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Two Custom Munnys, an Android, and a Mad*L by El Hooligan
“Shit!!!! My Ear!!!!” Mini Munny
How amazing are the Loki and Galactus customs above!?!? I love the expression on the Mad*L, which appears to be the planet eater burping. Each title above is clickable for Flickr sets with more images from the artist. Check out El Hooligan on the artist’s Blog and Flickr. Check out our previous posts on El Hooligan here.
Massive Number of New Releases from James Fuller (@FullerDesigns)
“Shadow Batman” Dunny (8” and Available)
“Herbie the Love Snail” Custom 3” 2011 Betso Dunny (Commission)
“Sun and Moon” (Commission)
“Sand Warrior” (Commission)
“Silly Grrr…” T-shirt (Available)
“Black Magic Priest” T-shirt (Available)
“Scarecrow” (Sold)
“Killer Croc” (Sold)
“Solid Snake and Sam Fisher Ox” (Commission)
“Black Magic Mega Voodoo” (Sold)
The Walking Dead TV Head (Sold)
Ninja
“Fire and Ice Gods”
“Head Hunter Ox” (Commission)
“Funky Monkeys”
“TRIBE” for So So Happy
“Waking Wally Street” (Created for Waking Wally Street)
“Rebel Western” (Commission)
“Samara: The Ring” (4” Mini Munny, Available) James also has a few other releases from the last couple months, but this should be sufficient to prove that this guy is one of the hardest working customizers - and extremely talented too. There are a number of items one can pick up from his store, which seems to constantly have new items that sell within the week. No guarantees that any of the items stated as Available will be there in a few days - so if you love something, act quick! Get more of FullerDesigns on the artist’s Website | Store | Tumblr | Twitter. Check out our previous posts on FullerDesigns here.
Custom Toys and T-shirts Designed by Allen “AW177” Wen (@AW177)
“Eyes of the Dragon” Mystery Machine
“AW177 x RAWRS Custom Dragon Lunar New Year Bitsumo”
“AW177 x SoSo Happy x Toy2R Custom MonQ Mar10”
“Dragon Ninja” Custom Play Imaginative/Disney Mickey Mouse
AW177 x Bad Applez “I’m a Bad Apple”
Captain America Custom Muttpop Tcho!
“Dragon vs Tiger” Custom 16” Toy2R Qee for NYCC 2011
“Dragon vs. Tiger” Custom 5” Toy2R Mini Qees
Chinese “Rice Bowl” Custom Mini Munny
“Circuit Death” Limited Edition T-Shirt
Chinese “Rice Bowl” Custom 3” Dunny
Rejected 2011 Dunny Design: AW177 Chinese Opera Dunny
Rejected 2011 Dunny Design: AW177 Samurai Dunny v1
Rejected 2011 Dunny Design: AW177 Samurai Dunny v2
AW177 Elite Division Warriors - NYCC 2010 Custom Collaboration Mad*Ls
“Lucky” Miao & Mousubi NYCC 2010 Custom
“Circuit Harmony” Black Artsprojekt T-Shirt
“Dragon vs. Phoenix” Custom Artoyz Element Earth
“Year of the Tiger” Custom Chinese New Year 2010 Mad*L
Kidrobot Forums Messageboard Artist Series 1 - AW177 “Year of the Dragon” It’s the final mega-post of the day! This artist seems to have been releasing work over the last few years at a steady pace - with multiple shirt releases, production designs submitted, and customs sold. This is our first mention of him on Opportunity LOL and that’s a bit of a shame because he should have a larger audience. I recently read a number of sad tweets from him, referring to an e-mail that was so dispiriting that he is considering putting his toy design/customizing career on hold. In fact, he is claiming that the custom he put up for Tenacious Toys’ Kickstarter will be his last. It would be a shame for the toy world to lose a talented individual such as Allen and I’m hoping anyone reading this agrees. If you do, consider tweeting @AW177, perhaps purchase his custom through Benny’s Kickstarter, and take a look at his shop to see if you want to add any of his pieces to your collection. As an aside, it’s worth saying something about the general toy economy and how artists are given a relatively poor deal. First, many vinyl toy companies pay the designers of their production figures with a number of their own toys. This means that they aren’t going to make much money on the deal and are reliant on reselling those toys plus the possibility that getting involved with that company will “get their name out there,” which may or may not lead to more opportunities. Second, the going price for customs is fairly low. This leads to a small hourly for customizers and the only way this can change is if more money enters the market - which can happen by getting more interested buyers and paying the artists actual dollars, since many of these people are also collectors. Third, while there are a number of toy artists who produce original sculpts and sell them on their own (cutting out the companies paying in toys), they are reduced to social behaviors to get sales, which means a lot of extra hustle on top of the time spent creating the art. Things are likely to get better as social media has advanced, more toy blogs have grown, and vinyl toys are finding their way into larger markets (Barnes and Noble, Swatch, Disney Stores) BUT it’s going to take a lot of time to reach a point where someone talented can immediately jump into customizing or producing toys and get enough sales to have a comfortable living. It’s sort of obvious then why a simple rejection or unkind message could dissuade a customizer from carrying on, but I hope that the tightly-knit toy community can balance against the negativity with their support. Personally, I would love to see AW177 continue releasing customs and it would be quite cool if he had a production toy released AND got paid in US Dollars. You can follow Allen on his Website | Twitter | Flickr | Store
MORK AP and Custom Releases from Jeremy “MAD” Madl
MAD’s MORK APs have dropped! You can buy Prisoner 816 and Prisoner 913 for $80 each (signed and numbered) from the artist’s store right now. Syncing up with this release also brought two custom 10” MAD*L figures, both of which have sold for $400 each. Get more MAD from the artist’s Website | Facebook | Flickr | @Madtoydesign on Twitter | Myspace Check out our previous posts on Jeremy Madl here.
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