David Flores x Hell Fire Deathead Revealed...!!

Whoa, David Flores just posted up on his Facebook page this full color shot of the upcoming Hell Fire Deathead figure. I'm pretty stoked about this guy. Mass cross over appeal if you ask me. 10" tall and produced by BICPLASTICS. No word on price or release date, but it looks like very soon.

Michelin Man in the Hell Fire Club? lol...

Laurie Lipton's Love Bite

Ever since Laurie's most famous illustration "Love Bite" went on sale as a print over at The Loyal Subjects, I haven't been able to shake the image out of my head. It's unnerving but really resonates with me on a couple of levels. First, the lady is clearly asian. I've seen her. You see her everytime you go to Chinatown. Those eyes will cut you. I can see the wiry, over-processed hair from too many bad dye jobs. Secondly, I'm always kissing, nibbling and gnawing on my kid's cheeks. It's a weird animalistic thing. But there is no love shown in this illustration. As if the baby's head was an apple. It's horrific and fantastic at the same time. Still available as a 24"x34" print for $199 at the link above.

The Loyal Subjects is proud to announce our collaboration with The Goddess of Graphite, Laurie Lipton. TLS and Ms. Lipton have teamed up to produce a limited giclee of her most infamous image, LOVE BITE : a brutally jarring version of a Mother & Child. The strength and power of this work is amplified by Laurie Lipton's painstakingly obsessive observation and skill demonstrated by the zillions of pencil strokes that create her art. It is truly an astounding piece.

This image is evocative of Grimm's fairy tales where the children are eaten by the witch, or Goya's "Saturn Eating His Children". It is the nightmare fear that every infant feels when an Aunt leans over, pinches his cheek, licks her lips and exclaims, "Oh! I could just EAT you!!!" LOVE BITE is widely recognized and has appeared as tattoos, in fan art and in the media. It is certainly a work that strikes a chord with everyone and seeps its way into the darkest recesses of our subconscious minds.

Paul Kaiju Vinyl Mockbat Coming Soon...!!

wow, the Paul Kaiju train of sofubi goodness keeps on chugging and i'm loving it. Paul posted up this pic of his final sculpt of the new Mock Bat before sending to Japan to receive it's vinyl treatment. PK says the tongue will be articulated, the belly flower will spin. It's a bit shorter than the Boss Carrion, but wider. This new toy from Paul will surely be an immense hit with the fans.

Gargamel THRASHOUT Custom Show..!!

In what could be the last show at Gargamel's THRASHOUT in Koenji, they went big to close out 2011. A massive custom show featuring all your favorite Gargamel artists on all your favorite Gargamel toys. Really wish I could have been there in person. Everything looks fantastic, but highlights for me are the full size Deathra with guts painted by Naoya and Chanman.

Even though Gargamel painted extra toys to be sold to the International market, everything has since sold out. More Deathras with guts please..!

Show pictures via Angel Abby HK.

Happy New Year from Secret Base..!

Happy New Year from Secret Base!! Nice preview of the upcoming Secret Base x Usugrow Marbled Hasadhu Skull? I like it, but thoughts of bowling bowls are hard to get out of my mind.

HUF x HAROSHI X DLX January 7th @ HUF LA

HUF x Haroshi x DLX Collaboration | As part of the upcoming HUF x Haroshi x DLX Collaboration, Japanese-artist Haroshi has constructed six original works to be exhibited in an Opening Ceremony at our HUF Headquarters in downtown Los Angeles (located at 545 S. Clarence St, Los Angeles, CA 90033). The event will take place this Saturday, January 7, 2012, from 7PM-11PM, and will include a live performance by Tommy Guerrero, Money Mark, Ray Barbee & Fredo Ortiz. Admission is free. Click here for event details, or RSVP directly at haroshi_rsvp@hufworldwide.com

HUF x Haroshi x DLX Teaser 003 shot in Tokyo, JP, by Shinto God, cut by Martin Reigel. Collaboration available January 7, 2012.

Quantum Levitation on "Wipe Out" Track or Viral Marketing Campaign?

Supposedly an demo of quantum levitation on a track inspired by the Playstation Classic "Wipe Out". Is it real or some kind of lame viral marketing ad for an upcoming new version of "Wipe Out"? I say totally ass fake. First of all, it would look more real if those stupid vapors didn't come out the back of the vehicles. The motion of the vehicles is poorly done. I mean, it's not even a good fake.

via: www.geekologie.com

BAPE x Star Wars: Empire Strikes Back T-Shirt Collection

c'mon, these are awesome. I want the one with Milo in Carbonite.

