Blankie release party Oct 1st!

Join us to celebrate the launch of Blankie™! a new designer blind box series by design company Aarting. We’ll be hosting the official release party which will feature Aarting, the designers behind the Blankie figure. Come to myplasticheart nyc from 7-9pm on October 10th and join in on the fun. As an added bonus, the first 48 people to buy a Blankie™ gets a free cupcake. See you there!

Blankie Release Party
October 10th 2010 7-9pm
myplasticheart nyc
210 Forsyth St.
New York NY 10002
646.290.6866

About Blankie™

This groundbreaking series is the result of an online competition aimed at finding exciting new designers. Artists from all over the world submitted 196 designs, and over 150,000 toy lovers voted to choose the 12 designs that are included in this amazing series. The grand prize winner, Matucha, also designed the packaging.

Blankie™ Series 1 is the first designer toy series to be released by the Aarting Collection,which exists to create high quality, limited edition art products from designs submittedand chosen by its members.

For more information, visit www.aarting.com

Takashi Murakami Kaikai Kiki Toy Collection

Kaikai Kiki, the art production company from Takashi Murakami, releases a new collection of toys, most consisting of the stuffed variety, along with a couple of puppets. Featured amongst these is a “Kiki” puppet, “Mr. Dob” stuffed toy, “Kaikai” puppet, and “Frazzled” stuffed toy. All play of Murakami’s characters featured within his renowned superflat paintings. These new releases are now available through colette.

Karo Garo – Wamen @ SDCC

First previewed at last year’s SDCC, Japanese artist Karo Garo’s Wamen resin will be released at this year’s comic-con. This Bonsai tree come-to-life features a removable tree and drainage hole so that it can be used as a functional planter as well as an art toy. Limited to 32 hand-painted resin pieces, each numbered piece were available for a very reasonable $49 in Cardboard Spaceship’s booth.

Patricio Oliver x Raje Toys – Beast Rider WIP

Raje Toys has released in-progress pics of their upcoming Beast Rider (tentative name?) figures from Patricio Oliver. The pics appear to be digital renders of the intended sculpt. As you can see, the Riders are currently AWOL. The Beasts look like they will feature quite a bit of detail – dig the raised deco elements (skull etc). Based on previous news from Patricio, we expect there to be Fire and Ice versions.

Go PO!

via: vinylpulse.

Blankie's Come To Town: THE MOVIE!

Blankies Come to Town: The Movie! from aarting on Vimeo.

Our friends Gabe, Talia and Hilena from Digital Soul happened to stop by the studio the day the color samples for Blankie (our first community based toy project) arrived.

They were so inspired that they decided to create a short stop-motion animation film about the arrival!

Thanks guys!!!

Bounty Hunter Skull Kun Keychain Pouch

Playing off its Skull Kun character, pioneer Japanese streetwear brand Bounty Hunter create this new keychain pouch. Using Skull Kun’s head, the pouch features embroidered detailing along with a back zipper, making room for just about anything, including cigarettes. Look for the pouch soon via Bounty Hunter.

MEDICOM TOY Exhibition 2010 “Like A Chess” 400% BEARBRICK

Beyond the usual use of plastics in its construction, MEDICOM TOY BEARBRICKS constructed of wood have come to represent some of the BEARBRICK line’s most sought after release. Another addition to the small but well-documented line of wood-based BEARBRICKS is this “Like A Chess” version slated for release on July 3rd, 2010 during the MEDICOM TOY Exhibition 2010. The BEARBRICK features a chessboard pattern alternating between light and dark squares.

HEADQUARTER x SEHER x MEDICOM TOY BEARBRICK 100% & 400%

To kick off the month of May, MEDICOM TOY will release this upcoming BEARBRICK involving HEADQUARTER x SEHER. The two-pack includes a 100% and 400% version each with their own distinct aesthetic. The overall aesthetic teeters on the gory side of things with some interesting graphics courtesy of the Mexican urban artist, SEHER. The BEARBRICK was created to commemorate HEADQUARTER’s 5th anniversary. The HEADQUARTER x SEHER MEDICOM TOY BEARBRICK will release on May 1st at select retailers including Project 1/6.

via: hypebeast.