NEW YORK COMIC CON!

Hey People!

Bah!  I'm busy!

Since September 21st I have been working every single day in an effort to get everything ready for October 10th - the day when NYCC is to be all set up and ready to go!  It looks like things will be good to go, namely the following stuff:

TENACIOUS TOYS NYCC Exclusive RAMPAGE sofubi!  NEW BLUE VINYL- painted AND blank


and

-RAMPAGE paintwork on the followings peoples' vinyl and resin:
*Uamou
*Chima Group
*Max Toy
*Guumon
*Splurrt
*Peter Kato
*Plaseebo
*Kikkake

-Exclsive releases by some of Rampage Toy's toy compatriots!  I'll host releases from the follwing notable awesome people:
*Galaxy People (Cats!)
*Kaiju Coupe (Dogs!)

-Very VERY talented people's paintwork on RAMPAGE vinyl!  These guys went to town on some SWEET customs for the RAMPAGE case:
*Mechavirus (Todd Robertson)
*D Lux
*Splurrt
*Plaseebo
*Blurble

-And, of course, there is more!  Some surprises for a session at O'nell designs booth, and other coolness too ;-)

Here's the NEED TO KNOW info:

When: October 11th-14th (11th is preview day/night - for 4 day pass holders only)
Where: Jacob Javitz Center ***All 4 days at booth #3121 (Tenacious Toys' booth), and also at the O'nell Designs' booth for a session!

Check out the Con's website for all the details:  http://www.newyorkcomiccon.com/

I'll post again with more pics before the event. 

Hope to see you there!!!!

MARCH MEGA UPDATE #2

STUDIO UAMOU!!!

SO, next week will be the opening of my first solo show (or, as the Japanese word translates, "One man show") in JAPAN! I'll be carting 80+ sofubi and 100+ other items down to Studio Uamou in Tokyo's Akihabara!

I couldn't be more excited! It's been really hard keeping the stuff I'm doing under wraps, but it's time to start sharing some teasers - here you go!







15 Ugly Unicorns (2 micro runs and 5 customs), 60-ish Uamous (icluding a run of 30 skeletal x-rays and a TON of customs), paintings, buttons, screen prints - YAY!

If you can make it - be there! If not - I'll get info up about on-line sales as soon as I know anything about that :-/

Post-Sufes 58

To all who followed on twitter and instagram - and especially to all who attended Superfestival 58 - THANK YOU! The event was a great success for RAMPAGE TOYS, and I believe it was one of the most well attended and altogether successful SF's in a while! Indy Sofubi IS NOT DEAD, and people in Japan seem to be gaining more and more interest in the creations of Japanese and non-Japanese Indy sofubi makers alike. This show made me really excited for 2012 - I'm already looking forward to the next Sufes in April!

below are a few shots of the RAMPAGE TOYS table, and some other stuff. There are bundles of pictures on my Flickr as well as a VERY VERY in depth report of the event over on my Buddy Andy's Blog (Kaiju Korner). Andy did such a thorough job of covering the event - it would be silly for me to attempt to do the same! Here are some of my pics:

"Zee Rampage Booss"
Ilanena-san with some vintage Starwars awesomeness (in front of his table)
Some Card-Monster and Ugly Unicorn Comradery

Ilanena Custom UU's! A taste of the (maybe near, maybe distant) future!

All of the remaining items from the show (Ugly Unicorns, Collab stuff, etc.), will be in the shop tomorrow, January 11th - early morning time in America - late night time in Japan ;-)

Here's the shop:

http://rampagetoysandart.bigcartel.com

Next up - more Kikkake Elephants and Bears, and then some REALLY exciting stuff! Who likes things that glow in the dark - I DO!

After NYCC and CCM! Only one UU left Standing!

Hello people out there in the internets!!!

So, NYCC was a big old success, and a very great first Stateside outting for the Little Ugly Unicorn Fellah! The figures at the Lulubell booth went like hotcakes upon releasing on Friday, and the Tenacious Toys' release trickled down to just one remaining! (NOTE- join the mailing list if you are interested in having a chance at grabbing that last TT Ugly!) Not sure who noticed, but there was a tiny little surprise at the Tenacious Toys' Booth as well - the clear blue guys were split 50/50 orange and yellow eyes - a little variant fun ;-)

The two eye variants at TT's booth looked like this:

And some pics of the little blue guys in place at the con! Thanks to Kris Dulfer (Kid Ink Industries) for posting the pictures on Facebook! Awesome to see the Uglies in the company of such greats as Bob Conge's (Plaseebo) Molezilla!

