1.24.11 – Episode 153 : Yay Canada!
Show Notes – Brian Castleforte and Super Cooper join us for some papertoy talk as well as Star Wars Vinylmation, Waffle, and much more! Butter your croissant and join us for a Toy Break!
Toy Break Stuff
- Custom Pepper by DrilOne Contest – To enter to win this one of a kind custom by DrilOne, post a picture of a custom you have made (or from DrilOne’s site) in the contest section on the forum – easy! Deadline is February 2nd
- Toy Break Poster – 11″ x 17″ poster featuring art by Charles Marsh (aka Monsterforge) – $5 + $2.50 shipping or $10 + $2.50 shipping for one signed by all four of us including Charles!
Papertoys
- Papertoy Monsters – by Castleforte – new papertoy book by Brian Castleforte featuring 50 ready to make papertoys by 25 artists – $11.53
- NiceBunny – by Brian Castleforte – home for the papertoy character NiceBunny with downloads, tips, shop, and more!
- Nice Paper Toys – the papertoy network where artists can showoff and share their designs and creations
- Castleforte on Facebook – follow Brian Castleforte on Facebook!
- Wack Apps – home for papertoys apps by Castleforte
- Rain Bros – new characters by Castleforte
Blindbox
- Kinder Surprise Eggs – by Ferrero
Reviews
- Star Wars Vinylmation – by Disney – series includes C3PO, R2D2, Darth Vader, Stormtrooper, Han Solo, Chewbacca, Luke, Leia, Lando, Yoda, Boba Fett, and Obi-Wan Kenobi – $10
- Alice in Wonderland Figures – by Medicom – 7″ scale “ultra detail figures” from Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland – $9 to $20 each
- Waffle – by Xone Industries – 5″ vinyl figure – part of Robert Curet’s “Foofnick Universe” – $20
Events
- Please Draw With Me – join Andrew Bell for an evening of collaborative drawing fun at Kidrobot NY in New York, NY on January 27 form 6 to 8 pm
- Super7 1 Offs Custom Show – over 30 artists premiere person visions incorporating Super 7 & Gargamel Toys at Super7 in San Francisco, CA opening January 29th from 6 to 9 pm – the show is cash & carry, so get there early!
- Toypocalypse – A Four Horsemen retrospective presented by Toy Tokyo Underground – this show will chronicle more than decade of toy design from the Four Horsemen at Toy Tokyo in New York, New York from February 11th to 17th