence of playing with toys. fucking priceless. Of course you need a shit load of these toys to even come close to these dioramas, so I think there is some Hasbro marketing genius going on here too...lol.



















Star Wars had a separate diorama that was more of an outdoor battle scene...Clone Wars? Think about the dudes building and setting up these battle scenes. No doubt toy geeks just like you and me. They get paid to play with an unlimited supply of figures and vehicles with resources to build buildings and landscapes. wtf? How cool is that?