And then there were the pieces at the Cotton Candy machine in Brooklyn! I was happy to see people postin pics around of these guys - and I really dig the pastel colors. Not sure how many there were (or how many went off to new homes), but here's a shot of one of the two variants. The other is just a switcheroo - blue legs and pink-ish top. I'll be getting some of these at some point, so keep your eyes peeled for updates if you want one but were unable to attend the SUPER COOL show at the CCM.

Another exciting bit of news - Andy, of Kaiju Korner fame, put together a great review of the Ugly Unicorn! He took some great pictures (and wrote very flatteringly) of the little 'Poppy Goji' dude! Here's a picture I stole from Andy's blog - so cool! Head over to the blog to read the full review, here:

http://kaijukorner.blogspot.com/2011/10/kk-reviews-ugly-unicorn.html

Last, but not least - NEW STUFF! I'm almost done with the Halloween Ugly Uicorns! These guys are done on GLOW IN THE DARK vinyl, and will feature bundles of stenciling and brush-work! Dropping on Halloween - here's a teaser:

Ugly Hath Arrived on the Scene!

Hey Folks! Time for a quick update before I jump on the night bus - headed for Tokyo!

The UGLY UNICORN is in full swing! I got the first box of blank vinyl 2 days ago, and yesterday was a day of nothing by painting! I'm excited beyond belief that this project is happening, and I'm also psyched on the first painted runs.

So, without further delay, here are pictures:

Bag of candy! The whole house smelled like vinyl for hours :-D

The airbrush studio - ready to go!

Two painted runs for SUPERFESTIVAL on the 25th in Tokyo! "Allsorts Liquorice Ugly" and "Poppy Goji Ugly"!!! I had a blast painting these and can't wait to paint more - for NYCC ;-)

Did some simple painted and screen printed headers for these two releases. I love header cards - it makes a toy into a 'whole package' for me!

If you're in Tokyo on the 25th come by and say 'hi' at Superfestival - and get a chance to grab these figures first! Leftovers will go up in the shop on the 27th in the morning - also known as the 26th in the evening/night in America ;-) E-mail reminders will go out to the mailing list.

One last note - pre-ordered blanks will go out in the mail on Friday!

Thanks for stopping by the blog and reading up on UGLY's progress!

TENACIOUS TOYS x RAMPAGE TOYS

Quick blog hit!

The TENACIOUS TOYS x RAMPAGE TOYS mini kaiju cupcake series is live in the TENACIOUS TOYS webstore!

This VERY cool blind box series was based on my 2 inch mini cupcake kaiju platform! We hand picked four great artists (and I did some as well), and had them each do 5 pieces - making a total of 25 custom resin toys. The figures were blind boxed by TENACIOUS TOYS with some screen printed packaging art that I supplied. The series went live last week on the Tenacious Toys Website - $35 per piece with possibility of finding a GOLD TICKET!!! The lucky person who finds the gold ticket will get a little RAMPAGE TOYS care package to include a 5x7 OG painting and some other special one-of-a-kind goodies (toys!).

The Artists roster includes the following folks:

***Justin Hillgrove: the genius behind "Imps and Monsters" (http://www.impsandmonsters.com/)

***Osiris Orion: a magician with an airbrush!!! (http://www.osirisorion.com/)

***NREAZON: she has an eye for colorful and AWESOME (http://nreazon.com/)

***Nasty Niel - Wasted Talent - a true renaissance man ;-) (on twitter: @WSTDTLNT)

***RAMPAGE TOYS: ummm, me. (http://rampage-toys.blogspot.com)

The series is available for sale here: http://www.tenacioustoys.com/Mini_Kaiju_Cupcake_Custom_BB_p/mkcbb.htm

Go ahead and grab yourself some mini-cake art-toy awesome - and tell all your friends about it!!! Below are some images, but there are even more on the TENACIOUS TOYS website!

Thanks Everyone!

NEW additions and NEW Projects

Just a quickie here people! :-P

I dropped a few new things in the shop yesterday - go have a look see! Here are some pics for those just passing through.

HANDPAINT Glyos Head! Cast in colors and clears and painted up a bit

SLIMED MIMP Cupcake Propaganda Customs!

BLOODTHIRSTER Cupcake Luchadors - These went FAST! Thanks!

