Designer/Urban Vinyl Toys (labbits, munnys, strangeco, kubrick, toy2r, medicom, ice-bots, etc.)

[jopr175]

My latest purchases are the Doze Green Travela and Ray the Aerosol

I can't stop there's way too many!

I need the Barry McGee Tokion Figure badly

[fishie]

post a link of something, what are you talking about?

[RedIrishman]

*claps*

*crickets*

[arc9]

I love michael Lau's stuff, I got a couple of Gardeners (the one below) and a few others. also a couple
of munnys, cardboys and other stuff. I got the cardboys about a year ago in London and found out Maharishi
did some stuff too, so I got more into it and started looking at stuff..

to those wondering, these are basically designer toys or vinyl figures/collectibles that are very
popular and a big part of urban culture in Japan and now also in the states and UK for example.
there are some well known designers and also clothing brands that collaborate in designing these.

some links:
http://www.playbeast.com
http://www.toytokyo.com
http://www.kidrobot.com
http://www.ningyoushi.com
http://www.sweatyfrog.com
http://www.dpmhi.com
http://www.toy2r.com/collections/index.html
http://www.michaellau-art.com/crazychildren.html
http://www.michaellau-art.com/minigardeners.htm

random pics to show what the topic is about:

[Matt-K]

so this is where all the people that play t.h.u.g. online get their styling from

[Beau]

W...............T.................F............... .........

[jopr175]

alright retards, i know there's a few if not many on here besides me and arc9 that apprciate this

if you don't know about it move on

travela:

Ray the Aerosol:

Modified by jopr175 at 3:07 PM 1-19-2006

[Beau]

Quote, originally posted by jopr175 »

alright retards

Dee Dee Dee

I was just saying...wtf. I have never even heard of these! In Minnesota we miss a lot of stuff .

they look a little spendy to me. But...

[jopr175]

cool no prob

another thing somewhat related, Gary Baseman is coming to Arkansas in April! Woo Hoo, one of my favorite artists for sure

[VOLKSATAN]

The toy section in Juxtapose is always interesting.
Some real cool stuff.
-Dave

[16vracer]

Quote, originally posted by arc9 »

I need this one. I look at these all time in magazines like Complex and stuff, but I've never seen this one. What brand is it?

Looking forward to my Tokyo trip this Spring(wife's parents live there).

[arc9]

Quote, originally posted by 16vracer »

I need this one. I look at these all time in magazines like Complex and stuff, but I've never seen this one. What brand is it?

the Dunnys are made by kidrobot, here you can see them all: http://www.kidrobot.com/dunny/

that one: http://www.toymania.com/news/messages/6459.shtml

[jopr175]

frank kozik seriously kicks some ass, i need to pick up a 10" labbit


Modified by jopr175 at 8:56 AM 1-22-2006

[synthsis]

i was going to grab a blank munny for my girl for Christmas and decorate it up with her, never got around to it though.

[dr. locktopus]

i looove kidrobot, i'm just too poor to buy anything.

[arc9]

I have an old but boxed new kidrobot, one of the original ones, I was gonna put it on ebay, pm me if youre interested

this is what I wanna get:

[jopr175]

bought a kozik sloppo plop print today

[audiphile]

the rightmost ones in both the front and back rows are awesome.

the rest of them make me uncomfortable.

[arc9]

I have the rightmost one in the back row and I wanted to get the front one but ended up having the back left one.. they are sold inside out so you dont know what you get unless you peek.. they look pretty cool boxed up so I kept the 2nd one that way:

[meatwad79]

i have a few of these guys chillin on my desk at work

[2pointOHHH]

Yes.. this thread rocks! I just got my limited edition Cycle Dunny, and i have a filth one too- havent gotten much else except for the pirate duck

[DowntimeDesigns]

I am not a huge toy guy, but I love the graff culture and all the art mags. I subscribe to Jux, Beautiful Decay, Mass Appeal etc. I am a HUGE Obey and Shepard Fairey fan. I have mad prints, books, 1 or 2 toys of his design. I also have 2 Montana Hardcore cans one signed by Tony "Sub" Curanaj and the other signed by Cycle. I was lucky enough to meet these guys at Marc Ecko's Getting Up Block Party in NYC this past April... It was probably one of the illest events ever. Well worth the 8 hour drive! I have mad pics if anyone wants to see em e-mail me at Matt@DowntimeDesigns.com and check out my site http://www.DowntimeDesigns.com

[2pointOHHH]

I have been lucky enough to actually paint with Sub once. Hes a real cool guy- I also met cycle, emit, and Jive, in fact Jive put me down in IYQ Im not big into Obey Giant, im more fan of the real LA Giant, before obey giants time. Thats just me- 8 hour drive to goto the block party? Damn dude block party aint worth it, from my experiences

By the way- there is a famous graffiti artist amongst the mk3 crowd..

[jopr175]

Quote, originally posted by 2pointOHHH »

By the way- there is a famous graffiti artist amongst the mk3 crowd..

yep his dub is sick and so are his walls, I saw some of his and his crew's work in the new book "Graffiti World" If you get a chance to check that book out it's amazing. I'll be buying it once funds are flowing a little better.

[DowntimeDesigns]

My curiosity is piqued, I have had the Graffiti World book since it was released... would you mind just dropping a page number, I'm not gonna call anyone out, I am just curious.

The Block Party was a one time event and it was completely worth it man, I really had an amazing time and met alot of cool ass people.

I am not familiar with LA Giant, if you could enlighten me it would be appreciated. I am always looking to learn.

[jopr175]

http://www.mr-totem.com/

I believe he's talking about Mike Giant aKa giantone

[flipp]

Quote, originally posted by synthsis »

i was going to grab a blank munny for my girl for Christmas and decorate it up with her, never got around to it though.

^ here's what a munny looks like (comes in black, white, or glow-in-the-dark )

here are the munnies that were submitted for the kidrobot makin' munny contest.

[arc9]

haha some of those Dunnys were pretty funny.. I dont understand how some people did them though, they look like figures that could be sold at a store or something

by the way if anyone is interested I have a Kidrobot KidBomber figure for sale here: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISA...&rd=1

also got a Mad-l on ebay

[flipp]

http://www.vinylpulse.com/ <- another good link for vinyl toys

[monosylabik]

damn those are sick.

[arc9]

I dont get the winner on kidrobots competition, did the dude melt the whole dunny or something? IMO there were many better looking ones, like this for example was really cool:

[abeR]

there were some great entries in that kidrobot contest.

[flipp]

yeah. i wasn't too impressed with the winner either. there were a lot of other munnies that i though should have walked away with first prize.

[jopr175]

you gotta give it to the guy though, that was damn original. i think that's what they were looking for is a complete twist on the figure instead of just sick paint. there were many many that were good enough for production in my opinion.

any vinyl you guys looking forward to coming out soon? I've got my eye on . . .

Jermaine Rogers Squire (pre-order sold out )
Kozik 10" Bondage Labbit
Brendan Monroe's - Sours

[arc9]

^ yea but I think it sort of screws up the idea of customizing when someone practically builds a new one, I'd much rather take part in a competition where your supposed to keep the original form and just customize it