TOUMA & Friends opens tonight at Munky KingAt 7 p.m. Pacific tonight, TOUMA's first U.S. exhibition in a while opens at Munky King (7308 Melrose Ave., Los Angeles), called TOUMA & Friends! Running through Aug. 12, TOUMA & Friends features new works from TOUMA, as well as other artists celebrating TOUMA's 10th anniversary and all the characters he's created. Those artists include: Mukai Aguru, Bwana Spoons, Christopher Mitchell, Chikuwaemil, Tim Tsui, Mori Chack, David Horvath, Nathan Hamill, Emilio Garcia, Frank Kozik, Jesse Hernandez, Kaijin, Kenny Wong, Luke Chueh, Devilrobots, Mark Nagata, Satoshi Yoshioka, Scott Tolleson, Tristan Eaton and more. Also, for the event, there will be an exclusive 5-inch Skuttle, with only 15 made for the U.S. and 30 in total, on sale first at the event for US$90. Photos of the Munky King-colored Skuttle can be found in the gallery, and it's looking mighty cool. In our gallery,you'll find art from TOUMA, along with Luke Chueh, Scott Tolleson, Satoshi Yoshioka and Kaijin. Everything that's on sale, from the art to the exclusives to the custom toys, is up on the Munky King Facebook page. Check it out, let us know what you think, and stop by if you're in the neighborhood! Did you know? You can now get daily or weekly email notifications when humans reply to your comments.
6:00 PM on 05.21.2013 A special Vinylmation figure sets sail to AlaskaMaria Clapsis has designed a delightful little whale Vinylmation figure which is to be sold for Disney Cruise Line's Alaska itinerary. You know, in case you need an extra little something to bring home besides the amazing mem...
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8:00 PM on 05.20.2013 Custom Made Monday: Looking for a heroThis week, Custom Made Monday has some more heroes for your viewing pleasure. Not just the designer toy variety, too; there's a few action figures of note to share as well! You could say we've been busy as a beaver gathering ...
9:00 AM on 05.20.2013 A glance at the wares of Design Festa 37This past weekend was Design Festa 37 at Tokyo Big Sight, and quite a few familiar names were in attendance with new wares. TOUMA seemed to have an especially large presence there this year; to start, he had his own boot...
2:00 PM on 05.17.2013 A glance at the works of SAVE&DESTROY IVCurator/artist Javier Jimenez has passed along some photos from his SAVE&DESTROY IV show in Zurich, Switzerland. Having opened back in April, the show features custom vinyl and sofubi figures, along with more traditional ...
12:30 PM on 05.17.2013 Meet Davidkraig at Kidrobot NY's May 18 customizing eventWant to come check out some live customizing and meet artist Davidkraig? If you're in New York City, you can do that on Saturday from noon to 5 p.m. Eastern at Kidrobot New York (118 Prince St., SoHo, Manhattan). As for what he'll be working on ... I'm not too sure. But you've seen his work before, and I assume he'll be sculpting out/painting something just as impressive for the event.
5:30 PM on 05.16.2013 Kidrobot's MUNNYMUNTH: Take a look at some of the entriesKid Robot's MUNNYMUNTH is still in full swing. Through their official Facebook page, entries are coming in every day from people showing off their custom creations. Since there has been so many creative and cool submissions,...
2:00 PM on 05.16.2013 John Santagada prepares to unleash Radioactive RumblersIf you're looking for more vinyl figures with an old sci-fi feel, then say hi to Radioactive Rumblers, a series of 4-inch articulated figures from Radioactive Uppercut's John Santagada. The line kicks off with 8-Ball, whose d...
7:00 PM on 05.15.2013 New colorways of Paul Shih's Bevil, Sushi KaijuPaul Shih has a little sale going on Friday, with two new colorways being released. There's an aqua-colored version of the devilish broccoli Bevil, and a sakura-colored variant of the Sushi Kaiju figure. Both were releases Pa...
2:30 PM on 05.14.2013 Squink!'s Happy Dream Man 2 goes paleThe latest from Squink! is another colorway of his Happy Dream Man 2 sculpt. The fifth colorway is the Ghost Happy Dream Man, a one-off version painted in white with black "ears" (it's based on the Dunny, after all) and some ...
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