And Here's a little teaser for a soon-to-be-released project that will be released by my friend Benny of TENACIOUS TOYS! This is some packaging art (these are screen printed stickers) for a blind-box series. The series will feature figures by Justin Hillgrove, Osiris Orion, Nasty Niel, NREAZON and RAMPAGE TOYS (of course!). More info and teasers going up regularly in the Tenaci0ous Toys blog and twitter page!

And it's just about time for the next FLEX PACK release! This set will be 100% flesh, and is being cast up RIGHT NOW by Cliff - MonstreHero. Here's a pick of the test pull below the original figures used for the mash-up. SWEET!

SOOOOO much going on. Expect more updates very soon. Especially regarding this super secret (not really) project!!! Later!

CAKESPY Show, et.al.

Update Time!!!

So, a bit slow on a number of things... that's a bit of the norm though :-P

First up - "Monsters, Cupcakes and Monster Cupcakes" Opening at the CAKESPY SHOP on May 12th. The opening was a blast! Thank you to everyone who came out to check out all the new works - especially to the folks who saw fit to bring a little something home with them! It was a fun evening of cupcakes, wine and artwork. I was especially happy to spend the evening with so many friends, who I won't be seing to much of after I move to Japan... WAIT! "Move to Japan?!?!?" That's right - I'm moving to Japan! THIS Summer! More on that later though (and a VERY exciting new project). For now - here are a few pics of the CAKESPY opening


Wall Mural Action!!! I decided to do it up right for this event - and figured a nice 3'x6' Wall Mural would do well to bump up the aesthetics a notch.


Artwork (to be pronounced 'ahhht-woork' of course) Hanging and FOR SALE. The pieces should be available from CAKESPY on-line (e-mail cakespyshop@gmail.com for inquiries). More up on Flickr soon as well.


There were TWO zombie cakes... one was eaten... or was he eating brains... or something... Anyway. RAWR! Some resin and customs.

In other news, a couple weeks ago I had the pleasure of attending the "Sloth 'n Moth" opening at Grasshut in Portland Oregon. What a blast! Bwana Spoons was a splendid host, and he even delivered a new painting to me - SWEET! While at the hut I dropped of a few more resin pieces, so if you're in Portland, and you want to get your hands on the LAST TWO available "Flex Packs" (from the release edition - a new edition is in the works - fleshtone anyone? ;-), then go grab 'em! Anyway...


Bwanashowing of my new painting (SOOOO AWESOME), and the Flex Packs for the shop.


Some RAMPAGE TOYS bagged and carded resin up for SALE in the Grasshut Shop!!! Proud to be mixed in with some S7 and Buta no Hana Sofubi!

AND, some new stuff!!! Buddha V2.0!!! These guys were cast up with a few other for the CAKESPY opening, and I'll get a batch up in the shop soon!

...a glimpse of 2 of my 3 pieces for the upcoming TAG "Open Call Resin Show"! More pics on Flickr.

Another post will be soon in the coming. Info about Japan and this 'exciting new project' soon soon soon!!!

Emerald City Comic Con!!!!

On Saturday March 5th (THIS coming Saturday) I'll be at Emeral City Comic Con, hanging with my Friend Just Hillgrove (Imps and Monsters) and showing (and selling) some resin toys and prints! I've been frantically working to cast up a number of items for this event as well as Wondercon because I'll be off to Europe for a bit in March, and Wondercon is the same week I return! Yikes!

I have some super fun new releases to share, and I'll have a few of these pieces at ECCC as 'pre-release' (read: early bird locals) specials! Here are some photos:

HOLY PILES OF RESIN BATMAN!!!! Lots of casting go on around here. New stuff, old stuff - I've blown through 3 molds this week alone!

Custom SEISMIC ACE and ACE M.U.S.C.L.E. Helpers!!! The little helpers are 2 casts from the mold I made for Mattyboombatty of Smash Tokyo Toys. He'll have more of these at SDCC this summer.

New Cupcake GLYOS head sculpt! With the blessing of Matt Doughty (Onell Designs), I'll be casting up a bundle of these glyos heads - only a few at ECCC!

Some Handpaint Kaiju and Japanese Vinyl action! Here's a custom Mini Crouching Deathra - I love this toy!

And last but not least - Here's header art for something SUPER exciting! I'll be releasing a sure to be AMAZING run of resin toys - sets of two. These are a collaboration with my friend TGB (The Godbeast Customs), who is a MASTER with crystal clear resin casting. This release run will be limited to 15 sets of figures, bagged and carded. I'll also have the original header art for sale ;-)

Hope to see you all at one or boith of the upcoming cons! Should be a blast!

