Plastic and Plush

Buff Monster - Happy Squirter Show

Buff Monster’s new show at Corey Helford Gallery will be unveiled. The installation will consist of over 700 hand silkscreened balloons and a 5-foot-tall boob fountain. And, of course, all new paintings and prints. This exhibition presents a cleaner, more stylized mode of expression for the artist.

Corey Helford Gallery presents new works by BUFF MONSTER
“Happy Squirter”
Opening Reception Friday, June 1, 2007 from 8-11pm
On View June 1 - June 23, 2007
8522 Washington Blvd.
Culver City, CA 90232
(310) 287-2340

Juvenilia Show in Long Beach

Aaron Burtch has sent us word of the Juvenilia show he will be a part of.  If you're in Long Beach, CA on June 1st, check out the event at Koo's Art Center.

This Friday, in Long Beach, there will be pictures made by a multitude of art-making people and the pictures will be hung on the wall of a building so people can look at them and make fun of them or admire them, whatever the case might be.

June 1st: 7PM - 11PM
Koo's Art Center
530 E. Broadway
Long Beach, CA 90802
562.491.7584

Cardboard Spaceship...Physical Store

The days of wandering around Santa Cruz, CA searching in vain for designer vinyl and art have finally come to an end.  Cardboard Spaceship is pleased to announce it's physical location on 803 Pacific Ave.  Opening in early June, this newly renovated art gallery will be the premier spot for art openings and toy signings.

Along with opening a new store this summer, Cardboard Spaceship is co-curating Love:Hate (a custom Baby Qee show in San Diego during Comicon.)  This show will be located at 680 West Beech St. about 12 blocks from the convention center at Subtext.

This week's sneak peek Qees (pictured below) are brought to you by L.A.'s Paul Chatem. With Customs like these and an impressive list of artists to boot, this will be a show you do not want to miss.  Stay tuned for more previews of Love:Hate, some exclusive releases and many more surprises in store this summer.

Charlie Mewshaw's SaucerNauts

Charlie Mewshaw's independently produced toys are known as SaucerNauts.  They're colorful. little aliens with 4 points of articulation and interchangeable parts (the photos are of prototypes).

Each character will be limited to 40 pieces, are hand cast, one of a kind, and hand painted and numbered.  Each one will come in a numbered box that matches the number of the figures order in the production run and will be packed in with a hand colored and numbered comic strip.  There are 3 characters (Billy, Teddy and Geoff) in the first series, with one additional SaucerNaut, and a mystery character hopefully coming out down the road (fall ideally). In addition to the standard colors there will be some limited variants introduced throughout each characters run.

Jim Koch's Deviled EqqQee

Jim Koch has sent word of his new 8" Qee - Deviled EqqQ - from Toy2R and Circus Punks.  The Pink (Edition of 300) and Grey (Edition of 100) are currently available at various retailers.  The Glow-in-the-Dark version (shown below) will be available at San Diego Comic Con and be limited to a run of 100 pieces.

Monster Theater Contest Winners

We're proud to announce the winners of the Monster Theater contest.  Three winners were chosen from a large number of entries. 

Grand Prize (both sets): Teddy Ouwerkerk

Runner-up Prize (2 individual figures): Andrea Jordan and Matt Jasiorkowski

Look for your winnings next week.  Thanks again to Dark Horse for providing the great prizes!

New Uglys Shipping to Retailers

The two newest Uglydolls are currently on their way to retailers as I type this.  Deer Ugly and Gato Deluxe continue the parade of new Uglys that we've seen introduced this in 2007.  And they're not done yet...there's still at least one more original Uglydoll to be released this year.

Little Who of What at Wootini

Wootini's next show is entitled Little Who of What: New Prints by The Little Friends of Printmaking and is an exhibition of new prints by award-winning artists & designers - The Little Friends of Printmaking.  The Little Friends of Printmaking are J W & Melissa Buchanan, a husband-and-wife team of artists & designers based out of Milwaukee, WI.

The show will run from June 8th through July 8th, with an opening party at 7PM on June 8th. 

Wootini
Carr Mill Mall
200 N Greensboro St.
Carrboro, NC 27510
(919) 933-6061

Palace of the Brine at Rotofugi

Rotofugi is proud to present a new exhibit by California-based artist Attaboy in the Rotofugi Gallery.

Palace of the Brine delves into Attaboy's ongoing conflict between the guilt-ridden worker bee drones and the remorseless cephalopods for the attention of the Brine Queens. It's a world where hairy bursts of color float in the corner of your eye.

Attaboy's Palace of the Brine exhibition will showcase new paintings and drawings hovering off moldy walls, casting shadows behind them.  Attaboy's transparent spraypainted plastic works will also be shown as well as the release of the Arctic Shmee Qee figure designed by Attaboy.

Exhibit runs from June 8th through June 30th.

Opening Party: Friday, June 8, 2007
Arctic Shmee Qee Toy Signing 7-8pm in the Store
Gallery Open 7-10pm

Rotofugi Gallery
1953-55 W. Chicago Ave.
Chicago, IL 60622

Prison Break - Michael Scofield

Hot Toys has created a 1/6 scale version of Michael Scofield from Fox's surprise hit show - Prison Break.  The sculpt is an amazing recreation of actor Wentworth Miller.  This is the prisoner version of the figure (in his prison clothes).  It's interesting that they created a figure from a relatively new television show.  Fans of the show will love this figure.  Look for it to be released in the 2nd quarter of this year.