11.19.13 – Episode 285 : Sweaty Bus People
Show Notes – We go through our Designer Con haul with Clay from Australia and much more! Grab a meat pie and join us for a Toy Break!
Toy Break Stuff
- OMFG Series 3 Contest – win a super set of OMFG Series 3 including flesh and black sets of OMFG Series 3, flesh and black Zombie Pheydens, and purple and grey Toy Break mini figs by October Toys – head to the forum for the details – deadline is November 20th
- Clay from Australia – toy collector and writer
DCon Wrap Up
- Circus Posters Exclusives – by Circus Posterus – Pipsqueaks by Amanda Louise Spayd in Robin’s egg blue, edition of 50, $15 each – Glow-In-The-Dark Boo Skelve by Brandt Peters and Kathie Olivas, edition of 8 – Glow-In-The-Dark Mini Greeter by Brandt Peters and Kathie Olivas, edition of 120 –
- Super Suck Up 2 – by Sucklord and Michelle Valigura – edition of 29 – several other custom artist collaborations including Bob Conge/Plaseebo, Healeymade, Grody Shogun, JRYU, Jesse Hernandez, Leecifer, Mike Egan, Sket One, TOUMA, UAMOU, Woes Martin, and Scott Wilkowski
- S.U.C.K.L.E. – by Sucklord & DKE Toys – set of 10 mini figures
- Sideways – by Yoskay Yamamoto & Mighty Jaxx – wood and resin figure
Blindbox
- Falla Sheep – by Ron English & Pearl Jam
Reviews
- Art Deck – by Juan Muniz
- Kappa Shonen – by Cometdebris – pink and blue marbled vinyl figure for $60
- Sametan – by PangeaSeed – vinyl figure
- Super Robot Challenge Man – by Jon Schnepp – custom action figures – $40
- Pumpkin Pie Guy – by Super 7 – Japanese vinyl – $25
- Wandering Misfit – by Circus Posters – figures in exclusive Robin Blue
- Ice Tusk Woolly – by Flat Bonnie – 13″ handmade synthetic fur and vinyl pleather wooly mammoth, eiditio of 5 – $50
- Morley – by Circus Tank – limited to 25 pieces
- Curly Stu – by Enkyskulls – plush whale
- Display Stands – by Sidekick Labs – vacuform display stands
- Pop Culture Prints – by Patrick Ballesteros
- Rainbow Blast Lil’ Jabrony – by KiLL! & Virva Peikko – custom mini figure on printed metal backer card – $50
- Star Wars Trading Cards – by Manly Art
- Ewok – by Critterosity – resin custom
- Captain Cat Plush – by DeeTen – 12″ plush with rattle inside – $20
- Narwhale – by Rawrz Toys – tiny resin narwhale with tiny donuts – $18
- King Castor Supreme – by Improbable Cast – large resin Greenskull version with magnet articulation – $40
- Creepy Goodies – by S. Budko – petri dish and Tortured Tussock
- Munny Add-on Zombie Kit – handmade resin customizing kit for 4″ Munny – $20
- Custom Doctor Who OMFG – by Corwin Webb – custom Phantom Outhouse Tardis
- Art Shirts – by Outsmart Originals
- Finger Puppets – by Lulubell Toys – Japanese vinyl finger puppets – $2
- Large Crawdad Kid – by Daniel Yu
- Stuffed Idol – by Scott Tolleson & MANA – pewter edition, limited to 10 pieces – $175
- Muckey – by Instintoy – vinyl bear – $100
Events
- Long Beach Comic & Horror Con – celebration of comic books and pop culture at the Long Beach Convention Center in Long Beach, CA on November 23rd & 24th
- ToyHeist – art toy exhibition featuring customized versions of Stranger and Goon by Flawtoys and DT Custom at Concrete Gallery in Amsterdam from November 29th to December 27th
- Robo Toy Fest & Brick Boutique – robots and bricks abound at the Pasadena Convention Center in Pasadena, CA on December 15th