Back in Action!

Hello Hello!

After a hiatus (much needed and much enjoyed) from work and 'normal life' in general, it's back to work in the Studio for RAMPAGE TOYS. There are exciting things afoot - new custom toys, new resin figures (being molded as this is being written!) and plpenty of artwork, and, finally, all of this will be readily available in the BRAND NEW on-line shop! I've invested some serious time in getting some stuff pulled together for the RAMPAGE TOYS BigCartel Site, and I'll be launching the shop in full-swing this coming FRIDAY - February 4th 2011.

Along with the myriad of toys and artwork that have been left sitting in boxes about the studio and around my apartment, there will also be a SUPER AWESOME exclusive blind-box series available on Friday - Cake Caps!!! I've Married Kidrobot's vinyl Fatcaps with some Resin Love, and came up with these little guys.

Each 3 inich figure (Montana Gold Spray Paint and Resin on Vinyl) will come blind boxed in hand painted (stenciled) packaging. Aside from the two (or 3 ;-) unique versions (ummm... "chase" I suppose) one will even come with some sweet mini-artwork!!!! And priced at 25 dollars each, you won't have to break the bank to get your hands on some handmade sweetness!!! Up on Friday! get Some!

And, now that we've handled the business side of things - here are some more recent works. More resin coming soon!

Cake-Dunny! Sent to Mr. ViseONE himself as part of the Custom Toy Union's secret Santa Trade. I might have to make one or two more of these guys - Montana Gold and Super Sculpey in Vinyl.

This little guy ("Jersey Devil in a pouty Mood") was my contribution to the GENUINE ARTIKLE (NYC) "Almighty Dunny Show" in December. He's up for sale in the Genuine Artikle Webstore.

Here's the next thang! I was invited to do a custom on the BRAND NEW Mini Qee Platform for the RELEASE at Yoyamart on February 14th - sweet! Above is the event poster and below is a sneak peak of the piece I made - Check out this show if you're in NYC - it should be AWESOME!

Busy, busy, busy...

Hey There!

If you're reading this, first of all - you rule! Second of all, glad you happened upon a new post; it's been a while...

But being busy means there is A LOT to report!

I recently took a trip to Portland and happened upon the 'Crafty Wonderland' show at the Portland Convention Center. There were HUNDREDS of super cool artists selling really great stuff! It was a good opportunity to talk to people about art, check out what's being done in the good ol' PNW art/craft scene and, of course, to buy some stuff! For example, this awesome hat made by 'moth & squirrel':

Yeah! That's Donatello on there!

Just prior to my trip to Portland, I had submitted a piece to Toy2R's 15th Anniversary Qeeology show (as mentioned in the 'breaking news' piece at the top of the blog), and here's the toy, Choco-Chip on a rampage, in all it's glory!!! :

There are many many more picture on the RAMPAGE TOYS Flickr Page, including many work in progress shots - so check it out! The original figure was a Earg Qee. I Sculpted the jowels and eyes, and modeled the teeth out of thin plastic card. The speckled paint was achieved by peppering (at a distance) with normal every-day spray paints - SPLATTER SPLATTER! The chocolate chips were individually sculpted and are 100% life sized! Each has his own little scared or confused expression :-)

Also in RAMPAGE TOYS news - NEW RESIN TOYS!!!! Yep, I've been lazy posting these guys, but here they are (finally) - the RAMPAGE TOYS' NACHTEULE!!!! Nachteule is German for 'Night Owl' (literally translated)... kind of a nick name I've acquired since I'm always up so late making stuff... I'm casting and painting various colorways for this figure, and here are the first three sets - including some that GLOW IN THE DARK!!!! YAY!!! I'm screen printing the header art on these guys, so you get two pieces of handmade artwork for each piece you buy! WOW! Some of the original colorways figures are on sale at MONSTER ART and CLOTHING in Ballard, but the rest won't be available until the Indie Banditas Show on June 26th and the Port Townsend American Legion Hall. Be there!

The Original Colorway! Edition of 3.

Disco Edition (of 3)! This has it all! It glows in the dark (check it here), AND it's got that awesome fishnet pattern on the wings! WOW-WEE! On top of all that - the header art glows in the dark too!!!

Sleepy Owl edition (of 3) :-) These guys glow like mad! Here's the evidence. And again - the header art glows! YAY!

Thanks for stopping by! Be sure to check the RAMPAGE Flickr Page for updates (on a very regular basis!). Ciao!