tokidoki’s summer lineup is out and there are a bunch of awesome new designs. The bad part (at least for us dudes) is that most of those styles are for the ladies. Just look at those shirts up there. Ice cream Cactus Pup? Pirate Cactus Cat? How about some Cactus Friends designs for men, tokidoki?
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Rotobox are bringing the Shodo magic with their newest custom. Using the Celsius platform, they’ve recreated one of the best bad guys in all of videogames: Akuma from Street Fighter. The one-off project has custom fabricated hair and accessories, and the sparkly paint used for his gi is fiercer than a Raging Demon. Stay tuned for our interview with Rotobox.
Albotip: Akuma is known as Gouki in Japan.
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Super7 will be celebrating their 12th anniversary with some pretty special Lucky Bags this weekend. The bags cost $300 but come with nine awesome Super7 toys. Each contains new sculpts, test shots, one-off hand painted colorways, and even some mysteries. You can pick one up at Super7’s storefront on Saturday or on their online store on Sunday.
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If we ever decided to shut down Albotas, Tumblr would be worth like $15.
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I recently had the opportunity to attend Mai Hiro’s first gallery event of 2013. The event was held at Orlando’s very fine City Arts building, inside of the Redefine Arts Gallery, and showcased a character called Mr. Smiling, created by Mai Hiro artist, Susan Lee.
The art showcased by Susan Lee featured her character Mr. Smiling and all of his imaginative adventures. Through thick ink and bright colors, the character appeared in each one of her paintings and drawings. Lee also designed pop art of France’s Eiffel Tower, which was very appealing to the eye. With free boba tea given by Chewy Boba Company, toy designer Nakanari in attendance, and Bluemotion Production filming and providing camera work, the opening reception to the event was a big success.
People all across the Tumblrverse have been mocking up their own MTG cards based on Game of Thrones characters and the results are pretty epic. Check out some more here and here.
Oooh! I have one!
Daenerys Targaryen 2RRWW
Whenever Daenerys Targaryen enters the battlefield or attacks, you may search your library for up to one Dragon and/or one Soldier creature and put them onto the battlefield. They have haste in addition to their other abilities and attack each turn if able.
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Okay, if LEGO can cross over with Harry Potter and DC Comics, then Magic HAS to be able to cross over with Game of Thrones. Make this happen, people!
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Jason Franzen of More Simple has successfully launched his funded Kickstarter campaign to print some vital information for your everyday life. The 18x24 prints use Heroic and Gotham typefaces. Coincidence, or Batman?!
David Horvath and Sun-Min Kim’s little creatures are getting printed on Converse All-Stars thanks to a partnership with The Ave, who print custom graphics on white Chucks. There are four styles to choose from and each pair runs $90.
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Buy: Uglydoll All-Stars
After a long day of rolling katamaris, the Prince of All Cosmos likes to roll something else and play some vinyl. No wonder his dad is disappointed in him.
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Buy: Adventure Time Katamari T-Shirt Tee
Erick Scarecrow’s done a 180 with this design. His resin toys are usually cute or cartoony. But this one says “fuck that,” rips out your eyeball, and draws a pentagram on its forehead with it. The 8” figure and accessories are limited to 10 sets worldwide for $150. Order one from the resin underworld right here.
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It takes more than a nice body to impress a man of discerning taste at the beach. This BAPE bikini might help though. It has Baby Milo and his friends printed all over. Sexy.
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Buy: Baby Milo Revoltech Figure
Erick Scarecrow and Esc-Toy are starting of May with a splash. Mermadi 2 Villainous is a brand new sculpt with an awesome aquatic color scheme. The watery look of the seafoam green resin is pretty amazing. The handpainted toy is $100 and comes with a water-splash accessory. 10% of the proceeds go to St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital, which is pretty awesome.
There’s also a new Mini Soopa Jr., this time in grape resin. This is probably my favorite colorway so far. There needs to be a transparent purple candy cab in real life. The grape colorway is available for just $20.
Last up is a super limited signed-and-numbered Papa Sama Swordsman gicleé print. It’s printed on a 6-color printer and runs $45. 10% of this ones goes to St. Jude’s as well.
Pick up any of the above toys and print right here.
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