As a way to usher in the New Year, A Bathing Ape is making the second part of its Star Wars collaboration available at select BAPE retail outlets in Japan. Similar to George Lucas’ space sage, this latest collection focus mostly on “Episode 5: The Empire Strikes Back” with Baby Milo taking center stage as both Hans Solo (sealed in carbonite ) and an officer of the Imperial fleet. Much sought after by both Star Wars fans and BAPE followers, the collection just made its early debut on New Year’s Day in Japan with world wide release coming soon in the weeks ahead.

via: Freshness

Assasin vs Assasin by counter656

This is a video I made for MAchinima about Assasin creed video game, the whole video took me around 25 days, around 2000 pictures. Both characters are 12 inch dolls.No much effect in this video, mainly color grading and blood split. Hope you guys like it.

Happy New Year from Alex Wald..!!

One of the coolest Happy New Year's card's i've received. This one painted by the awesome Alex Wald

3A x Bandai ZAKU Launches in 2 Days..!!

The much anticipated 3A x Bandai ZAKU goes on pre-sale January 5th @ 5:00 pm PST at Bambaland. It was announced the other day that there is only one colorway which you see here and it will be selling for $330.00. It's about $80 more than I thought it was going to be, but not all that surprised since Bandai has to get paid as well. I am surprised that there is only one colorway. I thought for sure there was going to be like five different versions. I was looking forward to a Nightwatch version for sure. But perhaps too much like the Mastermind collaboration?. Anyways, I am going to gamble that there will be other colorways. There has to be. This is an expensive toy to produce so the law of toys dictates more colorways. Ashley also confirmed a Mazinger and perhaps a Gundam in the works, but the Zaku has to sell first. I say skip the Gundam and go straight for the Mazinger..! Better yet, skip Mazinger and go right to Grendizer complete with Spazer...!!

Custom Deathra by Martin Ontiveros..!!

Custom Gargamel Deathra by Martin Ontiveros. The line work is just insane. This particular sculpt looks like it was made for Martin to paint on. Need to get me one of these.

2012 BLObPUS LUCKY BAG..!!

Check out the details on the 2012 BLObPUS Lucky Bag. 3x standard figures plus a midsize or 2x mini-size figures for around $400. But the kicker is that two of these are one-off customs? It's not totally clear if there are two customs in every Lucky Bag or two total.


2012 BLObPUS LUCKY BAG
(Standard size x3 + middle or mini-size x2)
*Two of those are one-off customs.
Price 30,000yen + EMS

E M S
Oceania, North America, Central America and the Middle East　　1 bag.　 3,200yen
Europe　1 bag.　3,700yen
Asia　1 bag.　2,400yen
South America and Africa　1 bag.　 5,400yen

The purchase to this place
shopping@blobpus.jp

Monster Kolor Announces "Artist Series"

Monster Kolor is pleased to announce the new “Artist Series” of paints. The debut lineup features colors from the Sucklord, Todd Robertson (Mecha Virus), and Mark Nagata (Max Toy Co). The first round of paints are:

Suckadelic: Robot Foreskin, Hot Jizz, Immortal Hemorrhoid, Gay Empire, and Robot Diarrhea in a 5 color set

Mecha Virus: "Mecha" Super Flake Silver

Max Toy Co: Eyezon Yellow, Captain Maxx Red

Matt Walker of Monster Kolor has worked closely with each of these influential artists to develop colors that represent their personal styles. Each color is something they use when producing their awesome toys. In addition to the colors themselves, each artist has designed their own custom Monster Kolor label for their colors.

The Artist Series is on sale now at the Monster Kolor Store.
Give your toys a makeover with Monster Kolor!

www.monsterkolorstore.com
www.suckadelic.com
www.mechavirus.com
www.maxtoyco.com
www.monsterkolor.com

Monster Worship Altar Beast Full Color On Sale Now!

Monster Worship's Fan Favorite Altar Beast gets the full color treatment in this very 2012 burnt orange colorway with grey and white details. Seriously, this color is the fashion hue for 2012. look it up.

$45 + shipping.
Available NOW at store.monsterworship.com