KidRobot NY is my second favorite designer toy shop in my area. MPH is the proud owner of the #1 spot in my heart, can’t help it, I’m a total fangirl. KidRobot- though I love their deco style- is a little too mainstream for me. Due to my latest experience at their Greene St. location, I’ve held some resentment towards the mean employee there, therefore, it’s still a fresh wound. With all this aside though, KidRobot happens to be responsible for introducing me to the world of designer toys through their dunnys, so whether I like it or not, they’ve always played an important role for me in this scene.*

It should be noted that I LOVED the first Rayman Raving Rabbids game. Those rabbids were awesome and I couldn’t get enough of their: DAAaaaH! Oh, I went around making that noise for ages, their yelps were music to my ears. I am sad to admit that I didn’t quite enjoy the second release, it was changed somehow, in a way that I didn’t quite like. Either way, I love watching the videos Ubisoft releases of the rabbids, the latest release features the wii fit tablet (is that correct?) and it’s as cute as always.

Thanks to JWong! (that’s how I’ve got him listed on aim) and Jack’s (VP) constant updates, Tokidoki’s Kaniza prototype has been released. What do you think? So far, I’m loving the shark on it’s belly- hit the jump to see what’s under the star. These will apparently be released during SDCC and will be limited to 1000 pieces.

Layziechino!

Layziechino, congratulations on winning the solid black baby koguma that My Plastic Heart has so kindly donated. I’ll be contacting you very soon by email to get your snail mail information. According to your comment, you live in Holland, so even more kudos to you. Baby koguma has a long trip ahead of him.

To all those who participated, I honestly wish I had more babies to give away, but I don’t. I was prepared for a few broken hearts, but definitely not 84!! I’m so sorry. Thanks for participating though.

I thought I’d post both these fellas together since they happen to be friends. Above is one of Sket’s (hopefully) upcoming Elementals. The clowd is my favorite one. I’d spotted these on display when Sket had his Oil Flock release at My Plastic Heart, but until now had not heard or seen them. When asked about the production, talks were still in the works about whether they’d get the okay or not. I hope they get produced this year, I really want them.

Mad’s Sharpies are apparently definitely going to be released this year. I overheard that these sharpies have been ready for a while, but their original release date was too close to his Bent World Vandals. I liked that series, though I only own two or three, I didn’t want to submit my wallet to blind boxes again. These sharpies, however, look so much better. The quality, the stubbiness, and they all really scream MAD! Not sure how much they’re going to be or when they’ll be released.

It’s been a week and I’m still catching up on NYCC. MPH had an incredibly busy booth with all their exclusives and signings. Among those exclusives were 5 sets of custom vivisect figures created by Brent Nolasco. I have yet to purchase any of the vivisect blindboxes, mainly because I’ve been purchasing a bunch of other stuff and preparing for NYCC, but how I wish I had the loot to purchase Brent’s customs. I think he did an amazing job, completely changed the look and feel of these already cool figures. As the label says though, they’re all sold out! If you haven’t checked out his stuff before, I highly recommend you head over to his flickr page (which also contains better images of the customs above) and maybe contact him about creating a custom for you.

Both these guys are awesome and I thought I’d post about their works in progress. What’s the status on their creations? To be quite honest, I’m not sure. Steve Talkowski was unleashing his Sketchbot into the wild through stickers, postcards and buttons (which I got!) on Friday, Day 1 of NYCC.

I’m uber excited for whatever is to come with his creation. I have an unexplainable love for robots, and the giant pencil he’s holding just adds to the adoration. I want him in vinyl form, or something of that nature… I can imagine him sitting in class with me. In the meantime, I’ll make do with the sketch Steve hooked me up with, in gold nonetheless. If you want to keep up with the progress, please visit his blog: Steve’s Sketchbot Adventures

Steve Lew*, aka Kid Lew, was the other Steve putting something out there. I got a chance to catch up with him that first day and he mentioned how hard he’d been working the night before to have Lumpy Bumpkin ready for NYCC. He created the prototype himself, I swear, if only I could do such things. I think the little fella is cute, and my favorite parts happen to be the stitching across it’s face. MPH was kind enough to display among their other pieces. No word on whether he’s going to be mass produced though. I’ll let you know if I hear something.

*(Steve’s listed in no particular order ^_^)

And so it continues, the NYCC wrap up. I had the pleasure of hanging out with the MPH crew all weekend (they roll deep) and seeing all the things they are planning on releasing this year. Currently, I have a giveaway for one of the Koguma Babies that will be released later this year, the solid black koguma is ??? of 150. Well, the full piece is above, Koguma’s will be released with a totally cozy speaker swivel chair. I wish I could lay on a chair, naked with my stuff all out there. His little pee-pee is cute as a button.

In addition to the TokyoPlastic/MPHlabs Koguma prototype, MPH also unleashed their A-Type prototype. I love the figure. Great way of displaying their “plastic heart”. The piece also manages to stay true to Andrew Bell’s style. I didn’t know he was the creator at first, and ignoring the tab that informs you of such, you could tell from the leg/foot style that this was something Andrew dished out. The photo above show’s a snippet of Julie’s design for the current WIP.

I knew he was coming, I didn’t realize he would be so awesome! I’ve just realized though, that he’s exactly like Mozarella, just different colors, weapon and accompanying bullets. So his name, Bulleto… who is he? Mozarella’s partner in crime. I don’t care how cute he is, Mozarella is still the leader of Moofia to me. No news on the release date yet.

It is necessary to state this before I continue with this post: I am in love with Kathie Olivas. Not just Kathie though, I’m in lust for Tara McPherson too. Both are very strong and amazing artists in general, but in the vinyl world they rule. I had the pleasure of getting Kathie’s sketch in my soul book this weekend, thanks to Dacosta who gave both Kathie and Brandt my book- I’ll post pics of my tags later.

On to Kathie’s Scavengers. These little creatures stand about 4″ tall and are also part of Mindstyle’s upcoming releases. They’re slated for a summer release and will most likely be window boxed… or so I’m told. They’re looking out for our wallets. I’m truly excited for this upcoming release.