By brownkidd on January 18th, 2010 in
Designer Toys,
Toys

The original Copperhead Squadts were all kinds of win, but this new all white colorway, dubbed White Specimen, karate chops the original’s awesomeness in the face tenfold. This one’s limited to just 100 pieces and is pretty much just like the original, only, ya’ know… white.

Copperhead Squadt White Specimen goes on sale at store.projectsquadt.com at 12pm NOON CST on Monday, January 25th for $75.
By brownkidd on November 20th, 2009 in
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Back in June 6th of 2006 (6/6/6/) Muttpop released the Narco Satanico version of their Tequila figure, featuring the amazing design talents of the one and only Frank Kozik.
It looked a little something like this:

The figure was released in a limited run of only 333 pieces exclusively through vinylpulse.com and I’ve always considered it sort of the Holy grail of designer toys. I’d never seen such a visually striking vinyl figure that captivated me the way the original Narco Satanico did three years ago.
Until now.

Ocran Ocinatas is Narco Satanico with a reversed color scheme. Even the name is reversed! But, to be fair, I think the true reversal of Narco Satanico would be Ocinatas Ocran, not Ocran Ocinatas, but it really doesn’t matter, I suppose. Not when a figure looks this sickeningly good.
Ocran Ocinatas doesn’t officially come out until January of 2010, but Muttpop will be offering limited quantities at their booth (#45) at this year’s DesignerCon on November 21st (this Saturday!) at the Pasadena Convention Center in California.
Muttpop will also finally be showing off their unseen contribution to the third series of BUDs minifigs from Jamungo!
If you plan on hitting up this year’s DesignerCon, I’d recommend bringing a fat-ass wallet because it looks like you’ll be needing it for all the money you’re sure to blow.
By brownkidd on November 17th, 2009 in
Designer Toys,
Toys

Jamungo has finally unleashed their 3rd series of BUDs upon the unsuspecting masses! In what can only be described as their most diverse and striking series yet, each figure comes blindboxed and retails for $9.99.
The lineup of artists for this series consists of MAD, Jesse Ledoux, Yuck, Jon Burgerman, FERG, Superdeux, Aesthetic Apparatus, VanBeater, Pedini, Kenn Munk, Sauerkids, Jim Koch, Frank Kozik, oooOOOooo (Brian Morris), and Muttpop.
My absolute favorite is the little Crappycat by VanBeater:

Here’s some more by MAD, Jon Burgerman, and Jim Coch, in that order:


Check out jamungo.com for more details and a list of retailers.
